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Waratah - 1984 (Roll: 31,595) Retained by Labor Party Preferences required, Preferences counted to completion Candidate Party Votes % Final % Jarman, Wayne Australian Democrats 1,078 3.70 Saunders, Ashley Liberal Party 7,314 25.08 9,220 36.83 Price, John (Elected) Labor Party 13,641 46.77 15,816 63.17 Jones, Samuel (Defeated) Independent 6,926 23.75 Cain, John Independent 205 0.70 Formal Votes 29,164 Informal / Exhausted Votes 677 2.27 4,128 14.15 Total Votes / Turnout 29,841 94.45 Notes: Sam Jones ran as an Independent after losing Labor Party pre-selection. Distribution of Preferences Exclusion 1 Cain (IND) Exclusion 2 Jarman (DEM) Exclusion 3 Jones (IND) Preferences New Totals Preferences New Totals Preferences New Totals Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Jarman (DEM) 41 27.89 1119 3.84 -1119 Saunders (LIB) 22 14.97 7336 25.20 669 72.17 8005 27.69 1215 38.05 9220 36.83 Price (ALP) 33 22.45 13674 46.98 164 17.69 13838 47.86 1978 61.95 15816 63.17 Jones (IND) 51 34.69 6977 23.97 94 10.14 7071 24.46 -7071 Cain (IND) -205 Votes In Count 147 29106 927 28914 3193 25036 Exhausted 58 28.29 58 0.20 192 17.16 250 0.86 3878 54.84 4128 14.15