ELECTIONS TO THE TASMANIAN LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ==================================================================== ELECTIONS IN 1958 ==================================================================== GORDON ==================================================================== Nominations 15 April 1958 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, 1958 -------------------------------------------------------------------- HOBART ==================================================================== Nominations 15 April, polling 10 May 1958 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 5,970 Votes cast: 4,982 83.5 Informal votes: 96 01.9 Formal votes: 4,886 98.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Phyllis J Benjamin * Labor 2,154 44.1 George H Gray 685 14.0 Lloyd L Jones 445 09.1 William G Wedd 1,497 30.6 John S Wilson 105 02.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 4,886 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Gray was MHA for Franklin 1946-50. 2. Wedd was MHA for Denison 1948-53. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Wilson's 105 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Benjamin * 15 14.3 2,169 44.4 Gray 15 14.3 700 14.3 Jones 24 22.9 469 09.6 Wedd 51 48.6 1,548 31.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 105 4,886 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Jones's 469 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Benjamin * 78 16.6 2,247 46.0 Gray 207 44.1 907 18.6 Wedd 184 39.2 1,732 35.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 469 4,886 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: Grey's 907 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- BENJAMIN * 271 29.9 2,518 51.5 Wedd 615 70.1 2,347 48.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 907 4,886 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Phyllis Jean Benjamin (1907-96): Elected 1952, 1958 -------------------------------------------------------------------- LAUNCESTON ==================================================================== Nominations 15 April, polling 10 May 1958 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 3,123 Votes cast: 2,751 88.1 Informal votes: 42 01.5 Formal votes: 2,709 98.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- William H M FRY 1,428 52.7 Lucy M Grounds * Labor 1,042 38.5 Kathleen Ruddock 239 08.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 2,709 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Lucy Margaret Grounds (1908-87): Elected 1951 by, 1952. Defeated 1958 Died October 1987 > William Hector Maxwell Fry (1912-65): Elected 1958 Born: 22 August 1912, Launceston -------------------------------------------------------------------- MEANDER ==================================================================== Following the resignation of A Elliot D Lillico -------------------------------------------------------------------- Nominations 21 November, polling 6 December 1958 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 4,680 Votes cast: 4,045 86.4 Informal votes: 42 01.0 Formal votes: 4,003 99.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Charles R BEST 2,515 62.8 Leopold F Clark 782 19.5 Aubrey W Gaffney 706 17.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 4,003 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Best was MHA for Wilmot 1950-58. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Charles Robinson Best (1909-96): Elected 1958 by --------------------------------------------------------------------