1964 Tasmanian state election

State election in Australia April 2022 1964 Tasmanian state election Tasmania parliamentary no 1959 Tasmanian state election 1959 1969 Tasmanian state election 1969 All 35 seats to the House of Assembly 2 May 1964 Eric Reece 1973 (cropped).jpg 140 130 170 3 3 center Eric Reece 26 August 1958 Australian Labor Party (Tasmanian Branch) Braddon 17 seats 19 seats 2 51.32% 6.82 Angus Bethune 1971.jpg 135 130 170 0 3 center Angus Bethune 19 March 1960 Liberal Party of Australia (Tasmanian Division) Wilmot 16 seats 16 seats 0 38.49% 2.57 1964 Tasmanian state election.svg 350px Results of the election Premier Eric Reece Australian Labor Party (Tasmanian Branch) Eric Reece Australian Labor Party (Tasmanian Branch) The 1964 Tasmanian state election was held on 2 May 1964 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 Labor Party, in power since 1934, was seeking a tenth term in office, and Premier Eric Reece was contesting his second election in that role, this time against Leader of the Opposition Angus Bethune of the Liberal Party. Despite its longevity, the peculiarities of the Tasmanian Hare-Clark system meant it had served as a minority government with the support of independents since the 1946 election. This is to date the last time that a sitting Premier, in Reece, has won back to back elections and was the first and only time that a Tasmanian Government won a tenth consecutive term in office. Results Results of the Tasmanian state election, 1964 Labor won a majority in the House of Assembly with 19 of the 35 seats. Dr Reg Turnbull, the former Labor treasurer who had won 27.9% as an independent in Bass in 1959 (equal to 5.64% of the statewide vote) departed in 1961 for the Australian Senate, with most of his vote returning to his former party. File:1964 TAS House of Assembly.svg 193418 7980 +0.86 -1.44 #f00011 Labor 90631 +6.82 19 2 #080cab Liberal 67971 -2.57 16 #008000 Country 9280 +5.26 0 Independents 5462 -5.96 0 2 #008080 Democratic Labor 3155 -3.50 0 Communist 92 -0.04 0 Popular vote #ddd 600px 410px Labor Australian Labor Party 51.32 Liberal Liberal Party of Australia 38.49 Country National Party of Australia – Queensland 5.26 DLP #008080 1.79 Communist #C00000 0.05 Independents Independent 3.09 Seats #ddd 600px 410px Labor Australian Labor Party 54.29 Liberal Liberal Party of Australia 45.71 Distribution of votes Primary vote by division Bass Braddon Denison Franklin Wilmot Labor Party 49.9% 56.6% 44.0% 53.2% 52.3% Liberal Party 41.2% 32.9% 44.9% 36.5% 37.5% Other 9.0% 10.5% 11.1% 10.4% 10.3% Distribution of seats auto Electorate Seats won Bass               Braddon               Denison               Franklin               Wilmot               5em   Labor   Liberal See also Members of the Tasmanian House of Assembly, 1964–1969 Candidates of the 1964 Tasmanian state election References External links Assembly Election Results, 1964 https://web.archive.org/web/20080726171412/http://www.parliament.tas.gov.au/tpl/Elections/e1964.htm 26 July 2008 , Parliament of Tasmania. Report on Parliamentary Elections, 1964, Tasmanian Electoral Commission. Category:Elections in Tasmania Category:1964 elections in Australia Category:1960s in Tasmania Category:May 1964 in Australia