ELECTIONS TO THE TASMANIAN LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ==================================================================== ELECTIONS IN 1927 ==================================================================== BUCKINGHAM ==================================================================== Following the resignation of Hon Tetley Gant -------------------------------------------------------------------- Nominations 12 September, polling 20 September 1927 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Herbert H Innes 678 20.2 Thomas Murdoch 1,126 33.5 Horace M C Walch 827 24.6 Joshua J Wignall 728 21.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 3,359 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Murdoch was MLC for Hobart 1914-16, 1921-27. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Result after distribution of preferences -------------------------------------------------------------------- Thomas MURDOCH 1,690 54.2 Horace M C Walch 1,428 47.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 3,118 04.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Thomas Murdoch (1868-1946): Elected 1914. Defeated 1916. Elected 1921. Defeated 1927. Elected 1927 by -------------------------------------------------------------------- Launceston Examiner, 21 September 1927 CAMBRIDGE ==================================================================== Nominations 8 April 1927 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Joseph DARLING * Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Joseph Darling (1870-1946): Elected 1921 by, 1927 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Launceston Examiner, 9 April 1927 HOBART ==================================================================== Nominations April, polling 3 May 1927 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- James A McKenzie 1,087 33.6 Thomas Murdoch * 1,219 37.6 Horace M C Walch 933 28.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 3,239 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Walch's 933 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- McKENZIE 537 57.6 1,624 50.2 Murdoch * 395 42.4 1,614 49.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 933 3,239 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Thomas Murdoch (1868-1946): Elected 1914 by. Defeated 1916. Elected 1921. Defeated 1927 Later career: See Buckingham 1927 by-eletion. -------------------------------------------------------------------- James Albert McKenzie (1867-1939): Elected 1927 Born: 4 October 1867, Hobart Career: Builder and contractor. Mayor of Hobart 1922. -------------------------------------------------------------------- RUSSELL ==================================================================== Nominations 8 April, polling 3 May 1927 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 3,567 Votes cast: 1,231 34.5 Informal votes: 20 01.6 Formal votes: 1,211 98.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Frank B EDWARDS * 669 55.2 David T Jones 281 23.2 Walter H Lean 261 21.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,211 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Frank Bathurst Edwards (1887-1974?): Elected 1921, 1927 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Burnie Advocate, 10 May 1927