ELECTIONS FOR THE DIVISION OF DENISON, TASMANIA ==================================================================== ELECTION OF 16 DECEMBER 1903 ==================================================================== Hobart area: Hobart, Hobart South, New Town, Queenborough -------------------------------------------------------------------- New seat (Tasmania was not divided into electorates in 1901) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 16,607 Votes cast: 8,610 51.8 Informal votes: 255 03.0 Formal votes: 8,355 97.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Donald Cameron * FT 3,630 43.4 Hon Sir Philip FYSH * Prot 3,661 43.8 Andrew Kirk 1,064 12.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 8,355 00.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Cameron and Fysh were members for Tasmania 1901-03. -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Donald Norman Cameron (1851-1931): Elected 1901. Defeated 1903 Later career: See Wilmot By-election 1904. > Philip Oakley Fysh (1835-1919): Elected 1901, 1903 Postmaster-General to 27 April 1904 -------------------------------------------------------------------- After leaving office Fysh reverted to his natural inclination as a free trader, and was effectively an Anti-Socialist by 1906. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 12 DECEMBER 1906 ==================================================================== Hobart area: Hobart, Hobart South, New Town, Queenborough -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1903 majority: Protectionist over Free Trade 00.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 19,111 +15.1 Votes cast: 11,462 60.0 +08.2 Informal votes: 391 03.4 +00.4 Formal votes: 11,071 96.6 -00.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Brown 434 03.9 George Burns Lab 4,165 37.6 Hon Sir Philip FYSH * AS 6,473 58.5 +15.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 11,071 10.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Fysh stood as an Anti-Socialist having previously sat as a Protectionist. 2. Brown was Tas MHA for Campbell Town 1882-89, 1893-1903. He was an independent Protectionist candidate. 3. For Burns, see Illawarra 1913. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Philip Oakley Fysh (1835-1919): Elected 1901, 1903, 1906 Fysh retired in 1910. Died 20 December 1919 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 13 APRIL 1910 ==================================================================== Hobart area: Hobart, Hobart South, New Town, Queenborough -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1906 two-party majority: Anti-Socialist over Labour 10.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 19,670 +02.9 Votes cast: 12,701 64.6 +04.6 Informal votes: 359 02.8 -00.6 Formal votes: 12,342 97.2 +00.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Matthew Simmons Lib 5,172 41.9 William LAIRD SMITH ALP 7,170 58.1 +20.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 12,342 08.1 18.6 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. The Liberal vote of 41.9% was a decline of 20.5% from the 62.4% polled by one Protectionist and one Anti-Socialist candidate in 1906. 2. Laird Smith appeared second on the ballot paper because his name was legally Smith. -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Henry Laird Smith (1869-1942): Elected 1910 Born: 15 September 1869, Tasmania. Career: Educated Devonport Grammar School. Electrician, electrical engineer. Official, engineers union. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 31 MAY 1913 ==================================================================== Hobart area: Hobart, Hobart South, New Town, Queenborough -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1910 two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 08.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 23,096 +17.4 Votes cast: 17,696 76.6 +12.0 Informal votes: 653 03.7 +00.9 Formal votes: 17,043 96.3 -00.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Alicia Petersen 261 01.5 William LAIRD SMITH * ALP 8,943 52.5 -05.6 William Trenwith Lib 7,839 46.0 +04.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 17,043 03.3 04.8 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Laird Smith appeared second on the ballot paper because his name was legally Smith. 2. Trenwith was a Senator for Victoria 1904-10. -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Henry Laird Smith (1869-1942): Elected 1910, 1913 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 5 SEPTEMBER 1914 ==================================================================== Hobart area: Hobart, Hobart South, New Town, Queenborough -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1913 two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 03.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 23,201 +04.5 Votes cast: 17,988 77.5 +00.9 Informal votes: 535 03.0 -00.7 Formal votes: 17,453 97.0 +00.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Arthur Clerke Lib 7,701 44.1 -01.9 William LAIRD SMITH * ALP 9,752 55.9 +03.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 17,453 05.9 02.6 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Henry Laird Smith (1869-1942): Elected 1910, 1913, 1914 Assistant Minister 14 November 1916 to 17 February 1917 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Laird Smith left the ALP in November 1916 and joined the Nationalist Party in February 1917. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 5 MAY 1917 ==================================================================== Hobart area: Hobart, Hobart South, New Town, Queenborough -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1914 two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 05.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 25,350 +09.3 Votes cast: 20,047 79.1 +01.6 Informal votes: 576 02.9 -00.1 Formal votes: 19,471 97.1 +00.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon William LAIRD SMITH * Nat 10,964 56.3 +12.2 Benjamin Watkins + ALP 8,507 43.7 -12.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 19,471 06.3 12.2 to Nat -------------------------------------------------------------------- Watkins was Tas MHA for Queenstown 1906-09, Darwin 1909-17, Franklin 1919-22, 1925-34. -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Henry Laird Smith (1869-1942): Elected 1910, 1913, 1914, 1917 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 13 DECEMBER 1919 ==================================================================== Hobart area: Hobart, Hobart South, New Town, Queenborough -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1917 two-party majority: Nationalist over ALP 06.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 26,946 +06.3 Votes cast: 17,944 66.6 -12.5 Informal votes: 298 01.7 -01.2 Formal votes: 17,646 98.3 +01.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon King O'Malley ALP 8,141 46.1 +02.4 Hon William LAIRD SMITH * Nat 9,505 53.9 -02.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 17,646 03.9 02.4 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Laird Smith appeared second on the ballot paper because his name was legally Smith. 2. O'Malley was a member for Tasmania 1901-03 and member for Darwin 1903-17. -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Henry Laird Smith (1869-1942): Elected 1910, 1913, 1914, 1917, 1919 Honorary Minister 4 February 1920 to 28 July 1920 Minister for the Navy from 28 July 1920 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 16 DECEMBER 1922 ==================================================================== Hobart area: Hobart, Hobart North, New Town, Queenborough -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1919 two-party majority: Nationalist over ALP 03.9 Effect of redistribution: no change -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 24,080 -10.6 Votes cast: 12,405 51.5 -15.1 Informal votes: 1,158 09.3 +07.6 Formal votes: 11,247 90.7 -07.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- David Blanshard 170 01.5 Leopold Broinowski Nat 1,667 14.8 Edward Mulcahy Nat 2,295 20.4 Hon David O'Keefe ALP 5,234 46.5 +00.4 Hon William Laird Smith * Nat 1,881 16.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 11,247 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Broinowski was the main political journalist for the Hobart Mercury and ran on a states' rights platform. 2. Laird Smith appeared last on the ballot paper because his name was legally Smith. 3. O'Keefe was a Senator for Tasmania 1901-06 and 1910-19. 4. Mulcahy was a Senator for Tasmania 1904-10 and 1919-20. 5. The combined Nationalist vote was 52.0%, a decline of 1.9% from the vote polled by one Nationalist candidate in 1919. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Blanshard's 170 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Broinowski 125 73.5 1,792 15.9 Mulcahy 19 11.2 2,314 20.6 O'Keefe 17 10.0 5,251 46.7 Laird Smith * 9 05.3 1,890 16.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 170 11,247 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Broinowski's 1,792 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Mulcahy 1,023 57.1 3,337 29.7 O'Keefe 110 06.1 5,361 47.7 Laird Smith * 659 36.8 2,549 22.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,792 11,247 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: Laird Smith's 2,549 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Mulcahy 2,241 87.9 5,578 49.6 O'KEEFE 308 12.1 5,669 50.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 2,549 11,247 00.4 04.3 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- > William Henry Laird Smith (1869-1942): Elected 1910, 1913, 1914, 1917, 1919. Defeated 1922 Later career: Farmed near Burnie. Rejoined ALP 1940. Died 21 October 1942 > David John O'Keefe (1864-1943): Elected 1922 Born: 21 August 1864, Longford, Tasmania Career: Educated state schools. Farm worker and miner. Labor journalist. Organiser, Australian Workers Union. Senate: Senator for Tasmania 1901-06, 1910-19. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 14 NOVEMBER 1925 ==================================================================== Hobart area: Hobart, Hobart North, New Town, Queenborough -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1922 two-party majority: ALP over Nationalist 00.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 23,856 -00.9 Votes cast: 21,114 88.5 +37.0 Informal votes: 450 02.1 -07.2 Formal votes: 20,664 97.9 +07.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Sir John GELLIBRAND Nat 10,782 52.2 Hon David O'Keefe * ALP 9,882 47.8 +01.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 20,664 02.2 02.6 to Nat -------------------------------------------------------------------- The Nationalist vote of 52.2% was an increase of 0.2% from the 52.0% polled by three Nationalist candidates in 1922. -------------------------------------------------------------------- > David John O'Keefe (1864-1943): Elected 1922. Defeated 1925 Later career: Worked in Western Australia. Returned to Tasmania 1931. Tas MHA for Wilmot 1934-43. Speaker 1934-42. Died 21 July 1943 > John Gellibrand (1872-1945): Elected 1925 Born: 5 December 1872, Ouse, Tasmania. Career: Educated King's School, Canterbury, and Sandhurst Military Academy. Military Service till 1919. Commissioner of Police, Victoria, 1920-22. Knighted 1919. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 17 NOVEMBER 1928 ==================================================================== Hobart area: Hobart, Hobart North, New Town, Queenborough -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1925 two-party majority: Nationalist over ALP 02.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 22,799 -04.4 Votes cast: 21,099 92.5 +04.0 Informal votes: 1,171 05.6 +03.5 Formal votes: 19,928 94.4 -03.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Charles Culley ALP 7,824 39.3 Sir John Gellibrand * Nat 9,486 47.6 -04.6 Thomas Jude ALP 2,618 13.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 19,928 -------------------------------------------------------------------- The combined ALP vote was 52.4%, an increase of 4.6% from the 47.8% polled by one ALP candidate in 1925. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Jude's 2,618 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- CULLEY 2,204 84.2 10,028 50.3 Gellibrand * 414 15.8 9,900 49.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 2,618 19,928 00.3 02.5 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- > John Gellibrand (1872-1945): Elected 1925. Defeated 1928 Died 3 June 1945 > Charles Ernest Culley (1877-1949): Elected 1928 Born: 16 April 1877, Broadmarch, Tasmania. Career: Primary education. Miner, Broken Hill and Tasmania. Building worker. President, Tasmanian Trades Hall Council. State politics: Tas MHA for Denison 1922-28. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 12 OCTOBER 1929 ==================================================================== Hobart area: Hobart, Hobart North, New Town, Queenborough -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1928 two-party majority: ALP over Nationalist 00.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 23,218 +01.8 Votes cast: 22,266 95.9 +03.4 Informal votes: 623 02.8 +02.8 Formal votes: 21,643 97.2 -02.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- David Blanchard 161 00.7 Hubert Brettingham-Moore Nat 681 03.1 Charles CULLEY * ALP 12,451 57.5 John Gage Nat 605 02.8 Sir John Gellibrand Nat 5,663 26.2 Horace Walch Nat 2,082 09.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 21,643 09.2 08.9 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Gellibrand was member for Denison 1925-28. 2. The ALP vote of 57.5% was an increase of 5.1% from the 52.4% polled by two ALP candidates in 1928. 3. The combined Nationalist vote was 41.7%, a decrease of 5.9% from the 47.6% polled by one Nationalist candidate in 1928. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Charles Ernest Culley (1877-1949): Elected 1928, 1929 Assistant Minister for Transport and War Service Homes 3 March 1931 to 24 June 1931 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Culley resigned from the Cabinet in protest at the government's acceptance of the Premiers Plan for financial austerity. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 19 DECEMBER 1931 ==================================================================== Hobart area: Hobart, Hobart North, New Town, Queenborough -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1929 two-party majority: ALP over Nationalist 09.2 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 23,900 +02.9 Votes cast: 23,112 96.7 +00.8 Informal votes: 1,166 05.0 +02.2 Formal votes: 21,946 95.0 -02.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Charles Culley * ALP 9,868 45.0 -12.5 Arthur HUTCHIN UAP 12,078 55.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 21,946 05.0 14.2 to UAP -------------------------------------------------------------------- The UAP vote of 55.0% was an increase of 13.3% from the 41.7% polled by four Nationalist candidates in 1929. -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Charles Ernest Culley (1877-1949): Elected 1928, 1929. Defeated 1931 Later career: Tas MHA for Denison 1934-49. President Tasmanian ALP 1944-47. Died 10 June 1949 > Arthur William Hutchin (1887-1965): Elected 1931 Born: 3 March 1887, Bathurst, NSW. Career: Educated NSW. Military Service 1910-20. Company manager. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 15 SEPTEMBER 1934 ==================================================================== Hobart area: Hobart, Hobart North, New Town, Queenborough -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1931 two-party majority: UAP over ALP 05.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 25,463 +06.5 Votes cast: 24,551 96.4 -00.3 Informal votes: 1,424 05.8 +00.8 Formal votes: 23,127 94.2 -00.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Richard Darcey ALP 2,555 11.0 James Guthrie DSC 2,020 08.7 Arthur Hutchin * UAP 9,721 42.0 -13.0 John Lattin ALP 1,216 05.3 Gerald Mahoney ALP 4,461 19.3 Walter Woods ALP 3,154 13.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 23,127 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. For Darcey, see Senate Tasmania 1937. 2. Woods was Tas MHA for North Hobart 1906-09, Denison 1909-17, 1925-31. 3. The combined ALP vote was 49.2%, an increase of 4.2% from the 45.0% polled by one ALP candidate in 1931. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Lattin's 1,216 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Darcey 378 31.1 2,933 12.7 Guthrie 55 04.5 2,075 09.0 Hutchin * 49 04.0 9,770 42.2 Mahoney 371 30.5 4,832 20.9 Woods 363 29.9 3,517 15.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,216 23,127 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Guthrie's 2,075 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Darcey 832 40.1 3,765 16.3 Hutchin * 303 14.6 10,073 43.6 Mahoney 341 16.4 5,173 22.4 Woods 599 28.9 4,116 17.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 2,075 23,127 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: Darcey's 3,765 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hutchin * 596 15.8 10,669 46.1 Mahoney 1,448 38.5 6,621 28.6 Woods 1,721 45.7 5,837 25.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 3,765 23,127 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 5th count: Woods's 5,837 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hutchin * 836 14.3 11,505 49.7 MAHONEY 5,001 85.7 11,622 50.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 5,837 23,127 00.3 05.3 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Arthur William Hutchin (1887-1965): Elected 1931. Defeated 1934 Later career: Businessman and industrial consultant. Died 12 June 1965 > Gerald William Mahoney (1892-1955): Elected 1934 Born: 24 May 1892, Tasmania. Career: Primary education, La Trobe, Tasmania. Painter. Official, Painters Union. State politics: Tas MHA for Denison 1931-34. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 23 OCTOBER 1937 ==================================================================== Hobart area: Hobart, Hobart North, New Town, Queenborough -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1934 two-party majority: ALP over UAP 00.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 26,575 +04.4 Votes cast: 25,601 96.3 +01.1 Informal votes: 1,067 04.2 -02.6 Formal votes: 24,534 95.8 +02.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Maxwell Hickman 2,159 08.8 John McPhee UAP 10,123 41.3 -00.7 Gerald Mahoney * ALP 11,652 47.5 Athol Smith DSC 600 02.4 -06.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 24,534 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Hickman was an independent Labor candidate. 2. McPhee was Tas MHA for Denison 1919-34, Franklin 1941-46. 3. The ALP vote of 47.5% was a decrease of 1.7% from the 49.2% polled by four ALP candidates in 1934. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Smith's 600 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hickman 208 34.7 2,367 09.6 McPhee 118 19.7 10,241 41.7 Mahoney * 274 45.7 11,926 48.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > 600 24,534 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Hickman's 2,367 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- McPhee 1,075 45.4 11,316 46.1 MAHONEY * 1,292 54.6 13,218 53.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > 2,367 24,534 03.9 03.6 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Gerald William Mahoney (1892-1955): Elected 1934, 1937 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 21 SEPTEMBER 1940 ==================================================================== Hobart area: Hobart, Hobart North, New Town, Queenborough -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1937 two-party majority: ALP over UAP 03.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 28,248 +06.3 Votes cast: 26,282 93.0 -03.3 Informal votes: 880 03.3 -00.9 Formal votes: 25,402 96.7 +00.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Arthur BECK UAP 12,969 51.1 +09.8 Gerald Mahoney * ALP 12,433 48.9 +01.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 25,402 01.1 05.0 to UAP -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Gerald William Mahoney (1892-1955): Elected 1937. Defeated 1940 Later career: Public servant. Died 16 September 1955 > Arthur James Beck (1882-1965): Elected 1940 Born: 8 July 1882, Launceston, Tasmania. Career: Educated Launceston Grammar School. Boot importer. Hobart City Council. Military Service 1914-18. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Beck joined the "National Service" group under the leadership of Menzies on 1 April 1943. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 21 AUGUST 1943 ==================================================================== Hobart area: Hobart, Hobart North, New Town, Queenborough -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1940 two-party majority: UAP over ALP 01.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 29,460 +04.3 Votes cast: 28,998 98.4 +05.4 Informal votes: 1,094 03.8 +00.5 Formal votes: 27,904 96.2 -00.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Arthur Beck * UAP 10,803 38.7 -12.4 Hon Dr John Gaha ALP 13,208 47.3 -01.6 Gerald Mahoney 3,120 11.2 George Walliss CPA 773 02.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 27,904 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Mahoney was member for Denison 1934-40. He was an independent Labor candidate. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Walliss's 773 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Beck * 85 11.0 10,888 39.0 Gaha 482 62.4 13,690 49.1 Mahoney 206 26.6 3,326 11.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 773 27,904 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Mahoney's 3,326 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Beck * 523 15.7 11,411 40.9 GAHA 2,803 84.3 16,493 59.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 3,326 27,904 09.0 10.1 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Arthur James Beck (1882-1965): Elected 1940. Defeated 1943 Later career: Businessman, Hobart City Council. Died 28 November 1965 > John Francis Gaha (1894-1966): Elected 1943 Born: 14 April 1894, Narrabri, NSW. Career: Educated St Joseph's College, Sydney, and National University of Ireland. Doctor. House surgeon, Dublin. To Tasmania 1920, private practice, Hobart. Health Officer 1925-29. State politics: Tas MLC for Hobart 1933-43. Minister for Health 1934-43. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 28 SEPTEMBER 1946 ==================================================================== Hobart area: Hobart, Hobart North, New Town, Queenborough -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1943 two-party majority: ALP over UAP 09.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 31,398 +06.6 Votes cast: 29,332 93.4 -05.0 Informal votes: 874 03.0 -00.8 Formal votes: 28,458 97.0 +00.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Dr John GAHA * ALP 16,231 57.0 +09.7 John Hamilton Lib 12,227 43.0 +04.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 28,458 07.0 02.0 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Francis Gaha (1894-1966): Elected 1943, 1946 Gaha retired at the 1949 election. Later career: Tas MHA for Denison 1950-64. Chief Secretary 1958-61, Minister for Police 1958-61, Minister for Transport 1958-61. Died 18 March 1966 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 10 DECEMBER 1949 ==================================================================== Hobart area: Hobart, Newtown, Queenborough -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1946 two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 07.0 Effect of 1948 redistribution: 01.2 shift to Liberal New notional majority: ALP over Liberal 05.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 32,278 +02.8 Votes cast: 30,439 94.3 +00.9 Informal votes: 614 02.0 -01.0 Formal votes: 29,825 98.0 +01.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Henry Cosgrove + ALP 13,394 44.9 -10.9 Athol TOWNLEY Lib 16,431 55.1 +10.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 29,825 05.1 10.9 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- Cosgrove was the son of Hon Sir Robert Cosgrove MHA, Premier of Tasmania 1939-47, 1948-58. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Athol Gordon Townley (1907-63): Elected 1949 Born: 3 October 1907, Hobart. Career: Educated state schools and University of Tasmania. Pharmacist. Military Service 1939-45. Brother of Rex Townley MHA, Leader of the Opposition 1950-56. Uncle of Senator Michael Townley. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 28 APRIL 1951 ==================================================================== Hobart area: Hobart, Newtown Queenborough -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1949 two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 05.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 31,209 -03.3 Votes cast: 29,995 96.1 +01.8 Informal votes: 1,001 03.3 +01.3 Formal votes: 28,994 96.7 -01.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Mervyn McNeair ALP 13,545 46.7 +01.8 Athol TOWNLEY * Lib 15,449 53.3 -01.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 28,994 03.3 01.8 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Athol Gordon Townley (1907-63): Elected 1949, 1951 Minister for Social Services from 11 May 1951 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 29 MAY 1954 ==================================================================== Hobart area: Hobart, Newtown, Queenborough -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1951 two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 03.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 29,112 -06.7 Votes cast: 27,884 95.8 -00.3 Informal votes: 430 01.5 -00.8 Formal votes: 27,454 98.5 +00.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Max Bound CPA 688 02.5 Robert Lacey ALP 12,322 44.9 -01.8 Hon Athol TOWNLEY * Lib 14,444 52.6 -00.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 27,454 02.8 e 00.5 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- For Lacey, see Senate Tasmania 1964. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Athol Gordon Townley (1907-63): Elected 1949, 1951, 1954 Minister for Social Services to 9 July 1954 Minister for Air from 9 July 1954 Minister for Civil Aviation from 9 July 1954 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 10 DECEMBER 1955 ==================================================================== Hobart area: Hobart, Moonah, Nelson, New Town -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1954 two-party majority: Liberal over Labor 02.8 e Effect of 1955 redistribution: no change New notional majority: Liberal over Labor 02.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 38,488 +32.2 Votes cast: 36,696 95.3 -00.5 Informal votes: 1,807 04.9 +03.4 Formal votes: 34,889 95.1 -03.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Max Bound CPA 2,003 05.7 +03.8 Brian Miller ALP 12,828 36.8 -08.6 Hon Athol TOWNLEY * Lib 20,058 57.5 +04.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 34,889 08.1 e 05.3 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- Miller was Tas MLC for Newdegate 1957-86. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Athol Gordon Townley (1907-63): Elected 1949, 1951, 1954, 1955 Minister for Air to 24 October 1956 Minister for Civil Aviation to 24 October 1956 Minister for Immigration 24 October 1956 to 19 March 1958 Minister for Defence Production 11 February 1958 to 23 April 1958 Minister for Supply from 11 February 1958 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 22 NOVEMBER 1958 ==================================================================== Hobart area: Hobart, Moonah, Nelson, New Town -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1955 two-party majority: Liberal over Labor 08.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 37,194 -03.4 Votes cast: 35,399 95.2 -00.1 Informal votes: 1,744 04.9 00.0 Formal votes: 33,655 95.1 00.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Max Bound CPA 1,249 03.7 -02.0 Robert Lacey ALP 11,926 35.4 -01.4 Harold Senior DLP 2,775 08.2 Hon Athol TOWNLEY * Lib 17,705 52.6 -04.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 33,655 09.4 e 01.3 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- For Lacey, see Senate Tasmania 1964. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Athol Gordon Townley (1907-63): Elected 1949, 1951, 1954, 1955, 1958 Minister for Supply to 10 December 1958 Minister for Defence from 10 December 1958 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 9 DECEMBER 1961 ==================================================================== Hobart area: Hobart, Moonah, Nelson, New Town -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1958 two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 09.4 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 36,604 -01.6 Votes cast: 34,697 94.8 -00.4 Informal votes: 1,197 03.4 -01.5 Formal votes: 33,500 96.6 +01.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Eric Howroyd ALP 13,749 41.0 +05.6 Harold Senior DLP 2,491 07.4 -00.8 Hon Athol TOWNLEY * Lib 17,260 51.5 -01.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 33,500 07.4 e 02.0 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Howroyd was Tas MHA for Bass 1937-50, Denison 1958-59. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Athol Gordon Townley (1907-63): Elected 1949, 1951, 1954, 1955, 1958, 1961 Minister for Defence -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 30 NOVEMBER 1963 ==================================================================== Hobart area: Hobart, Moonah, Nelson, New Town -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1961 two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 07.4 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 36,475 -00.4 Votes cast: 34,585 94.8 00.0 Informal votes: 704 02.0 -01.4 Formal votes: 33,881 98.0 +01.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Max Bound CPA 506 01.5 Brian Bresnehan DLP 2,159 06.4 -01.0 Bruce Brown 558 01.6 Donald Finlay ALP 13,286 39.2 -01.8 Hon Athol TOWNLEY * Lib 17,372 51.3 -00.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 33,881 07.4 e no swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Athol Gordon Townley (1907-63): Elected 1949, 1951, 1954, 1955, 1958, 1961, 1963 Minister for Defence to 18 December 1963 Died 24 December 1963 (see By-elections) -------------------------------------------------------------------- BY-ELECTION OF 15 FEBRUARY 1964 ==================================================================== Hobart area: Hobart, Moonah, Nelson, New Town -------------------------------------------------------------------- Following the death of Hon Athol Townley -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1963 two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 07.4 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 36,825 +00.6 Votes cast: 33,651 91.4 -03.4 Informal votes: 491 01.5 -01.9 Formal votes: 33,160 98.5 +01.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Donald Finlay ALP 14,367 43.3 +04.1 Adrian GIBSON + Lib 16,953 51.1 -00.2 Harold Senior DLP 1,563 04.7 -01.7 Bernard Symmons 277 00.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 33,160 05.3 e 02.1 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Adrian Gibson (1935-2015): Elected 1964 By Born: 3 November 1935, Hobart. Career: Educated Hutchins School, Hobart, University of Tasmania. Barrister 1959. Company director and grazier. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 26 NOVEMBER 1966 ==================================================================== Hobart area: Hobart, Moonah, Nelson, New Town -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1963 two-party majority: Liberal over Labor 07.4 e 1964 by-election two-party majority: Liberal over Labor 05.3 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 35,017 -04.0 Votes cast: 33,112 94.6 -01.8 Informal votes: 622 01.9 +00.9 Formal votes: 32,490 98.1 -00.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Neil Batt ALP 14,743 45.4 +06.2 Max Bound CPA 289 00.9 -00.6 Adrian Gibson * Lib 15,516 47.8 -03.5 Harold Grace DLP 1,942 06.0 -00.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 32,490 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Batt was Tas MHA for Denison 1969-82, 1986-89. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Bound's 289 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Batt 190 65.7 14,933 46.0 Gibson * 58 20.1 15,574 47.9 Grace 41 14.2 1,983 06.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 289 32,490 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Grace's 1,983 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Batt 475 24.0 15,408 47.4 GIBSON * 1,508 76.0 17,082 52.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,983 32,490 02.6 04.8 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Adrian Gibson (1935-2015): Elected 1964 By, 1966 Gibson retired at the 1969 election. Died 30 April 2015 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 25 OCTOBER 1969 ==================================================================== Hobart area: Hobart, Moonah, Nelson, New Town -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1966 two-party majority: Liberal over Labor 02.6 Effect of 1968 redistribution: 01.9 shift to ALP New notional majority: Liberal over Labor 04.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 44,438 +26.9 Votes cast: 42,565 95.8 00.0 Informal votes: 1,129 02.7 +01.5 Formal votes: 41,436 97.3 -01.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Michael Delaney DLP 2,303 05.6 -00.4 Alasdair McBurnie ALP 15,588 37.6 -09.7 Bruce Mollison 791 01.9 Dr Robert Solomon + Lib 11,800 28.5 -17.4 Michael Townley 10,954 26.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 41,436 -------------------------------------------------------------------- For Townley, see Senate Tasmania 1970. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Mollison's 791 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Delaney 86 10.9 2,389 05.8 McBurnie 391 49.4 15,979 38.6 Solomon + 159 20.1 11,959 28.9 Townley 155 19.6 11,109 26.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 791 41,436 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Delaney's 2,389 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- McBurnie 889 37.2 16,868 40.7 Solomon + 442 18.5 12,401 29.9 Townley 1,058 44.3 12,167 29.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 2,389 41,436 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: Townley's 12,167 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- McBurnie 2,793 22.9 19,661 47.4 SOLOMON + 9,374 77.0 21,775 52.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 12,176 41,436 02.6 01.9 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Robert John Solomon (1931-2024): Elected 1969 Born: 2 November 1931, Condoblin, NSW Career: Educated Barker College, University of Sydney, Oxford University, University of Tasmania (PhD). Senior Lecturer in Geography, University of Tasmania 1957-69. Vice-President Tasmanian Liberal Party 1965-69. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 2 DECEMBER 1972 ==================================================================== Hobart area: Hobart, Moonah, Nelson, New Town -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1969 two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 02.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 45,134 +01.6 Votes cast: 43,854 97.2 +01.4 Informal votes: 873 02.0 -00.7 Formal votes: 42,981 98.0 +00.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Brian Broadby 1,915 04.5 John Coates ALP 21,286 49.5 +11.9 Michael Delaney DLP 1,630 03.8 -01.8 William Scetrine AP 1,076 02.5 Dr Robert Solomon * Lib 17,074 39.7 +11.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 42,981 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Scetrine's 1,076 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Broadby 181 16.8 2,096 04.9 COATES 537 49.9 21,823 50.8 Delaney 84 07.8 1,714 04.0 Solomon * 274 25.5 17,348 40.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,076 42,981 04.6 e 07.2 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Robert John Solomon (1931-2024): Elected 1969. Defeated 1972 Died 14 June 2024 > John Coates (born 1944): Elected 1972 Born: 23 February 1944, Melbourne Career: Educated University of Sydney. Biochemist, University of Tasmania. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 18 MAY 1974 ==================================================================== Hobart area: Hobart, Moonah, Nelson, New Town -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1972 two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 04.6 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 51,504 +14.1 Votes cast: 49,327 95.8 -01.4 Informal votes: 773 01.6 -00.4 Formal votes: 48,554 98.4 +00.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- John COATES * ALP 25,626 52.8 +03.3 Michael Hodgman Lib 22,928 47.2 +07.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 48,554 02.8 01.8 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- For Hodgman, see Denison 1975. -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Coates (born 1944): Elected 1972, 1974 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 13 DECEMBER 1975 ==================================================================== Hobart area: Hobart, Moonah, Nelson, New Town -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1974 two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 02.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 52,409 +01.8 Votes cast: 50,134 95.7 -00.1 Informal votes: 808 01.6 00.0 Formal votes: 49,326 98.4 00.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Coates * ALP 22,104 44.8 -08.0 John Hay NCP 496 01.0 Michael HODGMAN Lib 26,253 53.2 +06.0 Cathryn Stanton 473 01.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 49,326 04.9 e 07.7 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- > John Coates (born 1944): Elected 1972, 1974. Defeated 1975 Later career: See Senate 1980 > Michael Hodgman (1938-2013): Elected 1975 Born: 16 November 1988, Hobart Career: Educated University of Tasmania. Barrister. Son of Bill Hodgman, Tas MHA for Denison 1955-64, MLC for Queenborough 1971-83. Brother of Peter Hodgman, Tas MLC for Huon 1974-86. Father of Hon Will Hodgman, Tas MHA for Franklin 2002-20, Premier of Tasmania 2014-20. State politics: Tas MLC for Huon 1966-74. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 10 DECEMBER 1977 ==================================================================== Hobart area: Hobart, Nelson, New Town, Taroona -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1975 two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 04.9 e Effect of 1977 redistribution: no change -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 54,936 +04.8 Votes cast: 52,952 96.4 +00.7 Informal votes: 1,047 02.0 +00.4 Formal votes: 51,905 98.0 -00.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Coates ALP 23,184 44.7 -00.1 Michael HODGMAN * Lib 26,418 50.9 -02.3 Robert McFie AD 2,303 04.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 51,905 03.1 e 01.7 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Coates was member for Denison 1972-75. -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Michael Hodgman (1938-2013): Elected 1975, 1977 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 18 OCTOBER 1980 ==================================================================== Hobart area: Hobart, Nelson, New Town, Taroona -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1977 two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 03.1 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 54,467 -00.9 Votes cast: 52,627 96.6 +00.2 Informal votes: 1,340 02.5 +00.5 Formal votes: 51,287 97.5 -00.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Peter Creet AD 1,998 03.9 -00.5 Michael HODGMAN * Lib 25,751 50.2 -00.7 Hon Ken Wreidt ALP 23,538 45.9 +01.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 51,287 02.4 e 00.7 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Wreidt was a Senator for Tasmania 1968-80. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Michael Hodgman (1938-2013): Elected 1975, 1977, 1980 Minister for the Capital Territory from 3 November 1980 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 5 MARCH 1983 ==================================================================== Hobart area: Hobart, Nelson, New Town, Taroona -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1980 two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 02.4 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 55,741 +02.3 Votes cast: 53,496 96.0 -00.6 Informal votes: 1,199 02.2 -00.3 Formal votes: 52,297 97.8 +00.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Michael HODGMAN * Lib 28,468 54.4 +04.2 Kathy Smith ALP 21,680 41.5 -04.4 Leica Wagner 406 00.8 Harvey Wallace-Williams AD 1,743 03.3 -00.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 52,297 05.8 e 03.4 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- Michael Hodgman (1938-2013): Elected 1975, 1977, 1980, 1983 Minister for the Capital Territory to 11 March 1983 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 1 DECEMBER 1984 ==================================================================== Hobart area: Glenorchy, Hobart, New Town, Queenborough -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1983 two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 05.8 e Effect of 1984 redistribution: 01.9 shift to ALP New notional majority: Liberal over ALP 03.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 60,285 +08.2 Votes cast: 57,306 95.1 -00.9 Informal votes: 3,400 05.9 +03.7 Formal votes: 53,906 94.1 -03.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Mary Willey 3,747 07.0 Hon Michael Hodgman * Lib 25,929 48.1 -04.4 Kay Spurr ALP 24,230 44.9 +01.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 53,906 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Willey was Tas MHA (Labor) for Bass 1979-82. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Willey's 3,747 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- HODGMAN * 1,537 41.1 27,466 51.0 Spurr 2,207 58.9 26,437 49.0 (exhausted 3 3 ) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 3,747 53,906 01.0 02.9 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Michael Hodgman (1938-2013): Elected 1975, 1977, 1980, 1983, 1984 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 11 JULY 1987 ==================================================================== Hobart area: Glenorchy, Hobart, New Town, Queenborough -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1984 two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 01.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 60,827 +00.9 Votes cast: 57,916 95.2 +00.1 Informal votes: 2,540 04.4 -01.5 Formal votes: 55,376 95.6 +01.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Robert Bell AD 4,054 07.3 Duncan Kerr ALP 26,732 48.3 +03.4 Hon Michael Hodgman * Lib 24,590 44.4 -03.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 55,376 -------------------------------------------------------------------- For Bell, see Senate Tasmania 1990. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Bell's 4,054 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- KERR 3,055 75.4 29,787 53.8 Hodgman * 997 24.6 25,587 46.2 (exhausted 2 2 ) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 4,054 55,376 03.8 04.8 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- > William Michael Hodgman (1938-2013): Elected 1975, 1977, 1980, 1983, 1984. Defeated 1987 Later career: Tas MHA for Denison 1992-98, 2001-10. Died 19 June 2013 > Duncan James Colquhoun Kerr (born 1952): Elected 1987 Born: 26 February 1952, Hobart Career: Educated University of Tasmania, Tasmanian College of Advanced Education. Lawyer and social worker. Dean, Faculty of Law, University of Papua New Guinea. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 24 MARCH 1990 ==================================================================== Hobart area: Glenorchy, Hobart, New Town, Queenborough -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1987 two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 03.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 61,045 +00.4 Votes cast: 58,775 96.3 +01.1 Informal votes: 1,438 02.4 -02.0 Formal votes: 57,337 97.6 +02.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Duncan Kerr * ALP 25,811 45.0 -03.3 Rob Alliston AD 3,554 06.2 -01.1 Graeme Jones 701 01.2 Ian Hopkins 327 00.6 Geoff Law 3,888 06.8 Hon Michael Hodgman Lib 23,056 40.2 -04.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 57,337 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hodgman was member for Denison 1975-87. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Hopkins's 327 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Kerr * 63 19.4 25,874 45.1 Alliston 56 17.2 3,610 06.3 Jones 69 21.2 770 01.3 Law 99 30.5 3,987 07.0 Hodgman 38 11.7 23,094 40.3 (exhausted 2 2 ) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 327 57,337 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Jones's 770 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Kerr * 197 25.6 26,071 45.5 Alliston 322 41.9 3,932 06.9 Law 153 19.9 4,140 07.2 Hodgman 97 12.6 23,191 40.4 (exhausted 1 3 ) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 770 57,337 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: Alliston's 3,932 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Kerr * 1,532 39.2 27,603 48.2 Law 1,732 44.3 5,872 10.2 Hodgman 645 16.5 23,836 41.6 (exhausted 23 26 ) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 3,932 57,337 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 5th count: Law's 5,872 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- KERR * 4,730 80.9 32,333 56.4 Hodgman 1,120 19.1 24,956 43.6 (exhausted 22 48 ) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 5,872 57,337 06.4 02.6 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Duncan James Colquhoun Kerr (born 1952): Elected 1987, 1990 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 13 MARCH 1993 ==================================================================== Hobart area: Glenorchy, Hobart, New Town, Taroona -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1990 two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 06.5 Effect of redistribution: 00.3 shift to Liberal New notional majority: ALP over Liberal 06.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 68,599 Votes cast: 65,682 95.8 Informal votes: 1,717 02.6 Formal votes: 63,965 97.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Euan Vance CTA 871 01.4 Teresa Dowding 393 00.6 Duncan KERR * ALP 32,793 51.3 +06.7 Kevin Anderson AD 759 01.2 -05.6 Phil Ryan Lib 20,056 31.4 -09.2 Dr Bob Brown Grn 9,093 14.2 +07.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 63,965 -------------------------------------------------------------------- For Brown, see Senate Tasmania 1996. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Dowding's 393 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Vance 92 23.7 963 01.5 KERR * 93 23.9 32,886 51.4 Anderson 76 19.5 835 01.3 Ryan 43 11.1 20,099 31.4 Brown 85 21.9 9,178 14.3 (exhausted 4 4 ) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 393 63,965 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Anderson's 835 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Vance 84 10.1 1,047 01.6 KERR * 279 33.5 33,165 51.9 Ryan 212 25.5 20,311 31.8 Brown 258 31.0 9,436 14.8 (exhausted 2 6 ) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 835 63,965 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: Vance's 1,047 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- KERR * 572 55.4 33,737 52.8 Ryan 347 33.6 20,658 32.3 Brown 113 10.9 9,549 14.9 (exhausted 15 21 ) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,047 63,965 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 5th count: Brown's 9,549 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- KERR * 7,458 78.2 41,195 64.4 Ryan 2,075 21.8 22,733 35.6 (exhausted 16 37 ) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 9,549 63,965 14.5 08.3 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Duncan James Colquhoun Kerr (born 1952): Elected 1987, 1990, 1993 Attorney-General 24 March 1993 to 27 April 1993 Minister for Justice from 24 March 1993 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Kerr was sworn in as Attorney-General pending the 17 April Supplementary Election for the seat of Dickson, where Michael Lavarch, who had been elected to the ministry and appointed Attorney-General, was standing. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 2 MARCH 1996 ==================================================================== Hobart area: Glenorchy, Hobart, New Town, Taroona -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1993 two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 14.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 67,097 -02.2 Votes cast: 64,558 96.2 +00.4 Informal votes: 1,384 02.1 -00.5 Formal votes: 63,174 97.9 +00.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Karen Weldrick Grn 5,229 08.3 -05.9 Hon Duncan KERR * ALP 33,023 52.3 +01.0 Rachel Dudgeon AD 2,769 04.4 +03.2 Sarah Stephen 486 00.8 Ingrid Wren Lib 21,667 34.3 +02.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 63,174 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Stephen's 486 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Weldrick 122 25.4 5,351 08.5 KERR * 88 18.3 33,111 52.4 Dudgeon 155 32.2 2,924 04.6 Wren 116 24.1 21,783 34.5 (exhausted 5 5 ) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 486 63,174 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Dudgeon's 2,924 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Weldrick 1,094 37.5 6,445 10.2 KERR * 1,025 35.1 34,136 54.0 Wren 798 27.4 22,581 35.8 (exhausted 7 12 ) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 2,924 63,174 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: Weldrick's 6,445 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- KERR * 4,805 76.2 38,941 61.8 Wren 1,497 23.8 24,078 38.2 (exhausted 143 155 ) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 6,445 63,174 11.8 02.6 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- Duncan James Colquhoun Kerr (born 1952): Elected 1987, 1990, 1993, 1996 Minister for Justice to 11 March 1996 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 3 OCTOBER 1998 ==================================================================== Hobart area: Glenorchy, Hobart, New Town, Taroona -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1996 two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 11.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 67,280 +00.3 Votes cast: 64,247 95.5 -00.7 Informal votes: 1,624 02.5 +00.4 Formal votes: 62,623 97.5 -00.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Andrew Gregson Lib 20,114 32.1 -02.2 Gregory Broszczyk 497 00.8 Mat Hines Grn 4,698 07.5 -00.8 Brent Blackburn AD 2,460 03.9 -00.5 Hon Duncan KERR * ALP 34,854 55.7 +03.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 62,623 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Broszczyk's 497 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Gregson 163 32.8 20,277 32.4 Hines 136 27.4 4,834 07.7 Blackburn 102 20.5 2,562 04.1 KERR * 96 19.3 34,950 55.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 497 62,623 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Blackburn's 2,562 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Gregson 625 24.4 20,902 33.4 Hines 1,014 39.6 5,848 09.3 KERR * 923 36.0 35,873 57.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 2,562 62,623 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: Hines's 5,848 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Gregson 1,322 22.6 22,224 35.5 KERR * 4,526 77.4 40,399 64.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 5,848 62,623 14.5 02.7 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Duncan James Colquhoun Kerr (born 1952): Elected 1987, 1990, 1993, 1996, 1998 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 10 NOVEMBER 2001 ==================================================================== Hobart area: Glenorchy, Hobart, New Town, Taroona -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1998 two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 14.5 Effect of redistribution: no change -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 67,278 00.0 Votes cast: 64,962 96.6 +01.1 Informal votes: 1,889 02.9 +00.4 Formal votes: 63,073 97.1 -00.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Duncan KERR * ALP 32,404 51.4 -04.3 Penny Edwards AD 4,154 06.6 +02.7 Brenda Hampson Grn 6,592 10.4 +02.9 Tony Steven Lib 19,923 31.6 -00.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 63,073 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Edwards's 4,154 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- KERR * 1,466 35.3 33,870 53.7 Hampson 1,981 47.7 8,573 13.6 Steven 707 17.0 20,630 32.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 4,154 63,073 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Hampson's 8,573 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- KERR * 6,660 77.7 40,530 64.3 Steven 1,913 22.3 22,543 35.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 8,573 63,073 14.3 00.2 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- Duncan James Colquhoun Kerr (born 1952): Elected 1987, 1990, 1993, 1996, 1998, 2001 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 9 OCTOBER 2004 ==================================================================== Hobart area: Glenorchy, Hobart, New Town, Taroona -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2001 two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 14.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 69,146 +02.8 Votes cast: 65,869 95.3 -01.3 Informal votes: 2,045 03.1 +00.2 Formal votes: 63,824 96.9 -00.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Helen Burnet Grn 9,318 14.6 +04.1 Erick Pastoor Lib 20,782 32.6 +01.0 Hon Duncan Kerr * ALP 31,602 49.5 -01.9 Gino Papiccio FF 1,578 02.5 Kamala Emanuel 544 00.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 63,824 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Emanuel's 544 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Burnet 254 46.7 9,572 15.0 Pastoor 45 08.3 20,827 32.6 Kerr * 130 23.9 31,732 49.7 Papiccio 115 21.1 1,693 02.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 544 63,824 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Papiccio's 1,693 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Burnet 282 16.7 9,854 15.4 Pastoor 782 46.2 21,609 33.9 KERR * 629 37.1 32,361 50.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,693 63,824 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: Burnet's 9,854 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Pastoor 1,818 18.5 23,427 36.7 KERR * 8,036 81.5 40,397 63.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 9,854 63,824 13.3 01.0 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- Duncan James Colquhoun Kerr (born 1952): Elected 1987, 1990, 1993, 1996, 1998, 2001, 2004 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 24 NOVEMBER 2007 ==================================================================== Hobart: Glenorchy, Hobart, New Town, Taroona -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2004 two-party majority: Labor 13.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 68,848 -00.4 Votes cast: 65,610 95.3 00.0 Informal votes: 1,640 02.5 -00.6 Formal votes: 63,970 97.5 +00.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Leigh Gray Lib 18,974 29.7 -02.9 Robyn Munro FF 1,360 02.1 -00.3 Rob Larner 243 00.4 Susan Austin 494 00.8 Helen Hutchinson Grn 11,898 18.6 +04.0 Hon Duncan Kerr * ALP 31,001 48.5 -01.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 63,970 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Larner's 243 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Gray 57 23.5 19,031 29.8 Munro 67 27.6 1,427 02.2 Austin 55 22.6 549 00.9 Hutchinson 33 13.6 11,931 18.7 Kerr * 31 12.8 31,032 48.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 243 63,970 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Austin's 549 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Gray 56 10.2 19,087 29.8 Munro 93 16.9 1,520 02.4 Hutchinson 296 53.9 15,227 19.1 Kerr * 104 18.9 31,136 48.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 549 63,970 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: Munro's 1,520 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Gray 703 46.3 19,790 30.9 Hutchinson 322 21.2 12,549 19.6 Kerr * 495 32.6 31,631 49.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,520 63,970 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 5th count: Hutchinson's 12,549 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Gray 2,198 17.5 21,988 34.4 KERR * 10,351 82.5 41,982 65.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 12,549 63,970 15.6 02.3 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Duncan James Colquhoun Kerr (born 1952): Elected 1987, 1990, 1993, 1996, 1998, 2001, 2004, 2007 Parliamentary Secretary for Pacific Island Affairs from 3 December 2007 Kerr retired at the 2010 election. Later career: Judge of the Federal Court of Australia 2012-22. President of the Administrative Appeals Tribunal 2012-17 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 21 AUGUST 2010 ==================================================================== Hobart: Claremont, Glenorchy, Hobart, Taroona -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2007 two-party majority: Labor over Liberal 15.6 Effect of 2009 redistribution: 00.3 shift to Liberal 2010 notional two-party majority: Labor over Liberal 15.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 71,349 +03.6 Votes cast: 67,294 94.3 -01.0 Informal votes: 2,435 03.6 +01.1 Formal votes: 64,859 96.4 -01.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Andrew Wilkie 13,788 21.3 Jonathan Jackson + ALP 23,215 35.8 -12.4 Mel Barnes 856 01.3 Cameron Simpkins Lib 14,688 22.7 -07.3 Geoffrey Couser Grn 12,312 19.0 +00.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 64,859 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Barnes's 856 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Wilkie 269 31.4 14,057 21.7 Jackson + 229 26.8 23,444 36.2 Simpkins 98 11.5 14,786 22.8 Couser 260 30.4 12,572 19.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 856 64,859 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Couser's 12,572 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Wilkie 6,635 52.8 20,692 31.9 Jackson + 4,888 38.9 28,332 43.7 Simpkins 1,049 08.3 15,835 24.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 12,572 64,859 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: Simpkins's 15,835 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- WILKIE 12,525 79.1 33,217 51.2 Jackson + 3,310 20.9 31,642 48.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 15,835 64,859 01.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Andrew Damien Wilkie (born 1961): Elected 2010 Born: 8 November 1961, Tamworth, NSW Career: Educated University of NSW. Military service 1980-2000. Analyst, Office of National Assessments. Author. Greens Senate candidate 2007. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Wilkie was one of three independent members who agreed to support the Gillard minority Labor government. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 7 SEPTEMBER 2013 ==================================================================== Hobart: Claremont, Glenorchy, Hobart, Taroona -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2010 two-party majority: Independent over Labor 01.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 71,761 +00.6 Votes cast: 67,681 94.3 00.0 Informal votes: 2,856 04.2 +00.7 Formal votes: 64,825 95.8 -00.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Tanya Denison Lib 15,058 23.2 +00.6 Andrew Wilkie * 24,688 38.1 +16.8 Anna Reynolds Grn 5,133 07.9 -11.1 Wayne Williams DLP 554 00.9 Bob Butler ASP 877 01.4 Brandon Hoult 124 00.2 Trevlyn McCallum FF 593 00.9 Debra Thurley PUP 1,576 02.4 Jane Austin ALP 16,043 24.8 -11.0 Graeme Devlin 179 00.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 64,825 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Hoult's 124 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Denison 18 14.5 15,076 23.3 Wilkie * 23 18.6 24,711 38.1 Reynolds 17 13.7 5,150 07.9 Williams 5 04.0 559 04.0 Butler 26 21.0 903 01.4 McCallum 7 05.7 600 00.9 Thurley 7 05.7 1,583 02.4 Austin 12 09.7 16,055 24.8 Devlin 9 07.3 188 00.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 124 64,825 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Devlin's 188 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Denison 20 10.6 15,096 23.3 Wilkie * 27 14.4 24,738 38.2 Reynolds 6 03.2 5,156 08.0 Williams 16 08.5 575 00.9 Butler 12 06.4 915 01.4 McCallum 30 16.0 630 01.0 Thurley 26 13.8 1,609 02.5 Austin 51 27.1 16,106 24.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 188 64,825 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: Williams's 575 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Denison 84 14.6 15,180 23.4 Wilkie * 112 19.5 24,850 38.3 Reynolds 52 09.0 5,208 08.0 Butler 46 08.0 961 01.5 McCallum 105 18.3 735 01.1 Thurley 27 04.7 1,636 02.5 Austin 149 25.9 16,255 25.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 575 64,825 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 5th count: McCallum's 735 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Denison 264 35.9 15,444 23.8 Wilkie * 135 18.4 24,985 38.5 Reynolds 33 04.5 5,241 08.1 Butler 69 09.4 1,030 01.6 Thurley 88 12.0 1,724 02.7 Austin 146 19.9 16,401 25.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 735 64,825 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 6th count: Butler's 1,030 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Denison 127 12.3 15,571 24.0 Wilkie * 266 25.8 25,251 39.0 Reynolds 209 20.3 5,450 08.4 Thurley 186 18.1 1,910 03.0 Austin 242 23.5 16,643 25.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,030 64,825 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 7th count: Thurley's 1,910 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Denison 448 23.5 16,091 24.7 Wilkie * 674 35.3 25,925 40.0 Reynolds 143 07.5 5,593 08.6 Austin 645 33.8 17,288 26.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,910 64,825 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 8th count: Reynolds's 5,593 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Denison 194 03.5 16,213 25.0 Wilkie * 3,122 55.8 29,047 44.8 Austin 2,277 40.7 19,565 30.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 5,593 64,825 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 9th count: Denison's 16,213 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- WILKIE * 13,423 82.8 42,470 65.5 Austin 2,790 17.2 22,355 34.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 16,213 64,825 15.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- There was a two-candidate swing of 14.3% from Labor to independent. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Andrew Damien Wilkie (born 1961): Elected 2010, 2013 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Notional 9th count: Wilkie's 29,047 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Denison 10,426 35.9 26,639 41.1 AUSTIN 18,621 64.1 38,186 58.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 29,047 64,825 08.9 06.9 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- This count was conducted for informational purposes only. ELECTION OF 2 JULY 2016 ==================================================================== Hobart: Claremont, Glenorchy, Hobart, Taroona -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2013 two-party majority: Independent over Labor 15.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 73,963 +03.1 Votes cast: 68,656 92.8 -01.5 Informal votes: 2,002 02.9 -01.3 Formal votes: 66,654 97.1 +01.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Amanda Excell CDP 980 01.5 Marcus Allan Lib 13,267 19.9 -03.3 Jane Austin ALP 15,335 23.0 -01.8 Wayne Williams DLP 632 00.9 +00.1 Andrew Wilkie * 29,372 44.1 +06.1 Jen Brown Grn 7,068 10.5 +02.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 66,654 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Williams's 632 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Excell 80 12.7 1,060 01.6 Allan 72 11.4 13,339 20.0 Austin 246 38.9 15,581 23.4 Wilkie * 177 28.0 29,549 44.3 Brown 57 09.0 7,125 10.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 632 66,654 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Excell's 1,060 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Allan 593 55.9 13,932 20.9 Austin 165 15.6 15,746 23.6 Wilkie * 244 23.0 29,793 44.7 Brown 58 05.5 7,183 10.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,060 66,654 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: Brown's 7,183 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Allan 244 03.4 14,176 21.3 Austin 1,935 26.9 17,681 26.5 WILKIE * 5,004 69.7 34,797 52.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 7,183 66,654 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 5th count: Allan's 14,176 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Austin 3,797 26.8 21,478 32.2 WILKIE * 10,379 73.2 45,176 67.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 14,176 66,654 17.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Andrew Damien Wilkie (born 1961): Elected 2010, 2013, 2016 Denison was abolished at the 2018 redistribution. Wilkie contested Clark at the 2019 election. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Notional 5th count: Wilkie's 34,797 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Allan 8,928 25.7 23,104 34.7 AUSTIN 25,869 74.3 43,550 65.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 34,797 66,654 15.3 06.4 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- This count was conducted for informational purposes only.