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.
1Rex 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%.
1950, tasmanian, state, election, held, 1950, australian, state, tasmania, elect, members, tasmanian, house, assembly, election, used, hare, clark, proportional, representation, system, members, were, elected, from, each, five, electorates, 1948, 1950, 1955, s. 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 1 six members were elected from each of five electorates 1950 Tasmanian state election 1948 6 May 1950 1955 All 30 seats to the House of Assembly First party Second party Leader Robert Cosgrove Rex TownleyParty Labor LiberalLeader since 25 February 1948 6 February 1950Leader s seat Denison DenisonLast election 15 seats 12 seatsSeats won 15 seats 14 seatsSeat change 0 2Percentage 48 63 47 57 Swing 0 75 9 73Premier before electionRobert CosgroveLabor Elected Premier Robert CosgroveLaborFollowing 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 Contents 1 Results 2 Distribution of votes 2 1 Primary vote by division 2 2 Distribution of seats 3 See also 4 References 5 External linksResults EditSee also Results of the Tasmanian state election 1950 Tasmanian state election 6 May 1950House of Assembly lt lt 1948 1955 gt gt Enrolled voters 161 650Votes cast 152 785 Turnout 94 52 2 28Informal votes 6 841 Informal 4 48 0 53Summary of votes by partyParty Primary votes Swing Seats Change Labor 70 976 48 63 0 75 15 0 Liberal 1 69 429 47 57 9 73 14 2 Independent 5 453 3 74 2 10 1 1 Communist 86 0 06 0 06 0 0 Ind Lib 1 6 82 0 1Total 145 944 30 Popular voteLabor 48 63 Liberal 47 57 Independents 3 74 Communist 0 06 SeatsLabor 50 00 Liberal 46 67 Independents 3 33 1 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 EditPrimary vote by division Edit Bass Darwin Denison Franklin WilmotLabor Party 54 2 52 4 46 2 44 5 51 2 Liberal Party 45 8 46 8 44 1 46 8 48 8 Other 0 9 9 6 8 7 Distribution of seats Edit Electorate Seats wonBass Darwin Denison Franklin Wilmot Labor Liberal IndependentSee also EditMembers of the Tasmanian House of Assembly 1950 1955 Candidates of the 1950 Tasmanian state electionReferences Edit House of Assembly Elections Parliament of Tasmania External links EditAssembly Election Results 1950 Parliament of Tasmania Report on General Election 1950 Tasmanian Electoral Commission Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1950 Tasmanian state election amp oldid 1084931103, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
