ELECTIONS TO THE TASMANIAN LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ==================================================================== ELECTIONS IN 1966 ==================================================================== CORNWALL ==================================================================== Nominations 21 April, polling 14 May 1966 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 7,077 Total votes cast: 5,520 78.0 Informal votes: 102 01.8 Formal votes: 5,418 98.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Geoffrey G FOOT * 3,578 66.0 Pinkard 1,840 34.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 5,418 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Geoffrey James Foot (1915-2009): Elected 1961 by, 1966 -------------------------------------------------------------------- HUON ==================================================================== Nominations 21 April, polling 14 May 1966 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 9,412 Votes cast: 7,747 82.3 Informal votes: 113 01.5 Formal votes: 7,634 98.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Ronald H Brown * 3,615 47.4 W Michael HODGMAN 4,019 52.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 7,634 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Ronald Herbert Brown (1915-92): Elected 1948, 1954, 1960. Defeated 1966 Died 5 April 1992 > William Michael Hodgman (1938-2013): Elected 1966 Born: 16 November 1938, Hobart Son of William C Hodgman MLC, brother of Peter Hodgman MHA, father of Hon William E F Hodgman MHA. -------------------------------------------------------------------- LAUNCESTON ==================================================================== Following the death of William H M Fry -------------------------------------------------------------------- Nominations 12 January, polling 29 January 1966 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 2,822 Votes cast: 2,590 91.8 Informal votes: 44 01.7 Formal votes: 2,546 98.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- H W Bertram 252 09.9 J T C Brassil 819 32.2 G W Finney 206 08.1 Mary Jolliffe 28 01.1 F B King 152 06.0 Jmes S T McGowen 254 10.0 John R Orchard 564 22.2 Raymond W Shipp 271 10.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 2,546 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. McGowen was MHA for Bass 1961-64. 2. For Shipp, see 1968 by-election. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Jolliffe's 28 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Bertram 4 14.3 256 10.1 Brassil 3 10.7 822 32.2 Finney 4 14.3 210 08.2 King 3 10.7 155 06.1 McGowen 5 17.9 259 10.2 Orchard 5 17.9 569 22.3 Shipp 4 14.3 275 10.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 28 2,546 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: King's 155 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Bertram 15 09.7 271 10.6 Brassil 13 08.4 835 32.8 Finney 30 19.4 240 09.4 McGowen 28 18.1 287 11.3 Orchard 41 26.5 610 24.0 Shipp 28 18.1 303 11.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 155 2,546 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: Finney's 240 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Bertram 37 15.5 308 12.1 Brassil 12 05.0 847 33.3 McGowen 77 32.2 364 14.3 Orchard 80 33.5 690 27.1 Shipp 33 13.8 336 13.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Remaining 239 2,545 Exhausted 1 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 240 2,546 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 5th count: Bertram's 308 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Brassil 72 23.7 919 36.2 McGowen 88 28.9 452 17.8 Orchard 105 34.5 795 31.3 Shipp 39 12.8 375 14.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Remaining 304 2,541 Exhausted 4 5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 308 2,546 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 6th count: Shipp's 375 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Brassil 99 27.3 1,018 40.3 McGowen 106 29.3 558 22.1 Orchard 157 43.4 952 37.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Remaining 362 2,528 Exhausted 13 18 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 375 2,546 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 7th count: McGowen's 558 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Brassil 97 18.4 1,115 44.6 ORCHARD 431 81.6 1,383 55.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Remaining 528 2,498 Exhausted 30 48 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 558 2,546 -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Raymond Orchard (1906-95): Elected 1948, 1950. Resigned 1954. Elected 1954, 1960. Resigned 1961. Elected 1966 by Disqualified late 1968: see by-election. -------------------------------------------------------------------- MERSEY ==================================================================== Nominations 21 April 1966 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 10,632 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hector McFIE * Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hector McFie (1896-1982): Elected 1954, 1960, 1966 McFie retired at the 1972 election. Died 23 May 1982 --------------------------------------------------------------------