Summary
The 1941 Tasmanian state election was held on 13 December 1941 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.
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The Labor Party had won the 1937 election with a three-seat majority over the Nationalist Party. Labor leader and Premier Albert Ogilvie had died in office on 10 June 1939, and had been replaced by Edmund Dwyer-Gray and then Robert Cosgrove, who led Labor into the 1941 election. Sir Henry Baker continued to lead the Nationalists.
In spite of Cosgrove's refusal to placate the Labor Party's left wing, and criticism from Bill Morrow of the Launceston Trades Hall Council, Labor consolidated its substantial majority even further, winning a further two seats for a total of 20.[2]
Results edit
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| Party | Votes | % | +/– | Seats | +/– | |
| Labor | 75,544 | 62.59 |  3.92 | 20 | 2 | |
| Nationalist | 44,158 | 36.59 |  2.28 | 10 | 2 | |
| Independents | 996 | 0.83 | 1.64 | 0 |  | |
| Total | 120,698 | 100.00 | – | 30 | – | |
| Valid votes | 120,698 | 95.01 | ||||
| Invalid/blank votes | 6,344 | 4.99 | 2.59 | |||
| Total votes | 127,042 | 100.00 | – | |||
| Registered voters/turnout | 139,234 | 91.24 | 3.05 | |||
Distribution of votes edit
Primary vote by division edit
| Bass | Darwin | Denison | Franklin | Wilmot | |
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| Labor Party | 64.2% | 58.5% | 67.7% | 65.2% | 56.9% |
| Nationalist | 35.7% | 41.5% | 31.0% | 32.2% | 43.1% |
| Other | – | – | 1.3% | 2.7% | – |
Distribution of seats edit
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See also edit
References edit
- ^ House of Assembly Elections, Parliament of Tasmania.
- ^ W. A. Townsley, Cosgrove, Sir Robert (1884 - 1969), Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 13, Melbourne University Press, 1993, pp 505-507.
External links edit
- Assembly Election Results, 1941, Parliament of Tasmania.
- Report on General Election, 1941, Tasmanian Electoral Commission.