COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA LEGISLATIVE ELECTION OF 2 DECEMBER 1972 ==================================================================== Source: Australian Government publications THE SENATE ==================================================================== ELECTION TO FILL THE VACANCY CAUSED BY THE RESIGNATION OF SENATOR HON DAME ANNABELLE RANKIN ==================================================================== QUEENSLAND (One senator to be elected) ==================================================================== Enrolled voters: 1,022,022 +06.6 Votes cast: 972,341 95.1 +01.3 Informal votes: 35,486 03.6 -03.6 Formal votes: 936,855 96.4 +03.6 Quota for election: 468,428 50.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Jerry Zaphir 22,845 02.4 Q:0.049 Geoffrey Maule DLP 50,689 05.4 Q:0.108 Colin Bennett 27,377 02.9 Q:0.584 Harold Asmith 6,192 00.7 Q:0.013 Neville Bonner * Lib 430,756 46.0 Q:0.920 William Kenney 8,033 00.9 Q:0.017 Frederick Nicol ALP 390,963 41.7 Q:0.835 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 936,855 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Asmith's 6,192 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Zaphir 556 09.0 23,401 02.5 Maule 728 11.8 51,417 05.5 Bennett 1,813 29.3 29,190 03.1 Bonner * 1,988 32.1 432,744 46.2 Kenney 417 06.7 8,450 00.9 Nicol 690 11.1 391,653 41.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > 6,192 936,855 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Kenney's 8,450 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Zaphir 702 08.3 24,103 02.6 Maule 735 08.7 52,152 05.6 Bennett 1,117 13.2 30,307 03.2 Bonner * 2,424 28.7 435,168 46.4 Nicol 3,472 41.1 395,125 42.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > 8,450 936,855 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: Zaphir's 24,103 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Maule 18,572 77.1 70,724 07.5 Bennett 2,762 11.5 33,069 03.5 Bonner * 1,486 06.2 436,654 46.6 Nicol 1,283 05.3 396,408 42.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > 24,103 936,855 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 5th count: Bennett's 33,069 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Maule 14,311 43.3 85,035 09.1 Bonner * 13,143 39.7 449,797 48.0 Nicol 5,615 17.0 402,023 42.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > 33,069 936,855 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 6th count: Maule's 85,035 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- BONNER * 75,352 88.6 525,149 56.1 ELECTED 1 Nicol 9,683 11.4 411,706 43.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > 85,035 936,855 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Neville Thomas Bonner (1918-99): Appointed 1971. Elected 1972 --------------------------------------------------------------------