ELECTIONS TO THE TASMANIAN LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ==================================================================== ELECTIONS IN 1962 ==================================================================== BUCKINGHAM ==================================================================== Nominations 3 April, polling 12 May 1962 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 10,765 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- James B CONNOLLY * Labor Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- James Bell Connolly (1892-1970): Elected 1948 by, 1950, 1956, 1962 Connolly retired at the 1968 election. Died 14 September 1970 -------------------------------------------------------------------- MACQUARIE ==================================================================== Nominations 17 April, polling 12 May 1962 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 6,925 Votes cast: 5,462 78.9 Informal votes: 49 00.9 Formal votes: 5,413 99.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Thomas L CHEEK * 4,654 86.0 F P Kaye 759 14.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 5,413 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Thomas Lefroy Cheek (1894-1994): Elected 1950, 1956, 1962 Cheek retired at the 1968 election. Died 26 September 1994 -------------------------------------------------------------------- SOUTH ESK ==================================================================== Nominations 17 April, polling 12 May 1962 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 8,600 Total votes cast: 7,250 83.5 Informal votes: 65 00.9 Formal votes: 7,185 99.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Lloyd H Carins 2,379 33.1 L A Hope 1,082 15.1 R J LeFevre 2,081 29.0 John R Orchard 1,643 22.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 7,185 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Orchard was MHA for Bass 1948-54, MLC fpr VCaornwall 1954-61. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Hope's 1,082 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Carins 208 19.2 3,006 41.8 LeFevre 247 22.8 2,328 32.4 Orchard 627 57.9 1,851 25.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,082 7,185 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Orchard's 1,851 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- CARINS 686 68.4 3,692 95.5 LeFevre 585 31.6 2,913 40.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,851 7,185 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Lloyd Horton Carins (1923-2007): Elected 1962 Born: 19 June 1923, Tasmania --------------------------------------------------------------------