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Maitland - 1999 (Roll: 45,716) Labor Party gain from Liberal Party Preferences required, Preferences counted to completion, No absolute majority for winning candidate Candidate Party Votes % Final % Lawler, Ann Citizens Electoral Council 359 0.83 Blackmore, Peter (Defeated) Liberal Party 17,729 40.96 19,347 49.04 Harper, Phillip One Nation 3,452 7.98 Taylor, Bob Outdoor Recreation Party 518 1.20 Kerslake, Paul Christian Democrats 610 1.41 Price, John (Re-elected) Labor Party 18,563 42.89 20,102 50.96 Lantry, James Australian Democrats 766 1.77 Davis, Jan The Greens 1,282 2.96 Formal Votes 43,279 Informal / Exhausted Votes 619 1.41 3,830 8.85 Total Votes / Turnout 43,898 96.02 Notes: The neighbouring seat of Waratah was abolished in the redistribution, resulting in that seat's Labor MP John Price choosing to contest Maitland against sitting Liberal MP Peter Blackmore. While the redistribution had cut the majority in Maitland, it was still a notional Liberal seat. Distribution of Preferences Exclusion 1 Lawler (CEC) Exclusion 2 Taylor (ORP) Exclusion 3 Kerslake (CDP) Preferences New Totals Preferences New Totals Preferences New Totals Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Lawler (CEC) -359 Blackmore (LIB) 112 55.72 17841 41.37 88 36.21 17929 41.85 179 47.99 18108 42.53 Harper (ONP) 25 12.44 3477 8.06 57 23.46 3534 8.25 62 16.62 3596 8.45 Taylor (ORP) 7 3.48 525 1.22 -525 Kerslake (CDP) 11 5.47 621 1.44 11 4.53 632 1.48 -632 Price (ALP) 21 10.45 18584 43.10 48 19.75 18632 43.49 82 21.98 18714 43.95 Lantry (DEM) 11 5.47 777 1.80 12 4.94 789 1.84 34 9.12 823 1.93 Davis (GRN) 14 6.97 1296 3.01 27 11.11 1323 3.09 16 4.29 1339 3.14 Votes In Count 201 43121 243 42839 373 42580 Exhausted 158 44.01 158 0.37 282 53.71 440 1.02 259 40.98 699 1.62 Distribution of Preferences - part 2 Exclusion 4 Lantry (DEM) Exclusion 5 Davis (GRN) Exclusion 6 Harper (ONP) Preferences New Totals Preferences New Totals Preferences New Totals Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Blackmore (LIB) 80 15.47 18188 43.02 239 25.59 18427 44.26 920 60.41 19347 49.04 Harper (ONP) 25 4.84 3621 8.57 84 8.99 3705 8.90 -3705 Price (ALP) 174 33.66 18888 44.68 611 65.42 19499 46.84 603 39.59 20102 50.96 Lantry (DEM) -823 Davis (GRN) 238 46.03 1577 3.73 -1577 Votes In Count 517 42274 934 41631 1523 39449 Exhausted 306 37.18 1005 2.32 643 40.77 1648 3.81 2182 58.89 3830 8.85