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North Shore - By-election (Roll: 32,318) Retained by Independent Nominations: Friday, 21 October 1988, Polling: Saturday, 5 November 1988 Preferences counted to completion Candidate Party Votes % Final % Read, Robyn (Elected) Independent 11,523 51.81 13,838 62.99 Wood, Robert Nuclear Disarmament Party 462 2.08 McKenzie, Kirk Labor Party 1,625 7.31 Burnum, Burnum Australian Democrats 718 3.23 Skinner, Jillian Liberal Party 7,913 35.58 8,129 37.01 Formal Votes 22,241 Informal / Exhausted Votes 402 1.78 274 1.23 Total Votes / Turnout 22,643 70.06 Cause Category: Resignation - Other Notes: Sitting MP Ted Mack chose to resign from Parliament just before becoming entitled for a parliamentary pension. He was later to contest and win the seat of North Sydney at the 1990 federal election. Distribution of Preferences Exclusion 1 Wood (NDP) Exclusion 2 Burnum (DEM) Exclusion 3 McKenzie (ALP) Preferences New Totals Preferences New Totals Preferences New Totals Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Read (IND) 121 29.51 11644 52.48 524 63.13 12168 55.08 1670 93.09 13838 62.99 Wood (NDP) -462 McKenzie (ALP) 56 13.66 1681 7.58 238 28.67 1919 8.69 -1919 Burnum (DEM) 209 50.98 927 4.18 -927 Skinner (LIB) 24 5.85 7937 35.77 68 8.19 8005 36.23 124 6.91 8129 37.01 Votes In Count 410 22189 830 22092 1794 21967 Exhausted 52 11.26 52 0.23 97 10.46 149 0.67 125 6.51 274 1.23