COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA LEGISLATIVE ELECTION OF 10 DECEMBER 1977 ==================================================================== Source: Australian Government publications HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ==================================================================== VOTING BY DIVISION ==================================================================== TASMANIA ==================================================================== BASS, Tas ==================================================================== Northern Tasmania: George Town, Launceston, Lilydale, St Leonards -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1975 two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 14.1 e Effect of 1977 redistribution: no change -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 53,634 +13.2 Votes cast: 51,676 96.3 -00.4 Informal votes: 1,412 02.7 +00.8 Formal votes: 50,264 97.3 -00.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Dennis Cartledge AD 3,795 07.6 Hon Kevin NEWMAN * Lib 28,022 55.7 -07.4 Mary Willey ALP 18,447 36.7 +02.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 50,264 10.0 e 04.1 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Willey was Tas MHA for Bass 1979-82. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Kevin Eugene Newman (1933-99): Elected 1975 By, 1975, 1977 Minister for Environment, Housing and Community Development to 20 December 1977 Minister for National Development 20 December 1977 to 8 December 1979 Minister for Productivity from 8 December 1979 -------------------------------------------------------------------- BRADDON, Tas ==================================================================== Northern Tasmania: Circular Head, Emu Bay, Table Cape, Leven -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1975 two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 03.8 e Effect of 1977 redistribution: no change -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 50,443 -06.5 Votes cast: 48,575 96.3 -00.3 Informal votes: 1,535 03.2 +01.6 Formal votes: 47,040 96.8 -01.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Duncan Colquhoun-Kerr ALP 19,656 41.8 -03.6 Raymond GROOM * Lib 27,384 58.2 +05.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 47,040 08.2 04.4 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- For Colquhoun-Kerr, see Denison 1987 (as Duncan Kerr) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Raymond John Groom (born 1944): Elected 1975, 1977 Minister for Environment, Housing and Community Development 20 December 1977 to 5 December 1978 Minister assisting the Minister for Employment and Industrial Relations 20 December 1977 to 5 December 1978 Minister for Housing and Construction from 5 December 1978 -------------------------------------------------------------------- DENISON, Tas ==================================================================== Hobart area: Hobart, Nelson, New Town, Taroona -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1975 two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 04.9 e Effect of 1977 redistribution: no change -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 54,936 +04.8 Votes cast: 52,952 96.4 +00.7 Informal votes: 1,047 02.0 +00.4 Formal votes: 51,905 98.0 -00.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Coates ALP 23,184 44.7 -00.1 Michael HODGMAN * Lib 26,418 50.9 -02.3 Robert McFie AD 2,303 04.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 51,905 03.1 e 01.7 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Coates was member for Denison 1972-75. -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Michael Hodgman (1938-2013): Elected 1975, 1977 -------------------------------------------------------------------- FRANKLIN, Tas ==================================================================== Southern Tasmania: Bellerive, Clarence, Glenorchy, Lindisfarne -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1975 two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 01.8 Effect of 1977 redistribution: no change -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 51,593 +01.4 Votes cast: 50,194 97.3 +00.4 Informal votes: 1,222 02.4 -00.3 Formal votes: 48,972 97.6 +00.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Peter Colquhoun ALP 22,175 45.3 -02.4 Bruce GOODLUCK * Lib 26,797 54.7 +05.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 48,972 04.7 02.9 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- Bruce John Goodluck (1933-2016): Elected 1975, 1977 -------------------------------------------------------------------- WILMOT, Tas ==================================================================== Central Tasmania: Beaconsfield, Devonport, Latrobe, New Norfolk -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1975 two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 05.3 e Effect of 1977 redistribution: no change -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 51,508 +01.5 Votes cast: 50,001 97.1 -00.1 Informal votes: 1,363 02.7 +00.7 Formal votes: 48,638 97.2 -00.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Max BURR * Lib 26,066 53.6 +01.0 Leon Gourlay AD 2,157 04.4 David Llewellyn ALP 20,415 42.0 -02.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 48,638 05.8 e 00.5 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- Llewellyn was Tas MHA for Lyons 1986-2010, 2014-18. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Maxwell Arthur Burr (born 1939): Elected 1975, 1977 --------------------------------------------------------------------