COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA LEGISLATIVE ELECTION OF 5 DECEMBER 1964 ==================================================================== Source: Australian Government publications THE SENATE ==================================================================== TASMANIA (Five Senators to be elected) ==================================================================== Enrolled voters: 192,376 +03.7 Votes cast: 184,922 96.1 +00.4 Informal votes: 6,472 03.5 -06.5 Formal votes: 178,450 96.5 +06.5 Quota for election: 29,742 16.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- George Cole * DLP 22,533 12.6 Group A Harold Senior DLP 711 00.4 Q:0.808 Alastair Davidson DLP 802 00.4 Donald DEVITT ALP 54,869 30.7 ELECTED 1 Justin O'Byrne * ALP 22,335 12.5 Group B Robert Lacey ALP 11,673 06.5 Q:2.988 Alexander LILLICO * Lib 41,626 23.3 ELECTED 2 John Marriott * Lib 17,730 09.9 Group C Geoffrey Lempriere Lib 5,366 03.0 Q:2.176 Max Bound CPA 805 00.5 Q:0.027 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 178,450 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Devitt's 25,127 surplus votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Cole * 185 00.7 22,718 12.7 Senior 22 00.1 733 00.4 Davidson 24 00.1 826 00.5 DEVITT E 29,742 16.7 ELECTED 1 O'BYRNE * 23,436 93.3 45,771 25.6 ELECTED 3 Lacey 1,367 05.4 13,040 07.3 LILLICO * E 41,626 23.3 ELECTED 2 Marriott * 71 00.3 17,801 10.0 Lempriere 12 00.0 5,378 03.0 Bound 10 00.0 815 00.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 25,127 178,450 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Lillico's 11,884 surplus votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Cole * 108 00.9 22,826 12.8 Senior 7 00.1 740 00.4 Davidson 5 00.0 831 00.5 DEVITT E 29,742 16.7 ELECTED 1 O'BYRNE * 44 00.4 45,815 25.7 ELECTED 3 Lacey 18 00.2 13,058 07.3 LILLICO * E 29,742 16.7 ELECTED 2 Marriott * 11,065 93.1 28,866 16.2 Lempriere 627 05.3 6,005 03.4 Bound 10 00.1 825 00.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 11,884 178,450 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: O'Byrne's 16,073 surplus votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Cole * 57 00.4 22,883 12.8 Senior 2 00.0 742 00.4 Davidson 7 00.0 838 00.5 DEVITT E 29,742 16.7 ELECTED 1 O'BYRNE * E 29,742 16.7 ELECTED 3 Lacey 15,954 99.3 29,012 16.3 LILLICO * E 29,742 16.7 ELECTED 2 Marriott * 41 00.3 28,907 16.2 Lempriere 9 00.1 6,014 03.4 Bound 3 00.0 828 00.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 16,073 178,450 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 5th count: Senior's 742 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Cole * 420 56.6 23,303 13.1 Davidson 221 29.8 1,059 00.6 DEVITT E 29,742 16.7 ELECTED 1 O'BYRNE * E 29,742 16.7 ELECTED 3 Lacey 43 05.8 29,055 16.3 LILLICO * E 29,742 16.7 ELECTED 2 Marriott * 48 06.5 28,955 16.2 Lempriere 8 01.1 6,022 03.4 Bound 2 00.3 830 00.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 742 178,450 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 6th count: Bound's 830 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Cole * 86 10.4 23,389 13.1 Davidson 23 02.8 1,082 00.6 DEVITT E 29,742 16.7 ELECTED 1 O'BYRNE * E 29,742 16.7 ELECTED 3 Lacey 460 55.4 29,515 16.5 LILLICO * E 29,742 16.7 ELECTED 2 Marriott * 151 18.2 29,106 16.3 Lempriere 110 13.3 6,132 03.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 830 178,450 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 7th count: Davidson's 1,082 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Cole * 826 76.3 24,215 13.6 DEVITT E 29,742 16.7 ELECTED 1 O'BYRNE * E 29,742 16.7 ELECTED 3 Lacey 161 14.9 29,676 16.6 LILLICO * E 29,742 16.7 ELECTED 2 Marriott * 71 06.6 29,177 16.4 Lempriere 24 02.2 6,156 03.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,082 178,450 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 8th count: Lempriere's 6,156 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Cole * 174 02.8 24,389 13.7 DEVITT E 29,742 16.7 ELECTED 1 O'BYRNE * E 29,742 16.7 ELECTED 3 LACEY 98 01.6 29,774 16.7 ELECTED 5 LILLICO * E 29,742 16.7 ELECTED 2 MARRIOTT * 5,884 95.6 35,061 19.6 ELECTED 4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 6,156 178,450 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Senators' terms began 1 July 1965. Devitt, Lacey, Lillico, Marriott and O'Byrne elected for a term ending 30 June 1971. Continuing Senators (term to end 30 June 1968): Hon Denham HENTY (Lib), Hon Nicholas McKENNA (ALP), Albert POKE (ALP), Dr Reginald TURNBULL (Ind), Reginald WRIGHT (Lib). -------------------------------------------------------------------- > George Ronald Cole (1908-69): Elected 1949, 1951, 1953, 1958. Defeated 1964 Died 23 January 1969 > Donald Michael Devitt (1921-2008): Elected 1964 Born: 11 July 1921, Launceston, Tasmania Career: Educated state schools. Council clerk. Military Service 1942-45. Farmer, high school bursar. > Norman Henry Denham Henty (1903-78): Elected 1949, 1951, 1955, 1961. Retired 1967 Minister for Supply to 28 February 1968 Later career: Member Overseas Telecommunications Commission. Knighted 1968. Died 9 May 1978 > Robert Herbert Lacey (1900-84): Elected 1964 Born: 12 January 1900, Maryborough, Victoria Career: Educated state schools and Wendouree Agricultural College, Ballarat, Victoria. Construction worker, bush worker, miner. Military Service 1918. Organizer, Australian Workers Union, Tasmania 1938-46. Secretary Tasmanian ALP 1947-65. State politics: Tas MHA for Denison 1959 > Alexander Elliot Davidson Lillico (1905-94): Elected 1958, 1964 > Nicholas Edward McKenna (1895-1974): Elected 1943, 1949, 1951, 1955, 1961. McKenna retired at the 1967 election. Died 22 April 1974 > John Edward Marriott (1913-94): Elected 1953, 1958, 1964 > Justin Hilary O'Byrne (1912-93): Elected 1946, 1951, 1953, 1958, 1964 > Albert George Poke (1906-89): Elected 1955, 1961 > Reginald John David Turnbull (1908-2006): Elected 1961 > Reginald Charles Wright (1905-90): Elected 1949, 1951, 1955, 1961 --------------------------------------------------------------------