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Balmain - 1988 (Roll: 32,555) Independent gain from Labor Party Preferences required, Preferences counted to completion, Preferences changed primary result, No absolute majority for winning candidate Candidate Party Votes % Final % Ward, Jane Elizabeth Independent 1,990 7.06 Courtney, Geoffrey Owen Liberal Party 5,383 19.11 Hand, Larry Community Independents 2,422 8.60 Webster, Patricia Isabel Independent 370 1.31 Crawford, Peter Thomson (Defeated) Labor Party 11,071 39.29 12,576 48.34 Cole, William Australian Democrats 558 1.98 Fraser, Dawn (Elected) Independent 6,381 22.65 13,440 51.66 Formal Votes 28,175 Informal / Exhausted Votes 1,091 3.73 2,159 7.66 Total Votes / Turnout 29,266 89.90 Distribution of Preferences Exclusion 1 Webster (IND) Exclusion 2 Cole (DEM) Exclusion 3 Ward (IND) Preferences New Totals Preferences New Totals Preferences New Totals Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Ward (IND) 38 17.84 2028 7.24 40 8.81 2068 7.41 -2068 Courtney (LIB) 19 8.92 5402 19.28 23 5.07 5425 19.44 518 33.01 5943 21.68 Hand (CI) 24 11.27 2446 8.73 228 50.22 2674 9.58 315 20.08 2989 10.90 Webster (IND) -370 Crawford (ALP) 94 44.13 11165 39.85 55 12.11 11220 40.20 148 9.43 11368 41.47 Cole (DEM) 4 1.88 562 2.01 -562 Fraser (IND) 34 15.96 6415 22.90 108 23.79 6523 23.37 588 37.48 7111 25.94 Votes In Count 213 28018 454 27910 1569 27411 Exhausted 157 42.43 157 0.56 108 19.22 265 0.94 499 24.13 764 2.71 Distribution of Preferences - part 2 Exclusion 4 Hand (CI) Exclusion 5 Courtney (LIB) Preferences New Totals Preferences New Totals Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Courtney (LIB) 149 5.99 6092 22.64 -6092 Hand (CI) -2989 Crawford (ALP) 525 21.12 11893 44.20 683 13.13 12576 48.34 Fraser (IND) 1812 72.89 8923 33.16 4517 86.87 13440 51.66 Votes In Count 2486 26908 5200 26016 Exhausted 503 16.83 1267 4.50 892 14.64 2159 7.66