ELECTIONS TO THE TASMANIAN LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ==================================================================== ELECTIONS IN 1996 ==================================================================== CORNWALL ==================================================================== Nominations 3 May, polling 25 May 1996 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 13,739 Total votes cast: 11,525 83.9 Informal votes: 235 02.1 Formal votes: 11,290 97.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Lance Armstrong 2,305 20.4 Ray Bailey * 4,205 37.2 Robin McKendrick 2,031 18.0 Tony Peck 3,019 26.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 11,290 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Armstrong was MHA for Bass 1989-96. 2. McKendrick was MLC for Cornwall 1983-90. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: McKendrick's 2,031 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Armstrong 261 12.9 2,296 20.3 Bailey * 734 36.1 4,939 43.7 Peck 1,036 51.0 4,055 35.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 2,031 11,290 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Armstrong's 2,296 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- BAILEY * 1,304 56.8 6,243 55.3 Peck 992 43.2 5,047 44.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 2,296 11,290 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Raymond Frederick Bailey (1939-2012): Elected 1990, 1996 Bailey retired at the 2002 election, at which Caorwall was abolished. Died 15 February 2012 -------------------------------------------------------------------- HUON ==================================================================== Nominations 3 May, polling 25 May 1996 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 25,243 Votes cast: 22,149 87.7 Informal votes: 819 03.7 Formal votes: 21,330 96.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Flora Fox 4,259 20.0 Paul Harriss 7,210 33.8 Robert Mallett 2,434 11.4 Greg Norris 3,763 17.6 Bill Powell 2,687 12.6 Stephen Roomes 977 04.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 21,330 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Roomes's 977 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Fox 123 12.6 4,382 20.5 Harriss 288 29.5 7,498 35.2 Mallett 159 16.3 2,593 12.2 Norris 274 28.0 4,037 18.9 Powell 133 13.6 2,820 13.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 977 21,330 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3nd count: Mallett's 2,593 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Fox 572 22.1 4,954 23.2 Harriss 931 35.9 8,429 39.5 Norris 536 20.7 4,573 21.4 Powell 554 21.4 3,374 15.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 2,593 21,330 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: Powell's 3,374 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Fox 1,250 37.7 6,204 29.2 Harriss 1,281 38.6 9,710 45.6 Norris 785 23.7 5,358 25.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Remaining 3,316 21,272 Exhausted 58 58 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 3,374 21,330 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 5th count: Norris's 5,358 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Fox 717 19.9 6,921 35.5 HARRISS 2,888 80.1 12,598 64.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Remaining 3,605 19,519 Exhausted 158 216 Not distributed 1,595 1,595 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 5,358 21,330 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Andrew Paul Harriss (1954-2022): Elected 1996 Born: 11 August 1954, Franklin -------------------------------------------------------------------- MERSEY ==================================================================== Nominations 3 May, polling 25 May 1996 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 21,833 Votes cast: 19,062 87.3 Informal votes: 430 02.2 Formal votes: 18,632 97.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Rodney Cooper 3,873 20.8 Peter Hollister 4,222 22.7 Geoff Squibb * 8,466 45.4 Andrew Vanderfeen 2,071 11.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 18,632 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Vanderfeen's 2,071 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Cooper 604 29.2 4,477 24.0 Hollister 572 27.6 4,794 25.7 SQUIBB * 895 43.2 9,361 50.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 2,071 18,632 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Geoffrey Bruce Squibb (born 1946): Elected 1990, 1996 --------------------------------------------------------------------