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Tasmanian state election, 11 December 1976
House of Assembly
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Enrolled voters 258,550
Votes cast 244,424 Turnout 94.54 –0.37
Informal votes 9,294 Informal 3.80 +0.14
Summary of votes by party
Party Primary votes % Swing Seats Change
  Labor 123,386 52.48 –2.45 18 – 3
  Liberal 104,613 44.49 +6.12 17 + 3
  United Tasmania Group 5,183 2.20 –1.70 0 ± 0
  Workers Party 524 0.22 +0.22 0 ± 0
  Socialist Workers Party 123 0.05 +0.05 0 ± 0
  Independent 1,424 0.61 –2.19 0 ± 0
Total 235,130     35  

This is a list of House of Assembly results for the 1976 Tasmanian election.

Results by division

Bass

1976 Tasmanian state election: Bass
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Quota 5,431
Liberal Bill Beattie (elected 4) 3,824 8.8 −6.8
Liberal Jim Mooney (elected 7) 3,000 6.9 +6.9
Liberal Max Bushby (elected 5) 2,948 6.8 +1.1
Liberal Neil Robson (elected 6) 2,870 6.6 +6.6
Liberal Dawn Rhodes 2,109 4.9 +4.9
Liberal Neil Pitt 2,068 4.8 −4.9
Liberal Dick Archer 1,964 4.5 +4.5
Liberal John Beswick 1,931 4.4 +4.4
Liberal William Luck 646 1.5 +1.5
Labor Michael Barnard (elected 1) 8,401 19.3 +0.6
Labor Gill James (elected 3) 3,943 9.1 +9.1
Labor Harry Holgate (elected 2) 3,471 8.0 +3.6
Labor David Farquhar 1,533 3.5 −0.7
Labor Ursula Workman 1,373 3.6 +3.6
Labor Thomas O'Byrne 1,193 2.7 +2.7
Labor John Breen 869 2.0 +2.0
Labor Myron Tripp 397 0.9 +0.9
United Tasmania Bob Brown 414 1.0 +1.0
United Tasmania Deidre Smith 255 0.6 +0.6
United Tasmania Noreen Batchelor 95 0.2 +0.2
Independent Quentin Wilson 143 0.3 +0.3
Total formal votes 43,447 95.8 −0.2
Informal votes 1,886 4.2 +0.2
Turnout 45,333 94.3 −0.5
Party total votes
Liberal 21,360 49.2 +6.3
Labor 21,180 48.7 −0.6
United Tasmania 764 1.8 −0.2
Independent Quentin Wilson 143 0.3 +0.3

Braddon

1976 Tasmanian state election: Braddon
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Quota 6,247
Labor Glen Davies (elected 1) 7,953 15.9 +9.3
Labor John Coughlan (elected 3) 5,057 10.1 +7.8
Labor Geoff Chisholm (elected 4) 4,090 8.2 +3.3
Labor Michael Field (elected 5) 3,565 7.1 +7.1
Labor Ted Vickers 2,837 5.7 +5.7
Labor Maurice Dart 1,443 2.9 +2.9
Labor Graeme Smith 1,053 2.1 +2.1
Labor Christopher Wright 924 1.8 +1.8
Liberal Ray Bonney (elected 2) 6,438 12.9 +1.7
Liberal Ron Cornish (elected 6) 4,000 8.0 +8.0
Liberal Roger Groom (elected 7) 3,334 6.7 +6.7
Liberal Eric Bessell 2,777 5.6 +5.6
Liberal Kent Furmage 2,138 4.3 +4.3
Liberal Frank Atkins 1,831 3.7 +3.7
Liberal Harold Hawkes 1,439 2.9 +2.9
Liberal Harold Dowling 963 1.9 +1.9
Independent Philip Kelly 128 0.3 +0.3
Total formal votes 49,970 96.6 −0.2
Informal votes 1,766 3.4 +0.2
Turnout 51,736 94.3 −0.2
Party total votes
Labor 26,922 53.9 −9.0
Liberal 22,920 45.9 +12.1
Independent Philip Kelly 128 0.3 +0.3

Denison

1976 Tasmanian state election: Denison
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Quota 5,854
Liberal Max Bingham (elected 1) 14,521 31.0 +7.1
Liberal Hank Petrusma 1,777 3.8 +2.0
Liberal Bob Baker (elected 6) 1,466 3.1 −0.7
Liberal Robert Mather (elected 5) 1,305 2.8 −1.8
Liberal David Brownlow 1,297 2.8 +2.8
Liberal Rudge Townley 839 1.8 +1.8
Liberal Max Robinson (elected 7) 474 1.0 +1.0
Liberal Basil Giffard 230 0.5 +0.5
Labor Neil Batt (elected 2) 8,639 18.4 +9.7
Labor Julian Amos (elected 3) 3,167 6.8 +6.8
Labor John Green (elected 4) 2,668 5.7 −4.5
Labor Ian Cole 1,887 4.0 +0.4
Labor Margaret Thurstans 1,831 3.9 +3.9
Labor Thomas Gascoigne 1,316 2.8 +2.8
Labor Des Lavey 1,269 2.7 +2.7
Labor Ken Austin 1,132 2.4 −6.2
United Tasmania Rod Broadby 1,525 3.3 +3.3
United Tasmania Helen Gee 352 0.8 +0.8
United Tasmania Patricia Armstrong 290 0.6 +0.6
United Tasmania Patricia Jones 265 0.6 +0.6
United Tasmania William Hickson 96 0.2 +0.2
United Tasmania Kevin Hazelwood 73 0.2 +0.2
United Tasmania David Stephen 64 0.1 +0.1
Workers Lance Buckingham 199 0.4 +0.4
Workers Peter Mollon 26 0.1 +0.1
Socialist Workers Rosanne Fidler 72 0.2 +0.2
Socialist Workers John Tully 51 0.1 +0.1
Total formal votes 46,831 96.2 0.0
Informal votes 1,828 3.8 0.0
Turnout 48,659 93.0 −1.3
Party total votes
Liberal 21,909 46.8 +6.8
Labor 21,909 46.8 +0.5
United Tasmania 2,665 5.7 −1.2
Workers 225 0.5 +0.5
Socialist Workers 123 0.3 +0.3

Franklin

1976 Tasmanian state election: Franklin
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Quota 5,913
Labor Bill Neilson (elected 1) 11,373 24.0 +6.9
Labor Doug Lowe (elected 2) 6,944 14.7 +4.1
Labor Ray Sherry (elected 4) 3,676 7.8 +7.8
Labor Eric Barnard (elected 5) 2,891 6.1 −13.0
Labor Jack Frost 1,291 2.7 −2.2
Labor Bill McKinnon 656 1.4 +1.4
Labor Peter Brown 645 1.4 +1.4
Labor Raymond Woodruff 528 1.1 +1.1
Labor Barrie Robinson 98 0.2 +0.2
Liberal John Beattie (elected 3) 6,077 12.8 +3.4
Liberal Geoff Pearsall (elected 6) 3,976 8.4 +3.5
Liberal Steve Gilmour (elected 7) 2,516 5.3 +5.3
Liberal Alan Duggan 1,735 3.7 +1.1
Liberal Doug Clark 1,604 3.4 −5.2
Liberal Thomas Dempsey 510 1.1 +1.1
Liberal Roy Pallett 473 1.0 +1.0
Liberal Frank O'Connor 103 0.2 +0.2
United Tasmania Ria Ikin 562 1.2 +1.2
United Tasmania John Levett 222 0.5 +0.5
United Tasmania Brian Chapman 148 0.3 +0.3
United Tasmania Rosemary Brown 145 0.3 +0.3
United Tasmania Michael Davies 89 0.2 +0.2
United Tasmania Judith Walker 89 0.2 +0.2
United Tasmania Sharyn Harrison-Williams 44 0.1 +0.1
Independent Leo Jarvis 334 0.7 +0.7
Independent Bryan Threlfall 327 0.7 +0.7
Independent Harry Priest 125 0.3 +0.3
Independent Roger Francis 119 0.3 +0.3
Total formal votes 47,300 96.2 0.0
Informal votes 1,868 3.8 0.0
Turnout 49,168 95.3 0.0
Party total votes
Labor 28,102 59.4 +0.7
Liberal 16,994 35.9 +2.6
United Tasmania 1,299 2.7 −5.3
Independent Leo Jarvis 334 0.7 +0.7
Independent Bryan Threlfall 327 0.7 +0.7
Independent Harry Priest 125 0.3 +0.3
Independent Roger Francis 119 0.3 +0.3

Wilmot

1976 Tasmanian state election: Wilmot
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Quota 5,948
Labor Michael Polley (elected 1) 8,055 16.9 +5.7
Labor Darrel Baldock (elected 2) 6,265 13.2 +6.0
Labor Andrew Lohrey (elected 4) 3,704 7.8 −2.2
Labor Charles Batt 3,094 6.5 +0.4
Labor Gordon Edhouse 1,573 3.3 +3.3
Labor Terry Aulich (elected 5) 1,483 3.1 +3.1
Labor Graham Vertigan 578 1.2 +1.2
Labor Allan Rhodes 521 1.0 +1.0
Liberal Robin Gray (elected 3) 4,632 9.7 +9.7
Liberal Ian Braid (elected 6) 3,891 8.2 +1.8
Liberal Graeme Page (elected 7) 2,694 5.7 +5.7
Liberal Trevor Roach 2,231 4.7 +4.7
Liberal Bob Ingamells 2,207 4.6 −0.6
Liberal D L Youd 1,971 4.1 +4.1
Liberal Jim Burn 1,649 3.5 +3.5
Liberal Bert Bessell 1,306 2.7 −1.7
Liberal Clyde FitzGerald 1,029 2.2 +2.2
United Tasmania Anthony Burke 343 0.7 +0.7
United Tasmania Anthony Joyce 63 0.1 +0.1
United Tasmania Roy Jackson 49 0.1 +0.1
Workers Stewart Lester 253 0.5 +0.5
Workers Kevin Chaffey 46 0.1 +0.1
Independent Stan King 125 0.3 +0.3
Total formal votes 47,582 96.1 −0.3
Informal votes 1,946 3.9 +0.3
Turnout 49,528 95.7 0.0
Party total votes
Labor 25,273 53.1 −3.9
Liberal 21,430 45.0 +2.9
United Tasmania 455 1.0 +1.0
Workers 299 0.6 +0.6
Independent Stan King 125 0.3 +0.3

See also

References

  1. "Assembly Election Results, 1976". Tasmanian Parliamentary Library.
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