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Bass Hill - 1988 (Roll: 31,975) Retained by Labor Party Preferences counted to completion Candidate Party Votes % Final % Owen, Michael Joseph (Defeated) Liberal Party 12,062 40.99 13,180 45.74 Lovelee, William Thomas (Elected) Labor Party 14,758 50.15 15,634 54.26 Axford, Norm Independent EFF 1,777 6.04 Archer, Ernest Independent 831 2.82 Formal Votes 29,428 Informal / Exhausted Votes 1,095 3.59 614 2.09 Total Votes / Turnout 30,523 95.46 Notes: Bass Hill had been won by the Liberal Party's Michael Owen at a 1986 by-election. He is shown as the sitting member for the seat, but on the new boundaries the seat had a notional Labor majority. Distribution of Preferences Exclusion 1 Archer (IND) Exclusion 2 Axford (EFF) Preferences New Totals Preferences New Totals Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Owen (LIB) 58 9.16 12120 41.46 1060 57.08 13180 45.74 Lovelee (ALP) 79 12.48 14837 50.76 797 42.92 15634 54.26 Axford (EFF) 496 78.36 2273 7.78 -2273 Archer (IND) -831 Votes In Count 633 29230 1857 28814 Exhausted 198 23.83 198 0.67 416 18.30 614 2.09