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Young - 1927 (Roll: 14,789)
Retained by Country Party
Preferences required, Preferences counted to completion, No absolute majority for winning candidate
Candidate Party Votes % Final %
Loughlin, Peter Ffrench (Defeated) Ind Labor 4,082 33.02 4,542 49.67
McCarthy, George Frederick Labor Party 3,932 31.80
Reid, Albert David (Elected) Country Party 4,349 35.18 4,603 50.33
Formal Votes 12,363
Informal / Exhausted Votes 104 0.83 3,218 26.03
Total Votes / Turnout 12,467 84.30
Notes: Loughlin had been a Labor MP for the multi-member electorate of Cootamundra, but left the party amidst the bitter factional fights of 1927. He contested as an Independent Labor MP.

Distribution of Preferences
Exclusion 1
McCarthy (ALP)
PreferencesNew Totals
Votes%Votes%
Loughlin (ILAB) 460 64.43 4542 49.67
McCarthy (ALP) -3932
Reid (CP) 254 35.57 4603 50.33
Votes In Count 714 9145
Exhausted 3218 81.84 3218 26.03