ELECTIONS TO THE TASMANIAN LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ==================================================================== ELECTIONS IN 1936 ==================================================================== HUON ==================================================================== Nominations 15 April, polling 5 May 1936 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 3,225 Votes cast: 2,747 85.2 Informal votes: 37 01.3 Formal votes: 2,710 98.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- William H F Calvert * 1,002 37.0 Alfred C Ceabrook 626 23.1 Alexander B Parsons 1,082 39.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 2,710 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Ceabrook was (as Seabrook) MHA for Franklin 1922-28, MHA for Franklin 1931-34. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Ceabrook's 626 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- CALVERT * 361 57.7 1,363 50.3 Parsons 265 42.3 1,347 49.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 626 2,710 -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Henry Fairfax Calvert (1871-1942): Elected 1924 by, 1930, 1936 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Calvert retired at the 1942 election. Died 8 June 1942. -------------------------------------------------------------------- LAUNCESTON ==================================================================== Nominations 15 April, polling 5 May 1936 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 5,379 Votes cast: 4,345 80.8 Informal votes: 191 04.4 Formal votes: 4,154 95.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Alexander A EVANS 2,160 52.0 Hon Tasman Shields * 1,994 48.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 4,154 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Tasman Shields (1872-1950): Elected 1915 by, 1918, 1924, 1930. Defeated 1936 Died 28 August 1950 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Alexander Arthur Evans (1881-1955): Elected 1936 Born: 3 November 1881, Launceston Career: Military service South Africa, 1914-18. Farmer, accountant, estate agent. -------------------------------------------------------------------- MERSEY ==================================================================== Nominations 15 April, polling 5 May 1936 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 3,995 Votes cast: 2,359 59.0 Informal votes: 61 02.6 Formal votes: 2,298 97.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Stephen E Broad 668 29.1 Alexander LILLICO * 1,630 70.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 2,298 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Alexander Lillico (1872-1966): Elected 1924, 1930, 1936 -------------------------------------------------------------------- PEMBROKE ==================================================================== Following the death of John Murdoch -------------------------------------------------------------------- Nominations 17 September, polling 3 October 1936 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 2,091 Votes cast: 1,873 89.6 Informal votes: 13 00.7 Formal votes: 1,860 99.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Archibald C Blacklow 634 34.1 Belmont M Clark 188 10.1 Arthur G Crisp 362 19.5 John Dunbabin 344 18.5 Orlando J Morrisby 332 17.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,860 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Blacklow was MHR for Franklin 1931-34. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Clark's 188 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Blacklow 38 20.2 672 36.1 Crisp 57 30.3 419 22.4 Dunbabin 34 18.1 378 20.3 Morrisby 59 31.4 391 21.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 188 1,860 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Dunbabin's 378 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Blacklow 104 27.5 776 41.7 Crisp 180 47.6 599 32.2 Morrisby 94 24.9 485 26.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 378 1,860 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: Morrisby's 485 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- BLACKLOW 145 31.8 921 50.3 Crisp 311 68.2 910 49.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Remaining 456 1,831 Exhausted 29 29 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 485 1,860 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Archibald Clifford Blacklow (1879-1965): Elected 1936 by Born: 11 October 1879, Bagdad Career: Farmer, pharmacist. Military service 1914-18. MHR for Franklin 1931-34. -------------------------------------------------------------------- This election is not recorded in the official reports. Figures are from the "Burnie Advocate" 7 October 1936.