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1937 Tasmanian state election

State election in Australia

Summary

State election in Australia

Field	Value
election_name	1937 Tasmanian state election
country	Tasmania
type	parliamentary
ongoing	no
previous_election	1934 Tasmanian state election
previous_year	1934
next_election	1941 Tasmanian state election
next_year	1941
seats_for_election	All 30 seats to the House of Assembly
election_date	20 February 1937
image1
leader1	Albert Ogilvie
leader_since1	October 1929
party1	Australian Labor Party (Tasmanian Branch)
leaders_seat1	Franklin
last_election1	14 seats
seats1	18 seats
seat_change1	4
percentage1	58.67%
swing1	12.89
image2
leader2	Henry Baker
leader_since2	May 1936
party2	Nationalist Party (Australia)
leaders_seat2	Franklin
last_election2	13 seats
seats2	12 seats
seat_change2	1
percentage2	38.86%
swing2	7.86
map_image	1937 Tasmanian state election.svg
map_size	350px
map_caption	Results of the election
title	Premier
before_election	Albert Ogilvie
before_party	Australian Labor Party (Tasmanian Branch)
after_election	Albert Ogilvie
after_party	Australian Labor Party (Tasmanian Branch)

The 1937 Tasmanian state election was held on 20 February 1937 in the Australian state of Tasmania to elect 30 members of the Tasmanian House of Assembly. The election used the Hare-Clark proportional representation system — six members were elected from each of five electorates.

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

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

Results

Distribution of votes

Primary vote by division

Darwin	Denison	Franklin	Wilmot
Labor Party	63.1%	57.4%	58.7%	58.6%
Nationalist	34.3%	42.0%	34.6%	41.4%
Other	2.6%	0.5%	6.7%	–

Distribution of seats

Electorate	Seats won
	Bass	Labor}}
	Darwin
	Denison
	Franklin
	Wilmot

		Nationalist

References

[http://www.parliament.tas.gov.au/tpl/Backg/HAElections.htm House of Assembly Elections], [[Parliament of Tasmania]].
Michael Roe, [https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/ogilvie-albert-george-7889 Ogilvie, Albert George (1890 - 1939)], ''[[Australian Dictionary of Biography]]'', Volume 11, Melbourne University Press, 1988, pp 68-70.

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