1950 Tasmanian state election
# 1950 Tasmanian state election

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

Tasmanian state election, 6 May 1950 House of Assembly

<< 1948–1955 >> :

| Enrolled voters | Enrolled voters | 161,650 | | | | |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Votes cast | Votes cast | 152,785 | | Turnout | 94.52 | +2.28 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | 6,841 | | Informal | 4.48 | +0.53 |
| Summary of votes by party |||||||
| Party | Party | Primary votes | % | Swing | Seats | Change |
| | Labor | 70,976 | 48.63 | –0.75 | 15 | ± 0 |
| | Liberal | 69,429 | 47.57 | +9.73 | 14 | + 2 |
| | Independent | 5,453 | 3.74 | –2.10 | 1 | – 1 |
| | Communist | 86 | 0.06 | +0.06 | 0 | ± 0 |
| | Ind. Lib. | | | –6.82 | 0 | – 1 |
| Total | Total | 145,944 | | | 30 | |

Popular vote

Labor

48.63%

Liberal

47.57%

Independents

3.74%

Communist

0.06% :

Seats

Labor

50.00%

Liberal

46.67%

Independents

3.33% :

    $^1$ 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

| | Bass | Darwin | Denison | Franklin | Wilmot |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Labor Party | 54.2% | 52.4% | 46.2% | 44.5% | 51.2% |
| Liberal Party | 45.8% | 46.8% | 44.1% | 46.8% | 48.8% |
| Other | — | 0.9% | 9.6% | 8.7% | — |

### Distribution of seats

* Electorate
* Bass
* Darwin
* Denison
* Franklin
* Wilmot
* Labor
* Liberal
* Independent
