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Willoughby - 1978 (Roll: 29,963) Labor Party gain from Liberal Party Preferences required, Preferences counted to completion, Preferences changed primary result Candidate Party Votes % Final % Townend, Christine Elizabeth Australian Democrats 1,748 6.65 Greiner, Nicholas Frank Liberal Party 10,456 39.77 12,935 49.19 Britt, Edwin Alfred (Elected) Labor Party 10,015 38.09 13,359 50.81 McGinty, Laurence Frederick (Defeated) Ind. Liberal 4,075 15.50 Formal Votes 26,294 Informal Votes 832 3.07 Total Votes / Turnout 27,126 90.53 Notes: Laurie McGinty lost pre-selection to Nick Greiner. McGinty contested the election as an Independent, directing preferences to Labor and delivering Willoughby to the Labor Party for the first time in history. Corrections: McGinty is listed as an Independent Liberal, where Hughes and Aitkin (1987) listed him as an Independent. Distribution of Preferences Exclusion 1 Townend (DEM) Exclusion 2 McGinty (ILIB) Preferences New Totals Preferences New Totals Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Townend (DEM) -1748 Greiner (LIB) 822 47.03 11278 42.89 1657 38.70 12935 49.19 Britt (ALP) 719 41.13 10734 40.82 2625 61.30 13359 50.81 McGinty (ILIB) 207 11.84 4282 16.29 -4282