1937 Tasmanian state election

The 1937 Tasmanian state election was held on 20 February 1937 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.

1937 Tasmanian state election

20 February 1937
All 30 seats to the House of Assembly
First party Second party   Leader Albert Ogilvie Henry Baker Party Labor Nationalist Leader since October 1929 May 1936 Leader's seat Franklin Franklin Last election 14 seats 13 seats Seats won 18 seats 12 seats Seat change 4 1 Percentage 58.67% 38.86% Swing 12.89 7.86
Results of the election
Premier before election Albert Ogilvie Labor Elected Premier Albert Ogilvie Labor

The incumbent Labor government was led by Albert Ogilvie. The opposition Nationalist Party was led by Henry Baker.

Labor had a decisive win in the 1937 election, one that would see the Nationalist Party (later to become the Liberal Party) in opposition until 1969.

Results

See also: Results of the Tasmanian state election, 1937

Party		Votes	%	+/–	Seats	+/–
	Labor	71,263	58.67	12.89	18	4
	Nationalist	47,204	38.86	7.86	12	1
	Independents	2,996	2.47	5.04	0	3
Total		121,463	100.00	–	30	–
Valid votes		121,463	97.59
Invalid/blank votes		2,997	2.41	0.79
Total votes		124,460	100.00	–
Registered voters/turnout		132,001	94.29	0.18

Popular vote Labor   58.67% Nationalist   38.86% Independents   2.47%

Seats Labor   60.00% Nationalist   40.00%

Distribution of votes

Primary vote by division

	Bass	Darwin	Denison	Franklin	Wilmot
Labor Party	63.1%	57.4%	58.7%	58.6%	55.4%
Nationalist	34.3%	42.0%	34.6%	41.4%	41.9%
Other	2.6%	0.5%	6.7%	–	2.8%

Distribution of seats

Electorate	Seats won
Bass
Darwin
Denison
Franklin
Wilmot

	Labor
	Nationalist

See also

• Members of the Tasmanian House of Assembly, 1937–1941
• Candidates of the 1937 Tasmanian state election

External links

• Assembly Election Results, 1937, Parliament of Tasmania.
• Report on General Election, 1937, Tasmanian Electoral Commission.