Results of the 1976 Tasmanian state election

Tasmanian state election, 11 December 1976[1]
House of Assembly
<< 1972–1979 >>

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[edit]

### Bass[edit]

1976 Tasmanian state election: Bass Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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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[edit]

1976 Tasmanian state election: Braddon Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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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[edit]

1976 Tasmanian state election: Denison Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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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[edit]

1976 Tasmanian state election: Franklin Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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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[edit]

1976 Tasmanian state election: Wilmot Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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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[edit]

* 1976 Tasmanian state election
* Members of the Tasmanian House of Assembly, 1976–1979
* Candidates of the 1976 Tasmanian state election

## References[edit]

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