Tasmanian state election, 1964

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2 May 1964

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	First party	Second party

Leader	Eric Reece	Angus Bethune
Party	Labor	Liberal
Leader since	26 August 1958	19 March 1960
Leader's seat	Braddon	Wilmot
Last election	17 seats	16 seats
Seats won	19 seats	16 seats
Seat change	2	0
Percentage	51.32%	38.49%
Swing	6.82	2.57

Premier before election

Eric Reece
Labor

Elected Premier

Eric Reece
Labor

The Tasmanian state election, 1964 was held on 2 May 1964 in the Australian state of Tasmania to elect 35 members of the Tasmanian House of Assembly. The election used the Hare-Clark proportional representation system — seven members were elected from each of five electorates.

The Labor Party, in power since 1934, was seeking a tenth term in office, and Premier Eric Reece was contesting his second election in that role, this time against Leader of the Opposition Angus Bethune of the Liberal Party. Despite its longevity, the peculiarities of the Tasmanian Hare-Clark system meant it had served as a minority government with the support of independents since the 1946 election.

Labor won a majority in the House of Assembly with 19 of the 35 seats. Dr Reg Turnbull, the former Labor treasurer who had won 27.9% as an independent in Bass in 1959 (equal to 5.64% of the statewide vote) departed in 1961 for the Australian Senate, with most of his vote returning to his former party.

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