COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA LEGISLATIVE ELECTION OF 2 MARCH 1996 ==================================================================== Source: Australian Electoral Commission THE SENATE ==================================================================== TASMANIA (Six senators to be elected) ===================================================================== Enrolled voters: 329,304 +00.4 Votes cast: 319,053 96.9 +00.3 Informal votes: 10,083 03.2 +00.6 Formal votes: 308,970 96.8 -00.6 Quota for election: 44,139 14.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Gregory Broszczyk 1,720 00.6 Group A James Harlow 91 00.0 Q:0.041 Mary Jackson NPA 3,554 01.2 Group B Jeff Clayton NPA 139 00.0 Q:0.084 Jocelyn NEWMAN * Lib 121,288 39.3 ELECTED 1 Paul Calvert * Lib 4,455 01.4 Group C John Watson * Lib 4,809 01.6 Q:2.958 Robert Bell * AD 21,346 06.9 Group D Julia Onsman AD 528 00.2 Q:0.499 Philip Tattersall AD 132 00.0 Claire Andersen 1,813 00.6 Group E Lin MacQueen 68 00.0 Q:0.043 Dr Bob Brown Grn 26,508 08.6 Group F Janet Dale Grn 322 00.1 Q:0.608 Don Rogers CTA 1,484 00.5 Group G Beryl Rogers CTA 35 00.0 Q:0.034 Sue MACKAY ALP 105,793 34.2 ELECTED 2 Hon Nick Sherry * ALP 13,897 04.5 Group H Charles Touber ALP 988 00.3 Q:2.734 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 308,970 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. The combined Liberal vote was 42.3% 2. The combined NPA vote was 01.2% 3. The combined ALP vote was 39.1% 4. The combined AD vote was 07.1% -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Newman's 77,149 surplus votes distributed --------------------------------------------------------------------- Broszczyk 10 00.0 1,730 00.6 Harlow 1 00.0 92 00.0 Jackson 129 00.2 3,683 01.2 Clayton 6 00.0 145 00.0 NEWMAN * E 44,139 14.3 ELECTED 1 CALVERT * 73,043 94.7 77,498 25.1 ELECTED 3 Watson * 3,384 04.4 8,157 02.6 Bell * 262 00.3 21,608 07.0 Onsman 30 00.0 558 00.2 Tattersall 6 00.0 138 00.0 Andersen 22 00.0 1,835 00.6 MacQueen 5 00.0 73 00.0 Brown 130 00.2 26,638 08.6 Dale 10 00.0 332 00.1 D Rogers 9 00.0 1,493 00.5 B Rogers 1 00.0 36 00.0 MACKAY E 105,793 34.2 ELECTED 2 Sherry * 104 00.1 14,001 04.5 Touber 5 00.0 993 00.3 (exhausted 17 17 ) (lost by fraction 11 11 ) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 77,149 308,970 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Mackay's 61,654 surplus votes distributed --------------------------------------------------------------------- Broszczyk 5 00.0 1,735 00.6 Harlow 1 00.0 93 00.0 Jackson 8 00.0 3,691 01.2 Clayton 0 145 00.0 NEWMAN * E 44,139 14.3 ELECTED 1 CALVERT * E 77,498 25.1 ELECTED 3 Watson * 17 00.0 8,174 02.6 Bell * 87 00.1 21,695 07.0 Onsman 13 00.0 571 00.2 Tattersall 1 00.0 139 00.0 Andersen 22 00.0 1,857 00.6 MacQueen 4 00.0 77 00.0 Brown 128 00.2 26,766 08.7 Dale 20 00.0 352 00.1 D Rogers 9 00.0 1,502 00.5 B Rogers 8 00.0 44 00.0 MACKAY E 44,139 14.3 ELECTED 2 SHERRY * 60,677 98.4 74,678 24.2 ELECTED 4 Touber 634 01.0 1,627 00.5 (exhausted 12 29 ) (lost by fraction 8 19 ) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 61,654 308,970 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: Calvert's 33,359 surplus votes distributed --------------------------------------------------------------------- Broszczyk 3 00.0 1,738 00.6 Harlow 1 00.0 94 00.0 Jackson 14 00.0 3,705 01.2 Clayton 3 00.0 148 00.0 NEWMAN * E 44,139 14.3 ELECTED 1 CALVERT * E 44,139 14.3 ELECTED 3 Watson * 33,206 99.6 41,380 13.4 Bell * 62 00.2 21,757 07.0 Onsman 2 00.0 573 00.2 Tattersall 0 00.0 139 00.0 Andersen 5 00.0 1,862 00.6 MacQueen 0 00.0 77 00.0 Brown 22 00.1 26,788 08.7 Dale 1 00.0 353 00.1 D Rogers 3 00.0 1,505 00.5 B Rogers 0 00.0 44 00.0 MACKAY E 44,139 14.3 ELECTED 2 SHERRY * E 74,678 24.2 ELECTED 4 Touber 15 00.0 1,642 00.5 (exhausted 14 43 ) (lost by fraction 8 27 ) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 33,359 308,970 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 5th count: Sherry's 30,539 surplus votes distributed --------------------------------------------------------------------- Broszczyk 2 00.0 1,740 00.6 Harlow 2 00.0 96 00.0 Jackson 14 00.0 3,719 01.2 Clayton 2 00.0 150 00.0 NEWMAN * E 44,139 14.3 ELECTED 1 CALVERT * E 44,139 14.3 ELECTED 3 Watson * 56 00.2 41,436 13.4 Bell * 118 00.4 21,875 07.1 Onsman 8 00.0 581 00.2 Tattersall 1 00.0 140 00.0 Andersen 7 00.0 1,869 00.6 MacQueen 2 00.0 79 00.0 Brown 104 00.3 26,892 08.7 Dale 5 00.0 358 00.1 D Rogers 10 00.0 1,515 00.5 B Rogers 4 00.0 48 00.0 MACKAY E 44,139 14.3 ELECTED 2 SHERRY * E 44,139 14.3 ELECTED 4 Touber 30,174 98.9 31,816 10.3 (exhausted 24 67 ) (lost by fraction 6 33 ) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 30,539 308,970 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 6th count: B Rogers's 48, MacQueen's 79, Harlow's 96, Tattersall's 140, Clayton's 150, Dale's 358 and Onsman's 581 votes distributed (total 1,452) --------------------------------------------------------------------- Broszczyk 78 05.4 1,818 00.6 Jackson 163 11.3 3,882 01.3 NEWMAN * E 44,139 14.3 ELECTED 1 CALVERT * E 44,139 14.3 ELECTED 3 Watson * 56 03.9 41,492 13.4 Bell * 626 43.4 22,501 07.3 Andersen 141 09.8 2,010 00.7 Brown 278 19.3 27,170 08.8 D Rogers 50 03.5 1,565 00.5 MACKAY E 44,139 14.3 ELECTED 2 SHERRY * E 44,139 14.3 ELECTED 4 Touber 52 03.6 31,868 10.3 (exhausted 8 75 ) (lost by fraction 0 33 ) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,452 308,970 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 7th count: D Rogers's 1,565 votes distributed --------------------------------------------------------------------- Broszczyk 17 01.1 1,835 00.6 Jackson 900 58.0 4,782 01.5 NEWMAN * E 44,139 14.3 ELECTED 1 CALVERT * E 44,139 14.3 ELECTED 3 Watson * 400 25.8 41,892 13.6 Bell * 92 05.9 22,593 07.3 Andersen 28 01.8 2,038 00.7 Brown 40 02.6 27,210 08.8 MACKAY E 44,139 14.3 ELECTED 2 SHERRY * E 44,139 14.3 ELECTED 4 Touber 76 04.9 31,944 10.3 (exhausted 3 78 ) (lost by fraction 9 42 ) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,565 308,970 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 8th count: Broszczyk's 1,835 votes distributed --------------------------------------------------------------------- Jackson 507 32.8 5,289 01.7 NEWMAN * E 44,139 14.3 ELECTED 1 CALVERT * E 44,139 14.3 ELECTED 3 Watson * 52 03.4 41,944 13.6 Bell * 1,146 74.0 23,739 07.7 Andersen 34 02.2 2,072 00.7 Brown 48 02.6 27,258 08.8 MACKAY E 44,139 14.3 ELECTED 2 SHERRY * E 44,139 14.3 ELECTED 4 Touber 31 02.0 31,975 10.4 (exhausted 12 90 ) (lost by fraction 5 47 ) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,565 308,970 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 9th count: Andersen's 2,072 votes distributed --------------------------------------------------------------------- Jackson 144 07.0 5,433 01.8 NEWMAN * E 44,139 14.3 ELECTED 1 CALVERT * E 44,139 14.3 ELECTED 3 Watson * 68 03.3 42,012 13.6 Bell * 166 08.0 23,905 07.7 Brown 1,579 76.5 28,837 09.3 MACKAY E 44,139 14.3 ELECTED 2 SHERRY * E 44,139 14.3 ELECTED 4 Touber 108 05.2 32,083 10.4 (exhausted 3 93 ) (lost by fraction 4 51 ) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 2,072 308,970 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 10th count: Jackson's 5,433 votes distributed --------------------------------------------------------------------- NEWMAN * E 44,139 14.3 ELECTED 1 CALVERT * E 44,139 14.3 ELECTED 3 WATSON * 4,410 81.7 46,422 15.0 ELECTED 5 Bell * 625 11.6 24,530 07.9 Brown 113 02.1 28,950 09.4 MACKAY E 44,139 14.3 ELECTED 2 SHERRY * E 44,139 14.3 ELECTED 4 Touber 253 04.7 32,336 10.5 (exhausted 35 128 ) (lost by fraction -3 48 ) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 5,433 308,970 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 11th count: Watson's 2,283 surplus votes distributed --------------------------------------------------------------------- NEWMAN * E 44,139 14.3 ELECTED 1 CALVERT * E 44,139 14.3 ELECTED 3 WATSON * E 44,139 14.3 ELECTED 5 Bell * 2,156 94.7 26,686 08.6 Brown 28 01.2 28,978 09.4 MACKAY E 44,139 14.3 ELECTED 2 SHERRY * E 44,139 14.3 ELECTED 4 Touber 92 04.0 32,428 10.5 (exhausted 5 133 ) (lost by fraction 2 50 ) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 2,283 308,970 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 12th count: Bell's 26,686 surplus votes distributed --------------------------------------------------------------------- NEWMAN * E 44,139 14.4 ELECTED 1 CALVERT * E 44,139 14.4 ELECTED 3 WATSON * E 44,139 14.4 ELECTED 5 BROWN 17,195 72.6 46,173 15.1 ELECTED 6 MACKAY E 44,139 14.4 ELECTED 2 SHERRY * E 44,139 14.4 ELECTED 4 Touber 6,500 27.4 38,928 12.7 (exhausted 93 226 ) (lost by fraction 0 50 ) (undistributed 2,898 2,898 ) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 26,686 308,970 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Senators' terms began 1 July 1996. Brown, Calvert, Mackay, Newman, Sherry and Watson elected for a term ending 30 June 2002. Continuing senators (term to end 30 June 1999): Eric ABETZ (Lib), John COATES (ALP), Kay DENMAN (ALP), Brian GIBSON (Lib), Brian HARRADINE Ind), Shayne MURPHY (ALP) -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Eric Abetz (born 1958): Appointed 1994 > Robert John Bell (1950-2001): Appointed 1990. Elected 1990. Defeated 1996 Died 5 September 2001 > Robert James Brown (born 1944): Elected 1996 Born: 27 December 1944, Oberon, NSW Career: Educated Sydney University. Doctor, Tasmania. Environmental campaigner. Director, Tasmanian Wilderness Society 1979-84. Author. First openly gay member of federal Parliament. State politics: Tas MHA for Denison 1983-93. Leader of the Green Independents 1986-93. > Paul Henry Calvert (born 1940): Elected 1987, 1990, 1996 > John Coates (born 1944): Elected 1980, 1983, 1984, 1987, 1993 Resigned place 20 August 1996 (see Appointments) > Kay Janet Denman (born 1937): Appointed 1993 > Brian Francis Gibson (1936-2017): Elected 1993 Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasurer 11 March 1996 to 15 October 1996 > Brian Harradine (1935-2014): Elected 1975, 1980, 1983, 1987, 1993 > Susan Mary Mackay (born 1960): Appointed 1996. Elected 1996 > Shayne Michael Murphy (born 1952): Elected 1993 > Jocelyn Margaret Newman (1937-2018): Appointed 1986. Elected 1987, 1990 Minister for Social Security from 11 March 1996 Minister assisting the Prime Minister for the Status of Women 11 March 1996 to 6 October 1997 Appointed Delegate to the 1998 Constitutional Convention > Nicholas John Sherry (born 1955): Elected 1990, 1996 Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Primary Industries and Energy to 11 March 1996 > John Odin Wentworth Watson (born 1937): Elected 1977, 1983, 1984, 1987, 1990, 1996 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Gibson resigned following allegations of a conflict of interest concerning his ownership of shares. --------------------------------------------------------------------