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Ryde - 1999 (Roll: 45,383) Labor Party gain from Liberal Party Preferences required, Preferences counted to completion Candidate Party Votes % Final % Petch, Ivan Ivan Petch 3,494 8.48 Mathews, Jennifer Outdoor Recreation Party 232 0.56 Plumb, Noel Australian Democrats 1,551 3.76 Shaw, Jimmy The Greens 1,098 2.66 Salmon, Rod People First 80 0.19 Paton, Fiona Aust. Against Further Immigration 276 0.67 Watkins, John (Re-elected) Labor Party 18,169 44.08 20,813 56.60 Photios, Michael (Defeated) Liberal Party 13,853 33.61 15,961 43.40 Knight, Iris Independent 184 0.45 Gao, Ning Unity 1,260 3.06 King, Gordon One Nation 1,023 2.48 Formal Votes 41,220 Informal / Exhausted Votes 1,151 2.72 4,446 10.79 Total Votes / Turnout 42,371 93.36 Notes: A name revived by the redistribution, Ryde had a notional Liberal majority in a seat created by the abolition of Gladesville and Ermington. Ryde was contested by Labor's Gladesville MP John Watkins and the Liberal Party's Ermington MP Michael Photios. Distribution of Preferences Exclusion 1 Salmon (PF) Exclusion 2 Knight (IND) Exclusion 3 Mathews (ORP) Preferences New Totals Preferences New Totals Preferences New Totals Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Petch (IP) 7 22.58 3501 8.50 11 11.96 3512 8.55 19 21.59 3531 8.63 Mathews (ORP) 4 12.90 236 0.57 2 2.17 238 0.58 -238 Plumb (DEM) 3 9.68 1554 3.77 16 17.39 1570 3.82 9 10.23 1579 3.86 Shaw (GRN) 5 16.13 1103 2.68 10 10.87 1113 2.71 18 20.45 1131 2.76 Salmon (PF) -80 Paton (AFI) 2 6.45 278 0.68 5 5.43 283 0.69 3 3.41 286 0.70 Watkins (ALP) 5 16.13 18174 44.14 13 14.13 18187 44.27 10 11.36 18197 44.46 Photios (LIB) 2 6.45 13855 33.65 19 20.65 13874 33.77 21 23.86 13895 33.95 Knight (IND) 0 0.00 184 0.45 -184 Gao (UNI) 1 3.23 1261 3.06 12 13.04 1273 3.10 3 3.41 1276 3.12 King (ONP) 2 6.45 1025 2.49 4 4.35 1029 2.50 5 5.68 1034 2.53 Votes In Count 31 41171 92 41079 88 40929 Exhausted 49 61.25 49 0.12 92 50.00 141 0.34 150 63.03 291 0.71 Distribution of Preferences - part 2 Exclusion 4 Paton (AFI) Exclusion 5 King (ONP) Exclusion 6 Shaw (GRN) Preferences New Totals Preferences New Totals Preferences New Totals Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Petch (IP) 17 13.60 3548 8.70 122 20.82 3670 9.11 52 8.01 3722 9.37 Plumb (DEM) 9 7.20 1588 3.90 38 6.48 1626 4.04 374 57.63 2000 5.03 Shaw (GRN) 20 16.00 1151 2.82 56 9.56 1207 3.00 -1207 Paton (AFI) -286 Watkins (ALP) 24 19.20 18221 44.69 108 18.43 18329 45.50 119 18.34 18448 46.44 Photios (LIB) 14 11.20 13909 34.12 240 40.96 14149 35.13 57 8.78 14206 35.76 Gao (UNI) 2 1.60 1278 3.13 22 3.75 1300 3.23 47 7.24 1347 3.39 King (ONP) 39 31.20 1073 2.63 -1073 Votes In Count 125 40768 586 40281 649 39723 Exhausted 161 56.29 452 1.10 487 45.39 939 2.28 558 46.23 1497 3.63 Distribution of Preferences - part 3 Exclusion 7 Gao (UNI) Exclusion 8 Plumb (DEM) Exclusion 9 Petch (IP) Preferences New Totals Preferences New Totals Preferences New Totals Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Petch (IP) 45 4.97 3767 9.59 269 18.97 4036 10.44 -4036 Plumb (DEM) 54 5.97 2054 5.23 -2054 Watkins (ALP) 444 49.06 18892 48.09 847 59.73 19739 51.08 1074 49.61 20813 56.60 Photios (LIB) 362 40.00 14568 37.09 302 21.30 14870 38.48 1091 50.39 15961 43.40 Gao (UNI) -1347 Votes In Count 905 39281 1418 38645 2165 36774 Exhausted 442 32.81 1939 4.70 636 30.96 2575 6.25 1871 46.36 4446 10.79