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Bass Hill - By-election (Roll: 33,426) Liberal Party gain from Labor Party Nominations: Friday, 18 July 1986, Polling: Saturday, 2 August 1986 Preferences required, Preferences counted to completion, Preferences changed primary result, No absolute majority for winning candidate Candidate Party Votes % Final % Lovelee, Bill Labor Party 10,899 41.96 12,157 49.79 Owen, Michael (Elected) Liberal Party 8,646 33.28 12,260 50.21 Barber, Jill Independent 3,209 12.35 Mezinec, Richard Independent 329 1.27 Vartanian, John Pan Ethnic Republican 115 0.44 Carver, Peter Australian Democrats 1,391 5.35 Nile, Elaine Blanche Call to Australia 1,387 5.34 Formal Votes 25,976 Informal / Exhausted Votes 1,019 3.77 1,559 6.00 Total Votes / Turnout 26,995 80.76 Cause Category: Resignation - Other Notes: Caused by the resignation of Premier Neville Wran. Distribution of Preferences Exclusion 1 Vartanian (PER) Exclusion 2 Mezinec (IND) Exclusion 3 Nile (CTA) Preferences New Totals Preferences New Totals Preferences New Totals Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Lovelee (ALP) 14 20.00 10913 42.08 40 14.39 10953 42.34 125 9.94 11078 43.09 Owen (LIB) 12 17.14 8658 33.39 26 9.35 8684 33.57 214 17.02 8898 34.61 Barber (IND) 10 14.29 3219 12.41 156 56.12 3375 13.05 799 63.56 4174 16.24 Mezinec (IND) 12 17.14 341 1.32 -341 Vartanian (PER) -115 Carver (DEM) 14 20.00 1405 5.42 32 11.51 1437 5.56 119 9.47 1556 6.05 Nile (CTA) 8 11.43 1395 5.38 24 8.63 1419 5.49 -1419 Votes In Count 70 25931 278 25868 1257 25706 Exhausted 45 39.13 45 0.17 63 18.48 108 0.42 162 11.42 270 1.04 Distribution of Preferences - part 2 Exclusion 4 Carver (DEM) Exclusion 5 Barber (IND) Preferences New Totals Preferences New Totals Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Lovelee (ALP) 206 16.23 11284 44.39 873 21.54 12157 49.79 Owen (LIB) 182 14.34 9080 35.72 3180 78.46 12260 50.21 Barber (IND) 881 69.42 5055 19.89 -5055 Carver (DEM) -1556 Votes In Count 1269 25419 4053 24417 Exhausted 287 18.44 557 2.14 1002 19.82 1559 6.00