ELECTIONS TO THE TASMANIAN LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ==================================================================== Sources: newspaper reports (1856-90), Hughes and Graham (1890-1929), Reports of the Chief Electoral Officer (from 1929) LAUNCESTON (2 members) ==================================================================== Between 1885 and 1946, the Launceston district elected two members. For clarity, I have presented Launceston elections for this period in two files: see Launceston II. LAUNCESTON FIRST SEAT ==================================================================== LAUNCESTON ==================================================================== Nominations 6 July, polling 13 July 1886 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- William H D Archer 208 49.3 John SCOTT 214 50.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 422 00.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Archer was MHA for Norfolk Plains 1882-86. 2. Scott was MHA for George Town 1865-66, for Launceston 1866-71, MLC for Tamar 1880-86. -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Scott (1834-90): Elected 1865 b, 1866. Retired 1871. Elected 1880, 1886 Died 3 June 1890 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Launceston daily Telegraph, 14 July 1886 LAUNCESTON ==================================================================== Following the death of John Scott -------------------------------------------------------------------- Nominations 17 June 1890 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Adye DOUGLAS Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Douglas was MLC for Launceston 1855-56, MHA for Launceston 1856-57, for Westbury 1862-71, for Norfolk Plains 1871-72, for Fingal 1872-84, MLC for South Esk 1884-86. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Adye Douglas (1815-1906): Elected 1855, 1856. Resigned 1857. Elected 1862, 1866, 1871, 1872, 1877, 1882. Resigned 1884. Elected 1884. Resigned 1886. Elected 1886. -------------------------------------------------------------------- LAUNCESTON ==================================================================== Nominations 27 April 1892 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Adye DOUGLAS * Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Adye Douglas (1815-1906): Elected 1855, 1856. Resigned 1857. Elected 1862, 1866, 1871, 1872, 1877, 1882. Resigned 1884. Elected 1884. Resigned 1886. Elected 1886, 1892 -------------------------------------------------------------------- LAUNCESTON ==================================================================== Following acceptance of office by Hon Adye Douglas -------------------------------------------------------------------- Nominations 26 August 1892 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Adye DOUGLAS * Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Adye Douglas (1815-1906): Elected 1855, 1856. Resigned 1857. Elected 1862, 1866, 1871, 1872, 1877, 1882. Resigned 1884. Elected 1884. Resigned 1886. Elected 1886, 1892. Accepted office 1892. Elected 1892 by -------------------------------------------------------------------- Chief Secretary 27 August 1892 to 14 April 1894 President of the Legislative Council from 20 April 1894 -------------------------------------------------------------------- LAUNCESTON ==================================================================== Nominations 27 April 1898 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Adye DOUGLAS * Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Adye Douglas (1815-1906): Elected 1855, 1856. Resigned 1857. Elected 1862, 1866, 1871, 1872, 1877, 1882. Resigned 1884. Elected 1884. Resigned 1886. Elected 1886, 1892, 1898 -------------------------------------------------------------------- President of the Legislative Council -------------------------------------------------------------------- LAUNCESTON ==================================================================== Nominations 28 April, polling 3 May 1904 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 2,381 Total votes cast: 1,685 70.8 Informal votes: 40 02.4 Formal votes: 1,645 97.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Sir Adye Douglas * 533 32.4 Peter McCRACKAN 1,112 67.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,645 -------------------------------------------------------------------- McCrackan was MHA for Launceston 1900-03. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Adye Douglas (1815-1906): Elected 1855, 1856. Resigned 1857. Elected 1862, 1866, 1871, 1872, 1877, 1882. Resigned 1884. Elected 1884. Resigned 1886. Elected 1886, 1892, 1898. Defeated 1904 Died 10 April 1906 -------------------------------------------------------------------- President of the Legislative Council to 2 May 1904 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Peter McCrackan (1844-1928): Elected 1900. Retired 1903. Elected 1904 -------------------------------------------------------------------- LAUNCESTON ==================================================================== Nominations 21 April 1910 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Peter McCRACKAN * Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Peter McCrackan (1844-1928): Elected 1900. Retired 1903. Elected 1904, 1910 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Member of the Executive Council without Office 6 April 1914 to 15 April 1916 -------------------------------------------------------------------- LAUNCESTON ==================================================================== Nominations 24 April, polling 2 May 1916 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 3,148 Votes cast: 1,745 55.4 Informal votes: 41 02.3 Formal votes: 1,704 97.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- F Percy Hart 577 33.9 Hon Peter McCrackan * 483 28.3 William C Oldham 380 22.3 William A Whitaker 264 15.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,704 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Whitaker's 264 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hart 114 43.1 691 40.6 McCrackan * 96 36.4 579 34.0 Oldham 54 20.5 434 25.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 264 1,704 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Oldham's 434 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- HART 204 47.0 895 52.5 McCrackan * 230 53.0 809 47.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 434 1,704 02.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Peter McCrackan (1844-1928): Elected 1900. Retired 1903. Elected 1904, 1910. Defeated 1916 Died 11 September 1928 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Frank Percy Hart (1860-1945): Elected 1916 Born: 22 August 1860, launceston Career: Merchant, farmer, landowner. Mayor of Launceston 1915-16. Son of William Hart, MLA and MLC. Nephew of John Hart MLC -------------------------------------------------------------------- Launceston Examiner, 3 May 1916 LAUNCESTON ==================================================================== Nominations 24 April, polling 2 May 1922 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 4,306 Votes cast: 1,920 Informal votes: 41 02.3 Formal votes: 1,879 97.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- F Percy Hart * 844 44.9 Albert W Monds 498 26.5 John R Palamountain Labor 537 28.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,879 -------------------------------------------------------------------- For Palamountain, see Wilmot 1926 countback. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Monds's 498 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- HART * 433 86.7 1,277 67.9 Palamountain 65 13.3 602 32.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 498 1,879 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Frank Percy Hart (1860-1945): Elected 1916, 1922 -------------------------------------------------------------------- LAUNCESTON ==================================================================== Nominations 13 April 1928 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- F Percy HART * Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Frank Percy Hart (1860-1945): Elected 1916, 1922, 1928 -------------------------------------------------------------------- LAUNCESTON ==================================================================== Nominations 20 April, polling 8 May 1934 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 5,533 Votes cast: 4,455 80.5 Informal votes: 120 02.7 Formal votes: 4,335 97.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Alexander A Evans 1,144 26.4 F Percy Hart * 1,743 40.2 Alfred J Higgins 582 13.4 John R Palamountain Labor 866 20.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 4,335 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. For Evans, see Launceston 1936 2. Palamountain was MHA for Wilmot 1926-28. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Higgins's 582 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Evans 79 13.6 1,223 28,2 Hart * 39 06.7 1,782 41.1 Palamountain 464 79.7 1,330 30.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 582 4,335 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Evans's 1,223 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- HART * 711 58.1 2,493 57.5 Palamountain 512 41.9 1,842 42.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,223 4,335 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Frank Percy Hart (1860-1945): Elected 1916, 1922, 1928, 1934 -------------------------------------------------------------------- LAUNCESTON ==================================================================== Nominations 18 April, polling 7 May 1940 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 5,951 Votes cast: 4,673 78.5 Informal votes: 79 01.7 Formal votes: 4,594 98.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Richard W Dobbinson 922 20.1 Stanley Dryden 351 07.6 F Percy Hart * 965 21.0 George J McElwee Labor 1,397 30.4 William Robinson 959 20.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 4,594 -------------------------------------------------------------------- For Robinson, see Launceston (second seat) 1942. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Dryden's 351 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Dobbinson 98 27.9 1,020 22.2 Hart * 143 40.7 1,108 24.1 McElwee 19 05.4 1,416 30.8 Robinson 91 25.9 1,050 22.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 351 4,594 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Dobbinson's 1,020 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hart * 391 38.3 1,499 32.6 McElwee 217 21.3 1,633 35.5 Robinson 412 40.4 1,462 31.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,020 4,594 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: Robinson's 1,462 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hart * 617 50.0 2,116 48.5 McELWEE 618 50.0 2,251 51.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Remainder 1,235 4,367 Exhausted 227 227 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,462 4,594 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Frank Percy Hart (1860-1945): Elected 1916, 1922, 1928, 1934. Defeated 1940 Died 27 October 1945-------------------------------------------------------------------- George Johnston McElwee (born 1879): Elected 1940 Born: 21 May 1879, Launceston Career: Educated Launceston Technical College. Electrical engineer. --------------------------------------------------------------------