Tasmanian general election, 1955

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House of Assembly election, 1955
Party	Vote %		Seats
Labor	52.6	↑4.0	15
Liberal	45.3	↓2.3	15	↑1
No majority

A general election for the House of Assembly was held in the Australian state of Tasmania on February 19, 1955.

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

[edit] Background

Robert Cosgrove was the incumbent Premier of Tasmania, who led the Australian Labor Party into the 1955 election. Reginald Townley was the leader of the opposition Liberal Party.

[edit] 1950 Election Results

Party	Number of votes	Percentage	Seats won	Percent Swing
Australian Labor Party	82,362	52.6%	15	+4.0%
Liberal Party of Australia	70,959	45.3%	15	-2.3%
Other	3,158	2.0%	0	0.0%

		Percentage	Change
Turn out	156,479	90.4%	+0.1%
Informal	6,158	3.9%	-0.8%

[edit] Distribution of Seats

Electorate	Seats won
Bass
Darwin
Denison
Franklin
Wilmot

	Australian Labor Party
	Liberal Party of Australia

[edit] Aftermath

The election resulted in a parliamentary deadlock, with both the Labor and Liberal parties winning 15 seats in the 30 seat assembly.

The 1955 election also saw the first women elected to the Tasmanian House of Assembly: Mabel Miller for Franklin and Amelia Best for Wilmot (both representing the Liberal Party).^[1]

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Assembly Election Results, 1955, Parliament of Tasmania.
• Report on Parliamentary Elections, 1955, Tasmanian Electoral Commission.

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