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Port Macquarie - 1991 (Roll: 35,529) Retained by National Party Preferences counted to completion Candidate Party Votes % Final % Murphy, John Labor Party 7,172 22.53 9,372 32.33 Woodlands, Bob Independent 5,572 17.50 Trant-Fischer, Suzanne Call to Australia 700 2.20 Tyrrell, Jan Australian Democrats 958 3.01 Machin, Wendy (Re-elected) National Party 17,430 54.76 19,617 67.67 Formal Votes 31,832 Informal / Exhausted Votes 1,866 5.54 2,843 8.93 Total Votes / Turnout 33,698 94.85 Notes: The sitting National Party MP Bruce Jeffery contested the re-created seat of Oxley, while Port Macquarie was contested by Wendy Machin, whose seat of Manning was abolished. Distribution of Preferences Exclusion 1 Trant-Fischer (CTA) Exclusion 2 Tyrrell (DEM) Exclusion 3 Woodlands (IND) Preferences New Totals Preferences New Totals Preferences New Totals Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Murphy (ALP) 42 7.87 7214 22.78 368 51.25 7582 24.16 1790 49.65 9372 32.33 Woodlands (IND) 249 46.63 5821 18.38 177 24.65 5998 19.11 -5998 Trant-Fischer (CTA) -700 Tyrrell (DEM) 44 8.24 1002 3.16 -1002 Machin (NAT) 199 37.27 17629 55.67 173 24.09 17802 56.73 1815 50.35 19617 67.67 Votes In Count 534 31666 718 31382 3605 28989 Exhausted 166 23.71 166 0.52 284 28.34 450 1.41 2393 39.90 2843 8.93