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Port Stephens - 1991 (Roll: 36,380) Labor Party gain from Liberal Party Three-cornered contest, Preferences counted to completion Candidate Party Votes % Final % Martin, Bob (Re-elected) Labor Party 17,498 54.49 18,515 60.06 Woods, Lance Australian Democrats 1,739 5.42 Roberts, Len National Party 3,665 11.41 Mather, Lee Liberal Party 9,209 28.68 12,315 39.94 Formal Votes 32,111 Informal / Exhausted Votes 2,449 7.09 1,281 3.99 Total Votes / Turnout 34,560 95.00 Notes: The new boundaries gave this seat a notional Liberal majority. Distribution of Preferences Exclusion 1 Woods (DEM) Exclusion 2 Roberts (NAT) Preferences New Totals Preferences New Totals Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Martin (ALP) 621 53.86 18119 57.48 396 11.95 18515 60.06 Woods (DEM) -1739 Roberts (NAT) 343 29.75 4008 12.71 -4008 Mather (LIB) 189 16.39 9398 29.81 2917 88.05 12315 39.94 Votes In Count 1153 31525 3313 30830 Exhausted 586 33.70 586 1.82 695 17.34 1281 3.99