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Tamworth - By-election (Roll: 44,445) National Party gain from Independent Nominations: Thursday, 22 November 2001, Polling: Saturday, 8 December 2001 Preferences required, Preferences counted to completion Candidate Party Votes % Final % Cull, John (Elected) National Party 14,293 36.34 19,862 58.68 Woodley, Warren Independent 5,897 15.00 Kelly, Clint Independent 466 1.18 Fritze, Andre Independent 359 0.91 McKenzie, Ken Independent 2,775 7.06 Treloar, James Independent 8,934 22.72 13,984 41.32 Tait, Ray Labor Party 5,831 14.83 Cowling, Marie Australian Democrats 771 1.96 Formal Votes 39,326 Informal / Exhausted Votes 735 1.83 5,480 13.93 Total Votes / Turnout 40,061 90.14 Cause Category: Resignation - Federal contest Notes: Caused by the resignation of Independent MP Tony Windsor, who was elected MHR for New England at the 2001 Federal election. Distribution of Preferences Exclusion 1 Fritze (IND) Exclusion 2 Kelly (IND) Exclusion 3 Cowling (DEM) Preferences New Totals Preferences New Totals Preferences New Totals Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Cull (NAT) 28 14.00 14321 36.56 55 17.52 14376 36.89 99 19.60 14475 37.45 Woodley (IND) 20 10.00 5917 15.11 51 16.24 5968 15.31 52 10.30 6020 15.57 Kelly (IND) 44 22.00 510 1.30 -510 Fritze (IND) -359 McKenzie (IND) 51 25.50 2826 7.22 106 33.76 2932 7.52 73 14.46 3005 7.77 Treloar (IND) 14 7.00 8948 22.85 41 13.06 8989 23.07 93 18.42 9082 23.50 Tait (ALP) 21 10.50 5852 14.94 33 10.51 5885 15.10 188 37.23 6073 15.71 Cowling (DEM) 22 11.00 793 2.02 28 8.92 821 2.11 -821 Votes In Count 200 39167 314 38971 505 38655 Exhausted 159 44.29 159 0.40 196 38.43 355 0.90 316 38.49 671 1.71 Distribution of Preferences - part 2 Exclusion 4 McKenzie (IND) Exclusion 5 Woodley (IND) Exclusion 6 Tait (ALP) Preferences New Totals Preferences New Totals Preferences New Totals Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Cull (NAT) 588 28.63 15063 39.95 2875 61.84 17938 49.92 1924 38.56 19862 58.68 Woodley (IND) 403 19.62 6423 17.04 -6423 McKenzie (IND) -3005 Treloar (IND) 630 30.67 9712 25.76 1206 25.94 10918 30.39 3066 61.44 13984 41.32 Tait (ALP) 433 21.08 6506 17.26 568 12.22 7074 19.69 -7074 Votes In Count 2054 37704 4649 35930 4990 33846 Exhausted 951 31.65 1622 4.12 1774 27.62 3396 8.64 2084 29.46 5480 13.93