Results of the 1990 Australian federal election in Tasmania

This is a list of electoral division results for the Australian 1990 federal election in the state of Tasmania.

1990 Australian federal election
(Tasmania)

24 March 1990
All 5 Tasmanian seats in the Australian House of Representatives and 6 seats in the Australian Senate
First party Second party   Leader Andrew Peacock Bob Hawke Party Liberal/National coalition Labor Last election 4 seats 1 seat Seats won 4 seats 1 seat Seat change Popular vote 140,722 115,053 Percentage 48.61% 39.74% Swing 2.44 3.25 TPP 52.1% 47.9% TPP swing 1.0 1.0

Overall results

Turnout 96.5% (CV) — Informal 2.3%

Party		Votes	%	Swing	Seats	Change
	Liberal	140,722	48.61	−2.44	4
	Labor	115,053	39.74	−3.25	1
	Democrats	24,876	8.59	+2.63
	United Tasmania	6,367	2.20
	Independent	2,159	0.75
	Democratic Socialist	327	0.11
Total		289,504			5
Two-party-preferred vote
	Liberal	138,556	52.10	−1.00	4
	Labor	150,709	47.90	+1.00	1
Invalid/blank votes		9,774	3.27	−1.68
Turnout		299,278	96.5
Registered voters		300,763
Source: Federal Elections 1990

Results by division

Bass

This section is an excerpt from Electoral results for the Division of Bass § 1990.[edit]

1990 Australian federal election: Bass

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Warwick Smith	28,441	49.9	−1.9
	Labor	Silvia Smith	21,619	37.9	−5.0
	Democrats	Rae Saxon	4,449	7.8	+2.4
	United Tasmania	John Chester	2,479	4.4	+4.4
Total formal votes			56,988	96.7
Informal votes			1,928	3.3
Turnout			58,916	96.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Warwick Smith	30,896	54.3	+0.6
	Labor	Silvia Smith	26,005	45.7	−0.6
	Liberal hold		Swing	+0.6

Braddon

This section is an excerpt from Electoral results for the Division of Braddon § 1990.[edit]

1990 Australian federal election: Braddon

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Chris Miles	31,860	55.5	−2.4
	Labor	Terry Hynes	20,325	35.4	−6.7
	Democrats	James Reilly	3,808	6.6	+6.6
	Independent	Tom Egglestone	1,458	2.5	+2.5
Total formal votes			57,451	96.5
Informal votes			2,079	3.5
Turnout			59,530	96.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Chris Miles	33,553	58.4	+0.5
	Labor	Terry Hynes	23,879	41.6	−0.5
	Liberal hold		Swing	+0.5

Denison

This section is an excerpt from Electoral results for the Division of Denison § 1990.[edit]

1990 Australian federal election: Denison

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Duncan Kerr	25,811	45.0	−3.3
	Liberal	Michael Hodgman	23,056	40.2	−4.2
	United Tasmania	Geoff Law	3,888	6.8	+6.8
	Democrats	Rob Alliston	3,554	6.2	−1.1
	Independent	Graeme Jones	701	1.2	+1.2
	Democratic Socialist	Ian Hopkins	327	0.6	+0.6
Total formal votes			57,337	97.6
Informal votes			1,438	2.4
Turnout			58,775	96.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Duncan Kerr	32,333	56.4	+2.6
	Liberal	Michael Hodgman	24,956	43.6	−2.6
	Labor hold		Swing	+2.6

Franklin

This section is an excerpt from Electoral results for the Division of Franklin § 1990.[edit]

1990 Australian federal election: Franklin

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Bruce Goodluck	28,636	48.5	−1.7
	Labor	Eugene Alexander	22,925	38.8	−1.6
	Democrats	Patsy Harmsen	7,523	12.7	+3.3
Total formal votes			59,084	97.0
Informal votes			1,819	3.0
Turnout			60,903	96.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Bruce Goodluck	30,778	52.1	−1.2
	Labor	Eugene Alexander	28,268	47.9	+1.2
	Liberal hold		Swing	−1.2

Lyons

This section is an excerpt from Electoral results for the Division of Lyons § 1990.[edit]

1990 Australian federal election: Lyons

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Max Burr	28,729	49.0	−1.9
	Labor	Bob Gordon	24,373	41.6	+0.3
	Democrats	Mike Hancock	5,542	9.5	+1.7
Total formal votes			58,644	95.9
Informal votes			2,510	4.1
Turnout			61,154	96.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Max Burr	30,526	52.1	−2.3
	Labor	Bob Gordon	28,071	47.9	+2.3
	Liberal hold		Swing	−2.3

See also

• Results of the 1990 Australian federal election (House of Representatives)
• Members of the Australian House of Representatives, 1990–1993