ELECTIONS TO THE TASMANIAN LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ==================================================================== ELECTIONS IN 1923 ==================================================================== HOBART ==================================================================== Nominations 18 April, polling 8 May 1923 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 6,469 Votes cast: 2,796 43.2 Informal votes: 83 03.0 Formal votes: 2,713 97.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Charles J Eady 1,257 46.3 Hon William B PROPSTING * 1,456 53.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 2,713 03.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- For Eady, see Hobart (third seat) 1925. -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Bispham Propsting (1861-1937): Elected 1899, 1900, 1903. Resigned 1905. Elected 1905 by, 1911, 1917, 1923 -------------------------------------------------------------------- President of the Legislative Council from 27 July 1926 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Launeston Examiner, 9 May 1923 MEANDER ==================================================================== Nominations 18 April 1923 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- John HOPE * Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Hope (1842-1926): Elected 1900, 1903, 1906, 1909, 1911, 1917, 1923 Died 12 May 1926: See by-election -------------------------------------------------------------------- PEMBROKE ==================================================================== Nominations 18 April 1923 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- James MURDOCH * Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- James Murdoch (1851-1925): Elected 1903 by, 1905, 1911, 1917, 1923 Died 29 May 1925: See by-election -------------------------------------------------------------------- Launceston Daily Telegraph, 19 April 1923