Candidates of the 1946 Tasmanian state election

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The 1946 Tasmanian state election was held on 23 November 1946. The Nationalist Party had become the Liberal Party since the 1941 election.

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Retiring Members

Labor

Liberal

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 Liberal Party was defending two seats, although John Ockerby had not joined the Liberal Party and was running as an independent.

Labor candidates Liberal candidatesUngrouped candidates

Alexander Atkins*
John Carter
Eric Howroyd *
John Madden *
Henry McGee
John Quintal
Reg Turnbull*
Alan Welsh

Bill Beattie*
William Brice
Allen Hollingsworth
Fred Marriott*
Ernest Pitchford
Sinclair Thyne

John Ockerby
Ern Pinkard
Eugene Sullivan

Darwin

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

Labor candidates Liberal candidatesUngrouped candidates

Charley Aylett*
Carrol Bramich*
James Bugg
Philip Kelly
Bert Lacey
Henry Lane
Eric Reece*
Michael Smith

Gerald Acheson
Jack Chamberlain *
John Fidler*
Henry McFie *
Bernard Roberts
Percy Williams

Leslie Margetts

Denison

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

Labor candidates Liberal candidates Independent candidatesUngrouped candidates

Robert Cosgrove *
Charles Culley *
Francis Heerey
Maxwell Hickman
Sarah Kelly
John Nolan
Arthur Tyler
Alfred White *

Charles Atkins *
Robert Harvey
Arthur Hay
Joyce Heathorn
William Morrison
Horace Strutt*

Leo McPartlan
Percival Partington

William Gittus
Rex Townley*

Franklin

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

Labor candidates Liberal candidates Independent candidates

Edward Brooker *
John Brown
David Dicker
John Dwyer *
Charles Hand
Henry Hope
Thomas McKinley
Bill Neilson*

Ron Brown
Donald Gatehouse
Charles Geard
Tim Jackson*
Archibald Park
Reg Wright*

Arthur Farley
George Gray*
Joseph Nutting
Benjamin Pearsall

Wilmot

Six seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending four seats. The Liberal Party was defending two seats, although Sir Walter Lee was running as an independent.

Labor candidates Liberal candidates Independent candidatesUngrouped candidates

Charles Burnell
Douglas Cashion
Roy Fagan*
James McQuitty
Albert McShane
Peter Pike *
Lancelot Spurr *
William Taylor

Angus Bethune*
Neil Campbell *
Arthur Lyne
George Napier
Val Perkins
Robert Robertson*

Neil Burbury
William Chamberlin

Alfred Bourke
Sir Walter Lee

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