ELECTIONS TO THE TASMANIAN LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ==================================================================== ELECTIONS IN 1909 ==================================================================== BUCKINGHAM ==================================================================== Nominations April polling 4 May 1909 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 1,628 Total votes cast: 1,174 72.1 Informal votes: 14 01.2 Formal votes: 1,160 98.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- James H Edwards 425 36.6 Hon Tetley GANT * 735 63.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,160 13.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Tetley Gant (1854-1928): Elected 1901 by, 1903, 1909 -------------------------------------------------------------------- President of the Legislative Council -------------------------------------------------------------------- CAMBRIDGE ==================================================================== Nominations 22 April, polling 4 May 1909 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Henry E Button 204 31.6 Charles E DAVIES * 442 68.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 646 18.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Charles Ellis Davies (1847-1921): Elected 1897, 1903, 1909 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Launceston Daily Telegraph, 5 May 1909 HOBART ==================================================================== Nominations 30 April, polling 4 May 1909 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 3,572 Votes cast: 2,452 68.6 Informal votes: 74 03.0 Formal votes: 2,378 97.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Charles J Atkins 475 19.9 Frank Bond 778 32.7 Alfred Crisp 674 28.3 Charles D Haywood 453 19.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 2,380 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Bond was MHA for East Hobart 1903-06. 2. Crisp was MHA for North Hobart 1886-1900. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Haywood's 453 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Atkins 158 34.9 633 26.5 Bond 166 36.6 944 39.7 Crisp 129 28.5 803 33.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 453 2,380 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Atkins's 631 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- BOND 308 48.7 1,252 52.6 Crisp 325 51.3 1,128 47.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 633 2,380 02.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Frank Bond (1856-1931): Elected 1903. Defeated 1906. Elected 1909 Born: 1856, Longford Career: Merchant, landowner, company director. -------------------------------------------------------------------- HUON ==================================================================== Nominations 21 April, polling 4 May 1909 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 1,523 Total votes cast: 1,007 66.1 Informal votes: 21 02.1 Formal votes: 986 97.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Bolton S Bird 377 38.2 William F Casey 345 35.0 Richard Geeves 264 26.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 986 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Geeves's 264 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- BIRD 178 67.4 555 56.3 Casey 86 32.6 431 43.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 264 986 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Bird was MHA for Franklin 1882-1903, for South Hobart 1904-09. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Bolton Stafford Bird (1840-1924): Elected 1882, 1886, 1891, 1893, 1897, 1900. Defeated 1903. Elected 1904, 1906, 1909 -------------------------------------------------------------------- MACQUARIE ==================================================================== Nominations 21 April, polling 5 May 1909 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Charles W Allen 218 Alfred YOUL 310 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Allen was MHA for Westbury 1903-09. 2. Youl was MHA for Longford 1903-09. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Alfred Youl (1849-1921): Elected 1909 Born: 24 February 1849, Perth (VDL). Career: Farmer. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Launceston Examiner, 6 May 1909 This election is not recorded in Hughes and Graham. RUSSELL ==================================================================== Nominations 21 April, polling 4 May 1909 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 1,586 Votes cast: 724 47.4 Informal votes: 11 01.5 Formal votes: 713 98.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Charles H Hall 319 44.7 Charles J MacKenzie 163 22.9 Ernest A Pearson 231 32.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 713 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Hall was MHA for Waratah 1897-1903. 2. MacKenzie was MHA for Wellington 1886-1909. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: MacKenzie's 163 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- HALL 107 65.6 426 59.7 Pearson 56 34.4 287 40.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 163 713 09.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Charles Henry Hall (1851-1922): Elected 1897, 1900, 1909 -------------------------------------------------------------------- North-Western Advocate, 11 May 1909 The figures in Hughes and Graham are incomplete. SOUTH ESK ==================================================================== Nominations April, polling 4 May 1909 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Christopher O'REILLY 401 55.6 Robert S Scott * 320 44.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 721 -------------------------------------------------------------------- O'Reilly was MHA for Kingborough 187-82, for Ringarooma 1906-09. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Robert Steele Scott (1839-1924): Elected 1899 by, 1903. Defeated 1909. Died 28 January 1924 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Christopher O'Reilly (1835-1910): Elected 1871, 1872. Accepted office 1876. Elected 1876 by, 1877. Accepted office 1878. Elected 1878 by. Accepted office 1879. Elected 1879 by, 1882. Resigned 1882. Elected 1906. Retired 1909. Elected 1909 Died 11 January 1910: see by-election -------------------------------------------------------------------- Daily Telegraph, 5 May 1909 This election does not appear in Hughes and Graham