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Southern Highlands - 1988 (Roll: 32,331)
Retained by Liberal Party
Preferences counted to completion
Candidate Party Votes % Final %
Butler, Gregory William Australian Democrats 1,899 6.41
Watkin, Nigel Vaughan Labor Party 7,110 23.99 9,171 33.20
Fahey, John Joseph (Re-elected) Liberal Party 15,176 51.21 18,451 66.80
Gair, Thomas Duncan Independent 5,448 18.38
Formal Votes 29,633
Informal / Exhausted Votes 905 2.96 2,011 6.79
Total Votes / Turnout 30,538 94.45
Notes: New seat with a notional Liberal majority and contested by Camden Liberal PM John Fahey.

Distribution of Preferences
Exclusion 1
Butler (DEM)
Exclusion 2
Gair (IND)
PreferencesNew Totals PreferencesNew Totals
Votes%Votes% Votes%Votes%
Butler (DEM) -1899
Watkin (ALP) 607 41.52 7717 26.43 1454 32.44 9171 33.20
Fahey (LIB) 247 16.89 15423 52.83 3028 67.56 18451 66.80
Gair (IND) 608 41.59 6056 20.74 -6056
Votes In Count 1462 29196 4482 27622
Exhausted 437 23.01 437 1.47 1574 25.99 2011 6.79