Candidates of the 1972 Tasmanian state election

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The 1972 Tasmanian state election was held on 22 April 1972.

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Retiring Members

Labor

Centre

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

Seven seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending three seats. The Liberal Party was defending four seats.

Labor candidates Liberal candidates UTG candidatesUngrouped candidates

Michael Barnard *
David Farquhar*
Allan Foster *
Jean Hearn
Harry Holgate
Mac Le Fevre*
Laurence Lovett
Sheila Ryan

Timothy Barrenger
Bill Beattie *
Henry Bertram
Max Bushby *
James Child
James Henty
Neil Pitt*

Walter Austin
Jeffrey Weston
Julia Weston

John Carter
Jim Mooney
Pasqualino Santamaria

Braddon

Seven seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending four seats. The Liberal Party was defending two seats. The Centre Party did not defend the one seat they had won in 1969.

Labor candidates Liberal candidates UTG candidatesUngrouped candidates

Joseph Britton
Geoff Chisholm *
Lloyd Costello *
John Coughlan
Glen Davies*
Josephus Hen
Eric Reece *
Sydney Ward *

Brian Archer
Wilfred Barker *
Ray Bonney*
Jack Breheny
John Davis
Thomas Gardner
Leslie Woods

Noreen Batchelor
Anthony Weston

Alexander Best
John Chapman-Mortimer

Denison

Seven seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending three seats. The Liberal Party was defending four seats.

Labor candidates Liberal candidates UTG candidatesUngrouped candidates

Ken Austin *
Neil Batt *
Ian Cole
Kevin Corby*
Merv Everett *
John Green
Gabriel Klok
Kath Venn

Bob Baker *
Ronald Banks
Max Bingham *
George Brown
Fred Johnson
Robert Mather *
Hank Petrusma
Kathleen Sargison

Norman Laird
Ian Milne
Kevin Scott
Sir Alfred White

Nigel Abbott
Joseph Armstrong
Elvie Cobern
Harry McLoughlin
Bill Wedd

Franklin

Seven seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending four seats. The Liberal Party was defending three seats.

Labor candidates Liberal candidates UTG candidates

Eric Barnard *
Suzanne Davidson
John Dillon
Jack Frost *
John Lacey
Doug Lowe *
Bill Neilson *
Albert Schluter

John Beattie*
Doug Clark *
Alan Duggan
Stanley Gough
Josephine Green
Anthony Neilson
Geoff Pearsall *
Leslie Thirgood

Rod Broadby
Ron Brown
Brenda Hean

Wilmot

Seven seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending three seats. The Liberal Party was defending four seats.

Labor candidates Liberal candidatesGroup B candidates

William Anderson
Darrel Baldock*
Charles Batt
Douglas Cashion
Roy Fagan *
Peter Lawson
Andrew Lohrey*
Michael Polley*

Bert Bessell *
Angus Bethune *
Ian Braid
Reginald Chopping
Bob Ingamells *
Donald Paterson
Peter Patmore
Donald Smith

Bruce Hill
Norman Murfet

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