ELECTIONS TO THE TASMANIAN LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ==================================================================== Sources: newspaper reports (1856-90), Hughes and Graham (1890-1929), Reports of the Chief Electoral Officer (from 1929) WESTMORLAND ==================================================================== WESTMORLAND ==================================================================== Nominations 2 May 1889, polling 7 May 1889 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- William DODERY * Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Dodery was MHA for Norfolk Plains 1861-70, MLC for Longford 1877-89. -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Dodery (1819-1912): Elected 1861, 1866. Resigned 1870. Elected 1877 by, 1883, 1889 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Launceston Examiner, 11 May 1889 WESTMORLAND ==================================================================== Nominations 27 April 1895 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- William DODERY * Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Dodery (1819-1912): Elected 1861, 1866. Resigned 1870. Elected 1877 by, 1883, 1889, 1895 -------------------------------------------------------------------- WESTMORLAND ==================================================================== Nominations 28 April 1901 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- William DODERY * Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Dodery (1819-1912): Elected 1861, 1866. Resigned 1870. Elected 1877 by, 1883, 1889, 1895, 1901 Dodery retired at the 1907 election. Died 26 January 1912 -------------------------------------------------------------------- WESTMORLAND ==================================================================== Nominations 26 April, polling 7 May 1907 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- John W CHEEK 225 38.1 John B Gibson 217 36.7 William Hartnoll 149 25.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 591 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Gibson was MHA for North Eask 1903-06. 2. Hartnoll was MHA for Launceston South 1884-97, for Launceston 1897-1902, MHR for Tasmania 1902-03. -------------------------------------------------------------------- John William Cheek (1855-1942): Elected 1907 Born: 15 February 1855, at sea Career: Farmer. Evandale Municipal Council. Father of Thomas L Cheek MLC. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Cheek retired at the 1913 election. Later career: see Westmorland 1919 by-election. -------------------------------------------------------------------- WESTMORLAND ==================================================================== Nominations 25 April 1913 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Richard J S McKENZIE Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- McKenzie was MHA for North Eak 1906-09, Bass 1909-13. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Richard John Stevenson McKenzie (1850-1919): Elected 1906, 1909. Defeated 1913. Elected 1913 -------------------------------------------------------------------- WESTMORLAND ==================================================================== Nominations 25 April, polling 5 May 1919 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Richard J S McKENZIE * 310 52.4 David Storrer 183 30.9 Harry Young 99 16.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 592 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Storrer was MHA for Launceston 1902-03, for Launceston West 1903, MHR for Bass 1903-10. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Richard John Stevenson McKenzie (1850-1919): Elected 1906, 1909. Defeated 1913. Elected 1913 Died 13 October 1919: see by-election -------------------------------------------------------------------- WESTMORLAND ==================================================================== Following the death of Richard J S McKenzie -------------------------------------------------------------------- Nominations 15 November 1919 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- John W CHEEK Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Cheek was MLC for Westmorland 1907-13. -------------------------------------------------------------------- John William Cheek (1855-1942): Elected 1907. Retired 1913. Elected 1919 by -------------------------------------------------------------------- WESTMORLAND ==================================================================== Nominations April, polling 5 May 1925 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Leonard S Bruce 315 21.9 John W Cheek * 669 46.5 John V B Gibson 455 31.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,439 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Bruce's 315 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- CHEEK * 180 57.1 849 59.0 Gibson 135 42.9 590 41.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 315 1,439 -------------------------------------------------------------------- John William Cheek (1855-1942): Elected 1907. Retired 1913. Elected 1919 by, 1925 -------------------------------------------------------------------- WESTMORLAND ==================================================================== Nominations 17 April, polling 5 May 1931 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 3,141 Total votes cast: 2,136 68.0 Informal votes: 102 04.8 Formal votes: 2,034 95.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- John W CHEEK * 1,476 73.0 Allen Hollingsworth 558 27.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 2,023 -------------------------------------------------------------------- For Hollingsworth, see House of Assembly, Bass 1934. -------------------------------------------------------------------- John William Cheek (1855-1942): Elected 1907. Retired 1913. Elected 1919 by, 1925, 1931 --------------------------------------------------------------------