ELECTIONS TO THE TASMANIAN LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ==================================================================== ELECTIONS IN 1976 ==================================================================== GORDON ==================================================================== Nominations 27 April 1976 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 6,317 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Albert J BROADBY * Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Albert James Broadby (1917-2012): Elected 1968 by, 1970, 1976 -------------------------------------------------------------------- HOBART ==================================================================== Nominations 27 April, polling 22 May 1976 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 14,103 Votes cast: 11,472 81.3 Informal votes: 401 03.5 Formal votes: 11,071 96.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- J F McMahon 868 07.8 M Ford 1,252 11.3 C Merridew 917 08.3 P Donnelly 772 07.0 W Forbes-Hamilton 94 00.8 Kathleen J Venn Labor 2,794 25.2 M R Kane 290 02.6 M W Lowry 297 02.7 P C Jones 578 05.2 George D Brown 1,119 10.1 J E Marriott 926 08.4 N D Abbott 1,164 10.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 11,071 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Brown was MHA for Denison 1965-69. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Forbes-Hamilton's 94 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- McMahon 11 11.8 868 07.8 Ford 13 13.8 1,265 11.4 Merridew 10 10.3 927 08.4 Donnelly 10 10.3 782 07.1 Venn 11 11.8 2,805 25.3 Kane 7 00.7 297 02.7 Lowry 8 00.9 305 02.8 Jones 7 00.7 585 05.3 Bowen 5 00.5 1,124 10.2 Marriott 7 00.7 933 08.4 Abbott 5 00.5 1,169 10.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 94 11,071 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Kane's 297 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- McMahon 27 09.1 906 08.1 Ford 33 11.1 1,298 11.7 Merridew 33 11.1 960 08.7 Donnelly 29 09.8 811 07.3 Venn 53 17.8 2,848 25.7 Lowry 30 10.1 335 03.0 Jones 15 05.1 598 05.4 Brown 24 08.1 1,148 10.4 Marriott 21 07.1 954 08.6 Abbott 34 11.4 1,203 10.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 297 11,071 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: Lowry's 335 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- McMahon 17 05.1 923 08.3 Ford 44 13.1 1,342 12.1 Merridew 34 10.1 994 09.0 Donnelly 29 08.7 840 07.6 Venn 68 20.3 2,926 26.4 Jones 46 13.7 644 05.8 Brown 31 09.3 1,179 10.6 Marriott 32 09.6 986 08.9 Abbott 34 10.1 1,237 11.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 335 11,071 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 5th count: Jones's 644 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- McMahon 35 05.5 958 08.7 Ford 58 09.2 1,400 12.7 Merridew 57 09.0 1,051 09.5 Donnelly 124 19.6 964 08.7 Venn 191 30.2 3,117 28.2 Brown 61 09.7 1,240 11.2 Marriott 42 06.6 1,028 09.3 Abbott 64 10.1 1,301 11.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Remaining 632 11,059 Exhausted 12 12 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 644 11,071 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 6th count: McMahon's 958 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Ford 274 29.2 1,674 15.2 Merridew 167 17.8 1,218 11.0 Donnelly 116 12.4 1,080 09.8 Venn 113 12.0 3,230 29.3 Brown 84 08.9 1,324 12.0 Marriott 86 09.2 1,114 10.1 Abbott 99 10.5 1,400 12.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Remaining 939 11,040 Exhausted 19 31 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 958 11,071 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 7th count: Donnelly's 1,080 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Ford 154 17.1 1,828 16.7 Merridew 234 26.1 1,452 13.3 Venn 188 20.9 3,418 31.2 Brown 139 15.5 1,463 13.4 Marriott 105 11.7 1,219 11.1 Abbott 158 17.6 1,558 14.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Remaining 898 10,938 Exhausted 102 133 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,080 11,071 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 8th count: Marriott's 1,219 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Ford 154 13.8 1,982 18.3 Merridew 260 23.4 1,712 15.8 Venn 82 07.4 3,500 32.3 Brown 269 24.2 1,732 16.0 Abbott 347 31.2 1,905 17.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Remaining 1,112 10,831 Exhausted 107 240 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,219 11,071 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 9th count: Merridew's 1,712 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Ford 364 28.3 2,346 22.5 Venn 242 18.8 3,742 36.0 Brown 398 30.9 2,130 20.5 Abbott 283 22.0 2,188 21.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Remaining 1,287 10,406 Exhausted 425 665 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,712 11,071 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 10th count: Brown's 2,130 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Ford 395 26.7 2,741 28.1 Venn 228 15.4 3,970 40.7 Abbott 858 57.9 3,036 31.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Remaining 1,481 9,757 Exhausted 649 1,314 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 2,130 11,071 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 11th count: Ford's 2,741 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- VENN 843 71.9 4,813 58.8 Abbott 329 28.1 3,375 41.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Remaining 1,172 8,188 Exhausted 477 1,791 Not distributed 1,092 1,092 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 2,741 11,071 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Kathleen Joan Venn (1926-2019): Elected 1976 Born: 12 November 1926, Hobart -------------------------------------------------------------------- LAUNCESTON ==================================================================== Nominations 27 April 1976 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 15,468 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Raymond W SHIPP * Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Raymond William Shipp (born 1925): Elected 1968 by, 1970, 1976 -------------------------------------------------------------------- PEMBROKE ==================================================================== Following the death of Eric C McKay -------------------------------------------------------------------- Nominations 7 September, polling 2 October 1976 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 23,388 Votes cast: 20,640 88.3 Informal votes: 443 02.2 Formal votes: 20,197 97.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Peter C McKAY 13,404 66.4 R G Barclay 1,813 09.0 L B Jarvis 2,180 10.8 R Francis 1,628 08.1 F M Altschwager 1,172 05.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 20,197 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Peter Charles McKay (born 1948): Elected 1976 by Born: 29 October 1948, Hobart --------------------------------------------------------------------