COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA LEGISLATIVE ELECTION OF 10 DECEMBER 1977 ==================================================================== Source: Australian Government publications THE SENATE ==================================================================== TASMANIA (Five senators to be elected) ==================================================================== Enrolled voters: 262,114 +02.6 Votes cast: 253,398 96.7 +00.1 Informal votes: 17,971 07.1 -02.8 Formal votes: 235,427 92.9 +02.8 Quota for election: 39,238 16.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Shirley WALTERS * Lib 89,450 38.0 ELECTED 1 Brian Archer * Lib 16,542 07.0 Group A John Watson Lib 11,225 04.8 Q:2.987 Norman Siberry AD 11,970 05.1 Group B Liz Holloway AD 1,823 00.8 Q:0.352 Rudge Townley 13,257 05.6 Group C Ann Waterhouse 2,438 01.0 Q:0.400 Dr Donald GRIMES * ALP 76,859 32.6 ELECTED 2 Michael Tate ALP 4,327 01.8 Group D John White ALP 7,536 03.2 Q:2.261 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 235,427 -------------------------------------------------------------------- White was Tas MHA for Denison 1986-98, MLC for Newdegate 1998-99. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Walters's 50,212 surplus votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- WALTERS * E 39,238 16.7 ELECTED 1 ARCHER * 46,353 92.3 62,895 26.7 ELECTED 3 Watson 2,186 04.4 13,411 05.7 Siberry 417 00.8 12,387 05.3 Holloway 240 00.5 2,063 00.9 Townley 677 01.3 13,934 05.9 Waterhouse 182 00.4 2,620 01.1 GRIMES * E 76,859 32.6 ELECTED 2 Tate 91 00.2 4,418 01.9 White 66 00.1 7,602 03.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 50,212 235,427 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Grimes's 37,621 surplus votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- WALTERS * E 39,238 16.7 ELECTED 1 ARCHER * 127 00.3 63,022 26.8 ELECTED 3 Watson 61 00.2 13,472 05.7 Siberry 139 00.4 12,526 05.3 Holloway 50 00.1 2,113 00.9 Townley 309 00.8 14,243 06.0 Waterhouse 108 00.3 2,728 01.2 GRIMES * E 39,238 16.7 ELECTED 2 TATE 35,031 93.1 39,449 16.8 ELECTED 4 White 1,796 04.8 9,398 04.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 37,621 235,427 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Tate's 211 surplus votes were not distributed under section 135 (7) of the Commonwealth Electoral Act -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: Archer's 23,784 surplus votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- WALTERS * E 39,238 16.7 ELECTED 1 ARCHER * E 39,238 16.7 ELECTED 3 Watson 23,561 99.1 37,033 15.7 Siberry 76 00.3 12,602 05.4 Holloway 17 00.1 2,130 00.9 Townley 89 00.4 14,332 06.1 Waterhouse 19 00.1 2,747 01.2 GRIMES * E 39,238 16.7 ELECTED 2 TATE E 39,449 16.8 ELECTED 4 White 22 00.1 9,420 04.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 23,784 235,427 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 5th count: Holloway's 2,130 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- WALTERS * E 39,238 16.7 ELECTED 1 ARCHER * E 39,238 16.7 ELECTED 3 Watson 148 06.9 37,181 15.8 Siberry 1,402 65.8 14,004 05.9 Townley 179 08.4 14,511 06.2 Waterhouse 261 12.3 3,008 01.3 GRIMES * E 39,238 16.7 ELECTED 2 TATE E 39,449 16.8 ELECTED 4 White 140 06.6 9,560 04.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 2,130 235,427 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 6th count: Waterhouse's 3,008 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- WALTERS * E 39,238 16.7 ELECTED 1 ARCHER * E 39,238 16.7 ELECTED 3 Watson 510 17.0 37,691 16.0 Siberry 323 10.7 14,327 06.1 Townley 1,764 58.6 16,275 06.9 GRIMES * E 39,238 16.7 ELECTED 2 TATE E 39,449 16.8 ELECTED 4 White 411 13.7 9,971 04.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 3,008 235,427 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 7th count: White's 9,971 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- WALTERS * E 39,238 16.7 ELECTED 1 ARCHER * E 39,238 16.7 ELECTED 3 Watson 1,069 10.7 38,760 16.5 Siberry 4,834 48.5 19,161 08.1 Townley 4,068 40.8 20,343 08.6 GRIMES * E 39,238 16.7 ELECTED 2 TATE E 39,449 16.8 ELECTED 4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 9,971 235,427 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 8th count: Siberry's 19,161 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- WALTERS * E 39,238 16.7 ELECTED 1 ARCHER * E 39,238 16.7 ELECTED 3 WATSON 7,602 39.7 46,362 19.7 ELECTED 5 Townley 11,559 60.3 31,902 13.6 GRIMES * E 39,238 16.7 ELECTED 2 TATE E 39,449 16.8 ELECTED 4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 19,161 235,427 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Senators' terms began 1 July 1978. Archer, Grimes, Tate, Walter and Watson elected for a term ending 30 June 1984. Continuing senators (term to end 30 June 1981): Brian HARRADINE (Ind), Hon Justin O'BYRNE (ALP), Peter RAE (Lib), Michael TOWNLEY (Lib), Hon Kenneth WRIEDT (ALP). -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Brian Roper Archer (1929-2013): Elected 1975, 1977 > Donald James Grimes (born 1937): Elected 1974, 1975, 1977 > Brian Harradine (1935-2014): Elected 1975 > Justin Hilary O'Byrne (1912-93): Elected 1946, 1951, 1953, 1958, 1964, 1970, 1974, 1975 O'Byrne retired at the 1980 election. He was the last serving member of the Labor Caucus of the Chifley Government. Died 10 November 1993 > Peter Elliot Rae (born 1932): Elected 1967, 1974, 1975 > Michael Carter Tate (born 1945): Elected 1977 Born: 6 July 1945, Sydney Career: Educated University of Tasmania, Oxford University. Barrister and solicitor. Lecturer in Law, University of Tasmania. Dean of Faculty. > Michael Townley (born 1934): Elected 1970, 1974, 1975 > Mary Shirley Walters (1925-2017): Elected 1975, 1977 > John Odin Wentworth Watson (born 1937): Elected 1977 Born: 25 January 1937, Launceston, Tasmania Career: Educated University of Tasmania. Chartered accountant, primary producer, company director. > Kenneth Shaw Wriedt (1927-2010): Elected 1967, 1974, 1975 Resigned place 25 September 1980 (see Appointments) Later career: Contested Denison 1980, defeated. Tas MHA for Franklin 1982-90. Died 18 October 2010 --------------------------------------------------------------------