1950 Tasmanian state election

State election in Australia April 2022 1950 Tasmanian state election Tasmania parliamentary no 1948 Tasmanian state election 1948 1955 Tasmanian state election 1955 All 30 seats to the House of Assembly 6 May 1950 Cosgrove Sir Robert HA 355.jpg 140 130 170 3 7 center Robert Cosgrove 25 February 1948 Australian Labor Party (Tasmanian Branch) Denison 15 seats 15 seats 0 48.63% 0.75 Reginald Townley.jpg 140 130 170 5 3 center Rex Townley 6 February 1950 Liberal Party of Australia (Tasmanian Division) Denison 12 seats 14 seats 2 47.57% 9.73 1950 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 1950 Tasmanian state election was held on 6 May 1950 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. Following the 1948 election, Premier Robert Cosgrove and the Labor Party remained in government with the support of independent MHA Bill Wedd. At the 1950 election, Cosgrove was seeking another term in office against the opposition Liberal Party, which had replaced Neil Campbell with Rex Townley as leader in February 1950. At the election, Labor retained 15 seats in the House of Assembly, and the Liberals regained one seat previously held by an independent, whilst Rex Townley, formerly an Independent Liberal, retained his seat as a Liberal. Results Results of the Tasmanian state election, 1950 File:1950 TAS House of Assembly.svg 161650 6841 +2.28 +0.53 #f00011 Labor 70976 -0.75 15 #080cab Liberala a a 69429 +9.73 14 2 Independents 5453 -2.10 1 1 Communist 86 +0.06 0 Popular vote #ddd 600px 410px Labor Australian Labor Party 48.63 Liberal Liberal Party of Australia 47.57 Independents Independent 3.74 Communist #C00000 0.06 Seats #ddd 600px 410px Labor Australian Labor Party 50.00 Liberal Liberal Party of Australia 46.67 Independents Independent 3.33 a a a Rex Townley joined the Liberal Party before the election, and had a personal vote of 3.88% in 1948 (19.97% of the Denison vote), so the actual net difference in votes between 1948 and 1950 was 5.85%. Distribution of votes Primary vote by division Bass Darwin Denison Franklin Wilmot Labor Party 54.2% 52.4% 46.2% 44.5% 51.2% Liberal Party 45.8% 46.8% 44.1% 46.8% 48.8% Other — 0.9% 9.6% 8.7% — 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, 1950–1955 Candidates of the 1950 Tasmanian state election References External links Assembly Election Results, 1950 https://web.archive.org/web/20080726173010/http://www.parliament.tas.gov.au/tpl/Elections/e1950.htm 26 July 2008 , Parliament of Tasmania. Report on General Election, 1950, Tasmanian Electoral Commission. Category:Elections in Tasmania Category:1950 elections in Australia Category:1950s in Tasmania Category:May 1950 in Australia