ELECTIONS TO THE TASMANIAN LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ==================================================================== Sources: Reports of the Chief Electoral Officer NEWDEGATE ==================================================================== NEWDEGATE ==================================================================== Nominations 18 April, polling 12 May 1951 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 4,606 Votes cast: 3,137 68.1 Informal votes: 27 00.9 Formal votes: 3,110 99.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Edward R Cullen Labor 316 10.2 George H Gray 1,024 32.9 Dennis G Lonergan * 941 30.3 John Nolan Labor 829 26.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 3,110 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Gray was MHA for Franklin 1946-50. 2. Lonergan was MLC for Hobart 1945-51. When the three Hobart seats were abolished in 1946, he was "deemed" to be MLC for Newdegate. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Cullen's 316 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Gray 87 27.5 1,111 35.7 Lonergan * 47 14.9 988 31.8 Nolan 182 57.6 1,011 32.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 316 3,110 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Lonergan's 988 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- GRAY 780 78.9 1,891 60.8 Nolan 208 21.1 1,219 39.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 988 3,110 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Dennis Gannon Lonergan (1906-65): Elected 1945. Defeated 1951 Died 15 September 1965 > George Herbert Gray (1899-1984): Elected 1946, 1948. Defeated 1950. Elected 1951 --------------------------------------------------------------------