PATERSON ==================================================================== North Central NSW: Kurri Kurri, Maitland, Neith, Nelson Bay, Raymond Terrace -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2019 two-party majority: Labor over Liberal 05.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 132,040 +07.5 Votes cast: 121,027 91.7 -01.5 Informal votes: 6,142 05.1 -00.8 Formal votes: 114,885 94.9 +00.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Neil Turner PHON 9,363 08.2 -06.0 Brooke Vitnell Lib 42,142 36.7 +04.2 Meryl Swanson * ALP 46,725 40.7 -00.4 Angela Ketas IMOP 1,883 01.6 Louise Ihlein Grn 8,677 07.6 +00.7 Sonia Bailey LDP 1,621 01.4 Jason Olbourne UAP 4,474 03.9 +00.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 114,885 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Bailey's 1,621 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Turner 285 17.6 9,648 08.4 Vitnell 484 29.9 42,626 37.1 Swanson * 195 12.0 46,920 40.8 Ketas 125 07.7 2,008 01.8 Ihlein 152 09.4 8,829 07.7 Olbourne 380 23.4 4,854 04.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,621 114,885 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Ketas's 2,008 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Turner 580 28.9 10,228 08.9 Vitnell 176 08.8 42,802 37.3 Swanson * 315 15.7 47,235 41.1 Ihlein 341 17.0 9,170 08.0 Olbourne 596 29.7 5,450 04.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 2,008 114,885 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: Olbourne's 5,450 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Turner 3,552 65.2 13,780 12.0 Vitnell 590 10.8 43,392 37.8 Swanson * 555 10.2 47,790 41.6 Ihlein 753 13.8 9,923 08.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 5,450 114,885 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 5th count: Ihlein's 9,923 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Turner 1,316 13.3 15,096 13.1 Vitnell 1,144 11.5 44,936 38.8 Swanson * 7,463 75.2 55,253 48.1 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 9,923 114,885 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 6th count: Turner's 15,096 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Vitnell 9,102 60.3 53,638 46.7 SWANSON * 5,994 39.7 61,247 53.3 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 15,096 114,885 03.3 01.8 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- Meryl Jane Swanson (born 1970): Elected 2016, 2019, 2022 --------------------------------------------------------------------