ELECTIONS TO THE TASMANIAN LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ==================================================================== ELECTIONS IN 1933 ==================================================================== CAMBRIDGE ==================================================================== Nominations 13 April 1933 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Joseph DARLING * Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Joseph Darling (1870-1946): Elected 1921 by, 1927, 1933 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Launceston Examiner, 2 May 1933 HOBART ==================================================================== Nominations 13 April, polling 2 May 1933 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 6,362 Votes cast: 5,502 86.5 Informal votes: 118 02.1 Formal votes: 5,384 97.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Vere I Chambers 574 10.7 Samuel Crisp 480 08.9 Herry D H Cummins 574 10.7 Dr John F Gaha Labor 2,111 39.2 James A McKenzie * 1,014 18.8 John P Piggott 611 11.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 5,384 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Piggott was MHA for Franklin 1922-31. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Crisp's 480 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Chambers 99 20.6 673 12.5 Cummins 87 18.1 661 12.3 Gaha 100 20.8 2,211 41.1 McKenzie * 96 20.0 1,180 21.9 Piggott 48 10.0 659 12.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 480 5,384 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Piggot's 659 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Chambers 133 20.3 806 15.0 Cummins 116 17.7 777 14.4 Gaha 86 13.1 2,297 42.7 McKenzie * 319 48.8 1,499 27.9 Remaining 654 5,379 Exhausted 5 5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 659 5,384 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: Cummins's 777 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Chambers 344 44.6 1,150 21.4 Gaha 103 13.3 2,400 44.7 McKenzie * 325 42.1 1,824 33.9 Remaining 772 5,374 Exhausted 5 10 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 777 5,384 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 5th count: Chambers's 1,150 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- GAHA 285 26.4 2,685 50.6 McKenzie * 795 73.6 2,619 49.4 Remaining 1,080 5,304 Exhausted 70 80 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,150 5,384 -------------------------------------------------------------------- James Albert McKenzie (1867-1939): Elected 1927. Defeated 1933 Died 19 August 1939 -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Francis Gaha (1894-1966): Elected 1933 Born: 14 April 1894, NSW Career: Educated National University of Ireland. Medical practitioner. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Member of the Executive Council without Office 22 June 1934 to 9 December 1946 -------------------------------------------------------------------- RUSSELL ==================================================================== Nominations 13 April, polling 2 May 1933 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 3,493 Votes cast: 2,336 66.9 Informal votes: 46 02.0 Formal votes: 2,290 98.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Frank B Edwards * 839 36.6 Arthur B Fenton 601 26.2 Richard Franks 111 04.8 David T Jones 188 08.2 Oliver N Waterworth 551 24.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 2,290 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Franks's 111 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Edwards * 24 21.6 863 37.7 Fenton 36 32.4 637 27.8 Jones 30 27.0 218 09.5 Waterworth 21 18.9 572 25.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 111 2,290 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Jones's 218 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Edwards * 61 28.0 924 40.3 Fenton 86 39.4 723 31.6 Waterworth 71 32.6 643 28.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 218 2,290 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Waterworth's 643 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Edwards * 159 27.0 1,083 48.9 FENTON 430 73.0 1,153 51.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Remaining 589 91.6 2,216 97.6 Exhausted 54 08.4 54 02.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 643 2,290 01.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Frank Bathurst Edwards (1887-1974?): Elected 1921, 1927. Defeated 1933 Later career: See House of Assembly 1934, Darwin -------------------------------------------------------------------- Arthur Benjamin Fenton (1882-1962): Elected 1933 Born: 21 October 1882, Wynyard Career: Farmer. Military service 1914-19. Uncle of Charles B M Fenton MLC. --------------------------------------------------------------------