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| House of Assembly election, 1979 |
| Party |
Vote % |
Seats |
| Labor |
53.3 |
↑1.4 |
20 |
↑2 |
| Liberal |
41.3 |
↓3.3 |
15 |
↓2 |
| Labor win |
A general election for the Tasmanian House of Assembly was held on 18 July 1979. The incumbent Labor Party was headed by Doug Lowe. The opposition Liberal Party was headed by Max Bingham.
[edit] Background
Bill Neilson, leader of the Labor Party and Premier of Tasmania, had retired on 11 December 1978 and been replaced by Doug Lowe.
The United Tasmania Group, which had contested the two previous elections, did not field any candidates for the 1979 election. Instead a new party, the Australian Democrats, founded by Don Chipp in 1977, emerged as the most significant minor party.
[edit] Results
|
|
Percentage |
Change |
| Turn out |
239,284 |
90.2% |
-0.7% |
| Informal |
9,294 |
4.0% |
0.0% |
[edit] Distribution of Seats
| |
Australian Labor Party |
| |
Liberal Party of Australia |
[edit] Aftermath
The Labor Party won the election, increasing its majority in the House of Assembly from one seat to five.
Doug Lowe received the highest personal vote ever in the House of Assembly: 24,971 or 51.2% of the vote in the seat of Franklin.[1]
Max Bingham resigned as opposition leader after losing his second election, and was replaced by Geoff Pearsall.
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