ELECTIONS TO THE TASMANIAN LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ==================================================================== ELECTIONS IN 1954 ==================================================================== CORNWALL ==================================================================== Nominations 12 April, polling 8 May 1954 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 5,076 Total votes cast: 4,218 83.1 Informal votes: 64 01.5 Formal votes: 4,154 98.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Robert T F Flach 1,549 37.3 Percy F Holmes 477 11.5 John R Orchard 1,788 43.0 Walter A G Reid 149 03.6 Henry M Yeates 191 04.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 4,154 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Orchard was MHA for Denison 1948-54. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Reid's 149 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Flach 49 32.9 1,598 38.5 Holmes 43 28.9 520 12.5 Orchard 36 24.2 1,824 43.9 Yeates 21 14.1 212 05.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 149 4,154 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Yeates's 212 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Flach 72 34.0 1,670 40.2 Holmes 69 32.5 589 14.2 Orchard 71 33.5 1,895 45.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 212 4,154 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: Holmes's 589 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Flach 158 34.0 1,828 45.4 ORCHARD 307 66.0 2,202 54.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Remaining 465 4,030 Exhausted 12 12 Not distributed 112 112 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 589 4,154 -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Raymond Orchard (1906-95): Elected 1948, 1950. Resigned 1954. Elected 1954 -------------------------------------------------------------------- HUON ==================================================================== Nominations 12 April, polling 8 May 1954 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 4,327 Votes cast: 3,519 Informal votes: 29 Formal votes: 3,490 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Ronald H Brown * 1,494 42.8 John M Dillon 607 17.4 Arthur R K Pitt 245 07.0 Hon Rowland L Worsley 1,144 32.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 3,490 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Worsley was MLC for Huon 1942-48. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Pitt's 245 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Brown * 107 43.7 1,601 45.9 Dillon 60 24.5 667 19.1 Worsley 78 31.8 1,222 35.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 245 3,490 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Dillon's 667 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- BROWN * 338 51.4 1,939 55.6 Worsley 329 48.6 1,551 44.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 677 3,490 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Ronald Herbert Brown (1915-92): Elected 1948, 1954 -------------------------------------------------------------------- MERSEY ==================================================================== Nominations 12 April, polling 8 May 1954 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 4,876 Votes cast: 4,069 83.4 Informal votes: 39 01.0 Formal votes: 4,030 99.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Ronald J Henry 1,322 32.8 Villiers H D Horton 168 04.2 Edward W Kildey 640 15.9 Mervyn G Lakin 1,120 27.8 Hector McFie 754 18.7 Claude E Viney 26 00.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 4,030 -------------------------------------------------------------------- For McFie, see 1954 by-election. 2nd count: Viney's 26 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Henry 5 19.2 1,327 32.9 Horton - 168 04.2 Kildey - 640 15.9 Lakin 12 46.2 1,132 28.1 McFie 9 34.6 763 18.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 26 4,030 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Horton's 168 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Henry 21 12.5 1,348 33.4 Kildey 53 31.5 693 17.2 Lakin 59 35.1 1,191 29.6 McFie 35 20.8 798 19.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 168 4,030 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: Kildey's 693 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Henry 104 15.1 1,452 36.1 Lakin 281 40.8 1,472 36.6 McFie 304 44.1 1,102 27.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Remaining 689 4,026 Exhausted 4 4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 693 4,030 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 5th count: McFie's 1,102 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Henry 198 19.8 1,650 42.0 LAKIN 802 80.2 2,274 58.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Remaining 1,000 3,924 Exhausted 102 106 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,102 4,030 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Mervyn George Lakin (1888-1954): Elected 1954 Born: 9 November 1888, Launceston Career: Farmer. Ulverstone Municipal Council. Died 19 June 1954: see by-election -------------------------------------------------------------------- MERSEY ==================================================================== Following the death of Mervyn G Lakin -------------------------------------------------------------------- Nominations 23 July, polling 4 September 1954 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 5,065 Votes cast: 4,599 90.8 Informal votes: 34 00.7 Formal votes: 4,565 99.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Frank B Edwards 299 06.5 Ronald J Henry Henry 1,580 34.8 Melrose F Holman 499 10.9 Hector McFie 722 15.8 Cedric M Moore 765 16.8 Norman C Rockliff 128 02.8 Percy Williams 402 08.8 William M Williams 120 02.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 4,565 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Edwards was MLC for Russell 1921-33, MHA for Denison 1934-40. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: W M Williams's 120 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Edwards 9 07.5 308 06.7 Henry 16 13.3 1,596 35.0 Holman 18 15.0 517 11.3 McFie 24 20.0 796 17.4 Moore 15 12.5 780 17.1 Rockliff 7 05.8 135 03.0 P Williams 31 25.8 433 09.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 120 4,565 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Rockliff's 135 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Edwards 20 14.8 328 07.2 Henry 12 08.9 1,608 35.2 Holman 10 07.4 527 11.5 McFie 21 15.6 817 17.9 Moore 55 40.7 835 18.3 P Williams 17 12.6 450 09.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 135 4,565 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: Edwards's 328 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Henry 54 16.5 1,662 36.4 Holman 46 14.0 573 12.6 McFie 72 22.0 889 19.5 Moore 108 57.3 943 20.7 P Williams 48 14.6 498 10.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 328 4,565 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 5th count: P Williams's 498 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Henry 63 12.9 1,725 37.9 Holman 130 26.5 703 15.4 McFie 147 30.0 1,036 22.7 Moore 150 30.1 1,093 24.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Remaining 490 4,557 Exhausted 8 8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 498 4,565 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 6th count: Holman's 703 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Henry 121 17.7 1,846 40.7 McFie 369 54.1 1,405 31.0 Moore 192 28.2 1,285 28.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Remaining 682 4,536 Exhausted 21 29 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 703 4,565 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 7th count: Moore's 1,285 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Henry 226 18.5 2,072 46.3 McFIE 995 81.5 2,400 53.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Remaining 1,221 4,472 Exhausted 64 93 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,285 4,565 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hector McFie (1896-1982): Elected 1954 Born: 3 October 1896, Devonport West Career: Mechanical engineer. Military service 1939-45. Son of Henry H McFie MLC. --------------------------------------------------------------------