ELECTIONS TO THE TASMANIAN LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ==================================================================== ELECTIOS IN 1934 ==================================================================== GORDON ==================================================================== Nominations 20 April, polling 8 May 1934 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 1,197 Total votes counted: 909 75.9 Informal votes: 29 03.2 Formal votes: 880 96.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- James McDONALD * Labor 576 65.5 Vernon E O'Halloran 304 34.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 880 -------------------------------------------------------------------- James McDonald (1877-1947): Elected 1916. Defeated 1922. Elected 1928, 1934 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Member of the Executive Council without Office 23 June 1934 to 19 August 1940 Attorney-General from 9 August 1940 -------------------------------------------------------------------- HOBART ==================================================================== Nominations 20 April, polling 8 May 1934 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 6,241 Votes cast: 5,287 84.7 Informal votes: 106 02.0 Formal votes: 5,181 98.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Vere I Chambers 1,599 30.9 Charles J Eady * 2,064 39.8 William R C Jarvis 1,518 29.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 5,181 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Jarvis was MHA for Hobart East 1906-09. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Jarvis's 1,518 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Chambers 751 49.5 2,350 45.4 EADY * 767 50.5 2,831 54.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,518 5,181 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Charles John Eady (1870-1945): Elected 1925 by, 1928, 1934 -------------------------------------------------------------------- LAUNCESTON ==================================================================== Nominations 20 April, polling 8 May 1934 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 5,533 Votes cast: 4,455 80.5 Informal votes: 120 02.7 Formal votes: 4,335 97.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Alexander A Evans 1,144 26.4 F Percy Hart * 1,743 40.2 Alfred J Higgins 582 13.4 John R Palamountain Labor 866 20.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 4,335 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. For Evans, see Launceston 1936 2. Palamountain was MHA for Wilmot 1926-28. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Higgins's 582 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Evans 79 13.6 1,223 28,2 Hart * 39 06.7 1,782 41.1 Palamountain 464 79.7 1,330 30.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 582 4,335 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Evans's 1,223 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- HART * 711 58.1 2,493 57.5 Palamountain 512 41.9 1,842 42.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,223 4,335 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Frank Percy Hart (1860-1945): Elected 1916, 1922, 1928, 1934 --------------------------------------------------------------------