ELECTIONS TO THE TASMANIAN LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ==================================================================== ELECTIONS IN 1980 ==================================================================== BUCKINGHAM ==================================================================== Nominations 29 April, polling 24 May 1980 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 16,176 Votes cast: 13,447 83.1 Informal votes: 552 04.1 Formal votes: 12,895 95.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Kenneth F LOWRIE * 7,637 59.2 Don Smith 5,258 40.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 12,895 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Kenneth Francis Lowrie (1926-2012): Elected 1968, 1974, 1980 -------------------------------------------------------------------- MACQUARIE ==================================================================== Nominations 29 April, polling 24 May 1980 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 7,904 Votes cast: 7,197 91.1 Informal votes: 110 01.5 Formal votes: 7,087 98.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Bowill 560 07.9 Frederick Burn 1,578 22.2 George A SHAW * 4,959 70.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 7,087 -------------------------------------------------------------------- George Arthur Shaw (born 1932): Elected 1968, 1974, 1980 -------------------------------------------------------------------- SOUTH ESK ==================================================================== Nominations 29 April, polling 24 May 1980 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 11,686 Total votes cast: 10,584 90.6 Informal votes: 275 02.6 Formal votes: 10,309 97.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Richard Archer 2,465 23.9 Kenneth Bewglass 1,202 11.7 Rex Lethborg 930 09.0 Mikel Powell 2,844 27.6 Colin Rattray 2,292 22.2 Anthony Stonjek 576 05.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 10,309 -------------------------------------------------------------------- For Rattray, see South Eask 1992. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Stonjek's 576 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Archer 128 22.2 2,593 25.2 Bewglass 70 12.2 1,272 12.3 Lethborg 151 26.2 1,081 10.5 Powell 89 15.5 2,933 28.5 Rattray 138 24.0 2,430 23.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 576 10,309 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Lethborg's 1,081 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Archer 276 25.5 2,869 27.8 Bewglass 181 16.7 1,453 14.1 Powell 248 22.9 3,181 30.9 Rattray 376 34.8 2,806 27.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,081 10,309 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: Bewglass's 1,453 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Archer 563 39.8 3,432 33.4 Powell 305 21.5 3,486 33.8 Rattray 548 38.7 3,334 32.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Remaining 1,416 10,272 Exhausted 37 37 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,453 10,309 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 5th count: Rattray's 3,334 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- ARCHER 1,970 63.7 5,402 54.0 Powell 1,109 36.3 4,595 46.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Remaining 3,059 9,997 Exhausted 275 312 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 3,334 10,309 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Richard Clive Archer (1927-2009): Elected 1980 Born: 11 May 1927, Calder --------------------------------------------------------------------