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The Hills - By-election (Roll: 40,368) Retained by Liberal Party Nominations: Thursday, 12 August 1993, Polling: Saturday, 28 August 1993 Not contested by both major parties, Preferences counted to completion Candidate Party Votes % Final % Pettitt, Tony Independent 414 1.30 Gallagher, Mick Independent 1,231 3.86 Baggs, David Independent 1,685 5.28 Rothery, Ruth Independent 677 2.12 Solomons, Louis Independent 313 0.98 Potter, Roy Independent 6,466 20.25 9,083 31.03 Feiner, Ronald Independent 189 0.59 F, Ivor Independent 80 0.25 Coleman, Bruce Call to Australia 1,375 4.31 Richardson, Michael (Elected) Liberal Party 19,418 60.83 20,184 68.97 Hooper, Norman Independent 75 0.23 Formal Votes 31,923 Informal / Exhausted Votes 886 2.70 2,656 8.32 Total Votes / Turnout 32,809 81.27 Cause Category: Resignation - Other Notes: Liberal MP Tony Packard resigned over charges for the illegal use of listening devices. The charges stemmed from his time running a local car dealership. Distribution of Preferences Exclusion 1 Hooper (IND) Exclusion 2 F (IND) Exclusion 3 Feiner (IND) Preferences New Totals Preferences New Totals Preferences New Totals Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Pettitt (IND) 3 10.00 417 1.31 5 10.42 422 1.33 5 4.07 427 1.34 Gallagher (IND) 1 3.33 1232 3.86 5 10.42 1237 3.88 9 7.32 1246 3.92 Baggs (IND) 1 3.33 1686 5.29 7 14.58 1693 5.32 29 23.58 1722 5.42 Rothery (IND) 3 10.00 680 2.13 4 8.33 684 2.15 6 4.88 690 2.17 Solomons (IND) 1 3.33 314 0.99 0 0.00 314 0.99 3 2.44 317 1.00 Potter (IND) 2 6.67 6468 20.29 7 14.58 6475 20.34 40 32.52 6515 20.51 Feiner (IND) 3 10.00 192 0.60 12 25.00 204 0.64 -204 F (IND) 5 16.67 85 0.27 -85 Coleman (CTA) 5 16.67 1380 4.33 0 0.00 1380 4.33 8 6.50 1388 4.37 Richardson (LIB) 6 20.00 19424 60.93 8 16.67 19432 61.03 23 18.70 19455 61.26 Hooper (IND) -75 Votes In Count 30 31878 48 31841 123 31760 Exhausted 45 60.00 45 0.14 37 43.53 82 0.26 81 39.71 163 0.51 Distribution of Preferences - part 2 Exclusion 4 Solomons (IND) Exclusion 5 Pettitt (IND) Exclusion 6 Rothery (IND) Preferences New Totals Preferences New Totals Preferences New Totals Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Pettitt (IND) 9 4.46 436 1.38 -436 Gallagher (IND) 17 8.42 1263 3.99 131 57.46 1394 4.43 98 23.33 1492 4.81 Baggs (IND) 4 1.98 1726 5.45 27 11.84 1753 5.58 203 48.33 1956 6.30 Rothery (IND) 111 54.95 801 2.53 17 7.46 818 2.60 -818 Solomons (IND) -317 Potter (IND) 25 12.38 6540 20.67 34 14.91 6574 20.91 75 17.86 6649 21.42 Coleman (CTA) 13 6.44 1401 4.43 6 2.63 1407 4.48 12 2.86 1419 4.57 Richardson (LIB) 23 11.39 19478 61.55 13 5.70 19491 62.00 32 7.62 19523 62.90 Votes In Count 202 31645 228 31437 420 31039 Exhausted 115 36.28 278 0.87 208 47.71 486 1.52 398 48.66 884 2.77 Distribution of Preferences - part 3 Exclusion 7 Coleman (CTA) Exclusion 8 Gallagher (IND) Exclusion 9 Baggs (IND) Preferences New Totals Preferences New Totals Preferences New Totals Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Gallagher (IND) 55 6.00 1547 5.07 -1547 Baggs (IND) 57 6.22 2013 6.59 708 69.14 2721 9.07 -2721 Potter (IND) 397 43.34 7046 23.07 246 24.02 7292 24.30 1791 90.68 9083 31.03 Coleman (CTA) -1419 Richardson (LIB) 407 44.43 19930 65.27 70 6.84 20000 66.64 184 9.32 20184 68.97 Votes In Count 916 30536 1024 30013 1975 29267 Exhausted 503 35.45 1387 4.34 523 33.81 1910 5.98 746 27.42 2656 8.32