COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA LEGISLATIVE ELECTION OF 2 DECEMBER 1972 ==================================================================== Source: Australian Government publications HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ==================================================================== VOTING BY DIVISION ==================================================================== TASMANIA ==================================================================== BASS, Tas ==================================================================== Northern Tasmania: Georgetown, Launceston, Lilydale, St Leonards -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1969 two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 05.0 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 41,803 +02.1 Votes cast: 40,519 96.9 +00.5 Informal votes: 636 01.6 -00.3 Formal votes: 39,883 98.4 +00.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Lance BARNARD * ALP 23,439 58.8 +06.6 Richard Beswick Lib 14,661 36.8 -04.4 Jindrich Nermut DLP 1,783 04.5 +01.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 39,883 09.7 e 04.7 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Beswick was Tas MHA for Bass 1979-98. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Lance Herbert Barnard (1919-97): Elected 1954, 1955, 1958, 1961, 1963, 1966, 1969, 1972 Deputy Prime Minister from 5 December 1972 Minister for Defence from 5 December 1972 Minister for Supply 5 December 1972 to 9 December 1973 Minister for the Army 5 December 1972 to 30 November 1973 Minister for the Navy 5 December 1972 to 30 November 1973 Minister for Air 5 December 1972 to 30 November 1973 Postmaster-General 5 December 1972 to 19 December 1972 Minister for Labour and National Service 5 December 1972 to 19 December 1972 Minister for Social Services 5 December 1972 to 19 December 1972 Minister for Immigration 5 December 1972 to 19 December 1972 Minister for the Interior 5 December 1972 to 19 December 1972 Minister for Primary Industry 5 December 1972 to 19 December 1972 Minister for Repatriation 5 December 1972 to 19 December 1972 Minister for Health 5 December 1972 to 19 December 1972 Minister for National Development 5 December 1972 to 19 December 1972 Deputy Leader of the Opposition to 5 December 1972 Deputy Leader of the Australian Labor Party -------------------------------------------------------------------- Prime Minister Whitlam and Barnard, his Deputy, were sworn into a two-man ministry on 5 December, pending the election of a full ministry by the Labor Caucus. -------------------------------------------------------------------- BRADDON, Tas ==================================================================== Northern Tasmania: Circular Head, Devonport, Emu Bay, Leven -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1969 two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 13.6 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 46,467 +05.8 Votes cast: 44,894 96.6 +00.1 Informal votes: 676 01.5 +00.2 Formal votes: 44,218 98.5 -00.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Ronald DAVIES * ALP 27,502 62.2 -00.5 William Luck Lib 15,210 34.4 +01.8 Dudley McNamara DLP 1,506 03.4 -01.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 44,218 12.9 e 00.7 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- Ronald Davies (1919-80): Elected 1958, 1961, 1963, 1966, 1969, 1972 -------------------------------------------------------------------- DENISON, Tas ==================================================================== Hobart area: Hobart, Moonah, Nelson, New Town -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1969 two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 02.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 45,134 +01.6 Votes cast: 43,854 97.2 +01.4 Informal votes: 873 02.0 -00.7 Formal votes: 42,981 98.0 +00.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Brian Broadby 1,915 04.5 John Coates ALP 21,286 49.5 +11.9 Michael Delaney DLP 1,630 03.8 -01.8 William Scetrine AP 1,076 02.5 Dr Robert Solomon * Lib 17,074 39.7 +11.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 42,981 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Scetrine's 1,076 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Broadby 181 16.8 2,096 04.9 COATES 537 49.9 21,823 50.8 Delaney 84 07.8 1,714 04.0 Solomon * 274 25.5 17,348 40.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,076 42,981 04.6 e 07.2 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Robert John Solomon (born 1931): Elected 1969. Defeated 1972 > John Coates (born 1944): Elected 1972 Born: 23 February 1944, Melbourne Career: Educated University of Sydney. Biochemist, University of Tasmania. -------------------------------------------------------------------- FRANKLIN, Tas ==================================================================== Hobart area: Bellerive, Clarence, Glenorchy, Lindisfarne -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1969 two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 05.9 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 42,771 +08.4 Votes cast: 41,814 97.8 +00.5 Informal votes: 542 01.3 -00.1 Formal votes: 41,272 98.7 +00.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Craig Lib 13,150 31.9 -07.9 Keith Kelly DLP 1,610 03.9 -00.2 Raymond SHERRY * ALP 26,512 64.2 +09.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 41,272 15.0 e 09.1 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Raymond Henry Sherry (1924-89): Elected 1969, 1972 -------------------------------------------------------------------- WILMOT, Tas ==================================================================== Central Tasmania: Beaconsfield, Kentish, Latrobe, New Norfolk -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1969 two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 07.1 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 43,469 +02.4 Votes cast: 42,369 97.5 +00.5 Informal votes: 666 01.6 +00.3 Formal votes: 41,703 98.4 -00.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Ronald Butterworth DLP 3,557 08.5 +04.3 Gilbert DUTHIE * ALP 25,075 60.1 +03.8 Ian Hardy Lib 13,071 31.3 -08.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 41,703 12.6 e 05.5 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Gilbert William Arthur Duthie (1914-98): Elected 1946, 1949, 1951, 1954, 1955, 1958, 1961, 1963, 1966, 1969, 1972 --------------------------------------------------------------------