1992 Tasmanian state election

State election in Australia April 2022 1992 Tasmanian state election Tasmania parliamentary no 1989 Tasmanian state election 1989 1996 Tasmanian state election 1996 All 35 seats to the House of Assembly 18 1 February 1992 Liberal Party of Australia placeholder portrait.svg 120 120 160 0 0 Ray Groom 17 December 1991 Liberal Party of Australia (Tasmanian Division) Denison 17 seats 19 2 154,337 54.11% 7.19 Labor Placeholder.png 120 120 160 0 0 Michael Field 14 December 1988 Australian Labor Party (Tasmanian Branch) Braddon 13 seats 11 2 82,296 28.85% 5.86 Bob Brown.jpg 140 130 170 0 0 center Bob Brown 1983 Green independents Denison 5 seats 5 37,742 13.23% 3.9 1992 Tasmanian state election.svg 350px Results of the election Premier Michael Field Australian Labor Party (Tasmanian Branch) Ray Groom Liberal Party of Australia (Tasmanian Division) The 1992 Tasmanian state election was held on 1 February 1992 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 minority government of Premier Michael Field, supported by the Green Independents led by Bob Brown, was defeated The Liberal Party under Ray Groom, which formed a majority government with Groom as Premier. The Labor minority government had spent much of their term focusing on economic reform. The priority of the Field government was reducing state debt, which had the support of the Greens. Government cuts in spending, were able to help Tasmania reach its debt servicing commitments, but were a source of discontent in the community. The minority government succeeded until late 1991 when lobbying from the forestry industry caused Field to introduce legislation to protect the industry from conservation. The legislation had the support of the Liberal Party and passed both houses easily. However, the Greens withdrew their support of the government, prompting Labor to an election for February 1992. The Liberal Party needed to win only one seat at this election to be returned into majority, and needed a primary vote swing of about 4.5 percent to gain that seat. Labor needed five seats to win an outright majority. Minor parties contesting this election included Advance Tasmania; which ran candidates in each electorate. A political party called "More Jobs" fielded candidates in Denison. Results Results of the Tasmanian state election, 1992 The result saw a swing against the Labor Party and the Greens in the direction of the Liberal Party. The 7.19 percent swing to the Liberals—almost double what they needed to win government—assured Groom would have a secure majority in the next state parliament. Although the Greens suffered a 3.90% swing against them, their primary vote of 13.23% statewide was above the required quota for election, and it was only in Bass and Braddon that they depended on a large flow of preferences to hold their seats. The Labor Party polled poorly with a net loss of two members. The party lost four members; Michael Weldon in Braddon, former Premier Harry Holgate and Jim Cox in Bass, David Crean in Denison. The party gained two members; Gill James in Bass and Julian Amos in Denison. The fall in the Labor vote could be attributed to the instability of the Labor-Green accord, but also because of government spending cuts. Minor parties and Independents collectively had an increase in votes, but were far from reaching the required quota for election. This is the first successive election until 2024 in which Tasmanian voters were presented with a different Premier from the previous election. File:1992 TAS House of Assembly.svg 314579 13557 0.81 1.90 Liberal #080cab 154337 7.19 19 2 Labor #f00011 82296 5.86 11 2 Ind. Green #10c25b 37742 3.90 5 Advance Tasmania 7263 New 0 New Independents 3228 0.79 0 More Jobs 356 New 0 New Primary vote by division Bass Braddon Denison Franklin Lyons Labor Party 29.6% 20.8% 33.3% 33.8% 26.9% Liberal Party 56.5% 65.7% 43.9% 46.3% 57.9% Independent Greens 11.4% 8.8% 17.9% 15.8% 12.3% Other 2.5% 4.6% 4.9% 4.1% 2.8% Distribution of seats auto Electorate Seats won Bass               Braddon               Denison               Franklin               Lyons               5em   Labor   Liberal   Green See also Candidates of the 1992 Tasmanian state election Members of the Tasmanian House of Assembly, 1992–1996 References Parliament of Tasmania election results https://web.archive.org/web/20060820111243/http://www.parliament.tas.gov.au/tpl/Elections/e1992.htm 20 August 2006 Category:Elections in Tasmania Tasmanian state election State election, 1992 Tasmanian state election