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Hurstville - 1927 (Roll: 16,830) Retained by Labor Party Preferences required, Preferences counted to completion, Preferences changed primary result, No absolute majority for winning candidate Candidate Party Votes % Final % Anderson, Walter Edmund Independent 429 3.00 Butler, Walter James (Elected) Labor Party 6,908 48.35 7,039 50.13 Hodge, William Bass Independent 41 0.29 Nield, John Roscoe Nationalist 6,910 48.36 7,002 49.87 Formal Votes 14,288 Informal / Exhausted Votes 153 1.06 247 1.73 Total Votes / Turnout 14,441 85.81 Distribution of Preferences Exclusion 1 Hodge (IND) Exclusion 2 Anderson (IND) Preferences New Totals Preferences New Totals Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Anderson (IND) 3 21.43 432 3.03 -432 Butler (ALP) 3 21.43 6911 48.46 128 60.38 7039 50.13 Hodge (IND) -41 Nield (NAT) 8 57.14 6918 48.51 84 39.62 7002 49.87 Votes In Count 14 14261 212 14041 Exhausted 27 65.85 27 0.19 220 50.93 247 1.73