PATERSON, NSW 112,541 enrolled, 105,211 (93.5%) voted ==================================================================== North Central NSW: Kurri Kurri, Maitland, Nelson Bay, Raymond Terrace -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2013 two-party majority: Liberal 09.8 Effect of 2016 redistribution: 10.1 to Labor 2016 notional two-party majority: Labor 00.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Graham Burston ON 13,056 13.1 +11.6 Brian Clare RUA 1,007 01.0 +00.5 John Brown Grn 5,797 05.8 -00.6 Meryl Swanson + ALP 46,090 46.1 +06.2 Peter Davis 533 00.5 Karen Howard Lib 31,527 31.5 +00.6 Peter Arena CDP 2,058 02.1 -00.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 5,143 (04.9%) informal 100,068 -------------------------------------------------------------------- In 2013 the Nationals polled 10.6% in the areas formerly in Hunter. The notional combined Coalition vote in Paterson was therefore 41.5%. The Liberal vote of 31.5% is therefore a drop of 10.0%. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Davis's 533 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Burston 113 21.2 13,169 13.2 Clare 95 17.8 1,102 01.1 Brown 75 14.1 5,872 05.9 Swanson + 111 20.8 46,201 46.2 Howard 87 16.3 31,614 31.6 Arena 52 09.8 2,110 02.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > 533 100,068 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Clare's 1,102 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Burston 558 50.6 13,727 13.7 Brown 167 15.2 6,039 06.0 Swanson + 159 14.4 46,360 46.3 Howard 89 08.1 31,703 31.7 Arena 129 11.7 2,239 02.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > 1,102 100,068 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: Arena's 2,239 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Burston 656 29.3 14,383 14.4 Brown 143 06.4 6,182 06.2 Swanson + 312 13.9 46,672 46.6 Howard 1,128 50.4 32,831 32.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > 2,239 100,068 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 5th count: Brown's 6,182 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Burston 937 15.2 15,320 15.3 SWANSON + 4,465 72.2 51,137 51.1 Howard 780 12.6 33,611 33.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > 6,182 100,068 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 6th count: Burston's 15,320 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- SWANSON + 9,642 62.9 60,779 60.7 Howard 5,678 37.1 39,289 39.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > 15,320 100,068 10.7 10.5 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Meryl Jane Swanson (born 1970): Elected 2016 Born: 3 September 1970, Kurri Kurri NSW. Career: Educated University of Newcastle. Radio presenter and producer. Staffer to Hon Joel Fitzgibbon MP. --------------------------------------------------------------------