ELECTIONS TO THE TASMANIAN LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ==================================================================== ELECTIONS IN 1904 ==================================================================== HOBART ==================================================================== Nominations 28 April 1904 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Dr Gamaliel H BUTLER * Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Gamaliel Henry Butler (1854-1914): Elected 1896 by, 1898, 1904 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Chief Secretary 19 June 1909 to 20 October 1909 Chief Secretary 27 October 1909 to to 6 April 1914-------------------------------------------------------------------- LAUNCESTON ==================================================================== Nominations 28 April, polling 3 May 1904 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 2,381 Total votes cast: 1,685 70.8 Informal votes: 40 02.4 Formal votes: 1,645 97.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Sir Adye Douglas * 533 32.4 Peter McCRACKAN 1,112 67.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,645 -------------------------------------------------------------------- McCrackan was MHA for Launceston 1900-03. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Adye Douglas (1815-1906): Elected 1855, 1856. Resigned 1857. Elected 1862, 1866, 1871, 1872, 1877, 1882. Resigned 1884. Elected 1884. Resigned 1886. Elected 1886, 1892, 1898. Defeated 1904 Died 10 April 1906 -------------------------------------------------------------------- President of the Legislative Council to 2 May 1904 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Peter McCrackan (1844-1928): Elected 1900. Retired 1903. Elected 1904 -------------------------------------------------------------------- LAUNCESTON ==================================================================== Following the death of William Hart -------------------------------------------------------------------- Nominations 28 April, polling 3 May 1904 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 2,381 Total votes cast: 1,682 70.6 Informal votes: 51 03.0 Formal votes: 1,631 97.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- David H Connolly 350 21.5 Alexander R Fowler 433 26.5 William Hartnoll 348 21.3 Charles RUSSEN 500 30.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,631 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Fowler was MHA for North Launceston 1893, 1897-1901. 2. Hartnoll was MHA for South Launceston 1884-97, for Launceston 1897-1902, MHR for Tasmania 1902-03. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Charles Russen (1850-1914): Elected 1904 by Born: 1850, England Career: Baker, biscuit manufacturer. Launceston City Council. --------------------------------------------------------------------