Tasmanian state election, 1941

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13 December 1941

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	First party	Second party

Leader	Robert Cosgrove	Henry Baker
Party	Labor	Nationalist
Leader since	18 December 1939	July 1936
Leader's seat	Denison	Franklin
Last election	18 seats	12 seats
Seats won	20 seats	10 seats
Seat change	2	2
Percentage	62.59%	36.58%
Swing	3.92	2.28

Premier before election

Robert Cosgrove
Labor

Elected Premier

Robert Cosgrove
Labor

The 1941 Tasmanian state election was held on 13 December 1941 in the Australian state of Tasmania to elect 30 members of the Tasmanian House of Assembly. The election used the Hare-Clark proportional representation system — six members were elected from each of five electorates.

The Australian Labor Party had won the 1937 election with a three-seat majority over the Nationalist Party. Labor leader and Premier Albert Ogilvie had died in office on 10 June 1939, and had been replaced by Edmund Dwyer-Gray and then Robert Cosgrove, who led Labor into the 1941 election. Sir Henry Baker continued to lead the Nationalists.

In spite of Cosgrove's refusal to placate the Labor Party's left wing, and criticism from Bill Morrow of the Launceston Trades Hall Council, Labor consolidated its substantial majority even further, winning a further two seats for a total of 20.

Tasmanian state election, 13 December 1941
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