1979 Tasmanian state election

State election in Australia April 2022 1979 Tasmanian state election Tasmania parliamentary no 1976 Tasmanian state election 1976 1982 Tasmanian state election 1982 All 35 seats to the House of Assembly 18 28 July 1979 Doug Lowe premier.jpg 140 130 170 3 0 center Doug Lowe 1 December 1977 Australian Labor Party (Tasmanian Branch) Franklin 18 seats 20 2 54.32% 1.84 Max Bingham 1973 (cropped).jpg 140 130 170 10 3 center Max Bingham 4 May 1972 Liberal Party of Australia (Tasmanian Division) Denison 17 seats 15 2 41.31% 3.18 1979 Tasmanian state election.svg 350px Results of the election Premier Doug Lowe Australian Labor Party (Tasmanian Branch) Doug Lowe Australian Labor Party (Tasmanian Branch) The 1979 Tasmanian state election was held on 28 July 1979 in the Australian state of Tasmania to elect 35 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. — seven members were elected from each of five electorates. The quota required for election was 12.5% in each division. The incumbent Labor Party, led by Doug Lowe, won a third term in office against the opposition Liberal Party, led by Max Bingham. Background Bill Neilson, leader of the Labor Party and Premier of Tasmania, had retired on 1 December 1977 and been replaced by Doug Lowe. The United Tasmania Group, which had contested the two previous elections, did not field any candidates for the 1979 election. Instead a new party, the Australian Democrats, founded by Don Chipp in 1977, emerged as the most significant minor party. Results Results of the Tasmanian state election, 1979 The Labor Party won the election, increasing its majority in the House of Assembly from one seat to five. Doug Lowe received the highest personal vote ever in the House of Assembly: 24,971 or 51.2% of the vote in the seat of Franklin.Highest Individual Vote Winners Since 1959 https://web.archive.org/web/20190310142527/http://www.parliament.tas.gov.au/tpl/datasheets/hightop.htm 10 March 2019 , Tasmanian House of Assembly, 23 July 2002. 265428 File:1979 TAS House of Assembly.svg 9582 -0.78 +0.05 Labor #f00011 129973 +1.84 20 2 Liberal #080cab 98845 -3.18 15 2 Democrats 6858 New 0 New Independents 3608 +0.68 0 Popular vote #ddd 600px 410px Labor Australian Labor Party 54.32 Liberal Liberal Party of Australia 41.31 Democrats Australian Democrats 2.87 Independents Independent 1.51 Seats #ddd 600px 410px Labor Australian Labor Party 57.14 Liberal Liberal Party of Australia 42.86 Distribution of votes Primary vote by division Bass Braddon Denison Franklin Wilmot Labor Party 50.3% 54.2% 50.7% 60.8% 55.6% Liberal Party 44.7% 42.7% 42.0% 33.9% 43.5% Other 5.0% 3.1% 7.4% 5.4% 0.9% Distribution of seats auto Electorate Seats won Bass               Braddon               Denison               Franklin               Wilmot               5em   Labor   Liberal Aftermath Max Bingham resigned as opposition leader after losing his second election, and was replaced by Geoff Pearsall. The election of three Labor MPs for Denison (Julian Amos, John Devine and John Green) was ruled invalid, due to the enforcement of a previously ignored rule limiting campaign expenditure to $1,500. A by-election was arranged for Denison in February 1980. The placement of the Labor candidates on the ballot paper, which placed Deputy Premier Neil Batt fourth, was believed to have led to the introduction of the Robson Rotation method of randomising ballot ordering.Bowe, William: Tasmanian election: Denison form guide, Crikey.com.au, 13 March 2006. See also Members of the Tasmanian House of Assembly, 1979–1982 Candidates of the 1979 Tasmanian state election References External links http://www.parliament.tas.gov.au/tpl/Elections/E1979.htm House of Assembly Election Results 18 July 1979 Tasmanian Parliamentary Library 23 April 2008 26 July 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20080726171157/http://www.parliament.tas.gov.au/tpl/Elections/E1979.htm dead Category:1970s in Tasmania Tasmanian state election Category:Elections in Tasmania Tasmanian state election