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Orange - 1947 (Roll: 16,367) Country Party gain from Labor Party Three-cornered contest, Preferences required, Preferences counted to completion, Preferences changed primary result Candidate Party Votes % Final % Cutler, Charles Benjamin (Elected) Country Party 5,678 36.78 8,307 53.81 O'Halloran, Robert Emmet (Defeated) Labor Party 6,530 42.30 7,130 46.19 Whiteley, Thomas Albert Liberal Party 3,229 20.92 Formal Votes 15,437 Informal Votes 197 1.26 Total Votes / Turnout 15,634 95.52 Distribution of Preferences Exclusion 1 Whiteley (LIB) Preferences New Totals Votes % Votes % Cutler (CP) 2629 81.42 8307 53.81 O'Halloran (ALP) 600 18.58 7130 46.19 Whiteley (LIB) -3229