ELECTIONS TO THE TASMANIAN LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ==================================================================== ELECTIONS IN 1952 ==================================================================== GORDON ==================================================================== Nominations 2 April 1952 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Thomas G D D'ALTON * Labor Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Thomas George de Largie D'Alton (1895-1968): Elected 1931, 1934, 1937, 1941. Resigned 1944. Elected 1947, 1952 -------------------------------------------------------------------- HOBART ==================================================================== Nominations 2 April, polling 10 May 1952 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 4,301 Votes cast: 3,604 83.8 Informal votes: 48 01.3 Formal votes: 3,556 98.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Weller Arnold 441 12.4 Charles N Atkins 219 06.2 Phyllis J Benjamin Labor 1,433 40.3 Maxwell L Hickman 339 09.5 Thomas Layton 133 03.7 Dennis G Lonergan 563 15.8 Arthur W Potter 428 12.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 3,556 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Atkins was MHA for Denison 1941-48. 2. Lonergan was MLC for Hobart 1945-51. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Layton's 133 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Arnold 11 08.3 452 12.7 Atkins 15 11.3 234 06.6 Benjamin 31 23.4 1,464 41.2 Hickman 24 18.0 363 10.2 Lonergan 29 21.8 592 16.6 Potter 23 17.3 451 12.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 133 3,556 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Atkins's 234 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Arnold 80 34.2 532 15.0 Benjamin 35 15.0 1,499 42.2 Hickman 33 14.2 396 11.1 Lonergan 45 19.2 637 17.9 Potter 41 17.5 492 13.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 234 3,556 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: Hickman's 396 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Arnold 73 18.6 605 17.0 Benjamin 71 18.0 1,570 44.2 Lonergan 116 29.5 753 21.2 Potter 133 33.8 625 17.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Remaining 393 3,553 Exhausted 3 3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 396 3,556 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 5th count: Arnold's 605 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Benjamin 145 25.3 1,715 48.7 Lonergan 177 30.9 930 26.4 Potter 251 43.8 876 24.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Remaining 573 3,521 Exhausted 32 35 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 605 3,556 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 6th count: Potter's 876 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- BENJAMIN 93 23.8 1,808 59.6 Lonergan 297 76.2 1,227 40.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Remaining 390 3,035 Exhausted 38 73 Not distributed 448 448 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 876 3,556 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Phyllis Jean Benjamin (1907-96): Elected 1952 Born: 20 August 1907, Sydney Career: Educated Sydney. To Tas 1940. Munitions worker, Red Cross driver, World War II. Active in many social and cultural groups. Tas Labor executive from 1950. Mother-in-law of Hon Bill Neilson MHA. First female Tas Labor MP. -------------------------------------------------------------------- LAUNCESTON ==================================================================== Nominations 18 April, polling 10 May 1952 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 1,987 Votes cast: 1,671 84.1 Informal votes: 31 01.9 Formal votes: 1,640 98.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Carter 190 11.6 Lucy M Grounds * Labor 719 43.8 Walter A G Reid 78 04.8 Charles R Stackhouse 304 18.5 Arthur T Vertigan 349 21.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,640 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Reid's 78 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Carter 11 14.2 201 12.3 Grounds * 26 33.3 745 45.4 Stackhouse 31 39.8 335 20.4 Vertigan 10 12.8 359 21.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 78 1,640 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Carter's 201 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- GROUNDS * 144 71.6 889 54.2 Stackhouse 22 10.9 357 21.8 Vertigan 24 11.9 383 23.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 201 1,640 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Lucy Margaret Grounds (1908-87): Elected 1951 by, 1952 --------------------------------------------------------------------