ELECTIONS TO THE TASMANIAN LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ==================================================================== ELECTIONS IN 1959 ==================================================================== MEANDER ==================================================================== Nominations 14 April, polling 9 May 1959 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 4,737 Votes cast: 4,285 90.5 Informal votes: 34 00.8 Formal votes: 4,251 99.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Charles R BEST * 2,469 58.1 Eric R Lee 1,782 41.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 4,251 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Charles Robinson Best (1909-96): Elected 1958 by, 1959 -------------------------------------------------------------------- MONMOUTH ==================================================================== Following the death of Geoffrey A H Green -------------------------------------------------------------------- Nominations 28 May, polling 4 July 1959 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 3,695 Votes cast: 3,361 91.0 Informal votes: 27 00.8 Formal votes: 3,334 99.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Louis F Bisdee 636 19.1 E J Cameron 471 14.1 L M Gibson 299 09.0 C E Johnson 375 11.2 A H H McShane 552 16.6 G J O'Brien 169 05.1 D R Phillips 85 02.5 J A Prevost 88 02.6 W E Smith 529 15.9 R R Taylor 130 03.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 3,334 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Phillips's 85 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Louis F Bisdee 3 03.5 639 19.2 Cameron 6 07.1 477 14.4 Gibson - 299 09.0 Johnson 6 07.1 381 11.4 McShane 6 07.1 558 16.7 O'Brien 15 17.6 184 05.5 Prevost 9 10.6 97 02.9 Smith 39 45.9 568 17.0 Taylor 1 01.2 131 03.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 85 3,334 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Prevost's 97 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Louis F Bisdee 15 15.5 654 19.6 Cameron 13 13.4 490 14.7 Gibson 6 06.2 305 09.1 Johnson 5 05.2 386 11.6 McShane 9 09.3 567 17.0 O'Brien 19 19.6 203 06.0 Smith 15 15.5 583 17.5 Taylor 15 15.5 146 04.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 97 3,334 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Taylor's 146 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Louis F Bisdee 22 15.4 676 20.3 Cameron 41 28.7 531 15.9 Gibson 16 11.2 321 09.6 Johnson 11 07.7 397 11.9 McShane 12 08.4 579 17.4 O'Brien 20 14.0 223 06.7 Smith 21 14.7 604 18.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Remaining 143 3,331 Exhausted 3 3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 146 3,334 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: O'Brien's 223 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Louis F Bisdee 16 07.8 692 20.9 Cameron 51 25.0 582 17.6 Gibson 35 17.2 356 10.7 Johnson 32 15.7 429 13.0 McShane 14 06.9 593 17.9 Smith 19 09.3 660 19.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Remaining 204 3,312 Exhausted 19 22 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 223 3,334 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 5th count: Gibson's 356 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Louis F Bisdee 88 25.9 780 23.7 Cameron 102 30.0 684 20.8 Johnson 73 21.5 502 15.2 McShane 59 17.4 652 19.8 Smith 18 05.3 678 20.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Remaining 340 3,296 Exhausted 16 38 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 356 3,334 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 6th count: Johnson's 502 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Louis F Bisdee 143 32.0 923 28.5 Cameron 145 32.4 829 25.6 McShane 113 25.3 765 23.6 Smith 46 10.3 724 22.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Remaining 447 3,241 Exhausted 55 93 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 502 3,334 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 7th count: Smith's 724 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Louis F Bisdee 125 27.1 1,048 35.2 Cameron 149 32.3 978 32.8 McShane 187 40.6 952 32.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Remaining 461 2,978 Exhausted 263 356 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 724 3,334 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 8th count: McShane's 952 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Louis F BISDEE 364 53.7 1,412 52.2 Cameron 315 46.3 1,293 47.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Remaining 679 2,705 Exhausted 225 581 Not distributed 48 48 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 952 3,334 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Louis Fenn Bisdee (1910-2010): Elected 1959 by Born: 22 September 1910, Melton Mowbray -------------------------------------------------------------------- PEMBROKE ==================================================================== Nominations 14 April, polling 9 May 1959 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 10,654 Votes cast: 9,331 87.6 Informal votes: 69 00.7 Formal votes: 9,262 99.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Dunbabin * 1,991 21.5 Eric C McKAY 4,711 50.9 Warren D D Millington 2,560 27.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 9,262 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > William Dunbabin (1894-1975): Elected 1953. Defeated 1959 Died 3 December 1975 > Eric Charles McKay (1918-76): Elected 1959 Born: 29 December 1918, Cambridge -------------------------------------------------------------------- QUEENBOROUGH ==================================================================== Nominations 14 April, polling 9 May 1959 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 6,974 Votes cast: 5,712 81.9 Informal votes: 96 01.7 Formal votes: 5,616 98.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Kenneth E Austin 2,197 39.1 Hon Henry S BAKER * 3,419 60.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 5,616 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Henry Seymour Baker (1890-1968): Elected 1948 by, 1953, 1959 -------------------------------------------------------------------- WEST DEVON ==================================================================== Nominations 14 April, polling 9 May 1959 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 7,116 Votes cast: 6,113 85.9 Informal votes: 85 01.4 Formal votes: 6,028 98.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Harold R Bryan 2,421 40.2 Walter J T DAVIS * 3,607 59.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 6,028 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Walter John Torley Davis (1915-71): Elected 1953, 1959 -------------------------------------------------------------------- WESTMORLAND ==================================================================== Following the death of George L Flowers -------------------------------------------------------------------- Nominations 20 January, polling 14 February 1959 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 9,323 Total votes cast: 7,857 85.2 Informal votes: 100 01.3 Formal votes: 7,757 98.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- L G Arnold 434 05.6 Oliver H Gregory 2,342 30.2 Charles A Lamp 1,612 20.8 Geoffrey K Littlejohn 281 03.6 James S McGowen 2,639 34.0 William C Shipp 449 05.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 7,757 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Lamp was a Senator for Tasmania 1938-50. 2. For McGowen, see House of Assembly, Bass 1961 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Littlejohn's 281 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Arnold 29 10.3 463 06.0 Gregory 77 27.4 2,419 31.2 Lamp 56 19.9 1,668 21.5 McGowen 74 26.3 2,713 35.0 Shipp 45 16.0 494 06.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 281 7,757 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Arnold's 463 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Gregory 236 51.0 2,655 34.2 Lamp 68 14.7 1,736 22.4 McGowen 117 25.3 2,830 36.5 Shipp 42 09.1 536 06.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 463 7,757 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: Shipp's 536 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Gregory 198 37.4 2,853 36.8 Lamp 95 18.0 1,831 23.6 McGowen 236 44.6 3,066 39.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Remaining 529 7,750 Exhausted 7 7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 536 7,757 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 5th count: Lamp's 1,831 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- GREGORY 1,071 68.5 3,924 51.0 McGowen 702 31.5 3,768 49.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Remaining 1,773 7,692 Exhausted 44 51 Not distributed 14 14 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,831 7,757 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Oliver Harold Gregory (1917-2001): Elected 1959 by Born: 28 January 1917, Launceston --------------------------------------------------------------------