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

Results by division[edit]

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

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

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

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

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