ELECTIONS TO THE TASMANIAN LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ==================================================================== ELECTIONS IN 1940 ==================================================================== GORDON ==================================================================== Nominations 18 April 1940 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon James McDONALD * Labor Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- James McDonald (1877-1947): Elected 1916. Defeated 1922. Elected 1928, 1934, 1940 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Attorney-General -------------------------------------------------------------------- HOBART ==================================================================== Nominations 18 April, polling 7 May 1940 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 6,953 Votes cast: 5,778 83.1 Informal votes: 89 01.5 Formal votes: 5,689 98.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- John E Cuthbertson 1,694 29.8 Charles J Eady * 2,189 38.5 Archibald R Park Labor 1,806 31.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 5,689 -------------------------------------------------------------------- For Park, see House of Assembly, Franklin 1949 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Cuthbertson's 1,694 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- EADY * 1,215 71.7 3,404 59.8 Park 479 28.3 2,285 40.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,694 5,689 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Charles John Eady (1870-1945): Elected 1925 by, 1928, 1934, 1940 Died 20 December 1945: see by-election -------------------------------------------------------------------- LAUNCESTON ==================================================================== Nominations 18 April, polling 7 May 1940 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 5,951 Votes cast: 4,673 78.5 Informal votes: 79 01.7 Formal votes: 4,594 98.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Richard W Dobbinson 922 20.1 Stanley Dryden 351 07.6 F Percy Hart * 965 21.0 George J McElwee Labor 1,397 30.4 William Robinson 959 20.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 4,594 -------------------------------------------------------------------- For Robinson, see Launceston (second seat) 1942. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Dryden's 351 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Dobbinson 98 27.9 1,020 22.2 Hart * 143 40.7 1,108 24.1 McElwee 19 05.4 1,416 30.8 Robinson 91 25.9 1,050 22.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 351 4,594 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Dobbinson's 1,020 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hart * 391 38.3 1,499 32.6 McElwee 217 21.3 1,633 35.5 Robinson 412 40.4 1,462 31.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,020 4,594 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: Robinson's 1,462 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hart * 617 50.0 2,116 48.5 McELWEE 618 50.0 2,251 51.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Remainder 1,235 4,367 Exhausted 227 227 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,462 4,594 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Frank Percy Hart (1860-1945): Elected 1916, 1922, 1928, 1934. Defeated 1940 Died 27 October 1945 -------------------------------------------------------------------- George Johnston McElwee (born 1879): Elected 1940 Born: 21 May 1879, Launceston Career: Educated Launceston Technical College. Electrical engineer. --------------------------------------------------------------------