Results of the 1946 Tasmanian state election
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Tasmanian state election, 23 November 1946[1] | ||||||
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Enrolled voters | 157,756 | |||||
Votes cast | 143,674 | Turnout | 91.07% | –0.16% | ||
Informal votes | 14,484 | Informal | 10.08% | +5.09% | ||
Summary of votes by party | ||||||
Party | Primary votes | % | Swing | Seats | Change | |
Labor | 65,843 | 50.97% | –11.63% | 16 | – 4 | |
Liberal | 44,158 | 34.25% | –2.33% | 12 | + 2 | |
Ind. Lib.[1] | 11,339 | 8.78% | +8.78% | 1 | + 1 | |
Independent | 7,765 | 6.01% | +5.18% | 1 | + 1 | |
Total | 129,190 | 30 |
This is a list of House of Assembly results for the 1946 Tasmanian election.
Results by division
editBass
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Quota | 3,453 | ||||
Labor | Reg Turnbull (elected 1) | 3,918 | 16.2 | +16.2 | |
Labor | John Madden (elected 2) | 3,767 | 15.6 | +3.4 | |
Labor | Eric Howroyd (elected 3) | 2,107 | 8.7 | +0.6 | |
Labor | Alexander Atkins (elected 4) | 1,400 | 5.8 | +5.8 | |
Labor | John Carter | 1,161 | 4.8 | +4.8 | |
Labor | Henry McGee | 578 | 2.4 | +2.4 | |
Labor | John Quintal | 570 | 2.4 | −0.9 | |
Labor | Alan Welsh | 495 | 2.0 | −1.3 | |
Liberal | Fred Marriott (elected 5) | 1,949 | 8.1 | +8.1 | |
Liberal | Bill Beattie (elected 6) | 1,767 | 7.3 | +7.3 | |
Liberal | Allen Hollingsworth | 1,392 | 5.8 | −0.7 | |
Liberal | William Brice | 1,023 | 4.2 | +4.2 | |
Liberal | Sinclair Thyne | 924 | 3.8 | +3.8 | |
Liberal | Ernest Pitchford | 656 | 2.7 | −0.8 | |
Independent | John Ockerby | 1,174 | 4.9 | +4.9 | |
Independent | Ern Pinkard | 982 | 4.1 | +4.1 | |
Independent | Eugene Sullivan | 304 | 1.3 | +1.3 | |
Total formal votes | 24,167 | 89.1 | −4.7 | ||
Informal votes | 2,967 | 10.9 | +4.7 | ||
Turnout | 27,134 | 90.9 | −0.2 | ||
Party total votes | |||||
Labor | 13,996 | 57.9 | −6.3 | ||
Liberal | 7,711 | 31.9 | −3.8 | ||
Independent | John Ockerby | 1,174 | 4.9 | +4.9 | |
Independent | Ern Pinkard | 982 | 4.1 | +4.1 | |
Independent | Eugene Sullivan | 304 | 1.3 | +1.3 |
Darwin
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Quota | 3,905 | ||||
Labor | Eric Reece (elected 1) | 4,116 | 15.1 | +15.1 | |
Labor | Charley Aylett (elected 3) | 3,368 | 12.3 | +12.3 | |
Labor | Michael Smith | 1,164 | 4.3 | +2.2 | |
Labor | Carrol Bramich (elected 6) | 1,152 | 4.2 | +4.2 | |
Labor | Bert Lacey | 1,127 | 4.1 | +4.1 | |
Labor | James Bugg | 1,070 | 3.9 | −2.9 | |
Labor | Philip Kelly | 421 | 1.5 | −3.7 | |
Liberal | Jack Chamberlain (elected 2) | 3,510 | 12.8 | −0.1 | |
Liberal | John Fidler (elected 4) | 3,011 | 11.0 | +11.0 | |
Liberal | Henry McFie (elected 5) | 2,591 | 9.5 | +3.1 | |
Liberal | Gerald Acheson | 1,664 | 6.1 | +1.3 | |
Liberal | Bernard Roberts | 1,207 | 4.4 | +4.4 | |
Liberal | Percy Williams | 1,042 | 3.8 | +3.8 | |
Independent | Leslie Margetts | 786 | 2.9 | +2.9 | |
Total formal votes | 27,333 | 92.0 | −3.3 | ||
Informal votes | 2,365 | 8.0 | +3.3 | ||
Turnout | 29,698 | 90.1 | −0.4 | ||
Party total votes | |||||
Labor | 13,522 | 49.5 | −9.0 | ||
Liberal | 13,025 | 47.7 | +6.2 | ||
Independent | Leslie Margetts | 786 | 2.9 | +2.9 |
Denison
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Quota | 3,684 | ||||
Labor | Robert Cosgrove (elected 2) | 4,337 | 16.8 | −17.5 | |
Labor | Alfred White (elected 5) | 2,113 | 8.2 | −3.0 | |
Labor | Arthur Tyler | 1,591 | 6.2 | +6.2 | |
Labor | Charles Culley (elected 6) | 937 | 3.6 | −4.8 | |
Labor | John Nolan | 896 | 3.5 | +3.5 | |
Labor | Francis Heerey | 835 | 3.2 | −2.0 | |
Labor | Maxwell Hickman | 492 | 1.9 | +1.9 | |
Labor | Sarah Kelly | 466 | 1.8 | −1.1 | |
Independent | Rex Townley (elected 1) | 8,247 | 32.0 | +32.0 | |
Liberal | Horace Strutt (elected 3) | 1,191 | 4.6 | +4.6 | |
Liberal | Charles Atkins (elected 4) | 1,165 | 4.5 | −1.2 | |
Liberal | Arthur Hay | 870 | 3.4 | +3.4 | |
Liberal | Joyce Heathorn | 701 | 2.7 | +2.7 | |
Liberal | Robert Harvey | 580 | 2.2 | −0.3 | |
Liberal | William Morrison | 483 | 1.9 | +1.9 | |
Group Independent | Leo McPartlan | 456 | 1.8 | +1.8 | |
Group Independent | Percival Partington | 224 | 0.9 | +0.9 | |
Independent | William Gittus | 198 | 0.8 | +0.8 | |
Total formal votes | 25,782 | 89.0 | −6.0 | ||
Informal votes | 3,191 | 11.0 | +6.0 | ||
Turnout | 28,973 | 90.0 | −1.2 | ||
Party total votes | |||||
Labor | 11,667 | 45.3 | −22.4 | ||
Independent | Rex Townley | 8,247 | 32.0 | +32.0 | |
Liberal | 4,990 | 19.4 | −11.6 | ||
Group Independent | 680 | 2.6 | +2.6 | ||
Independent | William Gittus | 198 | 0.8 | +0.8 |
Franklin
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Quota | 4,127 | ||||
Labor | Edward Brooker (elected 1) | 5,802 | 20.1 | −6.6 | |
Labor | Bill Neilson (elected 4) | 2,296 | 7.9 | +7.9 | |
Labor | John Dwyer (elected 3) | 2,203 | 7.6 | −5.7 | |
Labor | Charles Hand | 1,560 | 5.4 | +5.4 | |
Labor | Henry Hope | 1,152 | 4.0 | 0.0 | |
Labor | David Dicker | 758 | 2.6 | +2.6 | |
Labor | Thomas McKinley | 571 | 2.0 | −7.5 | |
Labor | John Brown | 532 | 1.8 | +1.8 | |
Liberal | Reg Wright (elected 2) | 4,141 | 14.3 | +14.3 | |
Liberal | Ron Brown | 1,910 | 6.6 | +6.6 | |
Liberal | Tim Jackson (elected 6) | 1,554 | 5.4 | ||
Liberal | Archibald Park | 1,205 | 4.2 | +4.2 | |
Liberal | Charles Geard | 885 | 3.1 | +3.1 | |
Liberal | Donald Gatehouse | 470 | 1.6 | +1.6 | |
Group Independent | George Gray (elected 5) | 2,045 | 7.1 | +7.1 | |
Group Independent | Benjamin Pearsall | 1,315 | 4.6 | +4.6 | |
Group Independent | Arthur Farley | 335 | 1.2 | +1.2 | |
Group Independent | Joseph Nutting | 153 | 0.5 | +0.5 | |
Total formal votes | 28,887 | 89.5 | −5.1 | ||
Informal votes | 3,382 | 10.5 | +5.1 | ||
Turnout | 32,269 | 92.5 | +0.3 | ||
Party total votes | |||||
Labor | 14,874 | 51.5 | −13.7 | ||
Liberal | 10,165 | 35.2 | +3.0 | ||
Group Independent | 3,848 | 13.3 | +13.3 |
Wilmot
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Quota | 3,289 | ||||
Labor | Roy Fagan (elected 2) | 2,620 | 11.4 | +11.4 | |
Labor | Lancelot Spurr (elected 3) | 2,576 | 11.2 | −7.5 | |
Labor | Peter Pike (elected 4) | 2,325 | 10.1 | +5.1 | |
Labor | Charles Burnell | 1,327 | 5.8 | +5.8 | |
Labor | William Taylor | 1,231 | 5.3 | −4.4 | |
Labor | Douglas Cashion | 949 | 4.1 | +4.1 | |
Labor | Albert McShane | 528 | 2.3 | +2.3 | |
Labor | James McQuitty | 228 | 1.0 | +1.0 | |
Liberal | Neil Campbell (elected 1) | 3,538 | 15.4 | −1.2 | |
Liberal | Robert Robertson (elected 6) | 1,583 | 6.9 | +6.9 | |
Liberal | Angus Bethune (elected 5) | 1,096 | 4.8 | +4.8 | |
Liberal | Arthur Lyne | 947 | 4.1 | +4.1 | |
Liberal | Val Perkins | 766 | 3.3 | +3.3 | |
Liberal | George Napier | 422 | 1.8 | +1.8 | |
Independent | Walter Lee | 1,777 | 7.7 | +7.7 | |
Group Independent | Neil Burbury | 505 | 2.2 | +2.2 | |
Group Independent | William Chamberlin | 381 | 1.7 | +1.7 | |
Independent | Alfred Bourke | 222 | 1.0 | +1.0 | |
Total formal votes | 23,021 | 89.9 | −6.5 | ||
Informal votes | 2,579 | 10.1 | +6.5 | ||
Turnout | 25,600 | 91.9 | +0.7 | ||
Party total votes | |||||
Labor | 11,784 | 51.2 | −5.7 | ||
Liberal | 8,352 | 36.3 | −6.8 | ||
Independent | Walter Lee | 1,777 | 7.7 | +7.7 | |
Group Independent | 886 | 3.8 | +3.8 | ||
Independent | Alfred Bourke | 222 | 1.0 | +1.0 |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Tasmanian Election 1946". Tasmanian Parliamentary Library.