ELECTIONS TO THE TASMANIAN LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ==================================================================== ELECTIONS IN 1932 ==================================================================== BUCKINGHAM ==================================================================== Nominations April, polling 3 May 1932 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 6,001 Votes cast: 4,749 79.1 Informal votes: 160 03.4 Formal votes: 4,589 96.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Robert Cosgrove Labor 1,687 36.8 Thomas MURDOCH * 2,902 63.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 4,589 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Cosgrove was MHA for Denison 1919-22, 1925-31. See Denison 1934. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Thomas Murdoch (1868-1946): Elected 1927 by, 1932 -------------------------------------------------------------------- President of the Legislative Council from 7 December 1937 -------------------------------------------------------------------- MACQUARIE ==================================================================== Nominations 13 April, polling 3 May 1932 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 2,051 Votes cast: 1,266 61.7 Informal votes: 18 01.4 Formal votes: 1,248 98.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Albert W Bendall 379 30.4 Frederick Bottomley 43 03.4 George Carins 340 27.3 Reginald C Grubb 329 26.4 Herbert T Postle 157 12.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,248 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Bendall was MHA for Wilmot 1922-25. 2. For Postle, see House of Assembly 1933, Bass -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Bottomley's 43 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Bendall 9 20.9 388 31.1 Carins 10 23.3 350 28.0 Grubb 12 27.9 341 27.3 Postle 12 27.9 169 13.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 43 1,248 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Postle's 169 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Bendall 53 31.3 441 35.3 Carins 51 30.2 401 32.1 Grubb 65 38.5 406 32.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 169 1,248 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: Carins's 401 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- BENDALL 183 46.9 624 50.4 Grubb 207 53.1 613 49.6 Remaining 390 97.3 1,237 99.1 Exhausted 11 02.7 11 00.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 401 1,248 00.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Albert William Bendle (1884-1967): Elected 1922. Defeated 1925. Elected 1932 -------------------------------------------------------------------- SOUTH ESK ==================================================================== Nominations 13 April 1932 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Alan L WARDLAW * Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Alan Lindsay Wardlaw (1887-1938): Elected 1920, 1926, 1932 --------------------------------------------------------------------