ELECTIONS TO THE TASMANIAN LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ==================================================================== ELECTION OF 1942 ==================================================================== HUON ==================================================================== Nominations 7 April, polling 5 May 1942 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 3,850 Votes cast: 3,200 83.1 Informal votes: 31 01.0 Formal votes: 3,169 99.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Laurence T Barwick 172 05.4 Douglas F Calvert 707 22.3 George C Frankcomb 798 25.2 Henry G Hay 123 03.9 Alexander C Parsons 338 10.7 Rowland L Worsley Labor 1,031 32.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 3,169 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Hay's 123 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Barwick 8 06.5 180 05.7 Calvert 18 14.6 725 22.9 Frankcomb 23 18.7 821 25.9 Parsons 23 18.7 361 11.4 Worsley 51 41.5 1,082 34.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 123 3,169 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Barwick's 180 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Calvert 62 34.4 787 24.8 Frankcomb 43 23.9 864 27.3 Parsons 14 07.8 375 13.8 Worsley 61 33.9 1,143 42.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 180 3,169 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: Parsons's 375 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Calvert 141 38.0 928 29.3 Frankcomb 127 34.2 991 31.3 Worsley 103 27.8 1,246 39.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Remaining 371 3,165 Exhausted 4 4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 375 3,169 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 5th count: Calvert's 928 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Frankcomb 523 59.3 1,514 48.5 WORSLEY 359 40.7 1,605 51.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Remaining 882 3,119 Exhausted 46 50 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 928 3,169 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Richard Leonard Worsley (1907-85: Elected 1942 Born: 12 July 1907, Margate Career: Police officer, publican. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Honorary Minister for Forests from 10 December 1946 -------------------------------------------------------------------- LAUNCESTON ==================================================================== Nominations 7 April, polling 5 May 1942 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 6,073 Votes cast: 4,796 79.0 Informal votes: 120 02.5 Formal votes: 4,676 97.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Alexander A Evans * 1,042 22.3 Algernon P Findlay 1,196 25.6 William R Morrow Labor 446 09.5 William Robinson 1,992 42.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 4,676 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Morrow was a Senator for Tasmania 1947-53. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Morrow's 446 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Evans * 93 20.9 1,135 24.3 Findlay 91 20.4 1,287 27.5 Robinson 202 45.3 2,254 48.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 446 4,676 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Evans's 1,135 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Findlay 487 46.7 1,774 38.7 ROBINSON 555 53.3 2,809 61.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Remaining 1,042 4,583 Not distributed 93 93 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,135 4,676 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Alexander Arthur Evans (1881-1955): Elected 1936. Defeated 1942 Died 3 June 1955 > William Robinson (1879-1960): Elected 1942 Born: 17 July 1879, Lefroy Career: Shipping agent. Robinson contested Cornwall at the 1948 election. -------------------------------------------------------------------- MERSEY ==================================================================== Nominations 7 April, polling 5 May 1942 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 4,511 Votes cast: 3,442 76.3 Informal votes: 47 01.4 Formal votes: 3,395 98.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Edward M Cooney 486 14.3 Timothy A Healy 160 04.7 Alexander LILLICO * 2,224 65.5 Albert W Townsend 525 15.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 3,395 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Alexander Lillico (1872-1966): Elected 1924, 1930, 1936, 1942 -------------------------------------------------------------------- WESTMORLAND ==================================================================== Following the death of John W Cheek -------------------------------------------------------------------- Nominations 7 April, polling 5 May 1942 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 3,907 Total votes cast: 3,221 82.4 Informal votes: 56 01.7 Formal votes: 3,165 98.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- George L Flowers 1,027 32.4 Stanley G Green 1,001 31.6 Alfred J Higgins 698 22.1 Allen Hollingsworth 439 13.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 3,165 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hollingsworth was MHA for Bass 1934-41. 2nd count: Hollingsworth's 439 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Flowers 145 33.0 1,172 37.0 Green 200 45.6 1,201 37.9 Higgins 94 21.4 792 25.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 439 3,165 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Higgins's 792 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- FLOWERS 437 55.2 1,609 50.8 Green 355 44.8 1,556 49.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 792 3,165 -------------------------------------------------------------------- George Lenthorn Flowers (1879-1958): Elected 1942 by Born: 29 March 1879, Caveside Career: Farmer and sawmiller. 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