ELECTIONS TO THE TASMANIAN LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ==================================================================== ELECTIONS IN 1950 ==================================================================== LAUNCESTON ==================================================================== Following the resignation of Richard K Green -------------------------------------------------------------------- Nominations 3 April, polling 13 May 1950 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 2,230 Votes cast: 1,725 77.4 Informal votes: 29 01.7 Formal votes: 1,696 98.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Raymond A Ferrall 522 30.8 Dr Arthur E E Grounds 685 40.4 Allen Hollingsworth 236 13.9 John A Huston 137 08.1 George J McElwee 116 06.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,696 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Grounds was a Labor Party member but not an endorsed Labor candidate. 2. Hollingsworth was MHA for Bass 1934-41. 3. McElwee was Labor MLC for Launceston 1940-46. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: McElwee's 116 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Ferrall 30 25.9 552 32.5 Grounds 38 32.8 723 42.6 Hollingsworth 27 23.3 263 15.5 Huston 21 18.1 158 09.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 116 1,696 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Huston's 158 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Ferrall 44 27.8 596 35.1 Grounds 76 48.1 799 47.1 Hollingsworth 38 24.1 301 17.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 158 1,696 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: Hollingsworth's 301 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Ferrall 204 81.1 800 49.5 GROUNDS 57 18.9 856 50.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 301 1,696 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Arthur Edwin Ernest Grounds (1898-1951): Elected 1950 Born: 11 September 1898, Melbourne Career: Educated University of Melbourne. Medical practitioner. Military service World War I. To Tas 1927. Husband of Lucy M Grounds MLC. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Died 29 July 1951: see by-election -------------------------------------------------------------------- MACQUARIE ==================================================================== Nominations 3 April, polling 13 May 1950 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 2,425 Votes cast: 2,083 85.9 Informal votes: 8 00.4 Formal votes: 2,075 99.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Compton A Archer * 823 39.7 Thomas L CHEEK 1,252 60.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 2,075 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Compton Abbott Archer (1885-1961): Elected 1944. Defeated 1950 Died 24 May 1961 > Thomas Lefroy Cheek (1894-1994): Elected 1950 Born: 28 December 1894, Evandale Career: Farmer. Evandale Municipal Council. --------------------------------------------------------------------