Results of the 1941 Tasmanian state election

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Tasmanian state election, 13 December 1941 [1]
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Enrolled voters139,234
Votes cast127,034 Turnout 91.24%–3.05%
Informal votes6,344Informal4.99%–2.59%
Summary of votes by party
PartyPrimary votes %SwingSeatsChange
  Labor 75,54462.59%+3.92%20+ 2
  Nationalist 44,15836.58%–2.28%10– 2
  Independent 9960.83%–1.64%0± 0
Total120,690  30 

This is a list of House of Assembly results for the 1941 Tasmanian election.

Results by division

Bass

1941 Tasmanian state election: Bass
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Quota 3,234
Labor Thomas Davies (elected 1)6,22027.5-3.2
Labor John Madden (elected 2)2,75312.2+2.1
Labor John McDonald (elected 4)2,25310.0+0.9
Labor Eric Howroyd (elected 3)1,8298.1+2.2
Labor Alan Welsh 7453.3+3.3
Labor John Quintal 7423.3+3.3
Nationalist John Ockerby (elected 5)2,54011.2-0.7
Nationalist Frank Marriott (elected 6)1,7377.7+7.7
Nationalist Desmond Oldham1,5566.9+0.6
Nationalist Allen Hollingsworth 1,4716.5+0.2
Nationalist Ernest Pitchford7863.5+3.5
Total formal votes22,63293.8-3.9
Informal votes1,4876.2+3.9
Turnout 24,11991.1-2.7
Party total votes
Labor 14,54264.2+1.1
Nationalist 8,09035.7+1.4

Darwin

1941 Tasmanian state election: Darwin
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Quota 3,616
Labor Thomas d'Alton (elected 1)10,38041.0+10.3
Labor James Bugg (elected 3)1,7286.8+6.8
Labor Philip Kelly (elected 2)1,3205.2-3.3
Labor Henry Lane (elected 5)8623.40.0
Labor Michael Smith 5252.1+2.1
Nationalist Jack Chamberlain (elected 4)3,26712.9+4.8
Nationalist Henry McFie (elected 6)1,6226.4+0.4
Nationalist John Wright 1,5616.2-1.2
Nationalist Gerald Acheson1,2074.8+4.8
Nationalist Norman Booth1,1074.4+4.4
Nationalist Russell Green1,0624.2+4.2
Nationalist Stephen Broad6692.6-0.6
Total formal votes25,31095.3-2.1
Informal votes1,2504.7+2.1
Turnout 26,56090.5-3.3
Party total votes
Labor 14,81558.5+1.1
Nationalist 10,49541.5-0.5

Denison

1941 Tasmanian state election: Denison
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Quota 3,537
Labor Robert Cosgrove (elected 1)8,48234.3+16.5
Labor Alfred White (elected 5)2,77811.2+8.4
Labor Charles Culley (elected 2)2,0758.4-2.0
Labor Edmund Dwyer-Gray (elected 3)1,4185.7-13.3
Labor Francis Heerey 1,2855.2-2.7
Labor Sarah Kelly7252.9+2.9
Nationalist John Soundy (elected 4)3,03312.2+1.2
Nationalist Charles Atkins (elected 6)1,4075.7+5.7
Nationalist Ernest Turner 1,1034.5-0.9
Nationalist Raymond Smith8383.4+3.4
Nationalist Robert Harvey 6142.5+2.5
Nationalist Dugald McDougall5672.3+2.3
Nationalist Albert Kalbfell1130.5+0.5
Independent Michael O'Reilly3161.3+1.3
Total formal votes24,75495.0-3.0
Informal votes1,2945.0+3.0
Turnout 26,04891.2-2.8
Party total votes
Labor 16,76367.7+9.0
Nationalist 7,67531.0-3.6
Independent Michael O'Reilly3161.3+1.3

Franklin

1941 Tasmanian state election: Franklin
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Quota 3,663
Labor Edward Brooker (elected 1)6,84126.7+16.7
Labor John Dwyer (elected 3)3,39813.3+4.8
Labor Thomas McKinley (elected 4)2,4349.5+9.5
Labor Basil Plummer 1,7907.0+3.2
Labor Francis McDermott 1,2134.7+3.3
Labor Henry Hope (elected 6)1,0384.0+4.0
Nationalist Henry Baker (elected 2)3,78214.8-2.0
Nationalist Benjamin Pearsall 1,1654.5-1.2
Nationalist John McPhee (elected 5)1,1194.4+4.4
Nationalist John Piggott6202.4-1.7
Nationalist Arthur Crisp5202.0+2.0
Nationalist Vincent Shoobridge 4791.9-2.4
Nationalist Albert Beards3731.5+1.5
Nationalist Leo McPartlan 1880.7+0.7
Independent Thomas Kimber6802.7+2.7
Total formal votes25,64094.6-3.1
Informal votes1,4745.4+3.1
Turnout 27,11492.2-3.6
Party total votes
Labor 16,71465.2+6.6
Nationalist 8,24632.2-9.2
Independent Thomas Kimber6802.7+2.7

Wilmot

1941 Tasmanian state election: Wilmot
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Quota 3,194
Labor Lancelot Spurr (elected 1)4,18718.7+13.4
Labor David O'Keefe (elected 3)3,15214.1+6.9
Labor William Taylor (elected 5)2,1769.7+6.8
Labor Ernest West (elected 6)2,0699.3+9.3
Labor Peter Pike 1,1265.0+5.0
Nationalist Neil Campbell (elected 2)3,70816.6+3.9
Nationalist Walter Lee (elected 4)2,29510.3+0.4
Nationalist Francis Foster 1,5607.0-2.5
Nationalist Milton Taylor9294.2+4.2
Nationalist Thomas Johnston5862.6+2.6
Nationalist Raymond Madden5662.5+2.5
Total formal votes22,35496.4-0.7
Informal votes8393.6+0.7
Turnout 23,19391.2-2.7
Party total votes
Labor 12,71056.9+1.5
Nationalist 9,64443.1+1.2

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  1. ↑ "Assembly Election Results 1941". Tasmanian Parliamentary Library. Retrieved 29 August 2015.
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