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Byron - 1984 (Roll: 39,728) Retained by National Party Preferences required, Preferences counted to completion, No absolute majority for winning candidate Candidate Party Votes % Final % Robb, Lyle Desmond Labor Party 14,586 41.78 16,850 49.15 Nicholson, Kenneth Australian Democrats 1,631 4.67 Mangleson, James Harry Independent 1,133 3.25 Mountain, Alan Kenneth Independent 1,704 4.88 Beck, Donald Frederick Charles (Elected) National Party 15,860 45.43 17,431 50.85 Formal Votes 34,914 Informal / Exhausted Votes 658 1.85 633 1.81 Total Votes / Turnout 35,572 89.54 Notes: Sitting National Party MP Jack Boyd retired. Distribution of Preferences Exclusion 1 Mangleson (IND) Exclusion 2 Nicholson (DEM) Exclusion 3 Mountain (IND) Preferences New Totals Preferences New Totals Preferences New Totals Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Robb (ALP) 189 19.42 14775 42.51 709 46.43 15484 44.84 1366 57.76 16850 49.15 Nicholson (DEM) 121 12.44 1752 5.04 -1752 Mangleson (IND) -1133 Mountain (IND) 534 54.88 2238 6.44 375 24.56 2613 7.57 -2613 Beck (NAT) 129 13.26 15989 46.01 443 29.01 16432 47.59 999 42.24 17431 50.85 Votes In Count 973 34754 1527 34529 2365 34281 Exhausted 160 14.12 160 0.46 225 12.84 385 1.10 248 9.49 633 1.81