ELECTIONS TO THE TASMANIAN LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ==================================================================== ELECTIONS IN 1978 ==================================================================== CORNWALL ==================================================================== Nominations 28 April, polling 27 May 1978 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 13,338 Total votes cast: 11,806 88.5 Informal votes: 257 02.2 Formal votes: 11,549 97.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Paul Graham-Jones 135 01.2 Mary L C Willey 1,610 13.9 Peter J Murphy 1,502 13.0 Mac Le Fevre 1,787 15.5 Patrick R Murray 360 03.1 Harry G Brookes 1,459 12.6 Austin Hudson 340 02.9 Neil H Pitt 1,671 14.5 Ron Grenda 404 03.5 Don Gilmour 934 08.1 Bruce Kekwick 260 02.3 Faith Layton 1,087 09.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 11,549 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. For Brookes, see Westmorland 1991. 2. Kekwick was MHR for Bass 1949-54. 3. Le Fevre was MHA for Bass 1959-69, 1972-76. 4. Pitt was MHA for Bass 1972-76. 5. For Willey, See House of Assembly, Bass 1979. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Graham-Jones's 135 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Willey 60 44.4 1,670 14.5 Murphy 20 14.8 1,522 13.2 Le Fevre 13 09.6 1,800 15.6 Murray 3 02.2 363 03.1 Brookes 2 01.5 1,461 12.7 Hudson 5 03.7 345 03.0 Pitt 13 09.6 1,684 14.6 Grenda 5 03.7 409 03.5 Gilmour 7 05.2 941 08.1 Kekwick 2 01.5 262 02.3 Layton 5 03.7 1,092 09.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 135 11,549 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Kekwick's 262 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Willey 10 03.8 1,680 14.5 Murphy 13 05.0 1,535 13.3 Le Fevre 50 19.1 1,850 16.0 Murray 14 05.3 377 03.3 Brookes 16 06.1 1,477 12.8 Hudson 15 05.7 360 03.1 Pitt 56 21.4 1,740 15.1 Grenda 16 06.1 425 03.7 Gilmour 35 13.4 976 08.5 Layton 37 14.1 1,129 09.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 262 11,549 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: Hudson's 360 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Willey 35 09.7 1,715 15.0 Murphy 37 10.4 1,572 13.7 Le Fevre 48 13.4 1,898 16.6 Murray 8 02.2 385 03.4 Brookes 42 11.7 1,519 13.3 Pitt 79 22.1 1,819 15.9 Grenda 34 09.5 459 04.0 Gilmour 36 10.0 1,012 08.8 Layton 40 11.1 1,169 10.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Remaining 359 11,458 Exhausted 1 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 360 11,549 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 5th count: Murray's 385 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Willey 26 06.8 1,741 15.1 Murphy 50 13.0 1,622 14.1 Le Fevre 49 12.8 1,947 16.9 Brookes 46 12.0 1,565 13.6 Pitt 99 25.6 1,918 16.6 Grenda 24 06.2 483 04.2 Gilmour 37 09.6 1,049 09.1 Layton 50 13.0 1,219 10.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Remaining 384 11,544 Exhausted 4 5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 385 11,549 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 6th count: Grenda's 483 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Willey 48 10.1 1,789 15.5 Murphy 42 08.9 1,664 14.4 Le Fevre 69 14.5 2,016 17.5 Brookes 56 11.7 1,621 14.0 Pitt 108 22.6 2,026 17.6 Gilmour 117 24.5 1,166 10.2 Layton 37 07.8 1,256 10.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Remaining 477 11,538 Exhausted 6 11 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 483 11,549 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 7th count: Gilmour's 1,166 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Willey 151 13.3 1,940 16.9 Murphy 130 11.5 1,794 15.6 Le Fevre 162 14.3 2,178 18.9 Brookes 178 15.7 1,799 15.6 Pitt 303 26.7 2,329 28.2 Layton 210 18.5 1,466 12.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Remaining 1,134 11,506 Exhausted 32 43 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,166 11,549 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 8th count: Layton's 1,466 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Willey 193 14.0 2,133 18.7 Murphy 334 24.4 2,128 18.6 Le Fevre 231 16.8 2,409 21.2 Brookes 202 14.8 2,001 17.5 Pitt 414 30.1 2,743 24.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Remaining 1,374 11,414 Exhausted 92 135 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,466 11,549 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 9th count: Brookes's 2,001 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Willey 257 13.7 2,390 21.2 Murphy 459 24.5 2,587 22.9 Le Fevre 550 29.3 2,959 26.2 Pitt 608 32.4 3,351 29.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Remaining 1,874 11,287 Exhausted 127 262 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 2,001 11,549 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 10th count: Willey's 2,390 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Murphy 831 39.7 3,418 31.2 Le Fevre 925 44.2 3,884 35.3 Pitt 337 16.1 3,688 33.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Remaining 2,093 10,990 Exhausted 297 559 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 2,390 11,549 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 11th count: Murphy's 3,418 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- LE FEVRE 1,596 54.4 5,480 52.4 Pitt 1,284 44.6 4,972 47.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Remaining 2,880 10,452 Exhausted 538 1,097 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 3,418 11,549 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Vernon Mackenzie Le Fevre (1923-2004): Elected 1959, 1964. Defeated 1969. Elected 1972. Retired 1976. Elected 1978 Le Fevre retired at the 1983 election. Died 24 December 2004 -------------------------------------------------------------------- HUON ==================================================================== Nominations 28 April 1978 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 10,947 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Peter C L HODGMAN * Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Peter Curtis Leigh Hodgman (born 1946): Elected 1974 by, 1978 -------------------------------------------------------------------- MERSEY ==================================================================== Nominations 28 April, polling 27 May 1978 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 18,705 Votes cast: 16,232 86.8 Informal votes: 488 03.0 Formal votes: 15,744 97.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Harry BRAID * 10,160 64.5 Walter Crispin 5,584 35.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 15,744 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Henry William Braid (1917-2001): Elected 1972, 1978 --------------------------------------------------------------------