ELECTIONS FOR THE DIVISION OF DARWIN, TASMANIA ==================================================================== ELECTION OF 16 DECEMBER 1903 ==================================================================== Northern Tasmania: Emu Bay, Leven, Queenstown, Zeehan -------------------------------------------------------------------- New seat (Tasmania was not divided into electorates in 1901) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 16,111 Votes cast: 9,348 58.0 Informal votes: 458 04.9 Formal votes: 8,890 95.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- James Brickhill Prot 4,354 49.0 James Gaffney 53 00.6 King O'MALLEY * Lab 4,483 50.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 8,890 00.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. O'Malley was a member for Tasmania 1901-03. 2. Gaffney was Tas MHA for Lyell 1899-1903. -------------------------------------------------------------------- King O'Malley (1856-1953): Elected 1901, 1903 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 12 DECEMBER 1906 ==================================================================== Northern Tasmania: Emu Bay, Leven, Queenstown, Zeehan -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1903 two-party majority: Labour over Protectionist 00.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 17,916 +11.2 Votes cast: 9,904 55.3 -02.7 Informal votes: 420 04.2 -00.7 Formal votes: 9,484 95.8 +00.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Henry Bannister 849 08.9 William Lamerton AS 3,420 36.0 Hon King O'MALLEY * Lab 5,215 55.0 +04.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 9,484 09.5 08.8 to Lab -------------------------------------------------------------------- The Labour majority over the Anti-Socialists is compared with the Labour majority over the Protectionists in 1903. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Lamerton was Tas MHA for Zeehan 1903-06. -------------------------------------------------------------------- King O'Malley (1856-1953): Elected 1901, 1903, 1906 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 13 APRIL 1910 ==================================================================== Northern Tasmania: Emu Bay, Leven, Queenstown, Zeehan -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1906 two-party majority: Labour over Anti-Socialist 09.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 20,145 +12.4 Votes cast: 10,796 53.6 -01.7 Informal votes: 234 02.1 -02.1 Formal votes: 10,862 97.9 +02/1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Fisher Lib 3,881 36.7 +00.7 Hon King O'MALLEY * ALP 6,681 63.3 +08.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 10,862 13.3 03.8 to ALP ------------------------------------------------------------------- Fisher was Tas MLC for Huon 1880-82. -------------------------------------------------------------------- King O'Malley (1856-1953): Elected 1901, 1903, 1906, 1910 Minister for Home Affairs from 29 April 1910 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 31 MAY 1913 ==================================================================== Northern Tasmania: Emu Bay, Leven, Queenstown, Zeehan -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1910 two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 13.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 21,322 +05.8 Votes cast: 16,360 76.7 +23.1 Informal votes: 396 02.4 +00.3 Formal votes: 15,964 97.6 -00.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Alexander Marshall Lib 7,652 47.9 +11.2 Hon King O'MALLEY * ALP 8,312 52.1 -11.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 15,964 02.1 11.2 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- Marshall was Tas MHA for Bass 1914-25. -------------------------------------------------------------------- King O'Malley (1856-1953): Elected 1901, 1903, 1906, 1910, 1913 Minister for Home Affairs to 14 June 2013 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 5 SEPTEMBER 1914 ==================================================================== Northern Tasmania: Emu Bay, Leven, Queenstown, Zeehan -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1913 two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 02.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 19,921 -06.6 Votes cast: 15,648 78.6 +01.9 Informal votes: 340 02.2 -00.2 Formal votes: 15,308 97.8 +00.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon King O'MALLEY * ALP 8,585 56.1 +04.0 Ernest Plummer Lib 6,723 43.9 -04.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 15,308 06.1 04.0 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- King O'Malley (1856-1953): Elected 1901, 1903, 1906, 1910, 1913, 1914 Minister for Home Affairs 27 October 1915 to 14 November 1916 -------------------------------------------------------------------- O'Malley resigned in protest at Hughes's leadership on the day Hughes led his followers out of the ALP Caucus. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 5 MAY 1917 ==================================================================== Northern Tasmania: Emu Bay, Leven, Queenstown, Zeehan -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1914 two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 06.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 19,043 -04.4 Votes cast: 15,835 83.2 +04.6 Informal votes: 401 02.5 +00.3 Formal votes: 15,434 97.5 -00.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Charles HOWROYD Nat 9,073 58.8 +14.9 Hon King O'Malley * ALP 6,361 41.2 -14.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 15,434 08.8 14.9 to Nat -------------------------------------------------------------------- > King O'Malley (1856-1953): Elected 1901, 1903, 1906, 1910, 1913, 1914. Defeated 1917 Later career: Author and businessman. Died 20 December 1953 > Charles Richard Howroyd (1867-1917): Elected 1917 Born: 1867, Yorkshire, England. Career: Educated England. Migrated 1887. Agent and stockbroker. Founding member Labour Party. Left ALP 1916. State politics: Tas MHA for North Launceston 1906-09, Bass 1909-17. Died 10 May 1917 (see By-elections) -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Howroyd died five days after polling day, making him the shortest-serving member in the history of the House of Representatives. Had he died before polling day, O'Malley would have been declared elected unopposed (see Kennedy, 1925). 2. By the time of his death in 1953 O'Malley was the last surviving member of the First Parliament elected in March 1901. -------------------------------------------------------------------- BY-ELECTION OF 30 JUNE 1917 ==================================================================== Northern Tasmania: Emu Bay, Leven, Queenstown, Zeehan -------------------------------------------------------------------- Following the death of Charles Howroyd -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1917 two-party majority: Nationalist over ALP 08.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 19,300 +01.3 Votes cast: 11,998 62.2 -21.0 Informal votes: 48 00.4 -02.1 Formal votes: 11,950 99.6 +02.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- James Hurst ALP 5,285 44.2 +03.0 Hon William SPENCE + Nat 6,665 55.8 -03.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 11,950 05.8 03.0 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Spence was member for Darling, NSW, 1901-17. 2. Hurst was Tas MHA for Darwin 1910-12, 1919-26. -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Guthrie Spence (1846-1926): Elected 1901, 1903, 1906, 1910, 1913, 1914. Defeated 1917. Elected 1917 by Spence contested Batman, Victoria, in 1919. He did not recontest Darwin because the Nationalists wanted a local candidate. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 13 DECEMBER 1919 ==================================================================== Northern Tasmania: Emu Bay, Leven, Queenstown, Zeehan -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1917 two-party majority: Nationalist over ALP 08.8 1917 by-election two-party majority: Nationalist over ALP 05.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 18,661 -02.0 Votes cast: 12,549 67.2 -16.0 Informal votes: 274 02.2 -00.3 Formal votes: 12,275 97.8 +00.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- George BELL + Nat 6,630 54.0 -04.8 Joseph Lyons ALP 5,645 46.0 +04.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 12,275 04.0 04.8 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- For Lyons, see Wilmot 1929. -------------------------------------------------------------------- George John Bell (1872-1944): Elected 1919 Born: 29 November 1872, Sale, Victoria. Career: Educated Victoria. Grazier. Military Service 1899-1902, 1914-19. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 16 DECEMBER 1922 ==================================================================== Northern Tasmania: Circular Head, Devonport, Emu Bay, Leven -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1919 two-party majority: Nationalist over ALP 04.0 Effect of redistribution: 01.9 shift to ALP New notional majority: Nationalist over ALP 02.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 22,526 +20.7 Votes cast: 10,481 46.5 -20.7 Informal votes: 424 04.0 +01.8 Formal votes: 10,057 96.0 -01.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- George Bell * Nat 4,533 45.1 -01.3 James Campbell 1,473 14.6 Joshua Whitsitt CP 4,051 40.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 10,057 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Campbell's 1,473 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Bell * 455 30.9 4,988 49.6 WHITSITT 1,018 69.1 5,069 50.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,473 10,057 00.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > George John Bell (1872-1944): Elected 1919. Defeated 1922 Later career: See Darwin 1925 > Joshua Thomas Hoskins Whitsitt (1870-1943): Elected 1922 Born: 1870, Ireland. Career: Educated Ireland. Migrated as youth. Bank officer. Farmer at Cooee, Tasmania. State politics: Tas MLA for Darwin 1909-22. Whitsitt retired at the 1925 election. Later career: Farmer Died 14 September 1943 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 14 NOVEMBER 1925 ==================================================================== Northern Tasmania: Circular Head, Devonport, Emu Bay, Leven -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1922 majority: Country Party over Nationalist 00.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 23,211 +03.0 Votes cast: 21,048 90.7 +44.2 Informal votes: 939 04.5 +00.5 Formal votes: 20,109 95.5 -00.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- George Bell Nat 9,682 48.1 Henry Lane ALP 7,541 37.5 Hubert Nichols Nat 2,886 14.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 20,109 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Bell was member for Darwin 1919-22. 2. Lane was Tas MHA for Darwin 1926-28, 1937-46. 3. Nichols was Tas MLC for Mersey 1902-24, Meander 1926-35. 4. The combined Nationalist vote was 62.5%, an increase of 17.5% from the 45.1% polled by one Nationalist candidate in 1922. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Nichols's 2,886 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- BELL 2,482 86.0 12,164 60.5 Lane 404 14.0 7,945 39.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 2,886 20,109 10.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- George John Bell (1872-1944): Elected 1919. Defeated 1922. Elected 1925 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 17 NOVEMBER 1928 ==================================================================== Northern Tasmania: Circular Head, Devonport, Emu Bay, Leven -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1925 two-party majority: Nationalist over ALP 10.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 23,496 +01.2 Votes cast: 22,078 94.0 +03.3 Informal votes: 1,385 06.3 +01.8 Formal votes: 20,693 93.7 -01.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- George BELL * Nat 14,880 71.9 James Campbell 5,813 28.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 20,693 21.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- The Nationalist vote of 71.9% in 1928 was an increase of 9.4% from the 62.5% polled by two Nationalist candidates in 1925. -------------------------------------------------------------------- George John Bell (1872-1944): Elected 1919. Defeated 1922. Elected 1925, 1928 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 12 OCTOBER 1929 ==================================================================== Northern Tasmania: Circular Head, Devonport, Emu Bay, Leven -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1928 majority: Nationalist over Independent 21.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 23,973 +00.7 Votes cast: 22,795 95.1 +01.1 Informal votes: 443 01.9 -04.4 Formal votes: 22,352 98.1 +04.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- George BELL * Nat 11,982 53.6 -18.3 Thomas d'Alton ALP 5,137 23.0 Henry Lane ALP 5,233 23.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 22,352 05.9 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. D'Alton was Tas MHA for Darwin 1931-44, Tas MLC for Gordon 1947-68. 2. Lane was Tas MHA for Darwin 1926-28, 1937-46. 3. The combined ALP vote was 46.4%. -------------------------------------------------------------------- George John Bell (1872-1944): Elected 1919. Defeated 1922. Elected 1925, 1928, 1929 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 19 DECEMBER 1931 ==================================================================== Northern Tasmania: Circular Head, Devonport, Emu Bay, Leven -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1929 two-party majority: Nationalist over ALP 05.9 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 24,922 +04.0 Votes cast: 23,998 96.3 +01.2 Informal votes: 887 03.7 +01.8 Formal votes: 23,111 96.3 -01.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- George BELL * UAP 16,149 69.9 +16.3 Joseph McGrath ALP 6,962 30.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 23,111 19.9 14.0 to UAP -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. McGrath was Tas MHA for Darwin 1934-37. 2. The ALP vote of 30.1% was a decrease of 16.3% from the 46.4% polled by two ALP candidates in 1929. -------------------------------------------------------------------- George John Bell (1872-1944): Elected 1919. Defeated 1922. Elected 1925, 1928, 1929, 1931 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 15 SEPTEMBER 1934 ==================================================================== Northern Tasmania: Circular Head, Devonport, Emu Bay, Leven -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1931 two-party majority: UAP over ALP 19.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 26,326 +05.6 Votes cast: 25,060 95.2 -01.1 Informal votes: 663 02.6 +01.1 Formal votes: 24,397 97.4 -01.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- George BELL * UAP 13,271 54.4 -15.5 Edwin Brown ALP 11,126 45.6 +15.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 24,397 04.4 15.5 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- George John Bell (1872-1944): Elected 1919. Defeated 1922. Elected 1925, 1928, 1929, 1931, 1934 Speaker of the House of Representatives from 23 October 1934 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 23 OCTOBER 1937 ==================================================================== Northern Tasmania: Circular Head, Devonport, Emu Bay, Leven -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1934 two-party majority: UAP over ALP 04.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 27,540 +04.6 Votes cast: 26,386 95.8 +00.6 Informal votes: 559 02.1 -00.5 Formal votes: 25,827 97.9 +00.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon George BELL * UAP 13,557 52.5 -01.9 Edwin Brown ALP 12,270 47.5 +01.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 25,827 02.5 01.9 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- George John Bell (1872-1944): Elected 1919. Defeated 1922. Elected 1925, 1928, 1929, 1931, 1934, 1937 Speaker of the House of Representatives -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 21 SEPTEMBER 1940 ==================================================================== Northern Tasmania: Circular Head, Devonport, Emu Bay, Leven -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1937 two-party majority: UAP over ALP 02.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 29,311 +06.4 Votes cast: 27,564 94.0 -01.8 Informal votes: 707 02.6 +00.5 Formal votes: 26,857 97.4 -00.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Sir George BELL * UAP 15,896 59.2 +06.7 Eric Reece ALP 10,961 40.8 -06.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 26,857 09.2 06.7 to UAP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Reece was Tas MHA for Darwin 1946-55, Braddon 1955-75. He was Premier of Tasmania 1958-69 and 1972-75. -------------------------------------------------------------------- George John Bell (1872-1944): Elected 1919. Defeated 1922. Elected 1925, 1928, 1929, 1931, 1934, 1937, 1940 Speaker of the House of Representatives to 19 November 1940 Bell retired at the 1943 election. Died 5 March 1944 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 21 AUGUST 1943 ==================================================================== Northern Tasmania: Circular Head, Devonport, Emu Bay, Leven -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1940 two-party majority: UAP over ALP 09.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 29,850 +01.8 Votes cast: 28,649 96.0 +02.0 Informal votes: 1,355 04.7 +02.1 Formal votes: 27,294 95.3 -02.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Carrol Bramich ALP 3,832 14.0 Roy Harvey CPA 616 02.3 John Leary + UAP 3,104 11.4 Dame Enid Lyons + UAP 7,349 26.9 Edgar Nicholls 1,709 06.3 Eric Reece ALP 7,799 28.6 John Wright + UAP 2,885 10.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 27,294 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Bramich was Tas MHA Darwin 1946-55, Braddon 1955-64. 2. Nicholls was an independent Labor candidate. 3. Reece was Tas MHA for Darwin 1946-55, Braddon 1955-75. He was Premier of Tasmaia 1958-69 and 1972-75. 4. Wright was Tas MHA for Darwin 1940-41. 5. The combined UAP vote was 48.9%, a decrease of 10.3% from the 59.2% polled by one UAP candidate in 1940. 6. The combined ALP vote was 42.6%, an increase of 1.8% from the 40.8% polled by one ALP candidate in 1940. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Harvey's 616 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Bramich 200 32.5 4,032 14.8 Leary + 45 07.3 3,149 11.5 Lyons + 41 06.7 7,390 27.1 Nicholls 105 17.0 1,814 06.6 Reece 209 33.9 8,008 29.3 Wright + 16 02.6 2,901 10.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 616 27,294 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Nicholls's 1,814 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Bramich 493 27.2 4,525 16.6 Leary + 51 02.8 3,200 11.7 Lyons + 84 04.6 7,474 27.4 Reece 1,144 63.1 9,152 33.5 Wright + 42 02.3 2,943 10.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,814 27,294 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: Wright's 2,943 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Bramich 131 04.5 4,656 17.1 Leary + 1,487 50.5 4,687 17.2 Lyons + 1,131 38.4 8,605 31.5 Reece 194 06.6 9,346 34.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 2,943 27,294 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 5th count: Bramich's 4,656 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Leary + 1,035 22.2 5,722 21.0 Lyons + 289 06.2 8,894 32.6 Reece 3,332 71.6 12,678 46.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 4,656 27,294 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 6th count: Leary's 5,722 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- LYONS + 5,161 90.2 14,055 51.5 Reece 561 09.8 13,239 48.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 5,722 27,294 01.5 07.7 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enid Muriel Lyons (1897-1981): Elected 1943 Born: 9 July 1897, Duck River, Tasmania. Nee Burnell. Career: Educated Teachers Training College, Hobart. Trainee teacher, married at 17. Wife of Rt Hon Joseph Lyons MP. Mother of Hon Kevin Lyons MHA. DBE 1937. After death of husband, broadcaster and columnist. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Lyons was the first woman elected to the House of Representatives. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 28 SEPTEMBER 1946 ==================================================================== Northern Tasmania: Circular Head, Devonport, Emu Bay, Leven -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1943 two-party majority: UAP over ALP 01.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 32,436 +08.7 Votes cast: 29,957 92.4 -03.6 Informal votes: 730 02.4 -02.3 Formal votes: 29,227 97.6 +02.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Harold Kirkpatrick ALP 13,392 45.8 Dame Enid LYONS * Lib 15,835 54.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 29,227 04.2 02.7 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. The ALP vote of 45.8% was an increase of 3.2% from the 42.6% polled by two ALP candidates in 1943. 2. The Liberal vote of 54.2% was an increase of 5.3% from the 48.9% polled by three UAP candidates in 1943. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enid Muriel Lyons (1897-1981): Elected 1943, 1946 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 10 DECEMBER 1949 ==================================================================== Northern Tasmania: Devenport, Leven, Emu Bay, Table Cape -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1946 two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 04.2 Effect of 1948 redistribution: 00.9 shift to ALP New notional majority: Liberal over ALP 03.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 30,774 -05.1 Votes cast: 29,785 96.8 +04.4 Informal votes: 728 02.4 00.0 Formal votes: 29,057 97.6 00.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Harold Kirkpatrick ALP 12,602 43.4 -03.3 Dame Enid LYONS * Lib 16,455 56.6 +03.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 29,057 06.6 03.3 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enid Muriel Lyons (1897-1981): Elected 1940, 1943, 1946, 1949 Vice-President of the Executive Council 19 December 1949 to 7 March 1951 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Lyons was the first woman Cabinet minister in the Commonwealth Parliament, although she did not administer a department. She resigned from the ministry due to ill-health. She retired at the 1951 election. Later career: Author and columnist. Member Australian Broadcasting Commission 1951-62. Died 2 September 1981 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 28 APRIL 1951 ==================================================================== Northern Tasmania: Devenport, Leven, Emu Bay, Table Cape -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1949 two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 06.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 31,470 +02.3 Votes cast: 30,632 97.3 +00.5 Informal votes: 822 02.7 +00.3 Formal votes: 29,810 97.3 -00.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Arthur Foster ALP 5,171 17.3 Aubrey Luck + Lib 14,819 49.7 -06.9 Maxwell Poulter ALP 9,820 32.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 29,810 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. For Poulter, see Senate Queensland 1961. 2. The combined ALP vote was 50.3%, an increase of 6.9% from the 43.4% polled by one ALP candidate in 1949. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Foster's 5,171 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- LUCK + 1,284 24.8 16,103 54.0 Poulter 3,887 75.2 13,707 46.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 5,171 29,810 04.0 02.6 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Aubrey William George Luck (1900-99): Elected 1951 Born: 14 November 1900, West Tamar, Tasmania. Career: Educated state schools, Tasmania. Hardware and building merchant, Devonport, Tasmania. Devonport Municipal Council. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 29 MAY 1954 ==================================================================== Northern Tasmania: Devenport, Leven, Emu Bay, Table Cape -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1951 two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 04.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 34,036 +08.2 Votes cast: 32,847 96.5 -00.8 Informal votes: 283 00.9 -01.8 Formal votes: 32,564 99.1 +01.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Arthur Foster ALP 16,117 49.5 Aubrey LUCK * Lib 16,447 50.5 +00.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 32,564 00.5 03.5 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- The ALP vote of 49.5% was a decrease of 0.8% from the 50.3% polled by two ALP candidates in 1951. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Aubrey William George Luck (1900-99): Elected 1951, 1954 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Darwin was abolished at the 1955 redistribution. Luck contested Braddon in 1955. --------------------------------------------------------------------