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Celia Wade-Brown won the election in the final round of the single transferable vote count by 24,881 to 24,705. She was ranked ahead of Kerry
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1264:Frank Kitts
1204:John Aitken
1159:John Duthie
740:Independent
682:Electorate:
658:Al Mansell
654:Independent
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