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Northern Tablelands - 1981 (Roll: 32,245) Labor Party gain from National Country Party Candidate Party Votes % Final % McCarthy, William John Patrick (Re-elected) Labor Party 15,474 52.89 Tregurtha, John Stuart National Country Party 13,782 47.11 Formal Votes 29,256 Informal Votes 468 1.57 Total Votes / Turnout 29,724 92.18 Notes: New electorate with a notional NCP majority that took in much of the abolished electorates of Tenterfield and Armidale. Tenterfield NCP MP J.C.Bruxner retired while Armidale Labor MP Bill McCarthy contested this electorate.