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Port Macquarie - 2003 (Roll: 47,326) Independent gain from National Party Preferences counted to completion Candidate Party Votes % Final % Russell, Susie The Greens 1,599 3.64 Hough, Robert Country Labor 3,697 8.41 McLeod, James Aust. Against Further Immigration 321 0.73 Muldoon, Graeme Independent 141 0.32 Fenton, Charlie National Party 6,416 14.60 7,079 17.17 Oakeshott, Rob (Re-elected) Independent 30,659 69.75 34,146 82.83 Medway, Kerry Christian Democrats 1,122 2.55 Formal Votes 43,955 Informal / Exhausted Votes 556 1.25 2,730 6.21 Total Votes / Turnout 44,511 94.05 Notes: Sitting MP Rob Oakeshott was elected as a National Party candidate in 1999, but resigned from the National Party to sit as an Independent in March 2002. He was re-elected as an Independent in 2003. Distribution of Preferences Exclusion 1 Muldoon (IND) Exclusion 2 McLeod (AFI) Exclusion 3 Medway (CDP) Preferences New Totals Preferences New Totals Preferences New Totals Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Russell (GRN) 4 9.30 1603 3.66 9 8.49 1612 3.69 8 1.02 1620 3.74 Hough (CLR) 6 13.95 3703 8.44 19 17.92 3722 8.53 16 2.04 3738 8.63 McLeod (AFI) 3 6.98 324 0.74 -324 Muldoon (IND) -141 Fenton (NAT) 8 18.60 6424 14.65 17 16.04 6441 14.76 388 49.43 6829 15.78 Oakeshott (IND) 20 46.51 30679 69.95 50 47.17 30729 70.42 373 47.52 31102 71.85 Medway (CDP) 2 4.65 1124 2.56 11 10.38 1135 2.60 -1135 Votes In Count 43 43857 106 43639 785 43289 Exhausted 98 69.50 98 0.22 218 67.28 316 0.72 350 30.84 666 1.52 Distribution of Preferences - part 2 Exclusion 4 Russell (GRN) Exclusion 5 Hough (CLR) Preferences New Totals Preferences New Totals Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Russell (GRN) -1620 Hough (CLR) 265 25.07 4003 9.37 -4003 Fenton (NAT) 33 3.12 6862 16.06 217 8.67 7079 17.17 Oakeshott (IND) 759 71.81 31861 74.57 2285 91.33 34146 82.83 Votes In Count 1057 42726 2502 41225 Exhausted 563 34.75 1229 2.80 1501 37.50 2730 6.21