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Byron - 1927 (Roll: 14,413) Retained by Country Party Preferences required, Preferences counted to completion, Preferences changed primary result, No absolute majority for winning candidate Candidate Party Votes % Final % Budd, Arthur Eames (Elected) Country Party 4,265 36.77 4,940 51.87 Gillies, Robert Towers (Defeated) Ind Labor 1,449 12.49 Graham, Mark Vincent Labor Party 1,569 13.53 Stuart, Frederick William (Defeated) Ind Country 4,316 37.21 4,584 48.13 Formal Votes 11,599 Informal / Exhausted Votes 302 2.54 2,075 17.89 Total Votes / Turnout 11,901 82.57 Notes: Gillies was a sitting MP for the multi-member electorate of Byron. Stuart was also a sitting MP for the seat, having been elected as a Progressive in 1925. Distribution of Preferences Exclusion 1 Gillies (ILAB) Exclusion 2 Graham (ALP) Preferences New Totals Preferences New Totals Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Budd (CP) 354 35.05 4619 41.39 321 70.09 4940 51.87 Gillies (ILAB) -1449 Graham (ALP) 525 51.98 2094 18.76 -2094 Stuart (ICP) 131 12.97 4447 39.85 137 29.91 4584 48.13 Votes In Count 1010 11160 458 9524 Exhausted 439 30.30 439 3.78 1636 78.13 2075 17.89