COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA LEGISLATIVE ELECTION OF 25 OCTOBER 1969 ==================================================================== Source: Australian Government publications HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ==================================================================== VOTING BY DIVISION ==================================================================== TASMANIA ==================================================================== BASS, Tas ==================================================================== Northern Tasmania: Georgetown, Launceston, Lilydale, St Leonards -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1966 two-party majority: Labor over Liberal 08.4 e Effect of 1968 redistribution: 00.7 shift to Liberal New notional majority: Labor over Liberal 07.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 40,949 +03.4 Votes cast: 39,472 96.4 +01.1 Informal votes: 742 01.9 +00.5 Formal votes: 38,730 98.1 -00.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Lance BARNARD * ALP 20,214 52.2 -04.3 Geoffrey Batten 398 01.0 Peter Ferrall DLP 1,094 02.8 -03.1 John Kent AP 1,069 02.8 Neil Pitt Lib 15,955 41.2 +03.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 38,730 05.0 e 02.7 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- Pitt was Tas MHA for Bass 1972-76. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Lance Herbert Barnard (1919-97): Elected 1954, 1955, 1958, 1961, 1963, 1966, 1969 Deputy Leader of the Opposition Deputy Leader of the Australian Labor Party -------------------------------------------------------------------- BRADDON, Tas ==================================================================== Northern Tasmania: Circular Head, Devonport, Emu Bay, Leven -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1966 two-party majority: Labor over Liberal 07.7 e Effect of 1968 redistribution: 01.1 shift to Liberal New notional majority: Labor over Liberal 06.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 43,930 +10.5 Votes cast: 42,378 96.5 -00.7 Informal votes: 562 01.3 +00.1 Formal votes: 41,816 98.7 -00.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Ronald DAVIES * ALP 26,224 62.7 +07.9 Dudley McNamara DLP 1,955 04.7 -00.4 Peter Rothwell Lib 13,637 32.6 -07.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 41,816 13.6 e 07.2 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Ronald Davies (1919-80): Elected 1958, 1961, 1963, 1966, 1969 -------------------------------------------------------------------- DENISON, Tas ==================================================================== Hobart area: Hobart, Moonah, Nelson, New Town -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1966 two-party majority: Liberal over Labor 02.6 Effect of 1968 redistribution: 01.9 shift to ALP New notional majority: Liberal over Labor 04.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 44,438 +26.9 Votes cast: 42,565 95.8 00.0 Informal votes: 1,129 02.7 +01.5 Formal votes: 41,436 97.3 -01.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Michael Delaney DLP 2,303 05.6 -00.4 Alasdair McBurnie ALP 15,588 37.6 -09.7 Bruce Mollison 791 01.9 Dr Robert Solomon + Lib 11,800 28.5 -17.4 Michael Townley 10,954 26.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 41,436 -------------------------------------------------------------------- For Townley, see Senate Tasmania 1970. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Mollison's 791 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Delaney 86 10.9 2,389 05.8 McBurnie 391 49.4 15,979 38.6 Solomon + 159 20.1 11,959 28.9 Townley 155 19.6 11,109 26.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 791 41,436 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Delaney's 2,389 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- McBurnie 889 37.2 16,868 40.7 Solomon + 442 18.5 12,401 29.9 Townley 1,058 44.3 12,167 29.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 2,389 41,436 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: Townley's 12,167 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- McBurnie 2,793 22.9 19,661 47.4 SOLOMON + 9,374 77.0 21,775 52.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 12,176 41,436 02.6 01.9 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Robert John Solomon (born 1931): Elected 1969 Born: 2 November 1931, Condoblin, NSW Career: Educated Barker College, University of Sydney, Oxford University, University of Tasmania (PhD). Senior Lecturer in Geography, University of Tasmania 1957-69. Vice-President Tasmanian Liberal Party 1965-69. -------------------------------------------------------------------- FRANKLIN, Tas ==================================================================== Hobart area: Bellerive, Clarence, Glenorchy, Lindisfarne -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1966 two-party majority: Liberal over Labor 02.2 Effect of 1968 redistribution: 01.8 shift to Liberal New notional majority: Liberal over Labor 04.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 39,466 -16.2 Votes cast: 38,382 97.3 +00.8 Informal votes: 555 01.4 -00.3 Formal votes: 37,827 98.6 +00.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Richard Delany DLP 1,563 04.1 -03.2 Kenneth Newcombe 529 01.4 Thomas Pearsall * Lib 15,071 39.8 -10.0 Raymond SHERRY ALP 20,664 54.6 +11.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 37,827 05.9 e 09.9 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Thomas Gordon Pearsall (1920-2003): Elected 1966. Defeated 1969 Later career: Farmer, Tasmania Died 28 December 2003 > Raymond Henry Sherry (1924-89): Elected 1969 Born: 3 October 1924, Sydney Career: Educated state schools, Sydney. Merchant Navy 1941-46. Actor, television broadcaster, commentator, Hobart from 1956. Father of Senator Hon Nick Sherry. -------------------------------------------------------------------- WILMOT, Tas ==================================================================== Central Tasmania: Beaconsfield, Kentish, Latrobe, New Norfolk -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1966 two-party majority: Labor over Liberal 07.0 e Effect of 1968 redistribution: 01.7 shift to Liberal New notional majority: Labor over Liberal 05.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 42,437 +17.1 Votes cast: 41,163 97.0 +00.8 Informal votes: 550 01.3 00.0 Formal votes: 40,613 98.7 00.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Gilbert DUTHIE * ALP 22,866 56.3 +02.1 Donald Paterson Lib 16,027 39.5 -01.0 Darryl Sulzberger DLP 1,720 04.2 -01.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 40,613 07.1 e 01.8 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Gilbert William Arthur Duthie (1912-98): Elected 1946, 1949, 1951, 1954, 1955, 1958, 1961, 1963, 1966, 1969 --------------------------------------------------------------------