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Murray-Darling - 1999 (Roll: 42,706) Labor Party gain from National Party Preferences required, Preferences counted to completion, No absolute majority for winning candidate Candidate Party Votes % Final % Kersten, Mark National Party 13,790 36.30 15,002 45.78 Black, Peter (Elected) Labor Party 16,781 44.17 17,765 54.22 Boyd, Alan Citizens Electoral Council 246 0.65 White, John Non-Custodial Parents Party 141 0.37 Burton, Dave Australian Democrats 792 2.08 McKinnon, Don One Nation 6,238 16.42 Formal Votes 37,988 Informal / Exhausted Votes 727 1.88 5,221 13.74 Total Votes / Turnout 38,715 90.65 Notes: This new and notionally National Party electorate included large parts of the abolished electorates of Broken Hill and Murray. Broken Hill Labor MP Bill Beckroge and Murray National MP Jim Small both retired. National candidate Mark Kersten retired from the Legislative Council to contest this seat. Distribution of Preferences Exclusion 1 White (NCP) Exclusion 2 Boyd (CEC) Exclusion 3 Burton (DEM) Preferences New Totals Preferences New Totals Preferences New Totals Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Kersten (NAT) 15 45.45 13805 36.44 90 75.00 13895 36.80 215 32.77 14110 37.52 Black (ALP) 10 30.30 16791 44.33 30 25.00 16821 44.55 430 65.55 17251 45.87 Boyd (CEC) 0 0.00 246 0.65 -246 White (NCP) -141 Burton (DEM) 8 24.24 800 2.11 0 0.00 800 2.12 -800 McKinnon (ONP) 0 0.00 6238 16.47 0 0.00 6238 16.52 11 1.68 6249 16.62 Votes In Count 33 37880 120 37754 656 37610 Exhausted 108 76.60 108 0.28 126 51.22 234 0.62 144 18.00 378 1.00 Distribution of Preferences - part 2 Exclusion 4 McKinnon (ONP) Preferences New Totals Votes % Votes % Kersten (NAT) 892 63.44 15002 45.78 Black (ALP) 514 36.56 17765 54.22 McKinnon (ONP) -6249 Votes In Count 1406 32767 Exhausted 4843 77.50 5221 13.74