ELECTIONS TO THE TASMANIAN LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ==================================================================== ELECTIONS IN 1983 ==================================================================== PEMBROKE ==================================================================== Nominations 3 May, polling 28 May 1983 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 19,654 Votes cast: 16,381 83.4 Informal votes: 507 03.1 Formal votes: 15,874 96.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Malcolm Brown 3,665 23.1 Peter Cooper 1,605 10.1 Peter C McKAY * 9,904 62.4 John Thomson 700 04.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 15,874 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Peter Charles McKay (born 1948): Elected 1976 by, 1977, 1983 -------------------------------------------------------------------- QUEENBOROUGH ==================================================================== Nominations 3 May, polling 28 May 1983 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 13,351 Votes cast: 11,555 86.6 Informal votes: 372 03.2 Formal votes: 11,183 96.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Nigel Abbott 709 06.3 George Brown 967 08.6 Frederick Burrows 729 06.5 Christopher Carswell 93 00.8 Peter Donnelly 1,457 13.0 Wesley Eyles 446 04.0 Chris Guesdon 347 03.1 Anthony Haigh 1,436 12.8 Andrew Hurburgh 877 07.8 Chris Merridew 632 05.7 Eric Stopp 2,516 22.5 Harvey Wallace-Williams 236 02.1 Arnold Wertheimer 738 06.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 11,183 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Carswell's 93 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Abbott 2 02.2 711 06.4 Brown 6 06.5 973 08.7 Burrows 3 03.2 732 06.5 Donnelly 36 38.7 1,493 13.4 Eyles 2 02.2 448 04.0 Guesdon 6 06.5 353 03.2 Haigh 11 11.8 1,447 12.9 Hurburgh 2 02.2 879 07.9 Merridew 3 03.2 635 05.7 Stopp 4 04.3 2,520 22.5 Wallace-Williams 14 15.1 250 02.2 Wertheimer 4 04.3 742 06.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 93 11,183 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Wallace-Williams's 250 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Abbott 18 07.2 729 06.5 Brown 6 02.4 979 08.8 Burrows 13 05.2 745 06.7 Donnelly 101 40.4 1,594 14,3 Eyles 12 04.8 460 04.1 Guesdon 20 08.0 373 03.3 Haigh 32 12.8 1,479 13.2 Hurburgh 9 03.6 888 07.9 Merridew 17 06.8 652 05.8 Stopp 12 04.8 2,532 22.6 Wertheimer 10 04.0 752 06.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 250 11,183 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: Guesdon's 353 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Abbott 33 09.4 762 06.8 Brown 17 04.9 996 08.9 Burrows 21 06.0 766 06.9 Donnelly 23 06.6 1,617 14.5 Eyles 19 05.4 479 04.2 Haigh 68 19.4 1,547 13.8 Hurburgh 43 12.3 931 08.3 Merridew 37 10.6 689 06.2 Stopp 88 25.1 2,620 23.4 Wertheimer 21 06.0 773 06.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Remaining 350 11,180 Exhausted 3 3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 353 11,183 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 5th count: Eyles's 479 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Abbott 43 09.1 805 07.2 Brown 46 09.7 1,042 09.3 Burrows 39 08.2 805 07.2 Donnelly 44 09.3 1,661 14.9 Haigh 60 12.7 1,607 14.4 Hurburgh 44 09.3 975 08.7 Merridew 39 08.2 728 06.5 Stopp 109 23.0 2,729 24.4 Wertheimer 49 10.4 822 07.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Remaining 473 11,174 Exhausted 6 9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 479 11,183 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 6th count: Merridew's 728 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Abbott 62 08.8 867 07.8 Brown 70 10.0 1,112 10.0 Burrows 53 07.6 858 07.7 Donnelly 76 10.8 1,737 15.6 Haigh 68 09.7 1,675 15.0 Hurburgh 96 13.7 1,071 09.6 Stopp 193 27.5 2,922 26.2 Wertheimer 83 11.8 905 08.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Remaining 701 11,147 Exhausted 27 36 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 728 11,183 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 7th count: Burrows's 858 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Abbott 90 11.0 957 08.6 Brown 108 13.2 1,220 11.0 Donnelly 65 07.9 1,802 16.2 Haigh 137 16.7 1,812 16.3 Hurburgh 98 12.0 1,169 10.5 Stopp 221 27.0 3,143 28.3 Wertheimer 101 12.3 1,006 09.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Remaining 820 11,109 Exhausted 38 74 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 858 11,183 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 8th count: Abbott's 957 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Brown 135 15.7 1,335 12.1 Donnelly 67 07.8 1,869 17.0 Haigh 152 17.7 1,964 17.8 Hurburgh 154 17.9 1,323 12.0 Stopp 237 27.6 3,380 30.7 Wertheimer 115 13.4 1,121 10.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Remaining 860 11,012 Exhausted 97 171 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 957 11,183 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 9th count: Wertheimer's 1,121 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Brown 111 11.6 1,466 13.5 Donnelly 51 05.3 1,920 17.7 Haigh 146 15.2 2,110 19.4 Hurburgh 183 19.1 1,506 13.9 Stopp 467 48.7 3,847 35.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Remaining 958 10,849 Exhausted 163 334 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,121 11,183 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 10th count: Brown's 1,466 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Donnelly 102 08.6 2,022 19.1 Haigh 207 17.5 2,317 21.9 Hurburgh 280 23.6 1,786 16.9 Stopp 596 50.3 4,443 42.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Remaining 1,185 10,568 Exhausted 281 616 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,466 11,183 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 11th count: Hurburgh's 1,786 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Donnelly 162 12.8 2,184 23.1 Haigh 371 29.2 2,688 28.5 STOPP 736 58.0 5,179 54.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Remaining 1,269 9,436 Exhausted 517 1,132 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,786 11,183 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Eric John Chancellor Stopp (1933-2014): Elected 1983 Born: 10 June 1933, Norfolk Island -------------------------------------------------------------------- TAMAR ==================================================================== Nominations 3 May, polling 28 May 1983 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 11,914 Total votes cast: 10,576 88.8 Informal votes: 282 02.7 Formal votes: 10,294 97.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Jeffrey Coates * 4,492 43.6 Trevor Roach 4,363 42.4 Raymond Shipp 1,439 14.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 10,294 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Shipp's 1,439 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- COATES * 679 47.2 5,171 50.2 Roach 760 52.8 5,123 49.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,439 10,294 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Coates was MLC for Meander 1971-81. 2. Shipp was MLC for Launceston 1968-82. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Jeffrey Allan Coates (1926-2016): Elected 1971, 1977, 1983 Coates retired at the 1989 election. Died 18 June 2016 -------------------------------------------------------------------- WEST DEVON ==================================================================== Nominations 3 May, polling 28 May 1983 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 15,802 Votes cast: 14,448 91.4 Informal votes: 335 02.3 Formal votes: 14,113 97.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Michael Bessell 1,910 13.5 Donald Carter 1,249 08.8 Reginald Cullen 510 04.6 Donald De Jersey 231 01.6 Ron Gee 1,254 08.9 Adrian Hayward 2,634 18.7 Neil Heathcote 875 06.2 Hugh Hiscutt 2,570 18.2 Royston D Ringrose 446 03.2 Graeme Smith 2,434 17.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 14,113 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: De Jersey's 231 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Bessell 27 11.7 1,937 13.7 Carter 33 14.3 1,282 09.1 Cullen 21 09.1 531 03.8 Gee 36 15.6 1,290 09.1 Hayward 24 10.4 2,658 18.8 Heathcote 13 05.6 888 06.3 Hiscutt 34 14.7 2,604 18.5 Ringrose 12 05.2 458 03.2 Smith 31 13.4 2,465 17.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 231 14,113 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Ringrose's 458 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Bessell 73 15.9 2,010 14.2 Carter 39 08.5 1,321 09.4 Cullen 43 09.4 574 04.1 Gee 65 14.2 1,355 09.6 Hayward 78 17.0 2,736 19.4 Heathcote 40 08.7 928 06.6 Hiscutt 61 13.3 2,665 18.9 Smith 59 12.9 2,524 17.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 458 14,113 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: Cullen's 574 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Bessell 90 15.8 2,100 14.9 Carter 76 13.4 1,397 09.9 Gee 83 14.6 1,438 10.2 Hayward 77 13.5 2,813 19.9 Heathcote 52 09.1 980 06.9 Hiscutt 103 18.1 2,768 19.6 Smith 88 15.5 2,612 18.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Remaining 569 14,108 Exhausted 5 5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 574 14,113 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 5th count: Heathcote's 980 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Bessell 95 09.8 2,195 15.6 Carter 78 08.0 1,475 10.5 Gee 196 20.2 1,634 11.6 Hayward 116 12.0 2,929 20.8 Hiscutt 391 40.4 3,159 22.4 Smith 93 09.6 2,705 19.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Remaining 969 14,097 Exhausted 11 16 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 980 14,113 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 6th count: Carter's 1,475 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Bessell 342 24.1 2,537 18.1 Gee 223 15.7 1,857 13.2 Hayward 224 15.8 3,173 22.6 Hiscutt 350 24.7 3,509 25.0 Smith 258 18.2 2,963 21.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Remaining 1,417 14,039 Exhausted 58 74 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,475 14,113 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 7th count: Gee's 1,857 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Bessell 340 20.2 2,877 20.8 Hayward 435 25.8 3,608 26.0 Hiscutt 702 41.7 4,211 30.4 Smith 206 12.2 3,169 22.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Remaining 1,683 13,865 Exhausted 174 248 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,857 14,113 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 8th count: Bessell's 2,877 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hayward 840 34.0 4,448 33.0 Hiscutt 1,040 42.1 5,251 39.0 Smith 592 23.9 3,761 27.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Remaining 2,472 13,460 Exhausted 405 653 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 2,877 14,113 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 9th count: Smith's 3,761 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hayward 866 41.2 5,314 45.0 HISCUTT 1,237 58.8 6,488 55.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Remaining 2,103 11,802 Exhausted 574 1,227 Not distributed 1,084 1,084 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 3,761 14,113 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hugh James Hiscutt (1926-2023): Elected 1983 Born: 10 July 1926, Burnie Brother of Des Hiscutt MLC. --------------------------------------------------------------------