ELECTIONS TO THE TASMANIAN LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ==================================================================== ELECTIONS IN 1956 ==================================================================== BUCKINGHAM ==================================================================== Nominations 4 April, polling 12 May 1956 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 9,538 Votes cast: 8,129 85.2 Informal votes: 107 01.3 Formal votes: 8,022 98.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Gordon Cashmore 1,088 13.6 James B CONNOLLY * Labor 4,386 54.7 George Walkenden 319 04.0 William Wedd 2,229 27.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 8,022 -------------------------------------------------------------------- James Bell Connolly (1892-1970): Elected 1948 by, 1950, 1956 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Wedd was MHA for Denison 1948-53. -------------------------------------------------------------------- MACQUARIE ==================================================================== Nominations 4 April 1956 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 5,122 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Thomas L CHEEK * Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Thomas Lefroy Cheek (1894-1994): Elected 1950, 1956 -------------------------------------------------------------------- SOUTH ESK ==================================================================== Nominations 4 April 1956 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 2,361 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Leslie A PROCTER Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Leslie Arthur Procter (1884-1968): Elected 1939 by, 1944, 1950, 1956 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Procter retired at the 1962 election. Died 21 April 1968 --------------------------------------------------------------------