Tasmanian general election, 1950

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House of Assembly election, 1950
Party	Vote %		Seats
Labor	48.6	↓0.8	15
Liberal	47.6	↑9.8	14	↑2
Independent	3.8	↓9.0	1	↓2
No majority

A general election for the House of Assembly was held in the Australian state of Tasmania on May 6, 1950.

Contents 1 Background 2 1950 Election Results 3 Distribution of Seats 4 Aftermath 5 References 6 External links

[edit] Background

Going into the 1950 election, the Labor Party was lead by incumbent Premier Robert Cosgrove. The Liberal Party replaced Neil Campbell as leader with Reginald Townley in February 1950.

[edit] 1950 Election Results

Party	Number of votes	Percentage	Seats won	Percent Swing
Australian Labor Party	70,976	48.6%	15	-0.8%
Liberal Party of Australia	69,429	47.6%	14	+9.8%
Grouped Independents	2,603	1.8%	1	+10.1%
Other	2,936	2.0%	0	+1.1%

		Percentage	Change
Turn out	145,944	90.3%	+1.7%
Informal	6,841	4.7%	+0.6%

[edit] Distribution of Seats

Electorate	Seats won
Bass
Darwin
Denison
Franklin
Wilmot

	Australian Labor Party
	Liberal Party of Australia
	Independent

[edit] Aftermath

Labor retained its 15 seats in the House of Assembly, and the Liberals regained two seats which were previously held by independents. As at the 1948 election, Robert Cosgrove and the Labor Party remained in government with the support of independent MHA William Wedd.

[edit] References

[edit] External links

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

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