1946 Tasmanian state election

State election in Australia April 2022 1946 Tasmanian state election Tasmania parliamentary no 1941 Tasmanian state election 1941 1948 Tasmanian state election 1948 All 30 seats to the House of Assembly 23 November 1946 Cosgrove Sir Robert HA 355.jpg 140 130 170 3 7 center Robert Cosgrove 18 December 1939 Australian Labor Party (Tasmanian Branch) Denison 20 seats 16 seats 4 50.97% 11.63 Neil Campbell.jpg 140 130 170 7 7 center Neil Campbell February 1945 Liberal Party of Australia (Tasmanian Division) Wilmot 10 seats 12 seats 2 34.25% 2.33 1946 Tasmanian state election.svg 350px Results of the election Premier Robert Cosgrove Australian Labor Party (Tasmanian Branch) Robert Cosgrove Australian Labor Party (Tasmanian Branch) 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 systemHouse of Assembly Elections https://web.archive.org/web/20180709035743/http://www.parliament.tas.gov.au/tpl/Backg/HAElections.htm 9 July 2018 , Parliament of Tasmania. — six members were elected from each of five electorates. 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.W. A. Townsley, Cosgrove, Sir Robert (1884 - 1969), Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 13, Melbourne University Press, 1993, pp 505-507. Results Results of the Tasmanian state election, 1946 File:1946 TAS House of Assembly.svg 157756 14484 -0.16 +5.09 #f00011 Labor 65843 -11.63 16 4 #080cab Liberal 44158 -2.33 12 2 #7375C4 Ind. Lib.a a a 11339 +8.78 1 1 Independents 7765 +5.18 1 1 Popular vote #ddd 600px 410px Labor Australian Labor Party 50.97 Liberal Liberal Party of Australia 34.25 Independents Independent 14.79 Seats #ddd 600px 410px Labor Australian Labor Party 53.33 Liberal Liberal Party of Australia 40.00 Independents Independent 6.67 a a a Several Nationalists did not join the new Liberal Party and ran as independents. Rex Townley was elected in Denison. Distribution of votes Primary vote by division Bass Darwin Denison Franklin Wilmot 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 auto Electorate Seats won Bass             Darwin             Denison             Franklin             Wilmot             5em   Labor   Liberal   Independent See also Members of the Tasmanian House of Assembly, 1946–1948 Candidates of the 1946 Tasmanian state election References External links Assembly Election Results, 1946 https://web.archive.org/web/20080618162946/http://www.parliament.tas.gov.au/tpl/elections/e1946.htm 18 June 2008 , Parliament of Tasmania. Report on Parliamentary Elections, 1947, Tasmanian Electoral Commission. Category:Elections in Tasmania Category:1946 elections in Australia Category:1940s in Tasmania Category:November 1946 in Australia