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Tamworth - 1973 (Roll: 24,372) Retained by Country Party Three-cornered contest, Multiple party endorsement, Preferences required, Preferences counted to completion Candidate Party Votes % Final % Bischoff, William Francis Labor Party 2,959 13.47 Byrne, Joan Frances Australia Party 559 2.55 Forrest, William John Labor Party 3,888 17.70 7,988 36.37 Hill, Leonard Stanley Independents 467 2.13 Park, Ernest Noel (Elected) Country Party 7,884 35.90 13,975 63.63 Roberts, Neil Leslie Liberal Party 5,902 26.87 Young, Peter James Francis D.L.P. 304 1.38 Formal Votes 21,963 Informal Votes 943 4.12 Total Votes / Turnout 22,906 93.98 Notes: Sitting MP Bill Chaffey retired. A former Deputy Leader of the Country Party, he had spent his last year in Parliament sitting as an Independent. Distribution of Preferences Exclusion 1 Young (DLP) Exclusion 2 Hill (IND) Exclusion 3 Byrne (AP) Preferences New Totals Preferences New Totals Preferences New Totals Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Bischoff (ALP) 13 4.28 2972 13.53 92 19.25 3064 13.95 141 21.53 3205 14.59 Byrne (AP) 21 6.91 580 2.64 75 15.69 655 2.98 -655 Forrest (ALP) 7 2.30 3895 17.73 94 19.67 3989 18.16 260 39.69 4249 19.35 Hill (IND) 11 3.62 478 2.18 -478 Park (CP) 83 27.30 7967 36.27 130 27.20 8097 36.87 122 18.63 8219 37.42 Roberts (LIB) 169 55.59 6071 27.64 87 18.20 6158 28.04 132 20.15 6290 28.64 Young (DLP) -304 Distribution of Preferences - part 2 Exclusion 4 Bischoff (ALP) Exclusion 5 Roberts (LIB) Preferences New Totals Preferences New Totals Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Bischoff (ALP) -3205 Forrest (ALP) 2895 90.33 7144 32.53 844 13.08 7988 36.37 Park (CP) 149 4.65 8368 38.10 5607 86.92 13975 63.63 Roberts (LIB) 161 5.02 6451 29.37 -6451