COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA LEGISLATIVE ELECTION OF 22 NOVEMBER 1958 ==================================================================== Source: Australian Government publications THE SENATE ==================================================================== TASMANIA (Five senators to be elected) ==================================================================== Enrolled voters: 178,717 +02.9 Votes cast: 171,911 96.2 -00.1 Informal votes: 19,271 11.2 -01.4 Formal votes: 152,640 88.8 +01.4 Quota for election: 25,441 16.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- George Cole * DLP 22,271 14.6 Group A Bruce Dilger DLP 1,888 01.2 Q:1.019 Virgil Morgan DLP 1,763 01.2 Justin O'BYRNE * ALP 39,971 26.2 ELECTED 1 William Aylett * ALP 15,827 10.4 Group B Reginald Murray ALP 6,818 04.5 Q:2.461 Alexander Lillico Lib 23,574 15.4 Group C John Marriott * Lib 23,550 15.4 Q:2.403 Robert Wordsworth * Lib 14,006 09.2 Cornelius McShane 2,972 01.9 Q:0.117 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 152,640 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Murray was a Senator for Tasmania 1947-51. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: O'Byrne's 14,530 surplus votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Cole * 206 01.4 22,477 14.7 Dilger 49 00.3 1,937 01.3 Morgan 35 00.2 1,798 01.2 O'BYRNE * E 25,441 16.7 ELECTED 1 AYLETT * 12,803 88.1 28,630 18.8 ELECTED 2 Murray 1,220 08.4 8,038 05.3 Lillico 51 00.4 23,625 15.5 Marriott * 104 00.7 23,654 15.5 Wordsworth * 31 00.2 14,037 09.2 McShane 31 00.2 3,003 02.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 14,530 152,640 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Aylett's 3,189 surplus votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Cole * 41 01.3 22,518 14.8 Dilger 7 00.2 1,944 01.3 Morgan 10 00.3 1,808 01.2 O'BYRNE * E 25,441 16.7 ELECTED 1 AYLETT * E 25,441 16.7 ELECTED 2 Murray 3,082 96.6 11,120 07.3 Lillico 12 00.4 23,637 15.5 Marriott * 25 00.8 23,679 15.5 Wordsworth * 7 00.2 14,044 09.2 McShane 5 00.2 3,008 02.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 3,189 152,640 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: Morgan's 1,808 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Cole * 707 39.1 23,225 15.2 Dilger 899 49.7 2,843 01.9 O'BYRNE * E 25,441 16.7 ELECTED 1 AYLETT * E 25,441 16.7 ELECTED 2 Murray 97 05.4 11,217 07.3 Lillico 16 00.9 23,653 15.5 Marriott * 55 03.0 23,734 15.6 Wordsworth * 15 00.8 14,059 09.2 McShane 19 01.1 3,027 02.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,808 152,640 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 5th count: Dilger's 2,843 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- COLE * 2,488 87.5 25,713 16.8 ELECTED 3 O'BYRNE * E 25,441 16.7 ELECTED 1 AYLETT * E 25,441 16.7 ELECTED 2 Murray 190 06.7 11,407 07.5 Lillico 53 01.9 23,706 15.5 Marriott * 69 02.4 23,803 15.6 Wordsworth * 12 00.4 14,071 09.2 McShane 31 01.1 3,058 02.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 2,843 152,640 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Cole's 272 surplus votes were not distributed under s135(7) of the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1953 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 6th count: McShane's 3,058 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- COLE * E 25,713 16.8 ELECTED 3 O'BYRNE * E 25,441 16.7 ELECTED 1 AYLETT * E 25,441 16.7 ELECTED 2 Murray 810 26.5 12,217 08.0 Lillico 939 30.7 24,645 16.1 Marriott * 604 19.8 24,407 16.0 Wordsworth * 705 23.1 14,776 09.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 3,058 1 52,640 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 7th count: Murray's 12,217 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- COLE * E 25,713 16.8 ELECTED 3 O'BYRNE * E 25,441 16.7 ELECTED 1 AYLETT * E 25,441 16.7 ELECTED 2 LILLICO 8,928 73.1 33,573 22.0 ELECTED 4 MARRIOTT * 1,493 12.2 25,900 17.0 ELECTED 5 Wordsworth * 1,796 14.7 16,572 10.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 12,217 152,640 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Senators' terms began 1 July 1959. Aylett, Cole, Lillico, Marriott and O'Byrne elected for a term ending 30 June 1965. Continuing Senators (term to end 30 June 1959): Hon Denham HENTY (Lib), Hon Nicholas McKENNA (ALP), Albert POKE (ALP), Robert WARDLAW (Lib), Reginald WRIGHT (Lib). -------------------------------------------------------------------- > William Edward Aylett (1900-76): Elected 1937, 1943, 1949, 1951, 1953, 1958 > George Ronald Cole (1908-69): Elected 1949, 1951, 1953, 1958 > Norman Henry Denham Henty (1903-78): Elected 1949, 1951, 1955 Minister for Customs and Excise > Alexander Elliot Davidson Lillico (1905-94): Elected 1958 Born: 5 September 1905, Penguin, Tasmania Career: Educated Scotch College, Melbourne. Farmer and grazier. Kentish Municipal Council. State politics: Tas MLC for Meander 1943-58 > Nicholas Edward McKenna (1895-1974): Elected 1943, 1949, 1951, 1955 > John Edward Marriott (1913-94): Appointed 1953. Elected 1953, 1958 > Justin Hilary O'Byrne (1912-93): Elected 1946, 1951, 1953, 1958 > Albert George Poke (1906-89): Elected 1955 > Robert Wardlaw (1889-1964): Elected 1955 Wardlaw retired at the 1961 election. Died 28 June 1964 > Robert Hurley Wordsworth (1894-1984): Elected 1949, 1951, 1953. Defeated 1958 Later career: Administrator of Norfolk Island 1962-64. Died 22 November 1984 > Reginald Charles Wright (1905-90): Elected 1949, 1951, 1955 --------------------------------------------------------------------