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979:. Western Australian Electoral Commission. Archived from
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1004:"Green gives 'arrogant' McGinty a scare and a threat"
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1080:Australian Broadcasting Corporation
309:. In Opposition, McGinty succeeded
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504:Fremantle state by-election, 2009
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767:Total formal votes
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285:candidate,
272:Labor Party
265:Jim McGinty
220:Jim McGinty
135:Percentage
46:16 May 2009
1225:Categories
895:References
602:Nik Varga
512:Candidate
340:Candidates
311:Ian Taylor
293:Background
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