COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA LEGISLATIVE ELECTION OF 26 NOVEMBER 1966 ==================================================================== Source: Australian Government publications COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA LEGISLATIVE ELECTION OF 26 NOVEMBER 1966 ==================================================================== Source: Australian Government publications HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ==================================================================== VOTING BY DIVISION ==================================================================== TASMANIA ==================================================================== BASS, Tas ==================================================================== Northern Tasmania: Launceston, Lilydale, St Leonards -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1963 two-party majority: Labor over Liberal 09.4 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 39,584 +03.8 Votes cast: 37,722 95.3 -01.0 Informal votes: 538 01.4 +00.3 Formal votes: 37,184 98.6 -00.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Lance BARNARD * ALP 21,262 57.2 -01.1 Timothy Barrenger Lib 13,739 36.9 +00.9 Richard Delany DLP 2,183 05.9 +00.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 37,184 08.4 e 01.0 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- Barrenger was Tas MHA for Bass 1969-76. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Lance Herbert Barnard (1919-97): Elected 1954, 1955, 1958, 1961, 1963, 1966 Deputy Leader of the Opposition from 8 February 1967 Deputy Leader of the Australian Labor Party from 8 February 1967 -------------------------------------------------------------------- BRADDON, Tas ==================================================================== Northern Tasmania: Devonport, Emu Bay, Leven, Table Cape -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1963 two-party majority: Labor over Liberal 08.6 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 39,747 +04.9 Votes cast: 38,072 95.8 -00.6 Informal votes: 461 01.2 +00.2 Formal votes: 37,611 98.8 -00.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Chapman-Mortimer DLP 1,934 05.1 +00.0 Ronald DAVIES * ALP 21,040 55.9 -01.7 Paul Fenton Lib 14,637 38.9 +01.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 37,611 07.7 e 00.9 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- Ronald Davies (1919-80): Elected 1958, 1961, 1963, 1966 -------------------------------------------------------------------- DENISON, Tas ==================================================================== Hobart area: Hobart, Moonah, Nelson, New Town -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1963 two-party majority: Liberal over Labor 07.4 e 1964 by-election two-party majority: Liberal over Labor 05.3 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 35,017 -04.0 Votes cast: 33,112 94.6 -01.8 Informal votes: 622 01.9 +00.9 Formal votes: 32,490 98.1 -00.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Neil Batt ALP 14,743 45.4 +06.2 Max Bound CPA 289 00.9 -00.6 Adrian Gibson * Lib 15,516 47.8 -03.5 Harold Grace DLP 1,942 06.0 -00.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 32,490 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Batt was Tas MHA for Denison 1969-82, 1986-89. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Bound's 289 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Batt 190 65.7 14,933 46.0 Gibson * 58 20.1 15,574 47.9 Grace 41 14.2 1,983 06.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 289 32,490 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Grace's 1,983 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Batt 475 24.0 15,408 47.4 GIBSON * 1,508 76.0 17,082 52.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,983 32,490 02.6 04.8 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Adrian Gibson (1935-2015): Elected 1964 By, 1966 Gibson retired at the 1969 election. Died 30 April 2015 -------------------------------------------------------------------- FRANKLIN, Tas ==================================================================== Southern Tasmania: Clarence, Derwent Park, Glenorchy, Kingborough -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1963 two-party majority: Liberal over Labor 00.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 47,089 +11.1 Votes cast: 45,459 96.5 -00.1 Informal votes: 782 01.7 +00.5 Formal votes: 44,677 98.3 -00.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Lynch DLP 3,249 07.3 +00.5 John Parsons ALP 19,986 44.7 -03.2 Thomas Pearsall + Lib 21,442 48.0 +02.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 44,677 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Lynch's 3,249 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Parsons 1,382 42.5 21,368 47.8 PEARSALL + 1,867 57.5 23,309 52.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 3,249 44,677 02.2 01.3 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- Thomas Gordon Pearsall (1920-2003): Elected 1966 Born: 11 April 1920, Hobart Career: Educated state schools. Dairy farmer at Kingston, Tasmania. Military Service 1940-45. Kingsborough Council. Son of Benjamin Pearsall MHA. Father of Hon Geoffrey Pearsall MHA. State politics: Tas MHA for Franklin 1950-66. -------------------------------------------------------------------- WILMOT, Tas ==================================================================== Central Tasmania: Beaconsfield, Deloraine, Latrobe, New Norfolk -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1963 two-party majority: Labor over Liberal 11.1 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 36,229 +01.6 Votes cast: 34,835 96.2 +00.1 Informal votes: 446 01.3 +00.4 Formal votes: 34,389 98.7 -00.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Gil DUTHIE * ALP 19,215 55.9 -02.8 Donald Paterson Lib 13,350 38.8 +05.7 Robert Wright DLP 1,824 05.3 -02.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 34,389 07.0 e 04.1 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- Gilbert William Arthur Duthie (1912-98): Elected 1946, 1949, 1951, 1954, 1955, 1958, 1961, 1963, 1966 --------------------------------------------------------------------