ELECTIONS TO THE TASMANIAN LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ==================================================================== ELECTIONS IN 1925 ==================================================================== DERWENT ==================================================================== Nominations 7 May 1925 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Louis M SHOOBRIDGE * Nationalist Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Louis Manton Shoobridge (1851-1939): Elected 1921 by, 1925 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hobart News, 8 May 1925 HOBART ==================================================================== Following the death of James R Chapman -------------------------------------------------------------------- Nominations 10 June, polling 23 June 1925 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 7,800 (approx) Votes cast: 4,837 62.0 Informal votes: 51 01.1 Formal votes: 4,786 98.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Frank Bond 544 11.4 Charles J Eady 656 13.7 Hedley H Facy 93 01.9 Clyde Hamilton 355 07.4 Frederick W Heritage 424 08.9 Colin Kennedy 181 03.8 Thomas Lyons 539 11.3 Andrew J Nettlefold 305 06.4 Thomas A Okines Labor 1,306 27.3 Colin H Perkins 383 08.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 4,786 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Bond was MHA for East Hobart 1903-06, MLC for Hobart 1909-21. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Facy's 93 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Bond 9 09.7 553 11.6 Eady 18 19.4 774 16.2 Hamilton 4 04.3 359 07.5 Heritage 6 06.5 430 09.0 Kennedy 23 24.7 204 04.3 Lyons 6 06.5 545 11.4 Nettlefold 9 09.7 314 06.6 Okines 14 15.1 1,320 27.6 Perkins 4 04.3 387 08.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 93 4,786 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Kennedy's 204 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Bond 35 17.2 588 12.3 Eady 49 24.0 723 15.1 Hamilton 14 06.9 373 07.8 Heritage 22 10.8 452 09.4 Lyons 18 08.8 563 11.8 Nettlefold 8 03.9 322 06.7 Okines 22 10.8 1,342 28.0 Perkins 36 17.6 423 08.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 204 4,786 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: Nettlefold's 322 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Bond 33 10.3 621 13.0 Eady 64 19.9 787 16.4 Hamilton 33 10.3 406 08.5 Heritage 36 11.2 488 10.2 Lyons 38 11.8 601 12.6 Okines 65 20.2 1,407 29.4 Perkins 52 16.2 475 09.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Remaining 321 99.7 4,785 100 Exhausted 1 00.3 1 00.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 322 4,786 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 5th count: Hamilton's 406 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Bond 56 14.1 677 14.2 Eady 96 24.2 883 18.5 Heritage 76 19.2 564 11.8 Lyons 83 21.0 684 14.3 Okines 34 08.6 1,441 30.2 Perkins 51 12.9 526 11.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Remaining 396 97.5 4,775 99.8 Exhausted 10 02.5 11 00.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 406 4,786 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 6th count: Perkins's 526 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Bond 65 12.0 742 15.6 Eady 166 32.9 1,049 22.1 Heritage 74 14.7 638 13.4 Lyons 113 22.4 797 16.8 Okines 86 17.1 1,527 32.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Remaining 504 95.8 4,753 99.3 Exhausted 22 04.2 33 00.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 526 4,786 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 7th count: Heritage's 638 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Bond 189 31.0 931 19.7 Eady 186 30.5 1,235 26.1 Lyons 206 33.8 1,003 21.2 Okines 28 04.6 1,555 32.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Remaining 609 95.5 4,724 98.7 Exhausted 29 04.5 62 01.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 638 4,786 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 8th count: Bond's 931 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Eady 395 45.3 1,630 34.9 Lyons 441 50.6 1,444 31.0 Okines 36 04.1 1,591 34.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Remaining 872 93.7 4,665 97.5 Exhausted 59 06.3 121 02.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 931 4,786 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 9th count: Lyons's 1,444 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- EADY 767 90.3 2,397 58.9 Okines 82 09.7 1,673 41.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Counted 849 4,070 Not counted 503 503 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Remaining 1,352 93.6 4,573 95.5 Exhausted 92 06.4 213 04.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,444 4,786 08.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Charles John Eady (1870-1945): Elected 1925 by Born: 29 October 1870, Hobart Career: Barrister 1895. Test cricketer, state-level footballer. President Tas Football League. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hobart Mercury, 28 June 1925 PEMBROKE ==================================================================== Following the death of James Murdoch -------------------------------------------------------------------- Nominations 16 July, polling 28 July 1925 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 2,237 Votes cast: 1,589 71.0 Informal votes: 19 01.2 Formal votes: 1,570 98.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- George W Allwright 160 10.2 Alexander Hean 144 09.2 James Murdoch 472 30.1 Albert H Reardon 172 11.0 Matthew W Simmons 432 27.5 Raymond H Smith 190 12.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,570 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hean was MHA for Sorell 1903-09, for Franklin 1909-13, 1916-25. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Hean's 144 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Allwright 12 08.4 172 11.0 Murdoch 42 29.2 514 32.7 Reardon 47 32.6 219 13.9 Simmons 29 20.1 461 29.4 Smith 14 09.7 204 13.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 144 1,570 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Allwright's 172 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Murdoch 73 42.4 587 37.4 Reardon 27 15.7 248 15.8 Simmons 34 19.8 495 31.5 Smith 38 22.1 242 15.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 172 1,570 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: Smith's 242 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Murdoch 70 29.5 657 42.0 Reardon 60 25.2 306 19.6 Simmons 107 45.1 602 38.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Remaining 237 97.9 1,565 99.7 Exhausted 5 02.1 5 00.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 242 1,570 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 5th count: Reardon's 306 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- MURDOCH 138 81.7 795 55.7 Simmons 31 18.3 633 44.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Remaining 169 55.2 1,428 91.0 Exhausted 137 44.8 142 09.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 306 1,570 05.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- James Murdoch (1886-1935): Elected 1925 by Born: 28 December 1886, Cambridge Career: Farmer. Son of James Murdoch (senior) MLC, brother of John Murdoch MLC. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hobart Mercury, 31 July 1925 TAMAR ==================================================================== Nominations 16 April, polling 5 May 1925 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Francis A Cowie 279 30.8 Ernest W FREELAND * 628 69.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 907 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Ernest William Freeland (1870-1940): Elected 1919, 1925 -------------------------------------------------------------------- WESTMORLAND ==================================================================== Nominations April, polling 5 May 1925 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Leonard S Bruce 315 21.9 John W Cheek * 669 46.5 John V B Gibson 455 31.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,439 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Bruce's 315 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- CHEEK * 180 57.1 849 59.0 Gibson 135 42.9 590 41.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 315 1,439 -------------------------------------------------------------------- John William Cheek (1855-1942): Elected 1907. Retired 1913. Elected 1919 by, 1925 --------------------------------------------------------------------