ELECTIONS TO THE TASMANIAN LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ==================================================================== ELECTIONS IN 1977 ==================================================================== MEANDER ==================================================================== Nominations 29 April, polling 28 May 1977 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 8,687 Votes cast: 7,620 87.7 Informal votes: 107 01.4 Formal votes: 7,513 98.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- D Youd 1,031 13.7 D Brown 897 11.9 Jeffrey A COATES * 3,995 53.2 S L Clark 1,590 21.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 7,513 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Jeffrey Allan Coates (1926-2016): Elected 1971, 1977 Coates was deemed to be MLC for Tamar from 1982. -------------------------------------------------------------------- PEMBROKE ==================================================================== Nominations 29 April, polling 28 May 1977 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 24,680 Votes cast: 22,794 92.4 Informal votes: 490 02.2 Formal votes: 22,304 97.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- D Blackburn 8,630 38.7 Peter C McKAY * 13,674 61.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 22,304 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Peter Charles McKay (born 1948): Elected 1976 by, 1977 -------------------------------------------------------------------- WEST DEVON ==================================================================== Nominations 29 April, polling 28 May 1977 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 14,582 Votes cast: 12,970 89.0 Informal votes: 230 01.8 Formal votes: 12,740 98.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Royston D Ringrose 864 06.8 D P Pickett 3,130 24.6 William T Young * 5,657 44.4 Donald R Carter 3,089 24.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 12,740 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Ringrose's 864 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Pickett 304 35.2 3,434 27.0 Young * 292 33.8 5,949 46.7 Carter 268 31.0 3,357 26.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 864 12,740 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Carter's 3,357 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Pickett 815 26.4 4,249 34.1 YOUNG * 2,274 73.6 8,223 65.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Remaining 3,089 12,472 Not distributed 268 268 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 3,357 12,740 -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Thomson Young (1912-2012): Elected 1971 by, 1977 --------------------------------------------------------------------