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Bega - 1988 (Roll: 34,723) Retained by Liberal Party Three-cornered contest, Preferences required, Preferences counted to completion Candidate Party Votes % Final % Ware, Robert Albert Labor Party 6,563 20.87 9,331 31.33 Roberts, Richard Copeland Independent 5,235 16.65 Nicholson, John Theodore Australian Democrats 389 1.24 Smith, Russell Harold (Elected) Liberal Party 12,380 39.37 20,448 68.67 Ferguson, Ronald John National Party 6,881 21.88 Formal Votes 31,448 Informal / Exhausted Votes 637 1.99 1,669 5.31 Total Votes / Turnout 32,085 92.40 Notes: New electorate with a notional Liberal Party majority bu no sitting MP. Distribution of Preferences Exclusion 1 Nicholson (DEM) Exclusion 2 Roberts (IND) Exclusion 3 Ferguson (NAT) Preferences New Totals Preferences New Totals Preferences New Totals Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Ware (ALP) 66 22.60 6629 21.14 2076 45.51 8705 28.52 626 8.55 9331 31.33 Roberts (IND) 155 53.08 5390 17.19 -5390 Nicholson (DEM) -389 Smith (LIB) 34 11.64 12414 39.60 1340 29.37 13754 45.06 6694 91.45 20448 68.67 Ferguson (NAT) 37 12.67 6918 22.07 1146 25.12 8064 26.42 -8064 Votes In Count 292 31351 4562 30523 7320 29779 Exhausted 97 24.94 97 0.31 828 15.36 925 2.94 744 9.23 1669 5.31