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North Shore - 1981 (Roll: 30,283) Independent gain from Liberal Party Preferences required, Preferences counted to completion, Preferences changed primary result Candidate Party Votes % Final % May, Maurice Labor Party 7,036 28.23 McDonald, Bruce John (Defeated) Liberal Party 10,359 41.57 10,936 45.44 Mack, Edward Carrington (Elected) Independent 7,163 28.74 13,130 54.56 Ward, Norman Aynsley Australian Democrats 362 1.45 Formal Votes 24,920 Informal / Exhausted Votes 559 2.19 854 3.43 Total Votes / Turnout 25,479 84.14 Notes: Replaced the abolished electorate of Kirribilli. Distribution of Preferences Exclusion 1 Ward (DEM) Exclusion 2 May (ALP) Preferences New Totals Preferences New Totals Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % May (ALP) 77 28.84 7113 28.65 -7113 McDonald (LIB) 53 19.85 10412 41.94 524 8.25 10936 45.44 Mack (IND) 137 51.31 7300 29.41 5830 91.75 13130 54.56 Ward (DEM) -362 Votes In Count 267 24825 6354 24066 Exhausted 95 26.24 95 0.38 759 10.67 854 3.43