Results of the 1956 Tasmanian state election

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Tasmanian state election, 13 October 1956 [1]
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Enrolled voters174,632
Votes cast166,293 Turnout 95.22+1.30
Informal votes6,968Informal4.19+0.40
Summary of votes by party
PartyPrimary votes %SwingSeatsChange
  Labor 80,09650.27–2.3615± 0
  Liberal 69,47743.61–1.7415± 0
  Labor (Anti-Communist) 5,5223.47+3.470± 0
  Independent 4,1392.60+0.580± 0
  Communist 910.06+0.060± 0
Total159,325  30 

This is a list of House of Assembly results for the 1956 Tasmanian election.

Results by division

Bass

1956 Tasmanian state election: Bass
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Quota 4,593
Labor Claude Barnard (elected 1)5,15916.0+2.0
Labor Reg Turnbull (elected 2)4,57014.2+3.5
Labor Alexander Atkins (elected 6)3,20910.0+1.2
Labor John Madden 2,4457.6-4.3
Labor Ronald Cocker7832.4+2.4
Labor Wallace Fraser 3901.2-1.5
Liberal Bill Beattie (elected 3)4,25213.2+2.5
Liberal Fred Marriott (elected 4)3,32610.3+0.7
Liberal John Steer (elected 5)3,1779.9-2.1
Liberal William Fry 2,9069.0+2.0
Liberal Ralph Fleming6312.0+2.0
Labor (A-C) Virgil Morgan1,2283.8+3.8
Labor (A-C) Clement Pollington730.2+0.2
Total formal votes32,14995.3-0.6
Informal votes1,5694.7+0.6
Turnout 33,71895.0+1.1
Party total votes
Labor 16,55651.5-2.0
Liberal 14,29244.5-1.5
Labor (A-C) 1,3014.0+4.0

Braddon

1956 Tasmanian state election: Braddon
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Quota 4,510
Labor Eric Reece (elected 1)5,98319.0-2.0
Labor Sydney Ward (elected 3)3,80512.1+5.7
Labor Charley Aylett (elected 4)2,6738.5-1.5
Labor Frank Taylor1,6415.2+5.2
Labor Cyril Cameron6131.9+1.9
Labor John Keating5871.9+1.9
Liberal Carrol Bramich (elected 2)5,46717.3+17.3
Liberal Kevin Lyons (elected 5)2,8829.1-1.4
Liberal John Fidler 2,4617.8-3.4
Liberal Jack Breheny (elected 6)2,4097.6-5.5
Liberal Edward Gaby9192.9-1.7
Liberal Trevor Frampton6762.1-2.2
Labor (A-C) Terence Doody6382.0+2.0
Labor (A-C) Timothy Healy5381.7+1.7
Labor (A-C) Albin Galpin1340.4+0.4
Independent Roger Miller1390.4+0.4
Total formal votes31,56596.6-0.2
Informal votes1,1153.4+0.2
Turnout 32,68095.3-1.5
Party total votes
Labor 15,30248.5-4.8
Liberal 14,81446.9+0.2
Labor (A-C) 1,3104.2+4.2
Independent Roger Miller1390.4+0.4

Denison

1956 Tasmanian state election: Denison
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Quota 4,938
Labor Robert Cosgrove (elected 1)10,05029.1+4.7
Labor Alfred White (elected 6)2,4447.1-1.9
Labor Brian Miller 2,0295.9+5.9
Labor Frank Gaha (elected 3)1,2773.7-0.8
Labor Bert Lacey 6231.8+1.8
Labor Eric Howroyd 4141.2+1.2
Liberal Rex Townley (elected 2)10,03029.0-2.3
Liberal Bill Hodgman (elected 5)1,3914.00.0
Liberal Gordon Cashmore1,2393.6+3.6
Liberal Horace Strutt (elected 4)1,0943.2+1.4
Liberal Alfred Robertson3621.0+1.0
Liberal William Stanton2010.6-0.1
Group D Bill Wedd 1,8965.5-1.2
Group DTerry Bower4601.3+1.3
Labor (A-C) Jack Bartholomew4181.2+1.2
Labor (A-C) Anthony Orpwood4141.2+1.2
Labor (A-C) Cyril Marshall680.2+0.2
Communist Max Bound 910.3+0.3
Independent William Lloyd590.2+0.2
Total formal votes34,56095.9-0.3
Informal votes1,4964.1+0.3
Turnout 36,05695.1+2.7
Party total votes
Labor 16,83748.7-2.1
Liberal 14,31741.4-1.1
Group D2,3566.8+0.1
Labor (A-C) 9002.6+2.6
Communist 910.3+0.3
Independent William Lloyd590.2+0.2

Franklin

1956 Tasmanian state election: Franklin
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Quota 4,246
Labor John Dwyer (elected 2)4,74716.0+1.2
Labor Bill Neilson (elected 3)3,72912.5-0.9
Labor Brian Crawford (elected 6)2,8139.5+3.7
Labor Charles Hand 2,2117.4-1.8
Labor James Percey7232.4+2.4
Labor Clyde McNally3431.2+1.2
Liberal Tim Jackson (elected 1)5,50818.5+10.3
Liberal Thomas Pearsall (elected 5)2,4388.2-1.7
Liberal Doug Clark 1,9476.6+1.1
Liberal Mabel Miller (elected 4)1,9246.5-8.7
Liberal Walter Rayner7262.4-2.8
Liberal Tasman Pitman2080.7+0.7
Independent Robert McDougall1,5855.3+5.3
Labor (A-C) Henry Roberts3521.2+1.2
Labor (A-C) Alfred Harrold3301.1+1.1
Labor (A-C) Francis Hursey1330.4+0.4
Total formal votes29,71795.7-0.5
Informal votes1,3454.3+0.5
Turnout 31,06295.9+1.7
Party total votes
Labor 14,56649.0-0.9
Liberal 12,75142.9-3.6
Independent Robert McDougall1,5855.3+5.3
Labor (A-C) 8152.7+2.7

Wilmot

1956 Tasmanian state election: Wilmot
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Quota 4,477
Labor Roy Fagan (elected 1)5,28016.9-1.5
Labor Reg Fisher (elected 3)3,52311.2-2.8
Labor Douglas Cashion (elected 2)3,34410.7-2.3
Labor Lancelot Spurr 2,0466.5-1.6
Labor William McNeil 1,5545.0-0.1
Labor Ralph Taylor1,0883.5+3.5
Liberal Angus Bethune (elected 4)3,29010.5+2.0
Liberal Bert Bessell (elected 6)2,7548.8+8.8
Liberal Charles Best (elected 5)2,7248.7-3.7
Liberal Amelia Best 1,8846.0-2.4
Liberal Ian Gibson1,7585.6+5.6
Liberal John Strickland8932.8+2.8
Labor (A-C) Owen Doherty6622.1+2.1
Labor (A-C) Cyril Maloney3621.2+1.2
Labor (A-C) John Reidy1720.5+0.5
Total formal votes31,33495.6-0.4
Informal votes1,4434.4+0.4
Turnout 32,77794.8-0.2
Party total votes
Labor 16,83553.7-2.0
Liberal 13,30342.5-1.8
Labor (A-C) 1,1963.8+3.8

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  1. ↑ "Tasmanian Election 1956". Tasmanian Parliamentary Library.
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