ELECTIONS TO THE TASMANIAN LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ==================================================================== ELECTIONS IN 1999 ==================================================================== MURCHISON =================================================================== Nominations 10 August, polling 28 August 1999 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 23,188 Votes cast: 20,438 88.1 Informal votes: 743 03.6 Formal votes: 19,695 96.4 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % ------------------------------------------------------------------- Tony Fletcher * 7,974 40.5 Des Hiscutt * 4,640 23.6 Sue Owen 4,113 20.9 Michael Weldon 2,968 15.1 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 19,695 ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Fletcher was MLC for Russell 1981-99. 2. Hiscutt was MLC for West Devon 1995-97 and for Emu Bay 1997-99. 3. Weldon was MHA for Braddon 1979-82 and 1986-92. ------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Weldon's 2,968 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Fletcher * 1,143 38.5 9,117 46.3 Hiscutt * 788 26.5 5,428 27.6 Owen 1,037 34.9 5,150 26.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 2,968 19,695 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Owen's 5,150 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- FLETCHER * 2,376 46.1 11,493 58.4 Hiscutt * 2,774 53.9 8,202 41.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 5,150 19,695 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Desmond Miller Hiscutt (1933-2025): Elected 1995. Defeated 1999 Died 19 June 2025 > Anthony William Fletcher (1934-2020): Elected 1981, 1987, 1993, 1999 -------------------------------------------------------------------- PEMBROKE ==================================================================== Nominations 10 August, polling 28 August 1999 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 22,763 Votes cast: 19,681 86.5 Informal votes: 605 03.1 Formal votes: 19,076 96.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Cathy Edwards 7,943 41.6 Lara Giddings Labor 6,782 35.6 David Jackson 626 03.3 Richard James 2,529 13.3 Eric Lockett 1,196 06.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 19,076 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Giddings was MHA for Lyons 1996-98. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Jackson's 626 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Edwards 211 33.7 8,154 42.7 Giddings 136 21.7 6,918 36.3 James 140 22.4 2,669 14.0 Lockett 139 22.2 1,335 07.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 626 19,076 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Lockett's 1,335 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Edwards 470 35.2 8,624 45.2 Giddings 428 32.1 7,346 38.5 James 437 32.7 3,106 16.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,335 19,076 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: James's 3,106 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- EDWARDS 1,598 53.0 10,222 53.8 Giddings 1,417 47.0 8,763 46.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Remaining 3,015 18,985 Exhausted 91 91 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 3,106 19,076 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Catherine Mary Edwards (born 1948): Elected 1999 Born: 4 September 1948, Canada -------------------------------------------------------------------- RUMNEY =================================================================== Nominations 10 August, polling 28 August 1999 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 19,951 Votes cast: 17,401 87.2 Informal votes: 584 03.4 Formal votes: 16,817 96.6 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % ------------------------------------------------------------------- John Rudge 1,572 09.3 Lin Thorp Labor 7,687 45.7 Stephen Wilson * 7,558 44.9 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 16,817 ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Rudge was MHA for Lyons 1989-92. 2. Wilson was MLC for Monmouth 1981-99. ------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Rudge's 1,572 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- THORP 754 48.0 8,441 50.2 Wilson * 818 52.0 8,376 49.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,572 16,817 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Stephen John Wilson (born 1948): Elected 1981, 1987, 1993. Defeated 1999 > Lin Estelle Thorp (born 1953): Elected 1999 Born: 4 November 1953, Hobart --------------------------------------------------------------------