The multi-member system had been abolished .
McClelland had chosen to contest the newly recreated seat of Armidale , which saw him challenged by prominent Country Party MLA David Drummond ; Drummond won the seat in a landslide .
The multi-member system had been abolished , and McClelland had chosen to contest the newly recreated seat of Armidale , which saw him challenged by prominent Country Party MLA David Drummond ; Drummond won the seat in a landslide .