ELECTIONS TO THE TASMANIAN LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ==================================================================== ELECTIONS IN 1955 ==================================================================== DERWENT ==================================================================== Nominations 18 April, polling 14 May 1955 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 6,485 Votes cast: 5,302 81.8 Informal votes: 65 01.2 Formal votes: 5,237 98.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Louis F Bisdee 808 15.4 Edward R Cullen Labor 875 16.7 Joseph H Dixon 1,498 28.6 Donald K Marriott Labor 905 17.3 Louis M Shoobridge 1,151 22.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 5,237 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. For Bisdee, see Monmouth 1959 2. For Marriott, see Derwent 1961 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Bisdee's 808 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Cullen 165 20.4 1,040 19.9 Dixon 287 35.5 1,785 34.1 Marriott 48 05.9 953 18.2 Shoobridge 308 38.1 1,459 27.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 808 5,237 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Marriott's 953 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Cullen 610 64.0 1,650 31.2 Dixon 208 21.8 1,993 38.1 Shoobridge 135 14.2 1,594 30.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 953 5,237 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: Shoobridge's 1,594 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Cullen 397 26.8 2,047 39.9 DIXON 1,089 73.2 3,082 60.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Remaining 1,486 5,129 Exhausted 108 108 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,594 5,237 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Joseph Henry Dixon (1911-2002): Elected 1955 Born: 19 March 1911, England -------------------------------------------------------------------- TAMAR ==================================================================== Nominations 6 April, polling 14 May 1955 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 3,222 Total votes cast: 2,490 77.3 Informal votes: 28 01.1 Formal votes: 2,462 98.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Leonard H E Bessell 611 24.8 Hon Neil Campbell 1,091 44.3 Frederick Kelso Labor 359 14.6 Thomas D Wivell 401 16.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 2,462 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Kelso's 359 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Bessell 178 49.6 789 32.0 Campbell 81 22.6 1,172 47.6 Wivell 100 27.9 501 20.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 359 2,462 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Wivell's 501 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Bessell 195 38.9 984 40.0 CAMPBELL 306 61.1 1,478 60.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 501 2,462 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Neil Campbell (1880-1960): Elected 1955 Born: 21 march 1880, Winkleigh Career: MHA for Wilmot 1922-55. Opposition Leader 1945-50. Died 25 April 1960: see by-election -------------------------------------------------------------------- WESTMORLAND ==================================================================== Nominations 6 April, polling 14 May 1955 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 7,712 Total votes cast: 6,664 86.5 Informal votes: 67 00.9 Formal votes: 6,607 99.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- George L Flowers * 2,536 38.4 William H Fry 2,547 38.6 Charles A Lamp Labor 1,524 23.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 6,607 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Lamp was a Senator for Tasmania 1838-50. 2nd count: Lamp's 1,524 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- FLOWERS * 928 60.9 3,464 52.4 Fry 596 39.1 3,143 47.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,524 6,607 -------------------------------------------------------------------- George Lenthorn Flowers (1879-1958): Elected 1942 by, 1943, 1949, 1955 Died 7 December 1958: see by-election --------------------------------------------------------------------