Results of the 1969 Tasmanian state election

Tasmanian state election, 10 May 1969 [1] House of Assembly << 1964–1972 >>
Enrolled voters		210,268
Votes cast		198,571		Turnout	94.44	–0.99
Informal votes		9,248		Informal	4.66	+0.34
Summary of votes by party
Party		Primary votes	%	Swing	Seats	Change
	Labor	90,278	47.68	–3.64	17	– 2
	Liberal	67,971	43.98	+5.49	17	+ 1
	Centre	8,160	4.31	+4.31	1	+ 1
	Democratic Labor	3,258	1.72	–0.07	0	± 0
	Independent	4,366	2.31	–0.79	0	± 0
Total		189,323			35

This is a list of House of Assembly results for the 1969 Tasmanian election.

Results by division

Bass

1969 Tasmanian state election: Bass

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Quota			4,581
	Liberal	Bill Beattie (elected 3)	4,361	11.9	+1.0
	Liberal	Max Bushby (elected 2)	4,246	11.6	+3.5
	Liberal	Timothy Barrenger (elected 5)	3,195	8.7	+8.7
	Liberal	James Henty (elected 6)	2,294	6.3	+2.4
	Liberal	Henry Bertram	1,256	3.4	+3.4
	Liberal	Norman Tilley	804	2.2	+2.2
	Liberal	Don Gilmour	763	2.1	+2.1
	Labor	Michael Barnard (elected 1)	4,376	11.9	+11.9
	Labor	Allan Foster (elected 4)	4,270	11.7	+11.7
	Labor	Alexander Atkins (elected 7)	2,041	5.6	−6.1
	Labor	Mac Le Fevre	1,538	4.2	−5.8
	Labor	Laurence Lovett	1,077	2.9	−0.7
	Labor	John Madden	892	2.4	−8.1
	Labor	Eric Down	798	2.2	−0.4
	Labor	Wallace Fraser	561	1.5	−3.8
	Centre	Bruce Kekwick	1,034	2.8	+2.8
	Centre	Jeffrey Weston	544	1.5	+1.5
	Centre	Edward Smith	56	0.2	+0.2
	Independent	Neil Pitt	1,087	3.0	+3.0
	Group A	Leslie Arnold	386	1.1	+0.2
	Group A	George Brookes	340	0.9	+0.9
	Democratic Labor	Peter Ferrall	385	1.1	+1.1
	Democratic Labor	Eris Smyth	338	0.9	+0.9
Total formal votes			36,642	95.3	+0.3
Informal votes			1,815	4.7	−0.3
Turnout			38,457	93.6	−1.7
Party total votes
	Liberal		16,919	46.2	+5.0
	Labor		15,553	42.4	−7.5
	Centre		1,634	4.5	+4.5
	Independent	Neil Pitt	1,087	3.0	+3.0
	Group A		726	2.0	+0.6
	Democratic Labor		723	2.0	0.0

Braddon

1969 Tasmanian state election: Braddon

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Quota			4,921
	Labor	Eric Reece (elected 1)	13,452	34.2	−0.5
	Labor	Lloyd Costello (elected 3)	2,104	5.3	−0.9
	Labor	Geoff Chisholm (elected 5)	1,476	3.7	−0.6
	Labor	Sydney Ward (elected 4)	1,399	3.6	−1.0
	Labor	Joseph Britton	1,386	3.5	+1.6
	Labor	Donald Crowe	600	1.5	+1.5
	Labor	Jack Crawford	432	1.1	+1.1
	Labor	Gordon O'Shannessey	304	0.8	−0.6
	Liberal	Wilfred Barker (elected 2)	4,087	10.4	+4.5
	Liberal	William Young	2,619	6.7	+0.7
	Liberal	Jack Breheny (elected 7)	2,555	6.5	−0.7
	Liberal	Alan Moore	1,691	4.3	+4.3
	Liberal	John Davis	999	2.5	+2.5
	Liberal	Ray Grey	960	2.4	+1.0
	Liberal	Bruce Walker	633	1.6	+1.6
	Centre	Kevin Lyons (elected 6)	3,546	9.0	+9.0
	Centre	Lawrence Ling	252	0.6	+0.6
	Centre	Laurie Heathorn	242	0.6	+0.6
	Centre	Lloyd Hodgkinson	75	0.2	+0.2
	Democratic Labor	John Chapman-Mortimer	443	1.1	+0.8
	Democratic Labor	Dudley McNamara	106	0.3	+0.3
Total formal votes			39,361	95.8	−0.8
Informal votes			1,730	4.2	+0.8
Turnout			41,091	94.7	−0.9
Party total votes
	Labor		21,153	53.7	−2.9
	Liberal		13,544	34.4	+1.5
	Centre		4,115	10.5	+10.5
	Democratic Labor		549	1.4	−0.9

Denison

1969 Tasmanian state election: Denison

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Quota			4,921
	Liberal	Nigel Abbott (elected 1)	5,144	13.1	+6.7
	Liberal	Robert Mather (elected 3)	3,084	7.8	+2.6
	Liberal	Max Bingham (elected 4)	2,999	7.6	+7.6
	Liberal	Ronald Banks	2,182	5.5	+5.5
	Liberal	Bob Baker (elected 5)	1,622	4.1	+4.1
	Liberal	George Brown	1,524	3.9	+0.9
	Liberal	Horace Strutt	1,086	2.8	+1.1
	Liberal	John Hand	1,035	2.6	+2.6
	Labor	Merv Everett (elected 2)	5,073	12.9	+2.5
	Labor	Ken Austin (elected 6)	3,213	8.2	+3.3
	Labor	Neil Batt (elected 7)	2,978	7.6	+7.6
	Labor	Harry McLoughlin	2,692	6.8	−5.8
	Labor	Reginald Richardson	971	2.5	+2.5
	Labor	Albert Schluter	889	2.3	+2.3
	Labor	Malcolm Hills	739	1.9	+1.9
	Labor	Donald Finlay	643	1.6	+1.6
	Independent	Bill Wedd	2,395	6.1	+2.7
	Democratic Labor	Michael Delaney	685	1.7	+1.7
	Democratic Labor	Leslie Foley	160	0.4	+0.4
	Centre	Jim Campbell	142	0.4	+0.4
	Centre	James Rimmer	106	0.3	+0.3
Total formal votes			39,362	95.0	−0.5
Informal votes			2,055	5.0	+0.5
Turnout			41,417	92.9	−1.1
Party total votes
	Liberal		18,676	47.4	+2.5
	Labor		17,198	43.7	−0.3
	Independent	Bill Wedd	2,395	6.1	+2.7
	Democratic Labor		845	2.1	+2.1
	Centre		248	0.6	+0.6

Franklin

1969 Tasmanian state election: Franklin

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Quota			4,453
	Labor	Eric Barnard (elected 1)	5,309	14.9	−2.4
	Labor	Bill Neilson (elected 2)	5,062	14.2	−7.3
	Labor	Doug Lowe (elected 4)	2,346	6.6	+6.6
	Labor	Terry Martin	1,714	4.8	−3.4
	Labor	John Parsons	1,380	3.9	+3.9
	Labor	Jack Frost (elected 5)	1,311	3.7	+0.2
	Labor	Daniel Doyle	949	2.7	+2.7
	Labor	John Dillon	471	1.3	+1.3
	Liberal	Doug Clark (elected 3)	4,647	13.0	+7.8
	Liberal	Geoff Pearsall (elected 6)	2,673	7.5	−3.4
	Liberal	Bill Young	2,429	6.8	−1.1
	Liberal	Eric Iles	2,243	6.3	+3.3
	Liberal	Stanley Gough (elected 7)	1,926	5.4	+5.4
	Liberal	Leslie Thirgood	1,108	3.1	+3.1
	Liberal	William Ryan	712	2.0	+2.0
	Democratic Labor	Kathleen Delaney	516	1.4	+1.4
	Democratic Labor	Denis Sainsbury	172	0.5	+0.5
	Centre	Gerald Lyons	470	1.3	+1.3
	Centre	James Earnshaw	181	0.5	+0.5
Total formal votes			35,619	95.5	+0.2
Informal votes			1,665	4.5	−0.2
Turnout			37,284	95.8	−0.4
Party total votes
	Labor		18,542	52.1	−1.1
	Liberal		15,738	44.2	+7.7
	Democratic Labor		688	1.9	+1.9
	Centre		651	1.8	+1.8

Wilmot

1969 Tasmanian state election: Wilmot

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Quota			4,793
	Liberal	Angus Bethune (elected 1)	6,598	17.2	+1.2
	Liberal	Bob Ingamells (elected 3)	4,005	10.4	+2.0
	Liberal	Bert Bessell (elected 4)	3,599	9.4	+1.6
	Liberal	Ian Braid (elected 7)	1,364	3.6	+3.6
	Liberal	Michael Ibbott	1,218	3.2	+3.2
	Liberal	Kenneth O'Brien	1,112	2.9	−0.2
	Liberal	Robert Winspear	488	1.3	+1.3
	Labor	Roy Fagan (elected 2)	4,895	12.8	−3.8
	Labor	Douglas Cashion (elected 5)	3,450	9.0	−3.3
	Labor	William Anderson (elected 6)	3,295	8.6	+0.3
	Labor	Thomas McDonald	2,249	5.9	−1.4
	Labor	Stephen Byron	1,692	4.4	+4.4
	Labor	Don Marriott	1,090	2.8	+2.8
	Labor	John MacRostie	583	1.5	+1.5
	Labor	Harold Singleton	578	1.5	+1.5
	Centre	Allen Brown	1,102	2.9	+2.9
	Centre	Geoffrey Dean	248	0.6	+0.6
	Centre	Anthony Weston	162	0.4	+0.4
	Democratic Labor	Ronald Butterworth	292	0.8	+0.8
	Democratic Labor	Darryl Sulzberger	161	0.4	+0.4
	Independent	Norman Feil	158	0.4	+0.4
Total formal votes			38,339	95.1	−1.0
Informal votes			1,983	4.9	+1.0
Turnout			40,322	95.4	−0.5
Party total votes
	Liberal		18,384	48.0	+10.5
	Labor		17,832	46.5	−5.8
	Centre		1,512	3.9	+3.9
	Democratic Labor		453	1.2	−0.7
	Independent	Norman Feil	158	0.4	+0.4

See also

• 1969 Tasmanian state election
• Members of the Tasmanian House of Assembly, 1969–1972
• Candidates of the 1969 Tasmanian state election

References

1. "House of Assembly Results 1969". Tasmanian Parliamentary Library.