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Illawarra - 1988 (Roll: 31,638) Retained by Labor Party Preferences required, Preferences counted to completion, No absolute majority for winning candidate Candidate Party Votes % Final % Owen, Dennis John Liberal Party 9,852 34.24 11,738 45.56 Petersen, George (Defeated) Illawarra Workers Party 4,727 16.43 Rumble, Terrence John (Elected) Labor Party 12,241 42.54 14,026 54.44 Knowles, Violet Maud Call to Australia 1,956 6.80 Formal Votes 28,776 Informal / Exhausted Votes 1,340 4.45 3,012 10.47 Total Votes / Turnout 30,116 95.19 Notes: Sitting MP George Petersen resigned from the Labor Party and contested the state election on behalf of his own party, the Illawarra Workers Party. Distribution of Preferences Exclusion 1 Knowles (CTA) Exclusion 2 Petersen (IWP) Preferences New Totals Preferences New Totals Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Owen (LIB) 917 57.10 10769 37.88 969 44.13 11738 45.56 Petersen (IWP) 131 8.16 4858 17.09 -4858 Rumble (ALP) 558 34.74 12799 45.03 1227 55.87 14026 54.44 Knowles (CTA) -1956 Votes In Count 1606 28426 2196 25764 Exhausted 350 17.89 350 1.22 2662 54.80 3012 10.47