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Dubbo - 1981 (Roll: 33,110) National Country Party gain from Liberal Party Three-cornered contest, Preferences required, Preferences counted to completion, Preferences changed primary result Candidate Party Votes % Final % Peacocke, Gerald Beresford Ponsonby (Elected) National Country Party 10,972 36.50 17,494 59.23 Morgan, Peter Francis Labor Party 11,256 37.45 12,042 40.77 Woods, Eric Hodgson Liberal Party 7,831 26.05 Formal Votes 30,059 Informal / Exhausted Votes 542 1.77 523 1.74 Total Votes / Turnout 30,601 92.42 Notes: Liberal MP John Mason retired, having lost the Liberal Party Leadership earlier in the year. Distribution of Preferences Exclusion 1 Woods (LIB) Preferences New Totals Votes % Votes % Peacocke (NCP) 6522 89.24 17494 59.23 Morgan (ALP) 786 10.76 12042 40.77 Woods (LIB) -7831 Votes In Count 7308 29536 Exhausted 523 6.68 523 1.74