ELECTIONS TO THE TASMANIAN LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ==================================================================== ELECTIONS IN 1922 ==================================================================== GORDON ==================================================================== Nominations 20 April, polling 2 May 1922 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Fisher 184 20.3 Andrew Lawson 219 24.1 James McDonald * Labor 333 36.7 Arthur Morrisby 172 18.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 908 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Morrisby was MLC for Gordon 1899-1916. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Morrisby's 172 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Fisher 76 44.2 260 28.6 Lawson 77 44.8 296 32.6 McDonald * 19 11.0 352 38.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 172 908 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Fisher's 260 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- LAWSON 206 79.2 502 55.3 McDonald * 54 20.8 406 44.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 260 908 05.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- James McDonald (1877-1947): Elected 1916. Defeated 1922 Later career: See Gordon 1928 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Andrew Lawson (born 1873): Elected 1922 Born: 1873, Victoria Career: To Tas 1897. Miner, Queenstown. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Honorary Minister 25 October 1923 to 15 June 1928 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hobart Mercury, 5 May 1922 HOBART ==================================================================== Nominations 20 April, polling 2 May 1922 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 6,905 Votes cast: 2,418 35.0 Informal votes: 124 05.1 Formal votes: 2,294 94.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- James R CHAPMAN 1,240 54.1 William M Williams * 1,054 49.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 2,294 04.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Micah Williams (1851-1924): Elected 1916. Defeated 1922 Died 11 August 1924 -------------------------------------------------------------------- James Robison Chapman (1855-1925): Elected 1922 Born: 25 September 1855, Victoria Career: With Bank of NSW for 45 years. Died 12 April 1925: See by-election -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hobart Mercury, 3 May 1922 LAUNCESTON ==================================================================== Nominations 24 April, polling 2 May 1922 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 4,306 Votes cast: 1,920 Informal votes: 41 02.3 Formal votes: 1,879 97.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- F Percy Hart * 844 44.9 Albert W Monds 498 26.5 John R Palamountain Labor 537 28.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,879 -------------------------------------------------------------------- For Palamountain, see Wilmot 1926 countback. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Monds's 498 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- HART * 433 86.7 1,277 67.9 Palamountain 65 13.3 602 32.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 498 1,879 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Frank Percy Hart (1860-1945): Elected 1916, 1922 --------------------------------------------------------------------