1972 Tasmanian state election

State election in Australia April 2022 1972 Tasmanian state election Tasmania parliamentary no 1969 Tasmanian state election 1969 1976 Tasmanian state election 1976 All 35 seats to the House of Assembly 22 April 1972 Eric Reece 1973 (cropped).jpg 135 130 170 7 0 center Eric Reece 26 August 1958 Australian Labor Party (Tasmanian Branch) Braddon 17 seats 21 seats 4 54.93% 7.25 Angus Bethune 1971.jpg 135 130 170 0 3 center Angus Bethune 19 March 1960 Liberal Party of Australia (Tasmanian Division) Wilmot 17 seats 14 seats 3 38.37% 5.61 1972 Tasmanian state election.svg 340px Results of the election Premier Angus Bethune Liberal Party of Australia (Tasmanian Division) Eric Reece Australian Labor Party (Tasmanian Branch) The 1972 Tasmanian state election was held on 22 April 1972 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 one-term Liberal government of Premier Angus Bethune had collapsed following the withdrawal of support by Kevin Lyons. The opposition Labor Party, led by Eric Reece, gained a clear majority and won the election. Background The 1969 election had resulted in a hung parliament, with the deadlock broken when Kevin Lyons of the Centre Party formed a coalition government with Angus Bethune's Liberal Party. On 15 March 1972, Lyons resigned as Deputy Premier and effectively dissolved the Liberal-Centre coalition.Tasmanian Political Almanac - On This Day, Parliament of Tasmania. The resulting instability triggered an election. The 1972 election was also notable due to the emergence and candidacy of the United Tasmania Group, the world's first Green party, formed to campaign against the proposed damming of Lake Pedder.Eckersley Robyn Environmentalism and Political Theory: Toward an Ecocentric Approach 1992 SUNY Press New York 0-7914-1013-7 193 https://archive.org/details/environmentalism0000ecke/page/193 Results Results of the 1972 Tasmanian state election The Liberals lost three seats, giving Labor a clear majority. Eric Reece was sworn in as Premier of Tasmania for a second time on 3 May 1972. Eric Reece also received the highest personal vote ever in Braddon, gaining 14,790 votes, or 35.4% of the vote. The United Tasmania Group gained a respectable 3.9% of the vote, failing to gain a seat in the parliament and to stop the damming of Lake Pedder, but their efforts paved the way for the Tasmanian Greens to become a significant force in Tasmanian politics. File:1972 TAS House of Assembly.svg 216846 7533 +0.47 -1.00 Labor #f00011 108910 +7.25 21 4 Liberal #080cab 76073 +7.25 14 3 United Tasmania Group #10c25b 7741 New 0 New Independents 5546 +0.49 0 Other -6.03 1 Popular vote #ddd 600px 410px Labor Australian Labor Party 54.93 Liberal Liberal Party of Australia 38.37 United Tasmania Group #10C25B 3.90 Independents Independent 2.80 Seats #ddd 600px 410px Labor Australian Labor Party 60.00 Liberal Liberal Party of Australia 40.00 Distribution of votes Primary vote by division Bass Braddon Denison Franklin Wilmot Labor Party 49.3% 62.9% 46.3% 58.7% 57.0% Liberal Party 42.9% 33.8% 40.0% 33.3% 42.1% Other 7.8% 3.2% 13.8% 8.0% 1.0% Distribution of seats Electorate Seats won Bass               Braddon               Denison               Franklin               Wilmot                 Labor   Liberal See also Members of the Tasmanian House of Assembly, 1972–1976 Candidates of the 1972 Tasmanian state election References External links http://www.parliament.tas.gov.au/tpl/Elections/e1972.htm House of Assembly Election Results 22 April 1972 Tasmanian Parliamentary Library 22 April 2008 19 March 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20180319222524/http://www.parliament.tas.gov.au/tpl/Elections/e1972.htm dead Category:1970s in Tasmania Category:1972 elections in Australia Category:April 1972 in Australia Category:Elections in Tasmania