ELECTIONS TO THE TASMANIAN LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ==================================================================== ELECTIONS IN 1975 ==================================================================== MONMOUTH ==================================================================== Nominations 29 April, polling 24 May 1975 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 9,864 Votes cast: 8,950 90.7 Informal votes: 196 02.2 Formal votes: 8,754 97.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Louis F Bisdee * 3,343 38.2 J A Burn 2,114 24.1 Julian J Amos 1,089 12.4 A L Briggs 293 03.3 R J W Headlam 348 04.0 Nicholas J Sherry 1,567 17.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 8,754 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. For Amos, see House of Assembly, Denison 1976 2. Sherry was a Senator for Tasmania 1990-2012. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Briggs's 293 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Bisdee * 54 18.4 3,397 38.8 Burn 71 24.2 2,185 25.0 Amos 48 16.4 1,137 13.0 Headlam 76 25.9 424 04.8 Sherry 44 15.8 1,611 18.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 293 8,754 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Headlam's 424 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Bisdee * 133 31.4 3,530 40.3 Burn 88 20.8 2,273 26.0 Amos 72 17.0 1,209 13.8 Sherry 131 30.9 1,742 19.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 424 8,754 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: Amos's 1,209 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Bisdee * 281 23.7 3,811 43.6 Burn 395 33.2 2,668 30.6 Sherry 512 43.1 2,254 70.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Remaining 1,188 8,733 Exhausted 21 21 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,209 8,754 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 5th count: Sherry's 2,254 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- BISDEE * 782 38.2 4,593 53.9 Burn 1,266 61.8 3,934 46.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Remaining 2,048 8,527 Exhausted 206 227 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 2,254 8,754 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Louis Fenn Bisdee (1910-2010): Elected 1959 by, 1963, 1969, 1974 -------------------------------------------------------------------- NEWDEGATE ==================================================================== Nominations 29 April, polling 24 May 1975 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 16,761 Votes cast: 14,550 86.8 Informal votes: 419 02.9 Formal votes: 14,331 97.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- A J Markham 969 06.8 Dr John Clemente 1,551 18.8 R J Broadby 1,397 09.7 Ross W Ginn 2,859 19.9 Brian K MILLER * Labor 7,355 51.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 14,331 -------------------------------------------------------------------- For Ginn, see 1986 by-election. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Brian Kirkwall Miller (1921-2014): Elected 1957, 1963, 1969, 1975 -------------------------------------------------------------------- RUSSELL ==================================================================== Nominations 29 April, polling 24 May 1975 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 11,948 Votes cast: 10,267 85.9 Informal votes: 414 04.0 Formal votes: 9,853 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- J R S Mackey 2,965 30.1 Charles B M FENTON * 6,888 69.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 9,853 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Charles Balfour Marcus Fenton (1912-2009): Elected 1957, 1963, 1969, 1975 Fenton retired at the 1981 election. Died 12 June 2009 --------------------------------------------------------------------