COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA LEGISLATIVE ELECTION OF 17 NOVEMBER 1928 ==================================================================== THE SENATE ==================================================================== TASMANIA (Three senators to be elected) ==================================================================== Enrolled voters: 114,490 -00.7 Votes cast: 106,153 92.7 +04.0 Informal votes: 16,694 15.7 +04.4 Formal votes: 89,459 84.3 -04.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Hayes * Nat 18,953 21.2 Group A Herbert Hays * Nat 8,399 09.4 Andrew Lawson Nat 3,486 03.9 Hon James Ogden * Nat 25,371 28.4 Henry Lane ALP 15,736 17.6 Group B William Sheridan ALP 17,514 19.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 89,459 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Lane was Tas MHA for Darwin 1926-28, 1937-46. 2. Lawson was Tas MLC for Gordon 1922-28. 3. Sheridan was Tas MHA for Denison 1909-13, 1914-25, Franklin 1925-28. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1st vacancy, 2nd count: Lawson's 3,486 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hayes * 542 15.5 19,495 21.8 Hays * 725 20.8 9,124 10.2 Ogden * 1,628 46.7 26,999 30.2 Lane 362 10.4 16,098 18.0 Sheridan 229 06.6 17,743 19.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 3,486 89,459 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1st vacancy, 3rd count: Hays's 9,124 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hayes * 6,406 70.2 25,901 29.0 Ogden * 2,493 27.3 29,492 33.0 Lane 136 01.5 16,234 18.1 Sheridan 89 01.0 17,832 19.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 9,124 89,459 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1st vacancy, 4th count: Lane's 16,234 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hayes * 423 02.6 26,324 29.4 Ogden * 549 03.4 30,041 33.6 Sheridan 15,262 94.0 33,094 37.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 16,234 89,459 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1st vacancy, 5th count: Hayes's 26,324 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- OGDEN * 25,178 95.6 55,219 61.7 ELECTED 1 Sheridan 1,146 04.4 34,240 38.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 26,324 89,459 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd vacancy: Ogden's 25,371 second preferences distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hayes * 10,402 41.0 29,355 32.8 Hays * 6,392 25.2 14,791 16.5 Lawson 5,939 23.4 9,425 10.5 OGDEN * E ELECTED 1 Lane 903 03.6 16,639 18.6 Sheridan 1,735 06.8 19,249 21.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 25,371 89,459 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd vacancy, 2nd count: Lawson's 9,425 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hayes * 2,671 28.3 32,026 35.8 Hays * 5,342 56.7 20,133 22.5 OGDEN * E ELECTED 1 Lane 783 08.3 17,422 19.5 Sheridan 629 06.7 19,878 22.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 9,425 89,459 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd vacancy, 3rd count: Lane's 17,422 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hayes * 427 02.5 32,453 36.3 Hays * 599 03.4 20,732 23.2 OGDEN * E ELECTED 1 Sheridan 16,396 94.1 36,274 40.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 17,422 89,459 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd vacancy, 4th count: Hays's 20,732 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- HAYES * 20,020 96.6 52,473 58.7 ELECTED 2 OGDEN * E ELECTED 1 Sheridan 712 03.4 36,986 41.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 20,732 89,459 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd vacancy: Ogden's 25,371 second preferences distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- HAYES * E 18,953 21.2 ELECTED 2 Hays * 15,358 60.5 23,757 26.6 Lawson 7,130 28.1 10,616 11.9 OGDEN * E ELECTED 1 Lane 1,009 04.0 16,745 18.7 Sheridan 1,874 07.4 19,388 21.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 25,371 89,459 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd vacancy: Hayes's 18,953 second preferences distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- HAYES * E ELECTED 2 Hays * 16,433 86.7 40,190 44.9 Lawson 2,092 11.0 12,708 14.2 OGDEN * E ELECTED 1 Lane 207 01.1 16,952 18.9 Sheridan 221 01.2 19,609 21.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 18,953 89,459 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd vacancy, 2nd count: Lawson's 12,708 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- HAYES * E ELECTED 2 HAYS * 11,079 87.2 51,269 57.3 ELECTED 3 OGDEN * E ELECTED 1 Lane 865 06.8 17,817 19.9 Sheridan 764 06.0 20,373 22.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 12,708 89,459 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Senators' terms began 1 July 1929. Ogden, Hayes and Hays elected for a term ending 30 June 1935. Continuing senators (term to end 30 June 1932): John MILLEN (Nat), Burford SAMPSON (Nat) and Herbert PAYNE (Nat). -------------------------------------------------------------------- > John Blythe Hayes (1868-1956): Appointed 1923. Elected 1925, 1928 > Herbert Hays (1869-1960): Elected 1922, 1928 > John Dunlop Millen (1877-1941): Elected 1919, 1925 > James Ernest Ogden (1868-1932): Elected 1922, 1928 Honorary Minister from 29 November 1928 > Herbert James Mockford Payne (1866-1944): Elected 1919, 1925 > Burford Sampson (1882-1959): Elected 1925 --------------------------------------------------------------------