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Results of the 1937 Tasmanian state election

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Tasmanian state election, 20 February 1937[1]
House of Assembly
<< 19341941 >>

Enrolled voters 132,001
Votes cast 124,460 Turnout 94.29% –0.18%
Informal votes 2,997 Informal 2.41% –0.79%
Summary of votes by party
Party Primary votes % Swing Seats Change
  Labor 71,263 58.67% 12.89% 18 4
  Nationalist 47,204 38.86% –7.86% 12 – 1
  Independent 2,996 2.47% –5.04% 0 – 3
Total 121,463     30  

This is a list of House of Assembly results for the 1937 Tasmanian election.

Results by division

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Bass

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1937 Tasmanian state election: Bass
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Quota 3,418
Labor Thomas Davies (elected 1) 7,344 30.7 9.4
Labor John Madden (elected 2) 2,426 10.1 5.5
Labor John McDonald (elected 4) 2,174 9.1 3.6
Labor Eric Howroyd (elected 5) 1,410 5.9 5.9
Labor George McElwee 1,080 4.5 4.5
Labor Peter Pike 671 2.8 2.8
Nationalist John Ockerby (elected 3) 2,836 11.9 4.7
Nationalist Angus McKenzie 1,639 6.9 6.9
Nationalist Allen Hollingsworth (elected 6) 1,501 6.3 −7.1
Nationalist Syd Jackson 1,340 5.6 −0.2
Nationalist Harold Solomon 888 3.7 3.7
Independent Percy Harvey 529 2.2 2.2
Independent John Sheehan 82 0.3 0.3
Total formal votes 23,920 97.7 1.1
Informal votes 570 2.3 −1.1
Turnout 24,490 93.8 −0.8
Party total votes
Labor 15,105 63.1 12.3
Nationalist 8,204 34.3 −14.9
Independent Percy Harvey 529 2.2 2.2
Independent John Sheehan 82 0.3 0.3

Darwin

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1937 Tasmanian state election: Darwin
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Quota 3,527
Labor Thomas d'Alton (elected 1) 7,576 30.7 15.7
Labor Philip Kelly (elected 2) 2,086 8.5 −2.6
Labor Joseph McGrath (elected 3) 1,659 6.7 0.9
Labor Bill Aylett 1,317 5.3 5.3
Labor Henry Lane 830 3.4 −0.6
Labor Garnet Cooper 711 2.9 2.9
Nationalist Frank Edwards (elected 5) 2,030 8.2 1.3
Nationalist Jack Chamberlain (elected 4) 1,994 8.1 1.5
Nationalist Frank Marriott (elected 6) 1,929 7.8 −0.1
Nationalist John Wright 1,827 7.4 1.1
Nationalist Henry McFie 1,482 6.0 0.7
Nationalist Stephen Broad 798 3.2 3.2
Nationalist Hubert Nichols 317 1.3 1.3
Independent James Campbell 128 0.5 0.5
Total formal votes 24,684 97.1 0.1
Informal votes 725 2.9 −0.1
Turnout 25,409 94.1 0.1
Party total votes
Labor 14,179 57.4 16.6
Nationalist 10,377 42.0 −10.8
Independent James Campbell 128 0.5 0.5

Denison

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1937 Tasmanian state election: Denison
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Quota 3,469
Labor Edmund Dwyer-Gray (elected 1) 4,614 19.0 11.8
Labor Robert Cosgrove (elected 2) 4,314 17.8 1.9
Labor Charles Culley (elected 3) 2,514 10.4 −1.2
Labor Francis Heerey (elected 4) 1,919 7.9 7.9
Labor Alfred White 686 2.8 1.1
Labor John Lattin 194 0.8 0.8
Nationalist John Soundy (elected 5) 2,660 11.0 −4.1
Nationalist Arndell Lewis (elected 6) 2,466 10.2 6.1
Nationalist Eric Johnson 1,444 5.9 −0.8
Nationalist Ernest Turner 1,316 5.4 −0.8
Nationalist D'Arcy Addison 517 2.1 −2.2
Independent George Carruthers 1,007 4.1 −4.6
Independent George Collis 554 2.3 2.3
Independent Frederick Lambert 73 0.3 0.3
Total formal votes 24,278 98.0 1.1
Informal votes 496 2.0 −1.1
Turnout 24,774 94.0 −1.1
Party total votes
Labor 14,241 58.7 −10.0
Nationalist 8,403 34.6 −3.2
Independent George Carruthers 1,007 4.1 −4.6
Independent George Collis 554 2.3 2.3
Independent Frederick Lambert 73 0.3 0.3

Franklin

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1937 Tasmanian state election: Franklin
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Quota 3,685
Labor Albert Ogilvie (elected 1) 9,008 34.9 9.5
Labor Edward Brooker (elected 4) 2,571 10.0 0.0
Labor John Dwyer (elected 3) 2,190 8.5 −1.7
Labor Basil Plummer (elected 5) 977 3.8 3.8
Labor Francis McDermott 365 1.4 1.4
Nationalist Henry Baker (elected 2) 4,330 16.8 4.1
Nationalist George Doyle (elected 6) 1,838 7.1 7.1
Nationalist Benjamin Pearsall 1,462 5.7 5.7
Nationalist Vincent Shoobridge 1,105 4.3 4.3
Nationalist John Piggott 1,062 4.1 4.1
Nationalist Andrew Cooper 592 2.3 2.3
Nationalist Benjamin Watkins 289 1.1 −4.3
Total formal votes 25,789 97.7 0.4
Informal votes 596 2.3 −0.4
Turnout 26,385 95.8 0.7
Party total votes
Labor 15,111 58.6 6.7
Nationalist 10,678 41.4 3.6

Wilmot

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1937 Tasmanian state election: Wilmot
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Quota 3,257
Labor Eric Ogilvie (elected 1) 6,329 27.8 −1.0
Labor George Becker (elected 2) 2,801 12.3 12.3
Labor David O'Keefe (elected 3) 1,639 7.2 7.2
Labor Lancelot Spurr 1,206 5.3 5.3
Labor William Taylor 652 2.9 2.9
Nationalist Neil Campbell (elected 4) 2,904 12.7 12.7
Nationalist Walter Lee (elected 6) 2,251 9.9 9.9
Nationalist Francis Foster (elected 5) 2,170 9.5 5.6
Nationalist Donald Cameron 1,272 5.6 5.6
Nationalist Arthur Hutchinson 388 1.7 1.7
Nationalist Charles Salter 287 1.3 1.3
Nationalist William Ritchie 270 1.2 1.2
Independent William Drake 542 2.4 2.4
Independent Athol Smith 81 0.4 0.4
Total formal votes 22,792 97.1 1.0
Informal votes 677 2.9 −1.0
Turnout 23,469 93.9 0.3
Party total votes
Labor 12,627 55.4 19.6
Nationalist 9,542 41.9 −15.1
Independent William Drake 542 2.4 2.4
Independent Athol Smith 81 0.4 0.4

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Assembly Elections, 1937". Tasmanian Parliamentary Library. Retrieved 27 September 2015.