ELECTIONS TO THE TASMANIAN LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ==================================================================== Sources: Reports of the Chief Electoral Officer NEWDEGATE ==================================================================== NEWDEGATE ==================================================================== Nominations 18 April, polling 12 May 1951 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 4,606 Votes cast: 3,137 68.1 Informal votes: 27 00.9 Formal votes: 3,110 99.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Edward R Cullen Labor 316 10.2 George H Gray 1,024 32.9 Dennis G Lonergan * 941 30.3 John Nolan Labor 829 26.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 3,110 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Gray was MHA for Franklin 1946-50. 2. Lonergan was MLC for Hobart 1945-51. When the three Hobart seats were abolished in 1946, he was "deemed" to be MLC for Newdegate. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Cullen's 316 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Gray 87 27.5 1,111 35.7 Lonergan * 47 14.9 988 31.8 Nolan 182 57.6 1,011 32.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 316 3,110 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Lonergan's 988 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- GRAY 780 78.9 1,891 60.8 Nolan 208 21.1 1,219 39.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 988 3,110 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Dennis Gannon Lonergan (1906-65): Elected 1945. Defeated 1951 Died 15 September 1965 > George Herbert Gray (1899-1984): Elected 1946, 1948. Defeated 1950. Elected 1951 -------------------------------------------------------------------- NEWDEGATE ==================================================================== Nominations 4 April, polling 11 May 1957 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 8,305 Votes cast: 7,423 89.4 Informal votes: 91 01.1 Formal votes: 7,332 98.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- George H Gray * 1,547 21.1 McDougall 751 10.2 Brian K Miller Labor 2,504 34.2 Orchard 898 12.2 Wedd 1,632 22.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 7,332 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: McDougall's 751 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Gray * 214 28.5 1,761 24.0 Miller 219 29.2 2,723 37.1 Orchard 128 17.0 1,026 14.0 Wedd 190 25.3 1,822 24.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 751 7,332 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Orchard's 1,026 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Gray * 458 44.6 2,219 30.3 Miller 175 17.1 2,898 39.5 Wedd 393 38.3 2,215 30.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,026 7,332 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: Wedd's 2,215 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Gray * 1,245 58.5 3,464 47.8 MILLER 885 41.5 3,793 52.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Remaining 2,130 7,247 Exhausted 85 85 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 2,215 7,332 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > George Herbert Gray (1899-1984): Elected 1946, 1948. Defeated 1950. Elected 1951. Defeated 1957 Died 5 August 1984 > Brian Kirkwall Miller (1921-2014): Elected 1957 Born: 30 january 1921, Queenstown --------------------------------------------------------------------