ELECTIONS TO THE TASMANIAN LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ==================================================================== ELECTIONS IN 1960 ==================================================================== CORNWALL ==================================================================== Nominations 21 April, polling 14 May 1960 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 6,538 Total votes cast: 4,520 69.1 Informal votes: 83 01.8 Formal votes: 4,437 98.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- John R ORCHARD * 2,733 61.6 Taylor 1,704 38.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 4,437 -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Raymond Orchard (1906-95): Elected 1948, 1950. Resigned 1954. Elected 1954, 1960 Resigned 16 September 1961: see by-election Later career: see Launceston 1966 -------------------------------------------------------------------- HUON ==================================================================== Nominations 21 April, polling 18 May 1960 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 7,702 Votes cast: 5,936 77.1 Informal votes: 78 01.3 Formal votes: 5,858 98.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Ronald H BROWN * 3,805 65.0 John M Dillon 2,053 35.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 5,858 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Ronald Herbert Brown (1915-92): Elected 1948, 1954, 1960 -------------------------------------------------------------------- MERSEY ==================================================================== Nominations 21 April, polling 14 May 1960 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 8,360 Votes cast: 7,169 85.8 Informal votes: 89 01.2 Formal votes: 7,080 98.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Gaffney 2,610 36.9 Hector McFIE * 4,470 63.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 7,080 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hector McFie (1896-1982): Elected 1954, 1960 -------------------------------------------------------------------- TAMAR ==================================================================== Following the death of Hon Neil Campbell -------------------------------------------------------------------- Nominations 15 June, polling 9 July 1960 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 5,819 Total votes cast: 5,092 87.5 Informal votes: 64 01.3 Formal votes: 5,028 98.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Thomas S Adkins Labor 1,445 28.7 Calphor W Beveridge 827 16.4 Charles F Byron 416 08.3 Daniel Hitchcock 1,135 22.6 Arthur E Radford 409 08.1 Thomas D Wivell 796 15.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 5,028 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Redford's 409 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Adkins 56 13.7 1,501 29.9 Beveridge 135 33.0 962 19.1 Byron 104 25.4 520 10.3 Hitchcock 34 08.3 1,169 23.2 Wivell 80 19.6 876 17.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 409 5,028 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Byron's 520 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Adkins 118 22.7 1,619 32.2 Beveridge 280 53.8 1,242 24.7 Hitchcock 47 09.0 1,216 24.2 Wivell 75 14.4 954 19.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 520 5,028 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: Wivell's 951 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Adkins 243 26.0 1,862 37.2 Beveridge 178 19.0 1,420 28.3 Hitchcock 514 55.0 1,730 34.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Remaining 935 5,012 Exhausted 16 16 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 951 5,028 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 5th count: Beveridge's 1,420 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Adkins 462 40.0 2,324 49.0 HITCHCOCK 692 60.0 2,422 51.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Remaining 1,154 4,746 Exhausted 230 246 Not distributed 36 36 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,420 5,028 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Daniel Hitchcock (1908-96): Elected 1960 by Born: 3 January 1908, NSW --------------------------------------------------------------------