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Ashburnham - 1938 (Roll: 13,876) Retained by Country Party Preferences required, Preferences counted to completion Candidate Party Votes % Final % Dring, Edgar Percy Labor Party 5,779 43.61 6,290 47.46 Elliott, Hilton Oswald (Re-elected) Country Party 6,409 48.36 6,963 52.54 Gibbons, William Norman Independent 1,065 8.04 Formal Votes 13,253 Informal Votes 175 1.30 Total Votes / Turnout 13,428 96.77 Distribution of Preferences Exclusion 1 Gibbons (IND) Preferences New Totals Votes % Votes % Dring (ALP) 511 47.98 6290 47.46 Elliott (CP) 554 52.02 6963 52.54 Gibbons (IND) -1065