Tasmanian state election, 1946

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23 November 1946

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	First party	Second party

Leader	Robert Cosgrove	Neil Campbell
Party	Labor	Liberal
Leader since	18 December 1939	February 1945
Leader's seat	Denison	Wilmot
Last election	20 seats	10 seats
Seats won	16 seats	12 seats
Seat change	4	2
Percentage	50.97%	34.25%
Swing	11.63	2.33

Premier before election

Robert Cosgrove
Labor

Elected Premier

Robert Cosgrove
Labor

The 1946 Tasmanian state election was held on 23 November 1946 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.

Incumbent Premier Robert Cosgrove continued to lead the Labor Party into the 1946 election. The Nationalist Party had reformed into the modern Liberal Party of Australia, and was led by Neil Campbell. This was Tasmania's first election since the end of World War II.

Labor won a majority in the election, although the party's vote was significantly reduced. Cosgrove dominated the government throughout Tasmania's post-war recovery.

Tasmanian state election, 23 November 1946
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