ELECTIONS TO THE TASMANIAN LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ==================================================================== ELECTIONS IN 1914 ==================================================================== BUCKINGHAM ==================================================================== Nominations May, polling 5 May 1914 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 2,323 Total votes cast: 1,592 68.5 Informal votes: 51 03.2 Formal votes: 1,541 96.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Tetley GANT * 927 60.2 Thomas Murdoch 614 39.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,541 -------------------------------------------------------------------- For Murdoch, see Hobart 1914. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Tetley Gant (1854-1928): Elected 1901 by, 1903, 1909, 1914 -------------------------------------------------------------------- President of the Legislative Council -------------------------------------------------------------------- HOBART ==================================================================== Following the death of Dr Gamaliel H Butler -------------------------------------------------------------------- Nominations 4 August, polling 18 August 1914 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 4,700 Votes cast: 3,172 67.5 Informal votes: 62 02.0 Formal votes: 3,110 98.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- William P Brownell 549 17.7 William H Burgess 634 20.4 C Davenport Hoggins 460 14.8 Loudoun M McLeod 572 18.4 Thomas Murdoch 731 23.5 Thomas C Simpson 164 05.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 3,110 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Brownell was MHA for Franklin 1903-09 2. Burgess was MHA for West Hobart 1881-91, for Denison 1916-17. Hughes and Graham identify him as "Burgen." 3. Hoggins was MHA for Hobart 1898-1900, 1900-03, for Denison 1917-19. 4. The Huon Times (19 August) identified Brownell, Burgess and McLeod as Liberal candidates. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Simpson's 164 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Brownell 21 12.8 570 18.3 Burgess 20 12.2 654 21.0 Hoggins 52 31.7 512 16.5 McLeod 25 15.2 597 19.2 Murdoch 46 28.0 777 25.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 164 3,110 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Hoggins's 512 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Brownell 88 17.2 658 21.1 Burgess 64 12.5 718 23.1 McLeod 110 21.5 708 22.8 Murdoch 250 48.8 1,027 33.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 512 3,110 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: Brownell's 658 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Burgess 231 40.5 949 31.4 McLeod 205 35.9 913 30.2 Murdoch 135 23.6 1,162 38.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Remaining 571 86.8 3,024 97.2 Exhausted 87 13.2 86 02.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 658 3,110 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: McLeod's 913 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Burgess 435 63.5 1,384 49.5 MURDOCH 249 36.5 1,411 50.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Remaining 684 75.0 2,795 89.9 Exhausted 229 25.0 315 10.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 913 3,110 00.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Thomas Murdoch (1868-1946): Elected 1914 by Born: 15 March 1868, Hobart Career: Banker, manufacturer. President Hobart Chamber of Commerce. Brother of Peter Murdoch MHA, half-brother of James Murdoch MLC, uncle of James Murdoch (junior) MLC and John Murdoch MLC. -------------------------------------------------------------------- MACQUARIE ==================================================================== Nominations 19 April, polling 5 May 1914 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 1,208 Total votes cast: 647 53.6 Informal votes: Formal votes: 647 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Charles Metz Labor 37 05.7 Louis Page 166 25.7 Alfred YOUL * 444 68.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 647 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Metz was MHA for West Launceston 1906-09. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Alfred Youl (1849-1921): Elected 1909, 1914 -------------------------------------------------------------------- PEMBROKE ==================================================================== Nominations 21 April 1914 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- James MURDOCH * Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- James Murdoch (1851-1925): Elected 1903 by, 1905, 1911 -------------------------------------------------------------------- SOUTH ESK ==================================================================== Nominations April, polling 6 May 1914 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Arthur W LOONE * 639 64.0 Tasman Shields 360 36.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 999 -------------------------------------------------------------------- For Shields, see Launceston 1915. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Arthur William Loone (1857-1936): Elected 1910 by, 1914 Resigned 30 October 1919: see by-election -------------------------------------------------------------------- Loone resigned to contest the Senate, unsuccessfully.