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Northern Tablelands - 1981 (Roll: 32,245)
Labor Party gain from National Country Party
Candidate
Party
Votes
%
Final
%
McCarthy, William John Patrick
(Re-elected)
Labor Party
15,474
52.89
Tregurtha, John Stuart
National Country Party
13,782
47.11
Formal Votes
29,256
Informal Votes
468
1.57
Total Votes / Turnout
29,724
92.18
Notes
: New electorate with a notional NCP majority that took in much of the abolished electorates of Tenterfield and Armidale. Tenterfield NCP MP J.C.Bruxner retired while Armidale Labor MP Bill McCarthy contested this electorate.