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Lismore - 1988 (Roll: 32,496) Retained by National Party Preferences counted to completion Candidate Party Votes % Final % Rixon, Barry William (Elected) National Party 19,493 65.04 20,387 69.89 Gallen, Kenneth Roy Labor Party 7,664 25.57 8,782 30.11 Gibbs, Stanley Frank Australian Democrats 2,093 6.98 Axtens, Jon Mackay Independent 719 2.40 Formal Votes 29,969 Informal / Exhausted Votes 644 2.10 800 2.67 Total Votes / Turnout 30,613 94.21 Notes: The retiring MP was Bruce Duncan. He had resigned from the Country Party in the early 1980s in opposition to the party's change of name to National Party. He was re-elected as an Independent in 1984 without opposition from the National Party and chose to retire in 1988. Distribution of Preferences Exclusion 1 Axtens (IND) Exclusion 2 Gibbs (DEM) Preferences New Totals Preferences New Totals Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Rixon (NAT) 173 32.58 19666 66.04 721 41.58 20387 69.89 Gallen (ALP) 105 19.77 7769 26.09 1013 58.42 8782 30.11 Gibbs (DEM) 253 47.65 2346 7.88 -2346 Axtens (IND) -719 Votes In Count 531 29781 1734 29169 Exhausted 188 26.15 188 0.63 612 26.09 800 2.67