ELECTIONS TO THE TASMANIAN LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ==================================================================== ELECTIONS IN 1995 ==================================================================== DERWENT ==================================================================== Following the resigation of Charles Batt -------------------------------------------------------------------- Nominations 5 May, polling 27 May 1995 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 16,099 Votes cast: 14,963 92.9 Informal votes: 730 04.9 Formal votes: 14,233 95.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Michael AIRD Labor 7,269 51.1 Judy Bromfieli 2,688 18.9 Pat Cornelius 421 03.0 Tony Foster 1,764 12.4 Ted Jeffries 949 06.7 Jim White 1,142 08.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 14,233 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Aird was MHA for Franklin 1979-86, 1989-95. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Michael Anthony Aird (born 1949): Elected 1979, 1982. Defeated 1986. Elected 1989, 1992. Resigned 1995. Elected 1995 by -------------------------------------------------------------------- PEMBROKE ==================================================================== Nominations 5 May, polling 27 May 1995 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 21,610 Votes cast: 19,959 92.4 Informal votes: 566 02.8 Formal votes: 19,393 97.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Robert Allen 4,189 21.6 Richard James 6,329 32.6 Peter C McKay * 8,875 45.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 19,393 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Allen's 4,189 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- James 2,861 68.3 9,190 47.4 McKAY * 1,328 31.7 10,203 52.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 4,189 19,393 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Peter Charles McKay (born 1948): Elected 1976 by, 1977, 1983, 1988, 1995 McKay retired at the 1999 election. -------------------------------------------------------------------- QUEENBOROUGH ==================================================================== Nominations 5 May, polling 27 May 1995 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 14,563 Votes cast: 12,842 88.1 Informal votes: 326 02.5 Formal votes: 12,516 97.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Gerry Bates 2,802 22.4 Rod Cameron-Tucker 1,089 08.7 Peter Donnelly 538 04.3 Jane Goodluck 2,256 18.0 Philip Hopson 152 01.2 Margaret Pos 352 02.8 Eva Ruzicka 445 03.6 Timothy Stops 713 05.7 Jim Wilkinson 4,169 33.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 12,516 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Bates was MHA for Franklin 1986-95. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Hopson's 152 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Bates 11 07.2 2,813 22.5 Cameron-Tucker 21 13.8 1,110 08.9 Donnelly 10 06.6 548 04.4 Goodluck 27 17.8 2,283 18.2 Pos 13 08.6 365 02.9 Ruzicka 8 05.3 453 03.6 Stops 32 21.1 745 06.0 Wilkinson 30 19.7 4,199 33.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 152 12,516 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Pos's 365 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Bates 78 21.4 2,891 23.1 Cameron-Tucker 20 05.5 1,130 09.0 Donnelly 20 05.5 568 04.5 Goodluck 98 26.8 2,381 19.0 Ruzicka 72 19.7 525 04.2 Stops 16 04.4 761 06.1 Wilkinson 61 16.7 4,260 34.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 365 12,516 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: Ruzicka's 525 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Bates 237 45.4 3,128 25.0 Cameron-Tucker 35 06.7 1,165 09.3 Donnelly 27 05.2 595 04.8 Goodluck 121 23.2 2,501 20.0 Stops 33 06.3 794 06.3 Wilkinson 69 13.2 4,329 34.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Remaining 522 12,513 Exhausted 3 3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 525 12,516 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 5th count: Donnelly's 595 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Bates 75 12.8 3,203 25.6 Cameron-Tucker 95 16.3 1,260 10.1 Goodluck 147 25.2 2,649 21.2 Stops 61 10.5 855 06.8 Wilkinson 206 35.3 4,535 36.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Remaining 584 12,502 Exhausted 11 14 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 595 12,516 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 6th count: Stops's 855 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Bates 79 09.6 3,282 26.3 Cameron-Tucker 197 24.0 1,457 11.7 Goodluck 267 32.5 2,916 23.4 Wilkinson 278 33.9 4,813 38.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Remaining 821 12,468 Exhausted 34 48 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 855 12,516 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 7th count: Cameron-Tucker's 1,457 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Bates 184 13.4 3,466 28.0 Goodluck 593 43.1 3,509 28.3 Wilkinson 599 43.5 5,412 43.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Remaining 1,376 12,387 Exhausted 81 129 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,457 12,516 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 8th count: Bates's 3,466 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Goodluck 1,399 47.8 4,908 41.4 WILKINSON 1,525 52.2 6,937 58.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Remaining 2,924 11,845 Exhausted 542 671 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 3,466 12,516 -------------------------------------------------------------------- James Scott Wilkinson (born 1951) Elected 1995 Born: 4 December 1951, Hobart Wilkinson contested Nelson in 1999, when Queenborough was aboliahed. -------------------------------------------------------------------- TAMAR ==================================================================== Nominations 5 May, polling 27 May 1995 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 16,491 Total votes cast: 14,721 89.3 Informal votes: 702 04.8 Formal votes: 14,019 95.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Bob Edwards 3,606 25.7 John LOONE * 10,413 74.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 14,019 -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Arthur Loone (1931-2018): Elected 1989, 1995 Loone was elected for Rowallan at the 1999 election, when Tamar was abolished. -------------------------------------------------------------------- WEST DEVON ==================================================================== Nominations 5 May, polling 27 May 1995 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 17,435 Votes cast: 16,368 93.9 Informal votes: 556 02.4 Formal votes: 15,812 97.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Sandra French 3,889 24.6 Richard Gibbs 945 06.0 Des Hiscutt 4,510 28.5 Steven Kons 3,300 20.9 Messieh Messieh 3,138 19.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 15,812 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Kons was MHA for Braddon 1998-2010. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Gibbs's 945 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- French 191 20.2 4,080 25.8 Hiscutt 305 32.3 4,815 30.5 Kons 252 26.7 3,582 22.7 Messieh 197 20.8 3,335 21.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 945 15,812 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3nd count: Messieh's 3,335 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- French 1,028 30.8 5,108 32.3 Hiscutt 1,149 34.5 5,964 37.7 Kons 1,158 34.7 4,740 30.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 3,335 15,812 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: Kons's 4,740 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- French 2,008 43.1 7,116 45.2 HISCUTT 2,656 56.9 8,620 54.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Remaining 4,664 15,736 Exhausted 76 76 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 4,740 15,812 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Desmond Miller Hiscutt (1933-2025): Elected 1995 Born: 5 March 1933, Burnie Brother of Hugh Hiscutt MLC -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hiscutt contested Murchison in 1999 when West Devon was abolished. --------------------------------------------------------------------