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Ashfield - 1991 (Roll: 36,541)
Retained by Labor Party
Preferences required, Preferences counted to completion
Candidate Party Votes % Final %
Poulsen, Ron No Party Affiliation 708 2.51
Whelan, Paul (Re-elected) Labor Party 13,853 49.17 15,733 59.85
Buono, Ralph Liberal Party 9,347 33.17 10,554 40.15
Wakim, Paul Independent 1,594 5.66
Dawson, Robert Australian Democrats 2,177 7.73
Wilson, Clay Call to Australia 497 1.76
Formal Votes 28,176
Informal / Exhausted Votes 4,819 14.61 1,889 6.70
Total Votes / Turnout 32,995 90.30

Distribution of Preferences
Exclusion 1
Wilson (CTA)
Exclusion 2
Poulsen (-)
Exclusion 3
Wakim (IND)
PreferencesNew Totals PreferencesNew Totals PreferencesNew Totals
Votes%Votes% Votes%Votes% Votes%Votes%
Poulsen (-) 22 7.05 730 2.61 -730
Whelan (ALP) 41 13.14 13894 49.64 374 75.56 14268 51.41 292 27.70 14560 53.68
Buono (LIB) 120 38.46 9467 33.82 48 9.70 9515 34.28 439 41.65 9954 36.70
Wakim (IND) 62 19.87 1656 5.92 30 6.06 1686 6.07 -1686
Dawson (DEM) 67 21.47 2244 8.02 43 8.69 2287 8.24 323 30.65 2610 9.62
Wilson (CTA) -497
Votes In Count 312 27991 495 27756 1054 27124
Exhausted 185 37.22 185 0.66 235 32.19 420 1.49 632 37.49 1052 3.73

Distribution of Preferences - part 2
Exclusion 4
Dawson (DEM)
PreferencesNew Totals
Votes%Votes%
Whelan (ALP) 1173 66.16 15733 59.85
Buono (LIB) 600 33.84 10554 40.15
Dawson (DEM) -2610
Votes In Count 1773 26287
Exhausted 837 32.07 1889 6.70