ELECTIONS TO THE TASMANIAN LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ==================================================================== ELECTIONS IN 1957 ==================================================================== MONMOUTH ==================================================================== Nominations 4 April, polling 11 May 1957 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 2,806 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Geoffrey A H GREEN * Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Geoffrey Arthur Hewett Green (1901-59): Elected 1946, 1951, 1957 Died 21 April 1959: see by-election -------------------------------------------------------------------- NEWDEGATE ==================================================================== Nominations 4 April, polling 11 May 1957 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 8,305 Votes cast: 7,423 89.4 Informal votes: 91 01.1 Formal votes: 7,332 98.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- George H Gray * 1,547 21.1 Robert D McDougall 751 10.2 Brian K Miller Labor 2,504 34.2 Albert A Orchard 898 12.2 William G Wedd 1,632 22.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 7,332 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Wedd was MHA for Denison 1948-53. 2nd count: McDougall's 751 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Gray * 214 28.5 1,761 24.0 Miller 219 29.2 2,723 37.1 Orchard 128 17.0 1,026 14.0 Wedd 190 25.3 1,822 24.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 751 7,332 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Orchard's 1,026 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Gray * 458 44.6 2,219 30.3 Miller 175 17.1 2,898 39.5 Wedd 393 38.3 2,215 30.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,026 7,332 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: Wedd's 2,215 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Gray * 1,245 58.5 3,464 47.8 MILLER 885 41.5 3,793 52.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Remaining 2,130 7,247 Exhausted 85 85 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 2,215 7,332 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > George Herbert Gray (1899-1984): Elected 1946, 1948. Defeated 1950. Elected 1951. Defeated 1957 Died 5 August 1984 > Brian Kirkwall Miller (1921-2014): Elected 1957 Born: 30 january 1921, Queenstown -------------------------------------------------------------------- RUSSELL ==================================================================== Nominations 4 April, polling 11 May 1957 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 6,673 Votes cast: 5,667 84.9 Informal votes: 67 01.2 Formal votes: 5,600 98.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Llewellyn H Bauld 665 11.9 Leslie V A Burgis 578 10.3 Jack R C Ellis 536 09.6 Charles B M Fenton 1,440 25.7 Horace A Lane 1,133 20.2 Alex McBain 660 11.8 Leslie W Margetts 588 10.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 5,600 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Ellis's 536 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Bauld 120 22.4 785 14.0 Burgis 67 12.5 645 11.5 Fenton * 120 22.4 1,580 60.8 Lane 64 11.9 1,197 21.4 McBain 59 11.0 719 12.8 Margetts 106 19.8 694 12.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 536 5,600 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Burgis's 645 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Bauld 83 12.9 868 15.5 Fenton * 204 31.6 1,764 31.5 Lane 172 26.7 1,369 24.4 McBain 125 19.4 844 15.1 Margetts 61 09.5 755 13.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 645 5,600 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: Margetts's 755 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Bauld 302 40.6 1,170 20.9 Fenton * 160 21.5 1,924 34.4 Lane 133 17.9 1,502 26.9 McBain 148 19.9 992 17.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Remaining 743 5,588 Exhausted 12 12 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 755 5,600 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 5th count: McBain's 992 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Bauld 121 12.6 1,291 23.2 Fenton * 416 43.4 2,340 42.1 Lane 421 43.9 1,923 34.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Remaining 958 5,554 Exhausted 34 46 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 992 5,600 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 6th count: Bauld's 1,291 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- FENTON * 480 63.7 2,820 56.2 Lane 273 36.3 2,196 43.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Remaining 753 5,016 Exhausted 93 139 Not distributed 445 445 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,291 5,600 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Charles Balfour Marcus Fenton (1912-2009): Elected 1957 --------------------------------------------------------------------