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1950 Tasmanian state election

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All 30 seats to the House of Assembly
First party Second party   Leader Robert Cosgrove Rex Townley Party Labor Liberal Leader since 25 February 1948 6 February 1950 Leader's seat Denison Denison Last election 15 seats 12 seats Seats won 15 seats 14 seats Seat change 0 2 Percentage 48.63% 47.57% Swing 0.75 9.73
Results of the election
Premier before election Robert Cosgrove Labor Elected Premier Robert Cosgrove Labor

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

Party		Votes	%	+/–	Seats	+/–
	Labor	70,976	48.63	-0.75	15
	Liberal	69,429	47.57	+9.73	14	2
	Independents	5,453	3.74	-2.10	1	1
	Communist	86	0.06	+0.06	0
Total		145,944	100.00	–	30	–
Valid votes		145,944	95.52
Invalid/blank votes		6,841	4.48	+0.53
Total votes		152,785	100.00	–
Registered voters/turnout		161,650	94.52	+2.28

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

Distribution of seats

See also

• Members of the Tasmanian House of Assembly, 1950–1955
• Candidates of the 1950 Tasmanian state election

References

1. House of Assembly Elections, Parliament of Tasmania.

External links

• Assembly Election Results, 1950, Parliament of Tasmania.
• Report on General Election, 1950, Tasmanian Electoral Commission.

• Elections in Tasmania
• 1950 elections in Australia
• 1950s in Tasmania
• May 1950 events in Australia