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Pittwater - By-election (Roll: n.a.) Retained by Liberal Party Nominations: Thursday, 8 May 1986, Polling: Saturday, 31 May 1986 Not contested by both major parties, Preferences required, Preferences counted to completion Candidate Party Votes % Final % Young, Nat Independent 6,177 24.22 11,468 46.87 Donnelly, Mark Harrison Call to Australia 1,451 5.69 MacLennan, Graeme Australian Democrats 1,240 4.86 Rigney, Virginia Coral Nuclear Disarmament 643 2.52 Longley, Jim (Elected) Liberal Party 10,922 42.83 13,000 53.13 Grace, Robert Hunter Independent 5,006 19.63 Monk, Brett James Independent 62 0.24 Formal Votes 25,501 Informal / Exhausted Votes 649 2.48 1,033 4.05 Total Votes / Turnout 26,150 0.00 Cause Category: Resignation - Other Notes: Caused by the resignation of Liberal MP Max Smith. Distribution of Preferences Exclusion 1 Monk (IND) Exclusion 2 Rigney (NDP) Exclusion 3 MacLennan (DEM) Preferences New Totals Preferences New Totals Preferences New Totals Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Young (IND) 9 16.67 6186 24.27 349 62.77 6535 25.73 419 40.56 6954 27.68 Donnelly (CTA) 3 5.56 1454 5.70 28 5.04 1482 5.83 158 15.30 1640 6.53 MacLennan (DEM) 6 11.11 1246 4.89 67 12.05 1313 5.17 -1313 Rigney (NDP) 5 9.26 648 2.54 -648 Longley (LIB) 5 9.26 10927 42.86 42 7.55 10969 43.18 163 15.78 11132 44.31 Grace (IND) 26 48.15 5032 19.74 70 12.59 5102 20.09 293 28.36 5395 21.48 Monk (IND) -62 Votes In Count 54 25493 556 25401 1033 25121 Exhausted 8 12.90 8 0.03 92 14.20 100 0.39 280 21.33 380 1.49 Distribution of Preferences - part 2 Exclusion 4 Donnelly (CTA) Exclusion 5 Grace (IND) Preferences New Totals Preferences New Totals Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Young (IND) 498 35.02 7452 29.92 4016 76.00 11468 46.87 Donnelly (CTA) -1640 Longley (LIB) 600 42.19 11732 47.11 1268 24.00 13000 53.13 Grace (IND) 324 22.78 5719 22.97 -5719 Votes In Count 1422 24903 5284 24468 Exhausted 218 13.29 598 2.35 435 7.61 1033 4.05