ELECTIONS TO THE TASMANIAN LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ==================================================================== ELECTIONS IN 1997 ==================================================================== DERWENT ==================================================================== Nominations 9 May, polling 31 May 1997 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 17,232 Votes cast: 15,068 87.4 Informal votes: 613 04.1 Formal votes: 14,455 95.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Michael AIRD * Labor 8,318 57.5 Will Frank 3,735 25.8 Nigel Webb 2,402 16.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 14,455 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Michael Anthony Aird (born 1949): Elected 1979, 1982. Defeated 1986. Elected 1989, 1992. Resigned 1995. Elected 1995 b y, 1999 -------------------------------------------------------------------- LEVEN ==================================================================== Following the resignation of Geoffrey Squibb -------------------------------------------------------------------- Nominations 9 May, polling 31 May 1997 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 15,526 Votes cast: 14,162 91.2 Informal votes: 608 04.3 Formal votes: 13,554 95.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Bloomfield 3,049 22.5 Ridney Cooper 2,509 18.5 Peter Murray 728 05.4 Sue Smith 5,137 37.9 Andrew Vanderfeen 2,131 15.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 13,554 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Squibb was MLC for Mersey 1990-97. Following the 1996 redistribution, he was deemed to be MLC for the new division of Leven. He resigned in order to recontest Mersey, causing this by- election. 2nd count: Murray's 728 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Bloomfield 192 26.4 3,241 23.9 Cooper 192 26.4 2,701 19.9 Smith 187 25.7 5,324 39.3 Vanderfeen 157 21.6 2,288 16.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 728 13,554 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Vanderfeen's 2,288 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Bloomfield 794 34.7 4,035 29.8 Cooper 652 28.5 3,353 24.7 Smith 842 36.8 6,166 45.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 2,288 13,554 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: Cooper's 3,353 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Bloomfield 1,758 54,1 5,793 43.1 SMITH 1,492 45.9 7,658 56.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Remaining 3,250 13,451 Exhausted 103 103 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 3,353 13,554 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Susan Lynette Smith (born 1951): Elected 1997 Born: 24 January 1951, Ulverstone Smith contested Montgomery in 1999, when Leven was abolished. -------------------------------------------------------------------- MERSEY ==================================================================== Nominations 9 May, polling 31 May 1997 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 16,540 Votes cast: 14,788 89.4 Informal votes: 453 03.1 Formal votes: 14,335 96.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Dick Burgess 3,628 25.3 Caroline Burnett 728 05.1 Andrew Ford 1,295 09.0 Peter Hollister 3,439 24.0 Geoff Squibb * 5,245 36.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 14,335 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Squibb was MLC for Mersey from 1990. Following the 1996 redistribution, he was deemed to be MLC for the new division of Leven. He resigned from Leven to contest the redrawn division of Mersey. 2nd count: Burnett's 728 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Burgess 141 19.4 3,769 26.3 Ford 190 26.1 1,485 10.4 Hollister 246 33.8 3,685 25.7 Squibb * 151 20.7 5,396 37.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 728 14,335 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Ford's 1,485 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Burgess 532 35.8 4,301 30.0 Hollister 596 40.1 4,281 29.9 Squibb * 357 24.0 5,753 40.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,485 14,335 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: Hollister's 4,281 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Burgess 2,511 60.9 6,812 48.0 SQUIBB * 1,613 39.1 7,366 52.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Remaining 4,124 14,178 Exhausted 157 157 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 4,281 14,335 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Geoffrey Bruce Squibb (born 1946): Elected 1990, 1996, 1997 -------------------------------------------------------------------- WESTMORLAND ==================================================================== Nominations 9 May, polling 31 May 1997 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 17,163 Total votes cast: 14,788 86.2 Informal votes: 568 03.8 Formal votes: 14,220 96.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- George Brookes * 4,818 33.9 Tony Le Fevre 4,395 30.9 Sylvia Smith 5,007 35.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 14,220 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Le Fevre's 4,395 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Brookes * 2,088 47.5 6,906 48.6 SMITH 2,307 52.5 7,314 51.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 4,395 14,220 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Harry George Brookes (1934-2011): Elected 1991. Defeated 1997 Died 14 April 2011 > Sylvia Joy Smith (1939-2020): Elected 1997 Born: 22 December 1939, Burnie Career: MHR for Bass 1993-96. Smith contested Windermere at the 2003 election, at which Westmorland was abolished. --------------------------------------------------------------------