Tasmanian state election, 1937

20 February 1937

All 30 seats to the House of Assembly

	First party	Second party

Leader	Albert Ogilvie	Henry Baker
Party	Labor	Nationalist
Leader since	October 1929	July 1936
Leader's seat	Franklin	Franklin
Last election	14 seats	13 seats
Seats won	18 seats	12 seats
Seat change	4	1
Percentage	58.67%	38.86%
Swing	12.89	7.86

Premier before election

Albert Ogilvie
Labor

Elected Premier

Albert Ogilvie
Labor

A general election for the House of Assembly was held in the Australian state of Tasmania on 20 February 1937.

Background

The incumbent Labor government was led by Albert Ogilvie. The opposition Nationalist Party was led by Henry Baker.

Tasmanian state election, 20 February 1937 House of Assembly << 1934 — 1941 >>
Enrolled voters		132,001
Votes cast		124,460		Turnout	94.29%	–0.18%
Informal votes		2,997		Informal	2.41%	–0.79%
Summary of votes by party
Party		Primary votes	%	Swing	Seats	Change
	Labor	71,263	58.67%	+12.89%	18	+ 4
	Nationalist	47,204	38.86%	–7.86%	12	– 1
	Independent	2,996	2.47%	–5.04%	0	– 3
Total		121,463			30

	Labor
	Nationalist

Labor had a decisive win the 1937 election, one that would see the Nationalist Party (later to become the Liberal Party of Australia) in opposition until 1969.^[1]

↑ Michael Roe, Ogilvie, Albert George (1890 - 1939), Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 11, Melbourne University Press, 1988, pp 68-70.

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