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Ashburnham - 1932 (Roll: 13,053)
Country Party gain from Labor Party
Three-cornered contest, Preferences required, Preferences counted to completion, Preferences changed primary result
Candidate Party Votes % Final %
Best, Edmund Carncross Ind UAP 631 5.05
Elliott, Hilton Oswald (Elected) Country Party 4,175 33.42 7,124 57.03
Keast, Theopholus William John (Defeated) Labor Party 5,211 41.72 5,367 42.97
Pryor, Eric Nicol United Australia 2,474 19.81
Formal Votes 12,491
Informal Votes 189 1.49
Total Votes / Turnout 12,680 97.14
Corrections: Hughes and Graham (1975) list Best as an Independent. He had contested UAP pre-selection and was a former Nationalist MP for the seat and has been listed as an Independent UAP candidate.

Distribution of Preferences
Exclusion 1
Best (IUAP)
Exclusion 2
Pryor (UAP)
PreferencesNew Totals PreferencesNew Totals
Votes%Votes% Votes%Votes%
Best (IUAP) -631
Elliott (CP) 350 55.47 4525 36.23 2599 97.56 7124 57.03
Keast (ALP) 91 14.42 5302 42.45 65 2.44 5367 42.97
Pryor (UAP) 190 30.11 2664 21.33 -2664