ELECTIONS TO THE TASMANIAN LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ==================================================================== ELECTIONS IN 1971 ==================================================================== MEANDER ==================================================================== Nominations 28 April, polling 22 May 1971 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 8,083 Votes cast: 7,370 91.2 Informal votes: 108 01.5 Formal votes: 7,262 98.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Charles R Best * 2,500 34.4 Jeffrey A Coates 2,195 30.2 Michael R Polley 2,143 29.5 Sidney M Ritchie 424 05.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 7,262 -------------------------------------------------------------------- For Polley, see House of Assembly, Wilmot 1972. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Ritchie's 424 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Best * 157 37.0 2,657 36.6 Coates 141 33.3 2,336 32.2 Polley 126 29.7 2,269 31.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 424 7,262 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Polley's 2,269 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Best * 826 38.5 3,483 48.8 COATES 1,317 61.5 3,653 51.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Remaining 2,143 7,136 Not distributed 126 126 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 2,269 7,262 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Charles Robinson Best (1909-96): Elected 1958 by, 1959, 1965. Defeated 1971 Died 24 May 1996 > Jeffrey Allan Coates (1926-2016): Elected 1971 Born: 19 November 1926, Deloraine -------------------------------------------------------------------- PEMBROKE ==================================================================== Nominations 28 April, polling 22 May 1971 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 18,087 Votes cast: 16,519 91.3 Informal votes: 212 01.3 Formal votes: 16,307 98.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Dorothy J L Bastick 1,903 11.7 Ronald D Mainwaring 3,878 23.7 Eric C McKAY * 10,526 64.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 16,307 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Eric Charles McKay (1918-76): Elected 1959, 1965, 1971 Died 11 July 1976: see by-election -------------------------------------------------------------------- QUEENBOROUGH ==================================================================== Nominations 28 April, polling 22 May 1971 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 11,207 Votes cast: 9,772 87.2 Informal votes: 159 01.6 Formal votes: 9,613 98.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Ronald H Brown 1,467 15.3 Dr John F Clemente 1,593 16.6 William C Hodgman 1,931 20.1 Wesley J Phillips Labor 1,024 10.7 Louis M Shoobridge * 1,006 10.5 Arnold K Wertheimer 1,393 14.5 Sir Alfred J White 1,199 12.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 9,613 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1.Hodgman was MHA for Denison 1955-64. 2. White was MHA for Denison 1941-59. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Shoobridge's 1,006 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Brown 197 19.6 1,664 17.3 Clemente 148 14.7 1,741 18.1 Hodgman 205 20.4 2,136 22.2 Phillips 135 13.4 1,159 12.1 Wertheimer 197 19.6 1,590 16.5 White 124 12.3 1,323 13.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,006 9,613 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Phillips's 1,159 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Brown 265 22.9 1,929 20.1 Clemente 248 21.4 1,989 20.7 Hodgman 228 19.7 2,364 24.6 Wertheimer 195 16.8 1,785 18.6 White 223 19.2 1,546 16.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,159 9,613 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: White's 1,546 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Brown 351 22.9 2,280 23.8 Clemente 286 18.7 2,275 23.7 Hodgman 461 30.9 2,825 29.4 Wertheimer 435 28.4 2,220 23.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Remaining 1,533 9,600 Exhausted 13 13 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,546 9,613 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 5th count: Wertheimer's 2,220 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Brown 690 32.1 2,970 31.2 Clemente 361 16.8 2,636 27.7 Hodgman 1,099 51.1 3,924 41.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Remaining 2,150 9,530 Exhausted 70 83 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 2,220 9,613 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 6th count: Clemente's 2,636 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Brown 671 44.2 3,641 43.3 HODGMAN 846 55.8 4,770 56.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Remaining 1,517 8,411 Exhausted 76 159 Not distributed 1,043 1,043 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 2,636 9,613 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Louis Manton Shoobridge (1920-2005): Elected 1968 by. Defeated 1971 Died 20 May 2005 > William Clark Hodgman (1909-97): Elected 1955, 1956, 1959. Defeated 1964. Elected 1971 Hodgman retired at the 1983 election. Died 3 May 1997 -------------------------------------------------------------------- WEST DEVON ==================================================================== Nominations 28 April, polling 22 May 1971 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 12,187 Votes cast: 11,004 90.3 Informal votes: 209 01.9 Formal votes: 10,795 98.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Walter J T DAVIS * 6,630 61.4 Iris Graham 4,165 38.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 10,795 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Walter John Torley Davis (1915-71): Elected 1953, 1959, 1965, 1971 Died 7 October 1971: see by-election -------------------------------------------------------------------- WEST DEVON ==================================================================== Following the death of Walter J T Davis -------------------------------------------------------------------- Nominations 15 November, polling 11 December 1971 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 12,598 Votes cast: 11,667 92.6 Informal votes: 207 01.8 Formal votes: 11,460 98.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Iris Graham 1,463 12.8 Alan Hood 290 02.5 Trevor R Jordan 4,660 40.7 William T Young 5,047 44.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 11,460 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Hood's 290 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Graham 78 26.9 1,541 13.4 Jordan 92 31.7 4,752 41.5 Young 120 41.4 5,167 44.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 290 11,460 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Graham's 1,541 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Jordan 798 54.5 5,550 48.8 YOUNG 665 45.5 5,832 51.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Remainder 1,463 11,382 Not distributed 78 78 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,541 11,460 -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Thomson Young (1912-2012): Elected 1971 by Born: 18 October 1912. 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