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Barwon - 1930 (Roll: 14,497) Labor Party gain from Country Party Three-cornered contest, Preferences required, Preferences counted to completion Candidate Party Votes % Final % McDonald, George Roy William Nationalist 1,359 10.09 Ratcliffe, Wilfred Joseph (Re-elected) Labor Party 6,719 49.90 6,984 51.86 Smith, Colin Communist 156 1.16 Wade, Benjamin Martin Country Party 5,232 38.85 6,482 48.14 Formal Votes 13,466 Informal Votes 319 2.31 Total Votes / Turnout 13,785 95.09 Notes: Ratcliffe was the Labor MP for the abolished inner-city electorate of Alexandria and after a complicated pre-selection process, was appointed Labor candidate for Barwon by the State Executive. The Nationalist candidate G.R.W. McDonald was a former Labor and later Nationalist MP for Bingara 1910-20. Distribution of Preferences Exclusion 1 Smith (COM) Exclusion 2 McDonald (NAT) Preferences New Totals Preferences New Totals Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % McDonald (NAT) 21 13.46 1380 10.25 -1380 Ratcliffe (ALP) 61 39.10 6780 50.35 204 14.78 6984 51.86 Smith (COM) -156 Wade (CP) 74 47.44 5306 39.40 1176 85.22 6482 48.14