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Northern Tablelands - 1988 (Roll: 32,819) Retained by National Party Preferences counted to completion Candidate Party Votes % Final % Lawarik, Anthony Australian Democrats 2,232 7.37 McClenaghan, Kenneth Bruce Labor Party 8,131 26.84 9,258 30.99 Chappell, Raymond Francis (Re-elected) National Party 19,933 65.79 20,619 69.01 Formal Votes 30,296 Informal / Exhausted Votes 673 2.17 419 1.38 Total Votes / Turnout 30,969 94.36 Notes: Labor won Northern Tablelands narrowly in 1984, but lost it at a by-election in 1987 on the death of sitting MP Bill McCarthy. On the new electoral boundaries, the seat had a notional National Party majority based on 1984 results, and a sitting National Party MP courtesy of the by-election. Distribution of Preferences Exclusion 1 Lawarik (DEM) Preferences New Totals Votes % Votes % Lawarik (DEM) -2232 McClenaghan (ALP) 1127 62.16 9258 30.99 Chappell (NAT) 686 37.84 20619 69.01 Votes In Count 1813 29877 Exhausted 419 18.77 419 1.38