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Pittwater - By-election (Roll: 45,885) Independent gain from Liberal Party Nominations: Monday, 31 October 2005, Polling: Saturday, 26 November 2005 Not contested by both major parties, Preferences required, Preferences counted to completion Candidate Party Votes % Final % McTaggart, Alex (Elected) Independent 15,052 39.23 19,683 55.36 Nicolaou, Paul Liberal Party 14,622 38.11 15,869 44.64 Giles, Patricia Christian Democrats 3,208 8.36 Dunn, Robert Independent 2,316 6.04 Stevens, Natalie The Greens 2,819 7.35 Nicotra, Mario Australian Democrats 348 0.91 Formal Votes 38,365 Informal / Exhausted Votes 730 1.87 2,813 7.33 Total Votes / Turnout 39,095 85.20 Cause Category: Resignation - Other Notes: Caused by the resignation of Liberal MP John Brogden. Having resigned as Liberal Leader over allegations of inappropriate behaviour at a function, the appearance of further unsubstantiated allegations resulted in a suicide attempt by Brogden, who resigned from Parliament shortly afterwards. Distribution of Preferences Exclusion 1 Nicotra (DEM) Exclusion 2 Dunn (IND) Exclusion 3 Giles (CDP) Preferences New Totals Preferences New Totals Preferences New Totals Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % McTaggart (IND) 46 20.72 15098 39.48 558 32.03 15656 41.64 1721 67.07 17377 47.35 Nicolaou (LIB) 19 8.56 14641 38.29 218 12.51 14859 39.52 622 24.24 15481 42.19 Giles (CDP) 10 4.50 3218 8.42 251 14.41 3469 9.23 -3469 Dunn (IND) 66 29.73 2382 6.23 -2382 Stevens (GRN) 81 36.49 2900 7.58 715 41.04 3615 9.61 223 8.69 3838 10.46 Nicotra (DEM) -348 Votes In Count 222 38239 1742 37599 2566 36696 Exhausted 126 36.21 126 0.33 640 26.87 766 2.00 903 26.03 1669 4.35 Distribution of Preferences - part 2 Exclusion 4 Stevens (GRN) Preferences New Totals Votes % Votes % McTaggart (IND) 2306 85.60 19683 55.36 Nicolaou (LIB) 388 14.40 15869 44.64 Stevens (GRN) -3838 Votes In Count 2694 35552 Exhausted 1144 29.81 2813 7.33