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Blacktown - 1999 (Roll: 45,799) Retained by Labor Party Preferences counted to completion Candidate Party Votes % Final % King, David Australian Democrats 3,178 7.66 Sherwood, Ed Aust. Against Further Immigration 1,015 2.45 Bawden, Bob Christian Democrats 2,377 5.73 Holder, Rick Liberal Party 8,260 19.91 10,987 30.65 Gibson, Paul (Re-elected) Labor Party 22,714 54.74 24,861 69.35 Nixon, Bill One Nation 3,953 9.53 Formal Votes 41,497 Informal / Exhausted Votes 1,497 3.48 5,649 13.61 Total Votes / Turnout 42,994 93.88 Notes: With the redistribution, Labor MP Pam Allan chose to follow the majority of her constituents into the re-created seat of Wentworthville. Pre-selection for Blacktown was delayed while Labor resolved a number of problems caused by the cut in seat numbers. In the end, Londonderry MP Paul Gibson moved to contest Blacktown, having been unable to nominate for his own seat of Londonderry while he awaited the findings of an ICAC inquiry. Distribution of Preferences Exclusion 1 Sherwood (AFI) Exclusion 2 Bawden (CDP) Exclusion 3 King (DEM) Preferences New Totals Preferences New Totals Preferences New Totals Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % King (DEM) 112 25.63 3290 8.04 251 17.71 3541 8.87 -3541 Sherwood (AFI) -1015 Bawden (CDP) 49 11.21 2426 5.93 -2426 Holder (LIB) 59 13.50 8319 20.33 767 54.13 9086 22.77 942 46.04 10028 26.10 Gibson (ALP) 93 21.28 22807 55.74 289 20.40 23096 57.87 890 43.50 23986 62.44 Nixon (ONP) 124 28.38 4077 9.96 110 7.76 4187 10.49 214 10.46 4401 11.46 Votes In Count 437 40919 1417 39910 2046 38415 Exhausted 578 56.95 578 1.39 1009 41.59 1587 3.82 1495 42.22 3082 7.43 Distribution of Preferences - part 2 Exclusion 4 Nixon (ONP) Preferences New Totals Votes % Votes % Holder (LIB) 959 52.29 10987 30.65 Gibson (ALP) 875 47.71 24861 69.35 Nixon (ONP) -4401 Votes In Count 1834 35848 Exhausted 2567 58.33 5649 13.61