1980 Denison state by-election

April 2022 February 2023 Tasmania parliamentary no 16 February 1980 All 7 seats for the Division of Denison in the House of Assembly 4 First preference 1979 Tasmanian state election 1979 1982 Tasmanian state election 1982 Doug Lowe premier.jpg 120 120 160 0 0 Doug Lowe Australian Labor Party 4 seats 3 1 21,615 46.4% 4.3pp Liberal Party of Australia placeholder portrait.svg 120 120 160 0 0 Geoff Pearsall Liberal Party of Australia 3 seats 3 20,309 43.6% 1.6pp Australian Democrats Norm Sanders Australian Democrats 0 seats 1 1 4,292 9.2% 1.8pp A by-election for the Tasmanian House of Assembly was held in the Division of Denison in the Australian state of Tasmania on Saturday 16 February 1980. Background The election was the first to use the Robson Rotation, a method of rotating names on ballot papers.Newsletter of the Proportional Representation Society of Australia https://web.archive.org/web/20110706131041/http://ww2.cs.mu.oz.au/~lee/prsa/qn/69.html 2011-07-06 , Number 69, March 1993 In previous elections, candidates were listed in alphabetical order by surname. By-elections are not usually held in the Tasmanian House of Assembly because casual vacancies are filled by a countback of votes, a system that has been in place since 1917.House of Assembly Elections https://web.archive.org/web/20180709035743/http://www.parliament.tas.gov.au/tpl/Backg/HAElections.htm 9 July 2018 , Tasmanian Parliamentary Library On 18 December 1979 the Supreme Court of Tasmania ordered that the election of three candidates in the 1979 election be declared void.Report on Parliamentary Elections 1978 to 1980 https://web.archive.org/web/20070830020703/http://www.electoral.tas.gov.au/pages/ElectoralInformation/Election%20Reports/1980.pdf 2007-08-30 , Parliament of Tasmania, 1980. The court found that Julian Amos, John Devine and John Green had exceeded their spending limits.A Tasmanian Political Almanac, Parliament of Tasmania As a result, all elected members for the electorate of Denison were required to face another election. Elected members The election resulted in two previously elected members losing their seats: John Green from the Labor Party and Bob Baker from the Liberal Party. Elected in their place were Norm Sanders from the Democrats and Liberal Gabriel Haros. The following candidates were elected, listed in order of election: Order Name Party 1 Neil Batt Labor 2 Max Bingham Liberal 3 Gabriel Haros Liberal 4 Julian Amos Labor 5 John Devine Labor 6 Robert Mather Liberal 7 Norm Sanders Democrats Result 1980 Denison state by-election1980 Results in Denison for the By-Election held on 16 February 1980 http://www.parliament.tas.gov.au/tpl/Elections/e1980DenBE.htm Tasmanian Parliamentary Library 5,819 Labor TAS Neil Batt (elected 1) 8,272 17.8 +5.2 Labor TAS John Devine (elected 5) 4,346 9.3 -2.4 Labor TAS Julian Amos (elected 4) 3,928 8.4 -3.6 Labor TAS John Green 2,325 5.0 -2.8 Labor TAS Bob Graham 2,108 4.5 -0.6 Labor TAS Stan Joiner 332 0.7 +0.7 Labor TAS Norm Hanscombe 304 0.7 +0.3 Liberal TAS Max Bingham (elected 2) 5,960 12.8 -12.9 Liberal TAS Gabriel Haros (elected 3) 5,658 12.2 +7.4 Liberal TAS Robert Mather (elected 6) 2,160 4.6 +0.8 Liberal TAS Geoff Davis 1,616 3.5 +0.5 Liberal TAS Bob Baker 1,540 3.3 +1.6 Liberal TAS Max Robinson 1,364 2.9 +1.5 Liberal TAS Doug Clark 1,194 2.6 +2.6 Liberal TAS Terry Bower 462 1.0 +0.5 Liberal TAS Alan Hughes 355 0.8 +0.8 Democrats Norm Sanders (elected 7) 2,798 6.0 +1.8 Democrats Peter Brown 466 1.0 +1.0 Democrats Rod Broadby 422 0.9 -1.9 Democrats Elizabeth Holloway 206 0.4 +0.4 Democrats Andrew Langlinger 149 0.3 +0.3 Democrats John Harrison 130 0.3 +0.3 Democrats Bruce Kent 121 0.3 +0.3 Christian Democrats Hellen Kelly 168 0.4 +0.4 Christian Democrats Stephen Shelley 167 0.4 +0.4 46,551 94.8 -1.5 2,538 5.2 +1.5 49,089 90.0 -2.4 Labor TAS 21,615 46.4 -4.3 Liberal TAS 20,309 43.6 +1.6 Democrats 4,292 9.2 +1.8 Christian Democrats 335 0.7 +0.7 References Further reading Denison form guide 2006 https://web.archive.org/web/20080717182032/http://www.pollbludger.com/337 2008-07-17 , Poll Bludger, 2006. Quoting an article by Wayne Crawford of The Mercury in 2002. Denison state by-election Category:Tasmania state by-elections Denison state by-election,`1980 Denison state by-election