ELECTIONS TO THE TASMANIAN LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ==================================================================== ELECTION OF 1918 ==================================================================== LAUNCESTON ==================================================================== Nominations 26 April, polling 8 May 1918 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 3,377 Votes cast: 1,934 56.8 Informal votes: 38 02.0 Formal votes: 1,896 98.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Peter Gannon Labor 240 12.7 William C Oldham 373 19.7 Hon Tasman SHIELDS * 1,283 67.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,896 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Tasman Shields (1872-1950): Elected 1915 by, 1918 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Honorary Minister 12 August 1922 to 14 June 1923 --------------------------------------------------------------------