COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA LEGISLATIVE ELECTION OF 11 JULY 1987 ==================================================================== Source: Australian Electoral Commission HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ==================================================================== VOTING BY DIVISION ==================================================================== TASMANIA ==================================================================== BASS, Tas ==================================================================== Northern Tasmania: Bell Bay, George Town, Launceston, Ringarooma -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1984 two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 04.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 60,049 +02.4 Votes cast: 57,651 96.0 +00.3 Informal votes: 3,281 05.7 -01.0 Formal votes: 54,370 94.3 +01.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Warwick SMITH * Lib 28,149 51.8 -00.2 Richard Taylor ALP 23,311 42.9 -00.1 Michael Preece AD 2,910 05.4 +00.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 54,370 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Preece's 2,910 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- SMITH * 1,024 35.2 29,173 53.7 Taylor 1,883 64.8 25,194 46.3 (exhausted 3 3 ) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 2,910 54,370 03.7 00.7 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Warwick Leslie Smith (born 1954): Elected 1984, 1987 -------------------------------------------------------------------- BRADDON, Tas ==================================================================== Northern Tasmania: Burnie, Devonport, Ulverstone, Wynyard -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1984 two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 04.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 59,813 +03.6 Votes cast: 57,588 96.3 -00.9 Informal votes: 2,173 03.8 -02.1 Formal votes: 55,415 96.2 +02.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Christopher MILES * Lib 32,108 57.9 +05.2 David Currie ALP 23,307 42.1 -01.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 55,415 07.9 03.3 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- Christopher Gordon Miles (born 1947): Elected 1984, 1987 -------------------------------------------------------------------- DENISON, Tas ==================================================================== Hobart area: Glenorchy, Hobart, New Town, Queenborough -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1984 two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 01.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 60,827 +00.9 Votes cast: 57,916 95.2 +00.1 Informal votes: 2,540 04.4 -01.5 Formal votes: 55,376 95.6 +01.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Robert Bell AD 4,054 07.3 Duncan Kerr ALP 26,732 48.3 +03.4 Hon Michael Hodgman * Lib 24,590 44.4 -03.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 55,376 -------------------------------------------------------------------- For Bell, see Senate Tasmania 1990. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Bell's 4,054 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- KERR 3,055 75.4 29,787 53.8 Hodgman * 997 24.6 25,587 46.2 (exhausted 2 2 ) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 4,054 55,376 03.8 04.8 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- > William Michael Hodgman (1938-2013): Elected 1975, 1977, 1980, 1983, 1984. Defeated 1987 Later career: Tas MHA for Denison 1992-98, 2001-10. Died 19 June 2013 > Duncan James Colquhoun Kerr (born 1952): Elected 1987 Born: 26 February 1952, Hobart Career: Educated University of Tasmania, Tasmanian College of Advanced Education. Lawyer and social worker. Dean, Faculty of Law, University of Papua New Guinea. -------------------------------------------------------------------- FRANKLIN, Tas ==================================================================== Suburban Hobart: Bellerive, Kingston, Lindisfarne, Taroona -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1984 two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 05.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 60,005 +07.1 Votes cast: 57,807 96.3 +00.2 Informal votes: 2,619 04.5 -00.8 Formal votes: 55,188 95.5 +00.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Patsy Harmsen AD 5,171 09.4 +03.7 Bruce GOODLUCK * Lib 27,725 50.2 -03.4 Nick Sherry ALP 22,292 40.4 -00.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 55,188 -------------------------------------------------------------------- For Sherry, see Senate 1990 Tasmania -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Harmsen's 5,171 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- GOODLUCK * 1,682 32.6 29,407 53.3 Sherry 3,485 67.4 25,777 46.7 (exhausted 4 4 ) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 5,171 55,188 03.3 02.3 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Bruce John Goodluck (1933-2016): Elected 1975, 1977, 1980, 1983, 1984, 1987 -------------------------------------------------------------------- LYONS, Tas ==================================================================== Central Tasmania: Deloraine, Latrobe, Lyell, New Norfolk -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1984 two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 01.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 60,069 +04.7 Votes cast: 58,000 96.6 -00.8 Informal votes: 3,684 06.4 -00.2 Formal votes: 54,316 93.6 +00.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Liz Holloway AD 4,236 07.8 +02.3 Max BURR * Lib 27,645 50.9 +01.4 Hon Dick Adams ALP 22,435 41.3 -03.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 54,316 -------------------------------------------------------------------- For Adams, see Lyons 1993 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Holloway's 4,236 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- BURR * 1,910 45.2 29,555 54.4 Adams 2,319 54.8 24,754 45.6 (exhausted 7 7 ) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 4,236 54,316 04.4 03.1 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- Maxwell Arthur Burr (born 1939): Elected 1975, 1977, 1980, 1983, 1984, 1987 --------------------------------------------------------------------