ELECTIONS TO THE TASMANIAN LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ==================================================================== ELECTIONS IN 1961 ==================================================================== CORNWALL ==================================================================== Following the resignation of John R Orchard -------------------------------------------------------------------- Nominations 23 November, polling 16 December 1961 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 6,809 Total votes cast: 6,101 89.6 Informal votes: 62 01.0 Formal votes: 6,039 99.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Geoffrey G Foot 1,709 28.3 King 610 10.1 Laurence 1,348 22.3 Oliver 657 10.9 Steer 1,715 28.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 6,039 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: King's 610 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Foot 189 31.0 1,898 31.4 Laurence 80 13.1 1,428 23.6 Oliver 124 20.3 781 12.9 Steer 217 35.6 1,932 32.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 610 6,039 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Oliver's 781 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Foot 272 34.8 2,170 35.9 Laurence 168 21.5 1,596 26.4 Steer 341 43.7 2,273 37.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 781 6,039 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: Laurence's 1,596 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- FOOT 804 64.4 2,974 52.2 Steer 445 35.6 2,718 47.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Remaining 1,249 5,692 Exhausted 99 99 Not distributed 248 248 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,596 6,039 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Geoffrey James Foot (1915-2009): Elected 1961 by Born: 20 July 1915, Launceston -------------------------------------------------------------------- DERWENT ==================================================================== Nominations 20 April, polling 13 May 1961 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 10,949 Votes cast: 7,826 71.5 Informal votes: 179 02.3 Formal votes: 7,647 97.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Joseph H Dixon * 3,723 48.7 Donald K MARRIOTT Labor 3,924 51.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 7,647 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Joseph Henry Dixon (1911-2002): Elected 1955. Defeated 1961. Later career: see Derwent 1967 > Donald Keith Marriott (1916-89): Elected 1961 Born: 10 February 1916, Tyenna -------------------------------------------------------------------- TAMAR ==================================================================== Nominations 20 April, polling 13 May 1961 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 6,583 Total votes cast: 5,971 90.7 Informal votes: 72 01.9 Formal votes: 5,899 98.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Thomas S Adkins Labor 2,119 35.9 Daniel HITCHCOCK * 3,007 51.0 Jack K Williamson 773 13.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 5,899 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Daniel Hitchcock (1908-96): Elected 1960 by, 1961 -------------------------------------------------------------------- WESTMORLAND ==================================================================== Nominations 20 April, polling 13 May 1961 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 11,886 Total votes cast: 10,805 90.9 Informal votes: 177 01.6 Formal votes: 10,628 98.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Leslie G Arnold 894 08.4 Stewart G Chapple 1,981 18.6 William D Delanty 787 07.4 Oliver H GREGORY * 5,345 50.3 Harold M Newman Labor 1,621 15.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 10,628 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Oliver Harold Gregory (1917-2001): Elected 1959 by, 1961 --------------------------------------------------------------------