COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA LEGISLATIVE ELECTION OF 18 MAY 1974 ==================================================================== Source: Australian Government publications HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ==================================================================== VOTING BY DIVISION ==================================================================== TASMANIA ==================================================================== BASS, Tas ==================================================================== Northern Tasmania: Georgetown, Launceston, Lilydale, St Leonards -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1972 two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 09.7 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 46,941 +12.3 Votes cast: 44,691 95.2 -01.7 Informal votes: 877 02.0 +00.4 Formal votes: 43,814 98.0 -00.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Lance BARNARD * ALP 23,677 54.0 -04.8 Richard Beswick Lib 20,137 46.0 +09.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 43,814 04.0 05.7 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- Beswick was Tas MHA for Bass from 1979. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Lance Herbert Barnard (1919-97): Elected 1954, 1955, 1958, 1961, 1963, 1966, 1969, 1972, 1974 Deputy Prime Minister to 12 June 1974 Minister for Defence to 6 June 1975 Deputy Leader of the Australian Labor Party to 10 June 1974 Resigned seat 2 June 1975 (see By-elections) Later career: Ambassador to Sweden, Norway and Finland 1975-78. Launceston City Council. Died 6 August 1997 -------------------------------------------------------------------- BRADDON, Tas ==================================================================== Northern Tasmania: Circular Head, Devonport, Emu Bay, Leven -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1972 two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 12.9 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 51,589 +11.0 Votes cast: 49,831 96.6 00.0 Informal votes: 888 01.8 +00.3 Formal votes: 48,943 98.2 -00.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Chapman-Mortimer 767 01.6 Ronald DAVIES * ALP 26,075 53.3 -08.9 Raymond Groom Lib 21,678 44.3 +09.9 Walter Roach AP 423 00.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 48,943 04.8 e 08.1 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- For Groom, see Braddon 1975. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Ronald Davies (1919-80): Elected 1958, 1961, 1963, 1966, 1969, 1972, 1974 -------------------------------------------------------------------- DENISON, Tas ==================================================================== Hobart area: Hobart, Moonah, Nelson, New Town -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1972 two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 04.6 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 51,504 +14.1 Votes cast: 49,327 95.8 -01.4 Informal votes: 773 01.6 -00.4 Formal votes: 48,554 98.4 +00.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- John COATES * ALP 25,626 52.8 +03.3 Michael Hodgman Lib 22,928 47.2 +07.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 48,554 02.8 01.8 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- For Hodgman, see Denison 1975. -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Coates (born 1944): Elected 1972, 1974 -------------------------------------------------------------------- FRANKLIN, Tas ==================================================================== Hobart area: Bellerive, Clarence, Glenorchy, Lindisfarne -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1972 two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 15.0 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 48,628 +13.7 Votes cast: 47,113 96.9 -00.9 Informal votes: 758 01.6 +00.3 Formal votes: 46,355 98.4 -00.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Leo Jarvis Lib 17,194 37.1 +05.2 Raymond SHERRY * ALP 29,161 62.9 -01.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 46,355 12.9 02.1 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- Raymond Henry Sherry (1924-89): Elected 1969, 1972, 1974 -------------------------------------------------------------------- WILMOT, Tas ==================================================================== Central Tasmania: Beaconsfield, Kentish, Latrobe, New Norfolk -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1972 two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 12.6 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 48,348 +11.2 Votes cast: 46,929 97.1 -00.7 Informal votes: 917 02.0 +00.7 Formal votes: 46,012 98.0 -00.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Maxwell Burr Lib 21,764 47.3 +16.0 Gilbert DUTHIE * ALP 24,248 52.7 -07.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 46,012 02.7 09.2 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- For Burr, see Wilmot 1975. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Gilbert William Arthur Duthie (1914-98): Elected 1946, 1949, 1951, 1954, 1955, 1958, 1961, 1963, 1966, 1969, 1972, 1974 --------------------------------------------------------------------