ELECTIONS TO THE TASMANIAN LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ==================================================================== ELECTIONS IN 1944 ==================================================================== BUCKINGHAM ==================================================================== Nominations 5 April, polling 2 May 1944 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 7,196 Votes cast: 5,894 82.9 Informal votes: 72 01.2 Formal votes: 5,822 98.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- George P Harvey 558 09.6 James D Hickey Labor 1,126 19.3 Thomas Murdoch * 1,870 32.1 Norman R Pierce 340 05.8 William G Wedd 1,928 33.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 5,822 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Pierce's 340 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Harvey 61 17.9 619 10.6 Hickey 31 09.1 1,157 19.8 Murdoch * 107 31.5 1,977 33.9 Wedd 141 41.5 2,069 35.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 340 5,822 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Harvey's 619 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hickey 121 19.5 1,278 22.0 Murdoch * 312 50.4 2,289 39.3 Wedd 186 30.0 2,255 38.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 619 5,822 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: Hickey's 1,278 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Murdoch * 486 39.3 2,755 46.9 WEDD 776 60.7 3,031 53.1 Not distributed 36 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,278 5,822 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Thomas Murdoch (1868-1946): Elected 1927 by, 1932, 1938. Defeated 1944 Died 29 June 1946 > William George Wedd (1909-95): Elected 1948 Born: 7 March 1909, North Lyell Career: Engineering business. Glenorchy Municipal Council. Resigned 2 August 1948: see by-election. Later career: MHA for Denison 1948-53, 1959-64 Died 30 May 1995 -------------------------------------------------------------------- President of the Legislative Council to 1 May 1944 -------------------------------------------------------------------- HOBART ==================================================================== Following the voiding on the election of Arthur J Tyler -------------------------------------------------------------------- Nominations 10 January, polling 22 January 1944 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 7,443 Votes cast: 5,452 73.3 Informal votes: 129 02.4 Formal votes: 5,323 97.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Arthur J TYLER Labor 2,817 52.9 Arthur E Wadsley 2,506 47.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 5,323 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Arthur James Tyler (1883-1972): Elected 1943 by. Election void 1943. Elected 1944 by -------------------------------------------------------------------- MACQUARIE ==================================================================== Nominations 5 April, polling 2 May 1944 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 1,744 Votes cast: 1,471 84.3 Informal votes: 20 01.4 Formal votes: 1,451 98.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Compton A Archer 538 37.1 Albert W Bendall * 337 23.2 Robert Robertson 576 39.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,451 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Bendall's 337 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- ARCHER 215 63.8 753 51.9 Robertson 122 36.2 698 48.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 337 1,451 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Albert William Bendle (1884-1967): Elected 1922. Defeated 1925. Elected 1932, 1938. Defeated 1944 Died 3 May 1967 > Compton Abbott Archer (1885-1961): Elected 1944 Born: 3 July 1885, Longford Career: Farmer, sheep breeder. Westbury Municipal Council. Nephew of Frank Archer MLC, Basil Archer MHA, Frederick W Grubb MLC. -------------------------------------------------------------------- SOUTH ESK ==================================================================== Nominations 14 April 1944 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 2,361 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Leslie A PROCTER Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Leslie Arthur Procter (1884-1968): Elected 1939 by, 1944 --------------------------------------------------------------------