ELECTIONS TO THE TASMANIAN LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ==================================================================== ELECTIONS IN 1948 ==================================================================== BUCKINGHAM ==================================================================== Following the resignation of William G Wedd -------------------------------------------------------------------- Nominations 23 September, polling 2 October 1948 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 3,494 Votes cast: 2,866 82.0 Informal votes: 44 01.5 Formal votes: 2,822 98.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- James B Connolly Labor 1,044 37.0 Keith Dickenson 950 33.7 George P Harvey 286 10.1 Horace W Viney Labor 542 19.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 2,822 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Harvey's 286 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Connolly 32 11.2 1,076 38.1 Dickenson 218 76.2 1,168 41.4 Viney 36 12.6 578 20.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 286 2,822 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Viney's 578 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- CONNOLLY 462 79.9 1,538 54.5 Dickenson 116 20.1 1,284 45.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 578 2,822 -------------------------------------------------------------------- James Bell Connolly (1892-1970): Elected 1948 by Born: 21 January 1892, Newtown Career: Farmer, public servant, publican. Military service 1917-19. -------------------------------------------------------------------- CORNWALL ==================================================================== Nominations 15 April, polling 8 May 1948 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 3,947 Total votes cast: 3,303 83.7 Informal votes: 45 01.4 Formal votes: 3,258 98.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Margaret E McIntyre 1,158 35.5 John M Quintal Labor 687 21.1 William Robinson * 715 21.9 Sinclair Thyne 698 21.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 3,258 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Quintal was Labor MHA for Bass 1942-46. 2. Robinson was MLC for Launceston 1942-46, Cornwall 1946-48. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Quintal's 687 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- McIntyre 309 45.0 1,467 45.0 Robinson * 294 42.8 1,009 31.0 Thyne 84 12.2 782 24.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 687 3,258 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Thyne's 782 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- McINTYRE 337 53.8 1,804 57.9 Robinson * 361 46.2 1,370 42.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 782 3,258 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Margaret Edgeworth McIntyre (1886-1948): Elected 1948 Born: 28 November 1886, Maitland NSW Career: Educated Univerity of Sydney. Community worker. First female Tas MP. Died (in plane crash) 2 September 1948: see by-election. -------------------------------------------------------------------- CORNWALL ==================================================================== Following the death of Margaret E McIntyre -------------------------------------------------------------------- Nominations 24 September, polling 16 October 1948 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 4,146 Total votes cast: 3,401 82.0 Informal votes: 38 01.1 Formal votes: 3,363 98.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Alexander C Atkins Labor 1,016 30.2 E George Record 1,567 46.6 William Robinson 780 23.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 3,363 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Atkins was MHA for Bass 1946-48. 2. Robinson was MLC for Launceston 1942-46, Cornwall 1946-48. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Robinson's 780 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Atkins 126 16.2 1,142 31.8 RECORD 654 83.8 2,221 68.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 780 3,258 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Ernest George Record (1899-1956): Elected 1948 by Born: 10 May 1899, England Career: To Tas as child. Accountant. Record retired at the 1954 election. Died 25 September 1956 -------------------------------------------------------------------- HUON ==================================================================== Nominations 15 April, polling 8 May 1948 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 3,174 Votes cast: 2,844 89.6 Informal votes: 16 00.6 Formal votes: 2,828 99.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Ronald H BROWN 1,493 52.8 Leo V McPartlan 406 14.4 Hon Rowland L Worsley * Labor 929 32.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 2,828 -------------------------------------------------------------------- For McPartlan, see House of Assembly, Denison 1953. -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Richard Leonard Worsley (1907-85: Elected 1942. Defeated 1948 Died 5 July 1985 Honorary Minister for Forests to 13 May 1948 > Ronald Herbert Brown (1915-92): Elected 1948 Born: 29 January 1915, Glen Huon Career: Educated Universirty of Tasmania. Teacher. Military service 1942-45. -------------------------------------------------------------------- MERSEY ==================================================================== Nominations 2 April, polling 8 May 1948 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 2,709 Votes cast: 1,950 Informal votes: 33 Formal votes: 1,917 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Alexander LILLICO * 1,513 78.9 Terence S O'Shea Labor 404 21.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,917 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Alexander Lillico (1872-1966): Elected 1924, 1930, 1936, 1942 Lillico retired at the 1954 election. Died 14 December 1966 -------------------------------------------------------------------- QUEENBOROUGH ==================================================================== Following the death of William H Strutt -------------------------------------------------------------------- Nominations 26 April, polling 8 May 1948 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 4,292 Votes cast: 3,436 80.1 Informal votes: 72 02.0 Formal votes: 3,364 98.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Henry S Baker 1,424 42.3 Hubert C Lewis 824 24.5 Alan Miller 1,116 33.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 3,364 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Baker was MHA for Franklin 1928-46. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Lewis's 824 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- BAKER 422 51.2 1,846 54.9 Miller 402 48.8 1,518 45.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 824 3,364 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Henry Seymour Baker (1890-1968): Elected 1948 by --------------------------------------------------------------------