Tasmanian general election, 1941

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House of Assembly election, 1941
Party	Vote %		Seats
Labor	62.6	↑3.9	20	↑2
Nationalist	36.6	↓2.3	10	↓2
Labor win

A general election for the House of Assembly was held in the Australian state of Tasmania on December 13, 1941.

Contents 1 Background 2 1941 Election Results 3 Distribution of Seats 4 Aftermath 5 References 6 External links

[edit] Background

The Australian Labor Party had won the 1937 election with a three-seat majority over the Nationalist Party. Labor leader and Premier Albert Ogilvie had died in office on 10 June 1939, and had been replaced by Edmund Dwyer-Gray and then Robert Cosgrove, who led Labor into the 1941 election. Sir Henry Baker continued to lead the Nationalists.

[edit] 1941 Election Results

Party	Number of votes	Percentage	Seats won	Percent Swing
Australian Labor Party	75,544	62.6%	20	+3.9%
Nationalist Party	44,150	36.6%	10	-2.3%
Other	996	0.8%	0	-1.7%

		Percentage	Change
Turn out	120,690	86.7%	-5.3%
Informal	6,344	5.3%	+2.8%

[edit] Distribution of Seats

Electorate	Seats won
Bass
Darwin
Denison
Franklin
Wilmot

	Australian Labor Party
	Nationalist Party

[edit] Aftermath

In spite of Cosgrove's refusal to placate the Labor Party's left wing, and criticism from Bill Morrow of the Launceston Trades Hall Council, Labor consolidated its substantial majority even further, winning a further two seats for a total of 20.^[1]

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Assembly Election Results, 1941, Parliament of Tasmania.
• Report on General Election, 1941, Tasmanian Electoral Commission.

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