ELECTIONS TO THE TASMANIAN LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ==================================================================== ELECTIONS IN 1926 ==================================================================== BUCKINGHAM ==================================================================== Nominations 22 April 1926 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Tetley GANT * Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Tetley Gant (1854-1928): Elected 1901 by, 1903, 1909, 1914, 1920, 1926 Resigned 1 August 1927: See by-election Died 7 February 1928 -------------------------------------------------------------------- President of the Legislative Council to 26 July 1926 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Launceston Daily Telegraph, 26 April 1926 MACQUARIE ==================================================================== Nominations 22 April 1926 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- George H PITT * Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- George Henry Pitt (1872-1932): Elected 1920, 1926 Pitt retired at the 1932 election. Died 16 April 1932 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Launceston Daily Telegraph, 23 April 1926 MEANDER ==================================================================== Following the death of John Hope -------------------------------------------------------------------- Nominations 28 June, polling July 20 1926 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 2,265 Votes cast: 1,272 56.2 Informal votes: 16 01.3 Formal votes: 1,256 98.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Percival C Best 233 18.6 Ernest F B Blyth 265 21.1 Arthur Hart 12 01.0 Edmund T Hingston 171 13.6 Hubert A Nichols 394 31.4 David Russell 181 14.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,256 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. For Best, see House of Assembly 1928, Wilmot. 2. Blyth was MHA for Wilmot 1913-25. 3. Nichols was MLC for Mersey 1902-24. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Hart's 12 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Best 2 16.7 235 18.7 Blyth 3 25.0 268 21.3 Hingston 2 16.7 173 13.8 Nichols 5 41.7 399 31.8 Russell - 181 14.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 12 1,256 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Hingston's 173 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Best 50 28.9 285 22.7 Blyth 47 27.2 315 25.1 Nichols 36 20.8 435 34.6 Russell 40 23.3 221 17.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 173 1,256 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: Russell's 221 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Best 89 41.4 374 29.9 Blyth 51 23.7 366 29.3 Nichols 75 34.9 510 40.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Remaining 215 97.3 1,250 99.5 Exhausted 6 02.7 6 00.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 221 1,256 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 5th count: Blyth's 366 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Best 113 47.1 487 43.3 NICHOLS 127 52.9 637 56.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Remaining 240 88.6 1,124 96.8 Exhausted 31 11.4 37 03.2 Not counted 95 95 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 366 1,256 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hubert Allan Nichols (1864-1940): Elected 1902 by, 1906, 1912, 1918. Defeated 1924. Elected 1926 by -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hobart Mercury, 23 July 1926 SOUTH ESK ==================================================================== Nominations 22 April 1926 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Alan L WARDLAW * Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Alan Lindsay Wardlaw (1887-1938): Elected 1920, 1926 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Honorary Minister 15 June 1928 to 23 June 1934 --------------------------------------------------------------------