ELECTIONS TO THE TASMANIAN LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ==================================================================== ELECTIONS IN 1928 ==================================================================== GORDON ==================================================================== Nominations 13 April, polling 11 May 1928 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- James J Campbell 4 00.5 Stanley Laffer 72 08.5 Hon Andrew Lawson * 331 39.0 James McDONALD Labor 441 52.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 848 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Andrew Lawson (born 1873): Elected 1922. Defeated 1928 Date of death unknown -------------------------------------------------------------------- James McDonald (1877-1947): Elected 1916. Defeated 1922. Elected 1928 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hobart Mercury, 12 May 1928 HOBART ==================================================================== Nominations 13 April, polling 8 May 1928 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 7,806 Votes cast: 3,491 44.7 Informal votes: 58 01.7 Formal votes: 3,433 98.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Andrew D Cooper 1,050 30.6 Charles J Eady * 1,598 46.5 John J Graham 222 06.5 George P Harvey 563 16.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 3,433 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Graham's 222 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Cooper 114 51.4 1,164 33.9 Eady * 60 27.0 1,658 48.3 Harvey 48 21.6 611 17.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 222 3,433 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Harvey's 611 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Cooper 211 37.5 1,375 40.6 EADY * 352 62.5 2,010 59.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Counted 563 3,385 Not counted 48 48 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 611 3,433 09.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Charles John Eady (1870-1945): Elected 1925 by, 1928 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hobart Mercury, 9 May 1928 LAUNCESTON ==================================================================== Nominations 13 April 1928 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- F Percy HART * Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Frank Percy Hart (1860-1945): Elected 1916, 1922, 1928 --------------------------------------------------------------------