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1964 Tasmanian state election

State election in Australia

Summary

State election in Australia

Field	Value
election_name	1964 Tasmanian state election
country	Tasmania
type	parliamentary
ongoing	no
previous_election	1959 Tasmanian state election
previous_year	1959
next_election	1969 Tasmanian state election
next_year	1969
seats_for_election	All 35 seats to the House of Assembly
election_date	2 May 1964
image1
leader1	Eric Reece
leader_since1	26 August 1958
party1	Australian Labor Party (Tasmanian Branch)
leaders_seat1	Braddon
last_election1	17 seats
seats1	19 seats
seat_change1	2
percentage1	51.32%
swing1	6.82
image2
leader2	Angus Bethune
leader_since2	19 March 1960
party2	Liberal Party of Australia (Tasmanian Division)
leaders_seat2	Wilmot
last_election2	16 seats
seats2	16 seats
seat_change2	0
percentage2	38.49%
swing2	2.57
map_image	1964 Tasmanian state election.svg
map_size	350px
map_caption	Results of the election
title	Premier
before_election	Eric Reece
before_party	Australian Labor Party (Tasmanian Branch)
after_election	Eric Reece
after_party	Australian Labor Party (Tasmanian Branch)

The 1964 Tasmanian state election was held on 2 May 1964 in the Australian state of Tasmania to elect 35 members of the Tasmanian House of Assembly. The election used the Hare-Clark proportional representation system — seven members were elected from each of five electorates.

The Labor Party, in power since 1934, was seeking a tenth term in office, and Premier Eric Reece was contesting his second election in that role, this time against Leader of the Opposition Angus Bethune of the Liberal Party. Despite its longevity, the peculiarities of the Tasmanian Hare-Clark system meant it had served as a minority government with the support of independents since the 1946 election.

This is to date the last time that a sitting Premier, in Reece, has won back to back elections and was the first and only time that a Tasmanian Government won a tenth consecutive term in office.

Results

Labor won a majority in the House of Assembly with 19 of the 35 seats. Dr Reg Turnbull, the former Labor treasurer who had won 27.9% as an independent in Bass in 1959 (equal to 5.64% of the statewide vote) departed in 1961 for the Australian Senate, with most of his vote returning to his former party.

Distribution of votes

Primary vote by division

Braddon	Denison	Franklin	Wilmot
Labor Party	49.9%	56.6%	44.0%	53.2%
Liberal Party	41.2%	32.9%	44.9%	36.5%
Other	9.0%	10.5%	11.1%	10.4%

Distribution of seats

Electorate	Seats won
	Bass	Labor}}
	Braddon
	Denison
	Franklin
	Wilmot

		Liberal

References

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

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