Tasmanian state election, 1950

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6 May 1950

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	First party	Second party

Leader	Robert Cosgrove	Rex Townley
Party	Labor	Liberal
Leader since	25 February 1948	6 February 1950
Leader's seat	Denison	Denison
Last election	15 seats	12 seats
Seats won	15 seats	14 seats
Seat change	0	2
Percentage	48.63%	47.57%
Swing	0.75	9.73

Premier before election

Robert Cosgrove
Labor

Elected Premier

Robert Cosgrove
Labor

The 1950 Tasmanian state election was held on 6 May 1950 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.

Following the 1948 election, Premier Robert Cosgrove and the Labor Party remained in government with the support of independent MHA Bill Wedd. At the 1950 election, Cosgrove was seeking another term in office against the opposition Liberal Party, which had replaced Neil Campbell with Rex Townley as leader in February 1950.

At the election, Labor retained 15 seats in the House of Assembly, and the Liberals regained one seat previously held by an independent, whilst Rex Townley, formerly an Independent Liberal, retained his seat as a Liberal.

Tasmanian state election, 6 May 1950
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