Tasmanian state election, 1950

Tasmanian state election, 1950

6 May 1950
All 30 seats to the House of Assembly
First party Second party   122px 125px Leader Robert Cosgrove Rex Townley Party Labor Liberal Leader since 25 February 1948 6 February 1950 Leader's seat Denison Denison Last election 15 seats 12 seats Seats won 15 seats 14 seats Seat change 0 2 Percentage 48.63% 47.57% Swing 0.75 9.73
Premier before election Robert Cosgrove Labor Elected Premier Robert Cosgrove Labor

Elections for the House of Assembly were held in the Australian state of Tasmania on 6 May 1950.

The Labor Party, led by Premier Robert Cosgrove, was seeking another term in office against the opposition Liberal Party, who had replaced Neil Campbell with Rex Townley as leader in February 1950.

Results

See also: Results of the Tasmanian state election, 1950

Labor retained its 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. As at the 1948 election, Robert Cosgrove and the Labor Party remained in government with the support of independent MHA Bill Wedd.

Tasmanian state election, 6 May 1950 House of Assembly << 1948 — 1955 >>
Enrolled voters		161,650
Votes cast		152,785		Turnout	94.52	+2.28
Informal votes		6,841		Informal	4.48	+0.53
Summary of votes by party
Party		Primary votes	%	Swing	Seats	Change
	Labor	70,976	48.63	–0.75	15	± 0
	Liberal	69,429	47.57	+9.73	14	+ 2
	Independent	5,453	3.74	–2.10	1	– 1
	Communist	86	0.06	+0.06	0	± 0
	Ind. Lib.			–6.82	0	– 1
Total		145,944			30

¹ 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 Seats

Electorate Seats won Bass             Darwin             Denison             Franklin             Wilmot

Labor   Liberal   Independent

See also

• Members of the Tasmanian House of Assembly, 1950–1955
• Candidates of the Tasmanian state election, 1950

External links

• Assembly Election Results, 1950, Parliament of Tasmania.
• Report on General Election, 1950, Tasmanian Electoral Commission.