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Ashburnham - 1930 (Roll: 12,879)
Labor Party gain from Nationalist
Preferences required, Preferences counted to completion
Candidate Party Votes % Final %
Best, Edmund Carncross (Defeated) Nationalist 4,611 38.22 5,980 49.57
Keast, Theopholus William John (Elected) Labor Party 5,941 49.25 6,084 50.43
Kelly, David Ind Country 1,512 12.53
Formal Votes 12,064
Informal Votes 179 1.46
Total Votes / Turnout 12,243 95.06

Distribution of Preferences
Exclusion 1
Kelly (ICP)
PreferencesNew Totals
Votes%Votes%
Best (NAT) 1369 90.54 5980 49.57
Keast (ALP) 143 9.46 6084 50.43
Kelly (ICP) -1512