The 1946 Tasmanian state election was held on 23 November 1946 in the Australian state of Tasmania to elect 30 members of the Tasmanian House of Assembly. The election used the Hare-Clark proportional representation system[1] — six members were elected from each of five electorates.
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Incumbent Premier Robert Cosgrove continued to lead the Labor Party into the 1946 election. The Nationalist Party had reformed into the modern Liberal Party, and was led by Neil Campbell. This was Tasmania's first election since the end of World War II.
Labor won a majority in the election, although the party's vote was significantly reduced. Cosgrove dominated the government throughout Tasmania's post-war recovery.[2]
Results edit
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| Party | Votes | % | +/– | Seats | +/– | |
| Labor | 65,843 | 51.00 |  11.63 | 16 | 4 | |
| Liberal | 44,158 | 34.20 | 2.33 | 12 |  2 | |
| Ind. Lib.[a] | 11,339 | 8.78 | 8.78 | 1 | 1 | |
| Independents | 7,765 | 6.01 | 5.18 | 1 | 1 | |
| Total | 129,105 | 100.00 | – | 30 | – | |
| Valid votes | 129,105 | 89.91 | ||||
| Invalid/blank votes | 14,484 | 10.09 | 5.09 | |||
| Total votes | 143,589 | 100.00 | – | |||
| Registered voters/turnout | 157,756 | 91.02 | 0.16 | |||
- a Several Nationalists did not join the new Liberal Party and ran as independents. Rex Townley was elected in Denison.
Distribution of votes edit
Primary vote by division edit
| Bass | Darwin | Denison | Franklin | Wilmot | |
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| Labor Party | 57.9% | 49.5% | 45.3% | 51.5% | 51.2% |
| Liberal Party | 31.9% | 47.7% | 19.4% | 35.2% | 36.3% |
| Other | 10.3% | 2.9% | 35.4% | 13.3% | 12.5% |
Distribution of seats edit
See also edit
References edit
- ^ House of Assembly Elections, Parliament of Tasmania.
- ^ W. A. Townsley, Cosgrove, Sir Robert (1884 - 1969), Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 13, Melbourne University Press, 1993, pp 505-507.
External links edit
- Assembly Election Results, 1946, Parliament of Tasmania.
- Report on Parliamentary Elections, 1947, Tasmanian Electoral Commission.