ELECTIONS FOR THE DIVISION OF WILMOT, TASMANIA ==================================================================== ELECTION OF 16 DECEMBER 1903 ==================================================================== Central Tasmania: Deloraine, Devonport, Kentish, Longford -------------------------------------------------------------------- New seat (Tasmania was not divided into electorates in 1901) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 15,718 Votes cast: 6,144 39.1 Informal votes: 108 01.8 Formal votes: 6,036 98.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Rt Hon Sir Edward BRADDON * FT 3,313 54.9 John Cheek Prot 2,723 45.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 6,036 04.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Braddon was a member for Tasmania 1901-03. 2. Cheek was Tas MLC for Westmorland 1907-13, 1919-42. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Edward Nicholas Coventry Braddon (1829-1904): Elected 1901, 1903 Died 2 February 1904 (see By-elections) -------------------------------------------------------------------- BY-ELECTION OF 26 FWBRUARY 1904 ==================================================================== Central Tasmania: Deloraine, Devonport, Kentish, Longford -------------------------------------------------------------------- Following the death of Rt Hon Sir Edward Braddon -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1903 majority: Free Trade over Protectionist 04.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 15,718 00.0 Votes cast: 4,704 29.9 -09.2 Informal votes: 153 03.3 +01.5 Formal votes: 4,551 96.7 -01.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Donald CAMERON FT 2,368 52.0 -02.9 John Cheek Prot 2,183 48.0 +02.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 4,551 02.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. There was a swing of 2.9% from Free Trade to Protectionist. 2. Cameron was a member for Tasmania 1901-03. 3. Cheek was Tas MLC for Westmorland 1907-13, 1919-42. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Donald Norman Cameron (1851-1931): Elected 1901. Defeated 1903. Elected 1904 By -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 12 DECEMBER 1906 ==================================================================== Central Tasmania: Deloraine, Devonport, Kentish, Longford -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1903 majority: Free Trade over Protectionist 04.9 1904 by-election majority: Free Trade over Protectionist 02.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 16,944 +07.8 Votes cast: 9,100 53.7 +14.6 Informal votes: 392 04.3 +02.5 Formal votes: 8,708 95.7 -02.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Llewellyn ATKINSON AS 3,935 45.2 -09.7 Hon Donald Cameron * 1,058 12.1 Charles Fenton Prot 510 05.9 -39.2 Thomas Wilson Lab 3,205 36.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 8,708 04.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Cameron, who failed to gain the Anti-Socialist endorsement for the seat, was an independent anti-socialist. 2. Fenton was Tas MHA for Wellington 1886-97. -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Donald Norman Cameron (1851-1931): Elected 1901. Defeated 1903. Elected 1904 By. Defeated 1906 Later career: Tas MHA for Wilmot 1912-13, 1925-28. Died 17 February 1931 > Llewellyn Atkinson (1867-1945): Elected 1906 Born: 18 December 1867, Launceston, Tasmania. Career: Educated Melbourne Grammar School and University of Melbourne. Barrister 1893. Practised, La Trobe, Tasmania. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 13 APRIL 1910 ==================================================================== Central Tasmania: Deloraine, Devonport, Kentish, Longford -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1906 two-party majority: Anti-Socialist over Labour 04.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 17,822 +05.2 Votes cast: 9,966 55.9 +02.2 Informal votes: 252 02.5 -01.8 Formal votes: 9,714 97.5 +01.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Llewellyn ATKINSON * Lib 5,498 56.6 Thomas Wilson ALP 4,216 43.4 +06.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 9,714 06.6 02.4 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- The Liberal vote of 56.6% was a decrease of 6.6% from the 63.2% polled by one Protectionist and two Anti-Socialist candidates (one of them Atkinson) in 1906. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Llewellyn Atkinson (1867-1945): Elected 1906, 1910 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 31 MAY 1913 ==================================================================== Central Tasmania: Deloraine, Devonport, Kentish, Longford -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1910 two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 06.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 18,710 +05.0 Votes cast: 13,667 73.0 +17.1 Informal votes: 494 03.6 +01.1 Formal votes: 13,173 96.4 -01.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Llewellyn ATKINSON * Lib 8,251 62.6 +06.0 Henry McFie ALP 4,922 37.4 -06.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 13,173 12.6 06.0 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- McFie was Tas MHA for Darwin 1925-34, 1941-48. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Llewellyn Atkinson (1867-1945): Elected 1906, 1910, 1913 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 5 SEPTEMBER 1914 ==================================================================== Central Tasmania: Deloraine, Devonport, Kentish, Longford -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1913 two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 12.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 18,677 -00.2 Votes cast: 13,828 74.0 +01.0 Informal votes: 404 02.9 -00.7 Formal votes: 13,424 97.1 +00.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Llewellyn ATKINSON * Lib 8,169 60.9 -01.7 Henry McFie ALP 5,255 39.1 +01.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 13,424 10.9 01.7 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- McFie was Tas MHA for Darwin 1925-34, 1941-48. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Llewellyn Atkinson (1867-1945): Elected 1906, 1910, 1913, 1914 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 5 MAY 1917 ==================================================================== Central Tasmania: Deloraine, Devonport, Kentish, Longford -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1914 two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 10.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 18,700 +00.1 Votes cast: 13,378 71.5 -02.5 Informal votes: 566 04.2 +01.3 Formal votes: 12,812 95.8 -01.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Llewellyn ATKINSON * Nat 7,874 61.5 +00.6 Hon Donald Cameron 590 04.6 Christopher Sheedy ALP 4,240 33.1 -06.0 Louis Page 108 00.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 12,812 14.2 03.3 to Nat -------------------------------------------------------------------- Cameron was a member for Tasmania 1901-03 and member for Wilmot 1904-06. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Llewellyn Atkinson (1867-1945): Elected 1906, 1910, 1913, 1914, 1917 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 13 DECEMBER 1919 ==================================================================== Central Tasmania: Deloraine, Devonport, Kentish, Longford -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1917 two-party majority: Nationalist over ALP 14.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 17,906 -04.2 Votes cast: 9,304 52.0 -19.5 Informal votes: 711 07.6 +03.4 Formal votes: 8,593 92.4 -03.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Llewellyn Atkinson * Nat 4,015 46.7 Hon Donald Cameron CP 2,210 25.7 Henry McFie Nat 2,368 27.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 8,593 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. The combined Nationalist vote of 74.3% was an increase of 12.8% over the 61.5% polled by one Nationalist candidate in 1917. 2. Cameron was a member for Tasmania 1901-03 and member for Wilmot 1904-06. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Cameron's 2,210 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- ATKINSON * 1,154 52.2 5,169 60.2 McFie 1,056 47.8 3,424 39.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 2,210 8,593 10.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Llewellyn Atkinson (1867-1945): Elected 1906, 1910, 1913, 1914, 1917, 1919 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Atkinson joined the Country Party in 1922. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 16 DECEMBER 1922 ==================================================================== Central Tasmania: Deloraine, Evandale, Latrobe, Longford -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1919 two-party majority: Nationalist over Nationalist 10.2 Effect of redistribution: cannot be calculated -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 21,857 +22.1 Votes cast: 8,907 40.8 -11.2 Informal votes: 850 09.5 +01.9 Formal votes: 8,057 90.5 -01.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Llewellyn Atkinson * CP 1,826 22.7 Hon Donald Cameron CP 1,407 17.5 John Campbell CP 302 03.7 John Palamountain ALP 2,596 32.2 George Pullen Nat 1,926 23.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 8,057 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Cameron was a member for Tasmania 1901-03 and member for Wilmot 1904-06. 2. Palamountain was Tas MHA for Wilmot 1926-28. 3. Pullen was Tas MHA for Darwin 1912-16, Wilmot 1919-22. 4. The Nationalist vote of 23.9% was a decline 29.4% from the 53.3% polled by two Nationalist candidates in 1919. 5. The combined Country Party vote of 43.9% was an increase of 18.2% over the 25.7% polled by one Country Party candidate in 1919. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Campbell's 302 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Atkinson * 95 31.5 1,921 23.8 Cameron 104 34.4 1,511 18.8 Palamountain 33 10.9 2,629 32.6 Pullen 70 23.2 1,996 24.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 302 8,057 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Cameron's 1,511 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Atkinson * 1,029 68.1 2,950 36.6 Palamountain 170 11.3 2,799 34.7 Pullen 312 20.6 2,308 28.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,511 8,057 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: Pullen's 2,308 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- ATKINSON * 1,980 85.8 4,930 61.2 Palamountain 328 14.2 3,127 38.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 2,308 8,057 11.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Llewellyn Atkinson (1867-1945): Elected 1906, 1910, 1913, 1914, 1917, 1919, 1922 Vice-President of the Executive Council from 9 February 1923 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 14 NOVEMBER 1925 ==================================================================== Central Tasmania: Deloraine, Evandale, Latrobe, Longford -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1922 two-party majority: Country Party over ALP 11.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 21,751 -00.4 Votes cast: 19,502 89.7 +48.9 Informal votes: 1,121 05.7 -03.8 Formal votes: 18,381 94.3 +03.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Llewellyn Atkinson * CP 5,448 29.6 Percival Best Nat 3,134 17.1 Hon Jens Jensen ALP 7,118 38.7 +06.5 Atherfield Newman Nat 2,681 14.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 18,381 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Best was Tas MHA for Wilmot 1928-31, Tas MLC for Meander 1934-43. 2. Jensen was member for Bass 1910-19. He had rejoined the Labor Party after being expelled in 1916. 3. The combined Nationalist vote was 31.7%, an increase of 7.8% from the 23.9% polled by one Nationalist candidate in 1922. 4. The Country Party vote of 29.6% was a decrease of 14.3% from the 43.9% polled by three Country Party candidates in 1922. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Newman's 2,681 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Atkinson * 1,196 44.6 6,644 36.1 Best 1,137 42.4 4,271 23.2 Jensen 348 13.0 7,466 40.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 2,681 18,381 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Best's 4,271 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- ATKINSON * 3,832 89.7 10,476 57.0 Jensen 439 10.3 7,905 43.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 4,271 18,381 07.0 04.2 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Llewellyn Atkinson (1867-1945): Elected 1906, 1910, 1913, 1914, 1917, 1919, 1922, 1925 Vice-President of the Executive Council to 18 June 1926 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Atkinson left the Country Party in 1928 and returned to the Nationalist Party. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 17 NOVEMBER 1928 ==================================================================== Central Tasmania: Deloraine, Evandale, Latrobe, Longford -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1925 two-party majority: Nationalist over ALP 07.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 21,352 -01.8 Votes cast: 19,822 92.8 +03.1 Informal votes: 1,839 09.3 +03.6 Formal votes: 17,983 90.7 -03.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Llewellyn Atkinson * Nat 7,791 43.3 George Flowers 6,534 36.3 Hector McFie Nat 3,658 20.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 17,983 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Flowers was Tas MLC for Westmorland 1942-58. 2. McFie was Tas MLC for Mersey 1954-72. 3. The combined Nationalist vote was 63.6%, a decrease of 0.1% from the 63.7% polled by two Nationalist candidates in 1925. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: McFie's 3,658 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- ATKINSON * 2,023 55.3 9,814 54.6 Flowers 1,635 44.7 8,169 45.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 3,658 17,983 04.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Llewellyn Atkinson (1867-1945): Elected 1906, 1910, 1913, 1914, 1917, 1919, 1922, 1925, 1928 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 12 OCTOBER 1929 ==================================================================== Central Tasmania: Deloraine, Evandale, Latrobe, Longford -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1928 majority: Nationalist over Independent 04.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 21,764 +01.9 Votes cast: 20,566 94.5 +01.7 Informal votes: 331 01.6 -07.7 Formal votes: 20,235 98.4 +07.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Llewellyn Atkinson * Nat 9,538 47.1 Hon Joseph LYONS ALP 10,697 52.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 20,235 02.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- The Nationalist vote of 47.1% was a decrease of 16.5% from the 63.6% polled by two Nationalist candidates in 1928. -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Llewellyn Atkinson (1867-1945): Elected 1906, 1910, 1913, 1914, 1917, 1919, 1922, 1925, 1928. Defeated 1929 Later career: Tas MHA for Wilmot 1931-34. Died 1 November 1945 > Joseph Aloysius Lyons (1879-1939): Elected 1929 Born: 15 September 1879, Stanley, Tasmania. Career: Educated Catholic schools, Hobart Teaching College. Teacher in state schools. Husband of Hon Dame Enid Lyons MP. Father of Hon Kevin Lyons MHA. State politics: Tas MLA for Wilmot 1909-29. Minister for Education 1914-16. Minister for Railways 1914-16, 1923-24. Premier and Treasurer 1923-28. Minister for Mines 1924-27. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Minister for Works and Railways 22 October 1929 to 4 February 1931 Leader of the Opposition from 7 May 1931 Leader of the United Australia Party from 7 May 1931 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Lyons resigned from Cabinet in protest at the reinstatement of Theodore as Treasurer. He resigned from the ALP Caucus in March 1931 and led the formation of the UAP, of which he immediately became leader. He voted against the Scullin Government in the censure motion of 26 November 1931. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 19 DECEMBER 1931 ==================================================================== Central Tasmania: Deloraine, Evandale, Latrobe, Longford -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1929 two-party majority: ALP over Nationalist 02.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 22,938 +05.4 Votes cast: 22,010 96.0 +01.5 Informal votes: 1,026 04.7 +03.1 Formal votes: 20,984 95.3 -03.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- George Becker + ALP 5,586 26.6 -26.3 Hon Joseph LYONS * UAP 12,622 60.2 +13.1 George Pullen 2,776 13.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 20,984 22.1 e 25.0 to UAP -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Becker was Tas MHA for Bass 1912-31, Wilmot 1934-41. 2. Pullen was an independent Nationalist candidate. His candidacy reflected local conservative opposition to Lyons, who had refused to give a written statement repudiating all ALP policies. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Joseph Aloysius Lyons (1879-1939): Elected 1929, 1931 Prime Minister from 6 January 1932 Treasurer from 6 January 1932 Minister for Commerce 3 October 1932 to 13 October 1932 Leader of the Opposition to 6 January 1932 Leader of the United Australia Party -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 15 SEPTEMBER 1934 ==================================================================== Central Tasmania: Deloraine, Evandale, Latrobe, Longford -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1931 two-party majority: UAP over ALP 22.1 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 24,709 Votes cast: 23,348 94.5 Informal votes: 885 03.8 Formal votes: 22,463 96.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Henry Bye 5,182 23.1 Rt Hon Joseph LYONS * UAP 12,924 57.5 -02.7 Hon William Laird Smith 4,357 19.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 22,463 09.4 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Bye and Laird Smith were both supporters of Douglas Social Credit, but were not endorsed candidates of the Douglas Credit Association (Burnie Advocate, 24 August 1934). 2. Laird Smith was Labor and Nationalist member for Denison 1910-22. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Joseph Aloysius Lyons (1879-1939): Elected 1929, 1931, 1934 Prime Minister Treasurer Minister for Health 8 November 1935 to 26 February 1936 Minister for Repatriation 8 November 1935 to 26 February 1936 Vice-President of the Executive Council from 8 November 1935 Leader of the United Australia Party -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 23 OCTOBER 1937 ==================================================================== Central Tasmania: Deloraine, Evandale, Latrobe, Longford -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1934 majority: UAP over SC 09.4 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 25,491 +03.2 Votes cast: 24,036 94.3 -00.2 Informal votes: 776 03.2 -00.6 Formal votes: 23,260 96.8 +00.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Rt Hon Joseph LYONS * UAP 12,365 53.2 -04.3 Lancelot Spurr ALP 6,384 27.4 Maurice Weston ALP 4,511 19.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 23,260 05.1 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. The combined ALP vote was 46.8%. 2. For Spurr, see Wilmot by-election 1939 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Joseph Aloysius Lyons (1867-1939): Elected 1929, 1931, 1934, 1937 Prime Minister to 7 April 1939 Treasurer to 7 April 1939 Vice-President of the Executive Council to 29 November 1937 Minister for Defence 20 November 1937 to 29 November 1937 Leader of the United Australia Party to 7 April 1939 Died 7 April 1939 (see By-elections) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Lyons suffered a heart attack while driving from Canberra to Sydney and died in hospital shortly after. He was the first Prime Minister to die in office. -------------------------------------------------------------------- BY-ELECTION OF 27 MAY 1938 ==================================================================== Central Tasmania: Deloraine, Evandale, Latrobe, Longford -------------------------------------------------------------------- Following the death of Rt Hon Joseph Lyons -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1937 two-party majority: UAP over ALP 05.1 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 25,275 -00.8 Votes cast: 23,360 92.4 -01.9 Informal votes: 915 03.9 +00.7 Formal votes: 22,445 96.1 -00.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Donald Cameron + UAP 2,657 11.8 Hon Allan Guy + UAP 6,673 29.7 Cecil Parsons + UAP 1,823 08.1 Lancelot Spurr ALP 6,568 29.3 John Watson 799 03.6 Maurice Weston ALP 3,925 17.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 22,445 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Cameron was Tas MHA for Wilmot 1934-37. 2. Guy was member for Bass 1929-34. 3. The combined UAP vote was 49.6%, a decrease of 3.6% from the 53.2% polled by one UAP candidate in 1937. 4. The combined ALP vote was 46.8%, the same vote as polled by two ALP candidates in 1937. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Watson's 799 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Cameron + 82 10.3 2,739 12.2 Guy + 135 16.9 6,808 30.3 Parsons + 68 08.5 1,891 08.4 Spurr 265 33.2 6,833 30.4 Weston 249 31.2 4,174 18.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > 799 22,445 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Parsons's 1,891 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Cameron + 623 32.9 3,362 15.0 Guy + 1,104 58.4 7,912 35.3 Spurr 99 05.2 6,932 30.9 Weston 65 03.4 4,239 18.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > 1,891 22,445 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Cameron's 3,362 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Guy + 3,040 90.4 10,952 48.8 Spurr 206 06.1 7,138 31.8 Weston 116 03.5 4,355 19.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > 3,362 22,445 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: Weston's 4,355 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Guy + 236 05.4 11,188 49.8 SPURR 4,119 94.6 11,257 50.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > 4,355 22,445 00.2 05.3 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Lancelot Thomas Spurr (1897-1965): Elected 1939 By Born: 17 March 1897, Deloraine, Tasmania. Career: Educated Catholic schools. Draper and travelling salesman. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 21 SEPTEMBER 1940 ==================================================================== Central Tasmania: Deloraine, Evandale, Latrobe, Longford -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1937 two-party majority: UAP over ALP 05.1 e 1939 by-election two-party majority: ALP over UAP 00.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 25,236 -01.0 Votes cast: 24,116 95.6 +01.3 Informal votes: 789 03.3 +00.1 Formal votes: 23,327 96.7 -00.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Frank Edwards UAP 4,913 21.1 Hon Allan Guy UAP 8,301 35.6 Lancelot Spurr * ALP 10,113 43.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 23,327 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Edwards was Tas MLC for Russell 1921-33, Tas MHA for Darwin 1934- 40. 2. Guy was member for Bass 1929-34. 3. The combined UAP vote was 56.7%, an increase of 3.5% from the 53.2% polled by one UAP candidate in 1937. 4. The ALP vote of 43.4% was a decrease of 3.4% from the 46.8% polled by two ALP candidates in 1937. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Edwards's 4,913 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- GUY 4,540 92.4 12,841 55.0 Spurr * 373 07.6 10,486 45.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 4,913 23,327 05.0 00.1 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Lancelot Thomas Spurr (1897-1965): Elected 1939 By. Defeated 1940 Later career: Tas MHA for Wilmot 1941-56. Speaker 1950-55. Died 30 May 1965. > James Allan Guy (1890-1979): Elected 1929, 1931. Defeated 1934. Elected 1940 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 21 AUGUST 1943 ==================================================================== Central Tasmania: Deloraine, Evandale, Latrobe, Longford -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1940 two-party majority: UAP over ALP 05.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 25,793 +02.2 Votes cast: 24,761 96.0 +00.4 Informal votes: 656 02.6 -00.7 Formal votes: 24,105 97.4 +00.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Allan Guy * UAP 11,852 49.2 John McGeary 1,259 05.2 Ernest Pinkard ALP 10,994 45.6 +02.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 24,105 -------------------------------------------------------------------- The UAP vote of 49.2% was a decrease of 7.5% from the 56.7% polled by two UAP candidates in 1940. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: McGeary's 1,259 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- GUY * 611 48.5 12,463 51.7 Pinkard 648 51.5 11,642 48.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,259 24,105 01.7 03.3 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- James Allan Guy (1890-1979): Elected 1929, 1931. Defeated 1934. Elected 1940, 1943 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 28 SEPTEMBER 1946 ==================================================================== Central Tasmania: Deloraine, Evandale, Latrobe, Longford -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1943 two-party majority: UAP over ALP 01.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 27,368 +06.1 Votes cast: 25,880 94.6 -01.4 Informal votes: 671 02.6 00.0 Formal votes: 25,209 97.4 00.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Gil DUTHIE ALP 13,032 51.7 +06.1 Hon Allan Guy * Lib 12,177 48.3 -00.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 25,209 01.7 03.4 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- > James Allan Guy (1890-1979): Elected 1929, 1931. Defeated 1934. Elected 1940, 1943. Defeated 1946 Later career: See Senate 1949. > Gilbert William Arthur Duthie (1912-98): Elected 1946 Born: 21 May 1912, Nhill, Victoria. Career: Educated state schools and University of Melbourne. Schoolteacher and farmer, Victoria. Methodist minister 1938. At La Trobe, Tasmania, from 1944. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 10 DECEMBER 1949 ==================================================================== Central Tasmania: Beaconsfield, Deloraine, Latrobe, New Norfolk -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1946 two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 01.7 Effect of 1948 redistribution: no change -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 33,288 +21.6 Votes cast: 31,718 95.3 +00.7 Informal votes: 1,036 03.3 +00.7 Formal votes: 30,682 96.7 -00.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Gilbert DUTHIE * ALP 16,150 52.6 +00.9 Richard Furmage Lib 14,532 47.4 -00.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 30,682 02.6 00.9 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Gilbert William Arthur Duthie (1912-98): Elected 1946, 1949 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 28 APRIL 1951 ==================================================================== Central Tasmania: Beaconsfield, Deloraine, Latrobe, New Norfolk -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1949 two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 02.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 33,919 +01.9 Votes cast: 32,612 96.1 +00.8 Informal votes: 1,072 03.3 00.0 Formal votes: 31,540 96.7 00.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Lionel Browning Lib 14,794 46.9 -00.5 Gilbert DUTHIE * ALP 16,746 53.1 +00.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 31,540 03.1 00.5 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Gilbert William Arthur Duthie (1912-98): Elected 1946, 1949, 1951 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 29 MAY 1954 ==================================================================== Central Tasmania: Beaconsfield, Deloraine, Latrobe, New Norfolk -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1951 two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 03.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 35,513 +04.7 Votes cast: 34,441 97.0 +00.9 Informal votes: 289 00.8 -02.5 Formal votes: 34,152 99.2 +02.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Lionel Browning Lib 14,959 43.8 -03.1 Gilbert DUTHIE * ALP 19,193 56.2 +03.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 34,152 06.2 03.1 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Gilbert William Arthur Duthie (1912-98): Elected 1946, 1949, 1951, 1954 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 10 DECEMBER 1955 ==================================================================== Central Tasmania: Beaconsfield, Deloraine, Latrobe, New Norfolk -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1954 two-party majority: Labor over Liberal 06.2 Effect of 1955 redistribution: 00.2 shift to Labor New notional majority: Labor over Liberal 06.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 34,424 -03.1 Votes cast: 33,224 96.5 -00.5 Informal votes: 1,238 03.7 +02.9 Formal votes: 31,986 96.3 -02.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Robert Bethell Lib 12,546 39.2 -04.4 Owen Doherty ALPAC 1,834 05.7 Gilbert DUTHIE * ALP 17,606 55.0 -01.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 31,986 06.1 e 00.3 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- Gilbert William Arthur Duthie (1912-98): Elected 1946, 1949, 1951, 1954, 1955 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 22 NOVEMBER 1958 ==================================================================== Central Tasmania: Beaconsfield, Deloraine, Latrobe, New Norfolk -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1955 two-party majority: Labor over Liberal 06.1 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 34,996 +16.6 Votes cast: 33,737 96.4 -00.1 Informal votes: 1,147 03.4 -00.3 Formal votes: 32,590 96.6 +00.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Ralph Cameron Lib 11,328 34.8 -04.4 Gilbert DUTHIE * ALP 19,417 59.6 +04.6 Francis Lillis DLP 1,845 05.7 +00.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 32,590 10.7 e 04.6 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Gilbert William Arthur Duthie (1912-98): Elected 1946, 1949, 1951, 1954, 1955, 1958 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 9 DECEMBER 1961 ==================================================================== Central Tasmania: Beaconsfield, Deloraine, Latrobe, New Norfolk -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1958 two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 10.7 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 35,405 +01.2 Votes cast: 33,800 95.5 -00.9 Informal votes: 1,028 03.0 -00.4 Formal votes: 32,772 97.0 +00.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Alastair Davidson DLP 2,718 08.3 +02.6 Gilbert DUTHIE * ALP 20,503 62.6 +03.0 Royston Ringrose Lib 3,280 10.0 Richard Thomas Lib 6,271 19.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 32,772 16.1 e 05.4 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- The combined Liberal vote was 29.1%, a decrease of 5.7% from the 34.8% polled by one Liberal candidate in 1958. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Gilbert William Arthur Duthie (1912-98): Elected 1946, 1949, 1951, 1954, 1955, 1958, 1961 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 30 NOVEMBER 1963 ==================================================================== Central Tasmania: Beaconsfield, Deloraine, Latrobe, New Norfolk -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1961 two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 16.1 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 35,658 +00.7 Votes cast: 34,250 96.1 +00.6 Informal votes: 319 00.9 -02.1 Formal votes: 33,931 99.1 +02.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Alastair Davidson DLP 2,792 08.2 -00.1 Gilbert DUTHIE * ALP 19,908 58.7 -03.9 Donald Paterson Lib 11,231 33.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 33,931 11.1 e 05.0 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- The Liberal vote of 33.1% was an increase of 4.0% from the 29.1% polled by two Liberal candidates in 1961. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Gilbert William Arthur Duthie (1912-98): Elected 1946, 1949, 1951, 1954, 1955, 1958, 1961, 1963 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 26 NOVEMBER 1966 ==================================================================== Central Tasmania: Beaconsfield, Deloraine, Latrobe, New Norfolk -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1963 two-party majority: Labor over Liberal 11.1 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 36,229 +01.6 Votes cast: 34,835 96.2 +00.1 Informal votes: 446 01.3 +00.4 Formal votes: 34,389 98.7 -00.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Gil DUTHIE * ALP 19,215 55.9 -02.8 Donald Paterson Lib 13,350 38.8 +05.7 Robert Wright DLP 1,824 05.3 -02.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 34,389 07.0 e 04.1 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- Gilbert William Arthur Duthie (1912-98): Elected 1946, 1949, 1951, 1954, 1955, 1958, 1961, 1963, 1966 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 25 OCTOBER 1969 ==================================================================== Central Tasmania: Beaconsfield, Kentish, Latrobe, New Norfolk -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1966 two-party majority: Labor over Liberal 07.0 e Effect of 1968 redistribution: 01.7 shift to Liberal New notional majority: Labor over Liberal 05.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 42,437 +17.1 Votes cast: 41,163 97.0 +00.8 Informal votes: 550 01.3 00.0 Formal votes: 40,613 98.7 00.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Gilbert DUTHIE * ALP 22,866 56.3 +02.1 Donald Paterson Lib 16,027 39.5 -01.0 Darryl Sulzberger DLP 1,720 04.2 -01.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 40,613 07.1 e 01.8 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Gilbert William Arthur Duthie (1912-98): Elected 1946, 1949, 1951, 1954, 1955, 1958, 1961, 1963, 1966, 1969 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 2 DECEMBER 1972 ==================================================================== Central Tasmania: Beaconsfield, Kentish, Latrobe, New Norfolk -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1969 two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 07.1 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 43,469 +02.4 Votes cast: 42,369 97.5 +00.5 Informal votes: 666 01.6 +00.3 Formal votes: 41,703 98.4 -00.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Ronald Butterworth DLP 3,557 08.5 +04.3 Gilbert DUTHIE * ALP 25,075 60.1 +03.8 Ian Hardy Lib 13,071 31.3 -08.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 41,703 12.6 e 05.5 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Gilbert William Arthur Duthie (1914-98): Elected 1946, 1949, 1951, 1954, 1955, 1958, 1961, 1963, 1966, 1969, 1972 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 18 MAY 1974 ==================================================================== Central Tasmania: Beaconsfield, Kentish, Latrobe, New Norfolk -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1972 two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 12.6 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 48,348 +11.2 Votes cast: 46,929 97.1 -00.7 Informal votes: 917 02.0 +00.7 Formal votes: 46,012 98.0 -00.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Maxwell Burr Lib 21,764 47.3 +16.0 Gilbert DUTHIE * ALP 24,248 52.7 -07.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 46,012 02.7 09.2 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- For Burr, see Wilmot 1975. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Gilbert William Arthur Duthie (1914-98): Elected 1946, 1949, 1951, 1954, 1955, 1958, 1961, 1963, 1966, 1969, 1972, 1974 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 13 DECEMBER 1975 ==================================================================== Central Tasmania: Beaconsfield, Kentish, Latrobe, New Norfolk -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1974 two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 02.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 50,740 +04.9 Votes cast: 49,295 97.2 +00.1 Informal votes: 1,005 02.0 00.0 Formal votes: 48,290 98.0 00.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Max BURR Lib 25,407 52.6 +05.3 Gil Duthie * ALP 21,365 44.2 -08.5 Robert Griffin NCP 1,165 02.4 William Woods 353 00.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 48,290 05.3 e 08.0 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Gilbert William Arthur Duthie (1914-98): Elected 1946, 1949, 1951, 1954, 1955, 1958, 1961, 1963, 1966, 1969, 1972, 1974. Defeated 1975 Died 13 June 1998 > Maxwell Arthur Burr (born 1939): Elected 1975 Born: 9 January 1939, Launceston, Tasmania Career: Educated Launceston Business College. Accountant. Secretary Tasmanian Farmers Federation. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 10 DECEMBER 1977 ==================================================================== Central Tasmania: Beaconsfield, Devonport, Latrobe, New Norfolk -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1975 two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 05.3 e Effect of 1977 redistribution: no change -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 51,508 +01.5 Votes cast: 50,001 97.1 -00.1 Informal votes: 1,363 02.7 +00.7 Formal votes: 48,638 97.2 -00.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Max BURR * Lib 26,066 53.6 +01.0 Leon Gourlay AD 2,157 04.4 David Llewellyn ALP 20,415 42.0 -02.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 48,638 05.8 e 00.5 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- Llewellyn was Tas MHA for Lyons 1986-2010, 2014-18. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Maxwell Arthur Burr (born 1939): Elected 1975, 1977 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 18 OCTOBER 1980 ==================================================================== Central Tasmania: Beaconsfield, Devonport, Latrobe, New Norfolk -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1977 two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 05.8 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 54,479 +05.8 Votes cast: 52,669 96.7 -00.4 Informal votes: 1,547 02.9 +00.2 Formal votes: 51,122 97.1 -00.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Maxwell BURR * Lib 25,607 50.1 -03.5 David Llewellyn ALP 25,515 49.9 +07.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 51,122 00.1 e 05.7 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Llewellyn was Tas MHA for Lyons 1986-2010, 2014-18. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Maxwell Arthur Burr (born 1939): Elected 1975, 1977, 1980 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 5 MARCH 1983 ==================================================================== Central Tasmania: Beaconsfield, Devonport, Latrobe, New Norfolk -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1980 two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 00.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 56,967 +04.6 Votes cast: 54,808 96.2 -00.5 Informal votes: 1,467 02.7 -00.2 Formal votes: 53,341 97.3 +00.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Max BURR * Lib 28,520 53.5 +03.4 Bill Chugg 702 01.3 Liz Holloway AD 1,336 02.5 David Llewellyn ALP 22,783 42.7 -07.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 53,341 05.1 e 05.0 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- Llewellyn was Tas MHA for Lyons 1986-2010, 2014-18. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Maxwell Arthur Burr (born 1939): Elected 1975, 1977, 1980, 1983 Wilmot was abolished at the 1984 redistribution. Burr contested Lyons in 1984. --------------------------------------------------------------------