ELECTIONS TO THE TASMANIAN LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ==================================================================== ELECTIONS IN 1998 ==================================================================== BUCKINGHAM ==================================================================== Nominations 1 May, polling 23 May 1998 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 16,768 Votes cast: 14,294 85.3 Informal votes: 1,037 07.3 Formal votes: 13,257 92.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- David CREAN * 8,288 62.5 Sam Martin 4,969 37.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 13,257 -------------------------------------------------------------------- David Mackenzie Crean (born 1950): Elected 1989. Defeated 1992. Elected 1992, 1998 Crean retired at the 2004 election. -------------------------------------------------------------------- MACQUARIE ==================================================================== Nominations 1 May, polling 23 May 1998 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 16,262 Votes cast: 14,699 90.4 Informal votes: 862 05.9 Formal votes: 13,837 94.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Russell Anderson 4,030 29.1 Laurie Favell 1,736 12.5 David Gatenby 2,524 18.2 Jan Martin 1,378 10.0 Jacquie Murphy 4,169 30.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 13,837 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Martin's 1,378 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Anderson 315 22.9 4,345 31.4 Favell 265 19.2 2,001 14.5 Gatenby 329 23.9 2,853 20.6 Murphy 469 34.0 4,638 33.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,378 13,837 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Favell's 2,001 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Anderson 714 35.7 5,059 36.6 Gatenby 627 31.3 3,480 25.1 Murphy 660 33.0 5,298 38.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 2,001 13,837 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: Gatenby's 3,480 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- ANDERSON 2,234 65.1 7,293 52.9 Murphy 1,196 34.9 6,494 47.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Remaining 3,430 13,787 Exhausted 50 50 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 3,480 13,837 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Russell Charles Anderson (born 1951): Elected 1998 Born: 21 April 1951, Victoria Anderson retired in 1999, when Macquarie was abolished. -------------------------------------------------------------------- NEWDEGATE ==================================================================== Following the resignation of Ross Ginn -------------------------------------------------------------------- Nominations 28 August, polling 19 September 1998 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 17,160 Votes cast: 14,311 83.4 Informal votes: 597 04.2 Formal votes: 13,714 95.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Brian Austen 615 04.5 Ron Christie 1,977 14.4 Mary Guy 934 06.8 Trevor Sutton 3,032 22.1 Mike Trubody 642 04.7 John White 6,514 47.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 13,714 -------------------------------------------------------------------- White was MHA for Denison 1986-98. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Austen's 615 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Christie 90 08.5 2,067 15.1 Guy 111 10.5 1,045 07.6 Sutton 171 16.2 3,203 23.4 Trubody 106 10.0 748 05.5 White 137 13.0 6,651 48.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 615 13,714 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Trubody's 748 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Christie 175 23.4 2,242 16.3 Guy 153 20.5 1,198 08.7 Sutton 264 35.3 3,467 25.3 White 156 20.9 6,807 49.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 748 13,714 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: Guy's 1,198 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Christie 326 28.3 2,568 18.8 Sutton 490 42.5 3,957 28.9 WHITE 337 29.2 7,144 52.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Remaining 1,153 13,669 Exhausted 45 45 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,198 13,714 -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Charles White (1942-2020): Elected 1986, 1989, 1992, 1996. Retired 1998. Elected 1998 White retired in 1999 when Newdegate was aboliahed. Died 20 June 2020 -------------------------------------------------------------------- SOUTH ESK ==================================================================== Nominations 1 May, polling 23 May 1998 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 16,739 Total votes cast: 14,843 88.7 Informal votes: 989 06.7 Formal votes: 13,854 93.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Frank Bryce 1,821 13.1 Christine Dewar 2,274 16.4 Colin Rattray * 6,763 48.8 Stephen Salter 1,390 10.0 Tim Woolnough 1,606 11.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 13,854 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Salter's 1,390 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Bryce 285 20.5 2,106 15.2 Dewar 326 23.5 2,600 18.8 RATTRAY * 584 42.0 7,346 53.0 Woolnough 195 14.0 1,801 13.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,390 13,854 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Colin Lewis Rattray (1931-2009): Elected 1992, 1998 Rattray contested Apsley at the 1999 election, when South Eask was abolished. --------------------------------------------------------------------