Candidates of the 1950 Tasmanian state election

The 1950 Tasmanian state election was held on 6 May 1950.

Retiring Members

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No MHAs retired at this election.

House of Assembly

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Sitting members are shown in bold text. Tickets that elected at least one MHA are highlighted in the relevant colour. Successful candidates are indicated by an asterisk (*).

Six seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending three seats. The Liberal Party was defending three seats.

Labor candidates Liberal candidates

Alexander Atkins
Claude Barnard*
Eric Howroyd
John Madden*
William Oliver
Reg Turnbull*

Bill Beattie
James Guy
James McGowen
Fred Marriott*
John Orchard*
John Steer*

Six seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending three seats. The Liberal Party was defending three seats.

Labor candidates Liberal candidates Ungrouped candidates

Charley Aylett*
Edward Beachcroft
Carrol Bramich*
Gordon O'Shannessey
Eric Reece*
Patrick Streets

Jack Breheny
Jack Chamberlain*
John Fidler*
Mervyn Langham
Kevin Lyons*
Hector McFie
Raymond Powys

Thomas Cornelius

Six seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending three seats. The Liberal Party was defending one seat. One seat was being defended by independent MHA Bill Wedd. The final seat had been won by Rex Townley as an independent Liberal; he had since joined the Liberal Party.

Labor candidates Liberal candidates Independent candidates Ungrouped candidates

Robert Cosgrove*
Frank Gaha*
Henry Hope
William Morgan
Lloyd Neville
Alfred White*

Roy Cazaly
John Driscoll
Campbell Duncan
Arthur Hay
Horace Strutt*
Rex Townley*

Leo McPartlan
Bill Wedd*

Max Bound (CPA)

Six seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending three seats. The Liberal Party was defending two seats. Independent MHA George Gray was defending one seat.

Labor candidates Liberal candidates Ungrouped candidates

Edward Cullen
John Dwyer*
Harry Fletcher
Charles Hand*
Bill Neilson*
George Robbie

Ernest Barwick
Arthur Griffiths
Tim Jackson*
Archibald Park*
Thomas Pearsall*
Harold Solomon

George Gray

Six seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending three seats. The Liberal Party was defending three seats.

Labor candidates Liberal candidates

Douglas Cashion*
Roy Fagan*
Reg Fisher
Robert Phair
Lancelot Spurr*
Angus von Bertouch

Charles Best*
Angus Bethune*
Neil Campbell*
George Hodson
Robert Robertson
Percy Williams

See also

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References

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