Candidates of the 1941 Tasmanian state election

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The 1941 Tasmanian state election was held on 13 December 1941.

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Retiring Members

No MHAs retired at this election.

House of Assembly

Sitting members are shown in bold text. Tickets that elected at least one MHA are highlighted in the relevant colour. Successful candidates are indicated by an asterisk (*).

Bass

Six seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending four seats. The Nationalist Party was defending two seats.

Labor candidates Nationalist candidates

Thomas Davies *
Eric Howroyd *
John McDonald *
John Madden *
John Quintal
Alan Welsh

Allen Hollingsworth
Frank Marriott *
John Ockerby *
Desmond Oldham
Ernest Pitchford

Darwin

Six seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending three seats. The Nationalist Party was defending three seats.

Labor candidates Nationalist candidates

James Bugg*
Thomas d'Alton *
Philip Kelly *
Henry Lane *
Michael Smith

Gerald Acheson
Norman Booth
Stephen Broad
Jack Chamberlain *
Russell Green
Henry McFie*
John Wright

Denison

Six seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending four seats. The Nationalist Party was defending two seats.

Labor candidates Nationalist candidatesUngrouped candidates

Robert Cosgrove *
Charles Culley *
Edmund Dwyer-Gray *
Francis Heerey
Sarah Kelly
Alfred White*

Charles Atkins*
Robert Harvey
Albert Kalbfell
Dugald McDougall
Raymond Smith
John Soundy *
Ernest Turner

Michael O'Reilly

Franklin

Six seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending four seats. The Nationalist Party was defending two seats.

Labor candidates Nationalist candidatesUngrouped candidates

Edward Brooker *
John Dwyer *
Henry Hope*
Francis McDermott
Thomas McKinley*
Basil Plummer

Henry Baker *
Albert Beard
Arthur Crisp
Leo McPartlan
Sir John McPhee*
Benjamin Pearsall
John Piggott
Vincent Shoobridge

Thomas Kimber

Wilmot

Six seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending three seats. The Nationalist Party was defending three seats.

Labor candidates Nationalist candidates

David O'Keefe *
Peter Pike
Lancelot Spurr *
William Taylor *
Ernest West*

Neil Campbell *
Francis Foster
Thomas Johnston
Sir Walter Lee *
Raymond Madden
Milton Taylor

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