ELECTIONS TO THE TASMANIAN LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ==================================================================== Sources: Reports of the Chief Electoral Officer (from 1929) WEST DEVON ==================================================================== WEST DEVON ==================================================================== Nominations 21 April, polling 10 May 1947 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 3,026 Votes cast: 2,460 81.3 Informal votes: 28 01.1 Formal votes: 2,432 98.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Stephen E Broad 68 02.8 Edward M Cooney 301 12.4 Clarence M Haygarth 189 07.8 James R Hilder 576 23.7 Stanley G Stebbins 63 02.6 Arthur W Tattersall 583 24.0 Martin A Whitford 338 13.9 George T Wright 279 11.5 Elijah Yaxley 35 01.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 2,432 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Yaxley's 35 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Broad 7 20.0 75 03.1 Cooney 1 02.9 302 12.4 Haygarth 2 05.7 191 07.9 Hilder 5 14.3 581 23.9 Stebbins 2 05.7 65 02.7 Tattersall 8 22.9 591 24.3 Whitford 5 14.3 343 14.1 Wright 5 14.3 284 11.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 35 2,432 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Stebbins's 65 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Broad 5 07.7 80 03.3 Cooney 3 04.6 305 12.5 Haygarth 2 03.1 193 07.9 Hilder 12 18.5 593 24.4 Tattersall 28 43.1 619 25.3 Whitford 3 04.6 346 14.2 Wright 12 18.5 296 12.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 65 2,432 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: Broad's 80 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Cooney 17 21.5 322 13.2 Haygarth 7 08.9 200 08.2 Hilder 28 35.4 621 25.5 Tattersall 20 25.3 639 26.3 Whitford 4 05.1 350 14.4 Wright 3 03.8 299 12.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Remaining 79 2,431 Exhausted 1 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 80 2,432 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 5th count: Haygarth's 200 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Cooney 143 73.0 465 19.2 Hilder 18 09.2 639 26.3 Tattersall 16 08.2 655 27.0 Whitford 13 06.6 363 15.0 Wright 6 03.1 305 12.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Remaining 196 2,427 Exhausted 4 5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 200 2,432 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 6th count: Wright's 305 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Cooney 18 06.0 483 20.0 Hilder 64 21.5 703 29.0 Tattersall 93 31.2 748 30.9 Whitford 123 41.3 486 20.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Remaining 298 2,420 Exhausted 7 12 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 305 2,432 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 7th count: Cooney's 483 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hilder 203 53.0 906 39.1 Tattersall 74 19.3 822 35.4 Whitford 106 27.7 592 25.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Remaining 383 2,320 Exhausted 100 112 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 483 2,432 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 8th count: Whitford's 592 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hilder 174 34.7 1,080 48.5 TATTERSALL 327 65.3 1,149 51.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Remaining 501 2,229 Exhausted 91 203 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 592 2,432 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Arthur William Tattersall (1876-1962): Elected 1947 Born: 21 April 1876, Launceston Career: Commercial traveller, merchant. Emu Bay Municipal Council. --------------------------------------------------------------------