Candidates of the 1976 Tasmanian state election

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The 1976 Tasmanian state election was held on 11 December 1976.

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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

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 candidatesUngrouped candidates

Michael Barnard *
Ursula Workman
Harry Holgate *
Myron Tripp
David Farquhar
John Breen
Gill James*
Thomas O'Byrne

Dawn Rhodes
William Luck
Bill Beattie *
Max Bushby *
Neil Pitt
John Beswick
Neil Robson*
Dick Archer
Jim Mooney*

Deidre Smith
Bob Brown
Noreen Batchelor

Quentin Wilson

Braddon

Seven seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending five seats. The Liberal Party was defending two seats.

Labor candidates Liberal candidatesUngrouped candidates

Ted Vickers
Christopher Wright
Maurice Dart
Graeme Smith
Geoff Chisholm *
Michael Field*
Glen Davies *
John Coughlan *

Ron Cornish*
Kent Furmage
Eric Bessell
Roger Groom*
Ray Bonney *
Harold Dowling
Harold Hawkes
Frank Atkins

Philip Kelly

Denison

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 Workers candidates SWP candidates

Neil Batt *
Thomas Gascoigne
Julian Amos*
Margaret Thurstans
Ken Austin
Ian Cole
Des Lavey
John Green *

Max Bingham *
Max Robinson*
Basil Giffard
Rudge Townley
Robert Mather *
Bob Baker *
David Brownlow
Hank Petrusma

Rod Broadby
Kevin Hazelwood
Helen Gee
David Stephen
Patricia Armstrong
Patricia Jones
William Hickson

Lance Buckingham
Peter Mollon

Rosanne Fidler
John Tully

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 candidatesUngrouped candidates

Eric Barnard *
Doug Lowe *
Bill McKinnon
Raymond Woodruff
Peter Brown
Jack Frost
Bill Neilson *
Barrie Robinson
Ray Sherry*

John Beattie *
Thomas Dempsey
Doug Clark
Steve Gilmour*
Alan Duggan
Geoff Pearsall *
Frank O'Connor
Roy Pallett

Ria Ikin
Sharyn Harrison-Williams
John Levett
Michael Davies
Judith Walker
Rosemary Brown
Brian Chapman

Roger Francis
Bryan Threlfall
Harry Priest
Leo Jarvis

Wilmot

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 Workers candidatesUngrouped candidates

Gordon Edhouse
Michael Polley *
Darrel Baldock *
Terry Aulich*
Allan Rhodes
Andrew Lohrey *
Charles Batt
Graham Vertigan

Graeme Page*
D L Youd
Clyde FitzGerald
Ian Braid *
Bert Bessell
Robin Gray*
Trevor Roach
Jim Burn
Bob Ingamells

Anthony Burke
Anthony Joyce
Roy Jackson

Stewart Lester
Kevin Chaffey

Stan King

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