ELECTIONS TO THE TASMANIAN LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ==================================================================== ELECTIONS IN 1981 ==================================================================== MONMOUTH ==================================================================== Nominations 28 April, polling 23 May 1981 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 14,360 Votes cast: 12,677 88.3 Informal votes: 420 03.3 Formal votes: 12,257 96.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Louis F Bisdee * 2,655 21.7 Tony Cannell 895 07.3 Laurence Ford 727 05.9 Des Lavey 3,448 28.1 John Sale 1,072 08.7 Stephen Wilson 3,460 28.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 12,257 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Ford's 727 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Bisdee * 208 28.6 2,863 23.4 Cannell 95 13.1 990 08.1 Lavey 119 16.4 3,567 29.1 Sale 98 13.5 1,170 09.5 Wilson 207 28.4 3,667 29.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 727 12,257 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: Sale's 1,358 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Bisdee * 529 39.7 3,657 29.9 Lavey 309 23.2 4,143 33.9 Wilson 494 37.1 4,431 36.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Remaining 1,332 12,231 Exhausted 26 26-------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,358 12,257 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 5th count: Bisdee's 3,657 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Lavey 613 24.8 4,756 43.0 WILSON 1,861 75.2 6,292 57.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Remaining 2,474 11,048 Exhausted 181 207 Not distributed 1,002 1,002 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 3,657 12,257 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Louis Fenn Bisdee (1910-2010): Elected 1959 by, 1963, 1969, 1974. Defeated 1981 Died 16 November 2010 > Stephen John Wilson (born 1948): Elected 1981 Born: 27 April 1948, Hobart -------------------------------------------------------------------- NEWDEGATE ==================================================================== Nominations 28 April, polling 23 May 1981 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 17,072 Votes cast: 14,073 82.4 Informal votes: 601 04.3 Formal votes: 13,472 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Robert Devine 5,428 40.3 Brian MILLER * Labor 8,044 59.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 13,472 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Brian Kirkwall Miller (1921-2014): Elected 1957, 1963, 1969, 1975, 1981 Resigned 15 January 1986: see by-election Died 6 June 2014 -------------------------------------------------------------------- RUSSELL ==================================================================== Nominations 28 April, polling 23 May 1981 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 13,473 Votes cast: 11,586 86.0 Informal votes: 249 02.2 Formal votes: 11,337 97.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Frank Britton 2,281 20.1 Malcolm Fenton 2,854 25.2 John Fleming 2,806 24.8 Tony Fletcher 3,396 30.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 11,337 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Charles Balfour Marcus Fenton (1912-2009): Elected 1957, 1963, 1969, 1975 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Britton's 2,281 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Fenton 995 43.6 3,849 34.0 Fleming 394 17.3 3,200 28.2 Fletcher 892 39.1 4,288 37.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 2,281 11,337 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Fleming's 3,200 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Fenton 1,794 56.1 5,643 49.8 FLETCHER 1,406 43.9 5,694 50.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 3,200 11,337 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Anthony William Fletcher (1934-2020): Elected 1981 Born: 27 October 1934, Hobart --------------------------------------------------------------------