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Wollongong - 1988 (Roll: 32,587) Independent gain from Labor Party Preferences required, Preferences counted to completion Candidate Party Votes % Final % Roberts, Graham Henry Illawarra Workers Party 2,028 6.99 Arkell, Francis Neville (Re-elected) Independent 12,909 44.51 15,560 55.48 Kelly, Lawrence Borthwick (Defeated) Labor Party 11,263 38.83 12,488 44.52 Masters, John Lucca Liberal Party 2,804 9.67 Formal Votes 29,004 Informal / Exhausted Votes 1,372 4.52 956 3.30 Total Votes / Turnout 30,376 93.22 Notes: Wollongong had been won in 1984 by Independent MP Frank Arkell. The new boundaries appeared to improve the Labor Party's position, so the seat is shown as being notionally held by Labor. The seat was contested by two sitting MPs, Arkell as sitting Mp for Wollongong, and Laurie Kelly who moved to contest this seat rather than his old seat of Corrimal. Distribution of Preferences Exclusion 1 Roberts (IWP) Exclusion 2 Masters (LIB) Preferences New Totals Preferences New Totals Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Roberts (IWP) -2028 Arkell (IND) 529 33.95 13438 47.09 2122 86.30 15560 55.48 Kelly (ALP) 888 57.00 12151 42.58 337 13.70 12488 44.52 Masters (LIB) 141 9.05 2945 10.32 -2945 Votes In Count 1558 28534 2459 28048 Exhausted 470 23.18 470 1.62 486 16.50 956 3.30