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Ashburnham - 1938 (Roll: 13,876)
Retained by Country Party
Preferences required, Preferences counted to completion
Candidate Party Votes % Final %
Dring, Edgar Percy Labor Party 5,779 43.61 6,290 47.46
Elliott, Hilton Oswald (Re-elected) Country Party 6,409 48.36 6,963 52.54
Gibbons, William Norman Independent 1,065 8.04
Formal Votes 13,253
Informal Votes 175 1.30
Total Votes / Turnout 13,428 96.77

Distribution of Preferences
Exclusion 1
Gibbons (IND)
PreferencesNew Totals
Votes%Votes%
Dring (ALP) 511 47.98 6290 47.46
Elliott (CP) 554 52.02 6963 52.54
Gibbons (IND) -1065