ELECTIONS TO THE TASMANIAN LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ==================================================================== Sources: Tasmanian Electoral Commission LEVEN ==================================================================== LEVEN ==================================================================== Nominations 9 May, polling 31 May 1997 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 15,526 Votes cast: 14,162 91.2 Informal votes: 608 04.3 Formal votes: 13,554 95.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Bloomfield 3,049 22.5 Ridney Cooper 2,509 18.5 Peter Murray 728 05.4 Sue Smith 5,137 37.9 Andrew Vanderfeen 2,131 15.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 13,554 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Murray's 728 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Bloomfield 192 26.4 3,241 23.9 Cooper 192 26.4 2,701 19.9 Smith 187 25.7 5,324 39.3 Vanderfeen 157 21.6 2,288 16.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 728 13,554 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Vanderfeen's 2,288 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Bloomfield 794 34.7 4,035 29.8 Cooper 652 28.5 3,353 24.7 Smith 842 36.8 6,166 45.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 2,288 13,554 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: Cooper's 3,353 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Bloomfield 1,758 54,1 5,793 43.1 SMITH 1,492 45.9 7,658 56.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Remaining 3,250 13,451 Exhausted 103 103 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 3,353 13,554 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Susan Lynette Smith (born 1951): Elected 1997 Born: 24 January 1951, Ulverstone Smith contested Montgomery in 1999, when Leven was abolished. --------------------------------------------------------------------