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1950 Tasmanian state election

State election in Australia

Summary

State election in Australia

Field	Value
election_name	1950 Tasmanian state election
country	Tasmania
type	parliamentary
ongoing	no
previous_election	1948 Tasmanian state election
previous_year	1948
next_election	1955 Tasmanian state election
next_year	1955
seats_for_election	All 30 seats to the House of Assembly
election_date	6 May 1950
image1
leader1	Robert Cosgrove
leader_since1	25 February 1948
party1	Australian Labor Party (Tasmanian Branch)
leaders_seat1	Denison
last_election1	15 seats
seats1	15 seats
seat_change1	0
percentage1	48.63%
swing1	0.75
image2
leader2	Rex Townley
leader_since2	6 February 1950
party2	Liberal Party of Australia (Tasmanian Division)
leaders_seat2	Denison
last_election2	12 seats
seats2	14 seats
seat_change2	2
percentage2	47.57%
swing2	9.73
map_image	1950 Tasmanian state election.svg
map_size	350px
map_caption	Results of the election
title	Premier
before_election	Robert Cosgrove
before_party	Australian Labor Party (Tasmanian Branch)
after_election	Robert Cosgrove
after_party	Australian Labor Party (Tasmanian Branch)

The 1950 Tasmanian state election was held on 6 May 1950 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.

Following the 1948 election, Premier Robert Cosgrove and the Labor Party remained in government with the support of independent MHA Bill Wedd. At the 1950 election, Cosgrove was seeking another term in office against the opposition Liberal Party, which had replaced Neil Campbell with Rex Townley as leader in February 1950.

At the election, Labor retained 15 seats in the House of Assembly, and the Liberals regained one seat previously held by an independent, whilst Rex Townley, formerly an Independent Liberal, retained his seat as a Liberal.

Results

: Rex Townley joined the Liberal Party before the election, and had a personal vote of 3.88% in 1948 (19.97% of the Denison vote), so the actual net difference in votes between 1948 and 1950 was 5.85%.

Distribution of votes

Primary vote by division

Darwin	Denison	Franklin	Wilmot
Labor Party	54.2%	52.4%	46.2%	44.5%
Liberal Party	45.8%	46.8%	44.1%	46.8%
Other	—	0.9%	9.6%	8.7%

Distribution of seats

Electorate	Seats won
	Bass	Labor}}
	Darwin
	Denison
	Franklin
	Wilmot

		Independent

References

[http://www.parliament.tas.gov.au/tpl/Backg/HAElections.htm House of Assembly Elections], [[Parliament of Tasmania]].

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