ELECTIONS TO THE TASMANIAN LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ==================================================================== ELECTIONS IN 1965 ==================================================================== MEANDER ==================================================================== Nominations 12 Aptil, polling 8 May 1965 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 5,403 Votes cast: 4,928 91.2 Informal votes: 66 01.3 Formal votes: 4,862 98.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Badcock 626 12.9 Charles R Best * 2,129 43.8 Davies 1,006 20.7 Flowers 467 09.6 Johnstone 634 13.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 4,862 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Flowers's 467 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Badcock 56 12.0 682 14.0 Best * 154 33.0 2,283 47.0 Davies 122 26.1 1,128 23.2 Johnstone 135 28.9 769 15.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 467 4,862 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Badcock's 682 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- BEST * 350 55.9 2,633 54.8 Davies 147 23.5 1,275 26.5 Johnstone 129 20.6 898 18.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Remaining 626 4,806 Not distributed 56 56 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 682 4,862 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Charles Robinson Best (1909-96): Elected 1958 by, 1959, 1965 -------------------------------------------------------------------- PEMBROKE ==================================================================== Nominations 12 April, polling 8 May 1965 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 16,244 Votes cast: 13,356 82.2 Informal votes: 218 01.6 Formal votes: 13,138 98.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Eric C McKAY * 11,857 90.2 Symmons 1,281 09.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 13,138 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Eric Charles McKay (1918-76): Elected 1959, 1965 -------------------------------------------------------------------- QUEENBOROUGH ==================================================================== Nominations 12 April, polling 8 May 1965 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 7,768 Votes cast: 6,401 82.4 Informal votes: 74 01.2 Formal votes: 6,327 98.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Henry S Baker * 1,800 28.4 Clemente 1,852 29.3 Hodgman 964 15.2 McNeair 622 09.8 Shoobridge 1,089 17.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 6,327 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: McNeair's 622 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Baker * 157 25.2 1,957 30.9 Clemente 159 25.6 2,011 31.8 Hodgman 143 23.0 1,107 17.5 Shoobridge 163 26.2 1,252 19.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 622 6,327 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Hodgman's 1,107 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Baker * 423 38.2 2,380 37.6 Clemente 346 31.3 2,357 37.3 Shoobridge 338 30.5 1,590 25.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,107 6,327 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: Shoobridge's 1,590 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- BAKER * 819 53.7 3,199 51.1 Clemente 705 46.3 3,062 48.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Remaining 1,524 6,261 Exhausted 20 20 Not distributed 46 46 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,590 6,327 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Henry Seymour Baker (1890-1968): Elected 1948 by, 1953, 1959, 1965 Died 20 July 1968: see by-election -------------------------------------------------------------------- WEST DEVON ==================================================================== Nominations 12 April, polling 8 May 1965 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 9,414 Votes cast: 8,143 86.5 Informal votes: 102 01.3 Formal votes: 8,041 98.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Walter J T DAVIS * 4,601 57.2 Jordan 3,440 42.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 8,041 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Walter John Torley Davis (1915-71): Elected 1953, 1959, 1965 --------------------------------------------------------------------