ELECTIONS TO THE TASMANIAN LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ==================================================================== ELECTIONS IN 2005 ==================================================================== MURCHISON ==================================================================== Nominations 14 April, polling 7 May 2005 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 23,891 Votes cast: 21,315 89.2 Informal votes: 755 03.5 Formal votes: 20,560 96.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Alwyn Boyd 2,946 14.3 Ruth Forrest 5,955 29.0 Kevin Hyland 5,428 26.4 Scott Jordan Green 1,864 09.1 John Oldaker 4,367 21.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 20,560 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Jordan's 1,864 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Boyd 415 22.3 3,361 16.3 Forrest 880 47.2 6,835 33.2 Hyland 348 18.7 5,776 28.1 Oldaker 221 11.9 4,588 22.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,864 20,560 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Boyd's 3,361 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Forrest 1,309 38.9 8,144 39.6 Hyland 1,387 41.3 7,163 34.8 Oldaker 665 19.8 5,253 25.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 3,361 20,560 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: Oldaker's 5,253 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- FORREST 2,405 46.0 10,549 51.4 Hyland 2,823 54.0 9,986 48.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Remaining 5,228 20,535 Exhausted 25 25 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 5,253 20,560 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Ruth Jane Forrest (born 1962): Elected 2005 Born: 4 March 1962, Burnie -------------------------------------------------------------------- PATERSON ==================================================================== Nominations 14 April 2005 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 22,805 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Don WING * Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Donald George Wing (born 1938): Elected 1982, 1988, 1994, 2000, 2005 -------------------------------------------------------------------- RUMNEY ==================================================================== Nominations 14 April, polling 7 May 2005 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 22,583 Votes cast: 19,388 85.6 Informal votes: 720 03.7 Formal votes: 18,668 96.3 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % ------------------------------------------------------------------- Glenn Millar Green 2,286 12.3 Lin THORP * Labor 9,513 51.0 Carmel Torenius 4,600 24.6 David Traynor 2,269 12.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 18,668 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Lin Estelle Thorp (born 1953): Elected 1999, 2005 -------------------------------------------------------------------