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Ryde - 1944 (Roll: 24,367) Retained by Ind Democrat Preferences required, Preferences counted to completion Candidate Party Votes % Final % Billington, Leslie James Democratic Party 4,103 18.96 Burke, Frederick Joseph Lang Labor 2,409 11.13 Griffiths, Joseph Harold Labor Party 5,645 26.09 8,766 40.51 Mead, Ernest Richmond Liberal Democratic 3,039 14.04 Miscamble, Howard Henry Independent 292 1.35 Shand, James Barclay (Re-elected) Ind Democrat 6,151 28.43 12,873 59.49 Formal Votes 21,639 Informal Votes 880 3.91 Total Votes / Turnout 22,519 92.42 Corrections: Hughes and Graham (1975) list J.B.Shand as an Independent. Distribution of Preferences Exclusion 1 Miscamble (IND) Exclusion 2 Burke (Lang) Exclusion 3 Mead (LDP) Preferences New Totals Preferences New Totals Preferences New Totals Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Billington (DP) 51 17.47 4154 19.20 180 7.42 4334 20.03 2006 62.90 6340 29.30 Burke (Lang) 17 5.82 2426 11.21 -2426 Griffiths (ALP) 28 9.59 5673 26.22 1960 80.79 7633 35.27 253 7.93 7886 36.44 Mead (LDP) 49 16.78 3088 14.27 101 4.16 3189 14.74 -3189 Miscamble (IND) -292 Shand (IDEM) 147 50.34 6298 29.10 185 7.63 6483 29.96 930 29.16 7413 34.26 Distribution of Preferences - part 2 Exclusion 4 Billington (DP) Preferences New Totals Votes % Votes % Billington (DP) -6340 Griffiths (ALP) 880 13.88 8766 40.51 Shand (IDEM) 5460 86.12 12873 59.49