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Gosford - 1988 (Roll: 35,723) Liberal Party gain from Labor Party Preferences counted to completion Candidate Party Votes % Final % Hartcher, Christopher Peter (Elected) Liberal Party 16,589 50.20 18,507 57.85 Chestnut, Gary John Australian Democrats 1,845 5.58 Anderson, John Michael Call to Australia 2,690 8.14 Sansom, Anthony Neil Labor Party 11,922 36.08 13,485 42.15 Formal Votes 33,046 Informal / Exhausted Votes 938 2.76 1,054 3.19 Total Votes / Turnout 33,984 95.13 Notes: Sitting Labor MP Brian McGowan chose to contest the new seat of The Entrance. Distribution of Preferences Exclusion 1 Chestnut (DEM) Exclusion 2 Anderson (CTA) Preferences New Totals Preferences New Totals Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Hartcher (LIB) 530 34.96 17119 52.32 1388 61.74 18507 57.85 Chestnut (DEM) -1845 Anderson (CTA) 283 18.67 2973 9.09 -2973 Sansom (ALP) 703 46.37 12625 38.59 860 38.26 13485 42.15 Votes In Count 1516 32717 2248 31992 Exhausted 329 17.83 329 1.00 725 24.39 1054 3.19