ELECTIONS TO THE TASMANIAN LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ==================================================================== ELECTIONS IN 1910 ==================================================================== GORDON ==================================================================== Nominations 21 April, polling 3 May 1910 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Arthur MORRISBY * 499 52.9 John R Ross Labor 445 47.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 944 02.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Arthur Morrisby (1847-1925): Elected 1899, 1905, 1910 -------------------------------------------------------------------- HOBART ==================================================================== Nominations 21 April 1910 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Dr Gamaliel H BUTLER * 1,484 62.2 Alfred J Nettlefold Labor 900 37.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 2,384 12.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Gamaliel Henry Butler (1854-1914): Elected 1896 by, 1898, 1904, 1910 Died 15 July 1914: See by-election -------------------------------------------------------------------- LAUNCESTON ==================================================================== Nominations 21 April 1910 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Peter McCRACKAN * Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Peter McCrackan (1844-1928): Elected 1900. Retired 1903. Elected 1904, 1910 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Member of the Executive Council without Office 6 April 1914 to 15 April 1916 -------------------------------------------------------------------- SOUTH ESK ==================================================================== Following the death of Hon Christopher O'Reilly -------------------------------------------------------------------- Nominations April, polling 3 May 1910 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Arthur W LOONE 369 43.3 Charles Metz 142 16.7 Robert S Scott 341 40.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 852 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Metz was MHA for Launceston West 1906-09. 2. Scott was MLC for South Eask 1899-1909. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Arthur William Loone (1857-1936): Elected 1910 by Born: 28 April 1857, England Career: To Vic 1860, to Tas 1862. Miner, merchant, sawmiller. Scottsdale Municipal Council. --------------------------------------------------------------------