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1956 Tasmanian state election

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Background
Results
Distribution of Seats
Aftermath
See also
References
External links

{{Infobox Election
| election_name = Tasmanian state election, 1956
| country = Tasmania
| type = parliamentary
| ongoing = no
| previous_election = Tasmanian state election, 1955
| previous_year = 1955
| next_election = Tasmanian state election, 1959
| next_year = 1959
| seats_for_election = All 30 seats to the House of Assembly
| election_date = 13 October 1956
| image1 =
| leader1 = Robert Cosgrove
| leader_since1 = 25 February 1948
| party1 = Australian Labor Party (Tasmanian Branch)
| leaders_seat1 = Denison
| last_election1 = 15 seats
| seats1 = 15 seats
| seat_change1 = {{steady}}0
| percentage1 = 50.27%
| swing1 = {{decrease}}2.36
| image2 =
| leader2 = Tim Jackson
| leader_since2 = 26 June 1956
| party2 = Liberal Party of Australia (Tasmanian Division)
| leaders_seat2 = Franklin
| last_election2 = 15 seats
| seats2 = 15 seats
| seat_change2 = {{steady}}0
| percentage2 = 43.61%
| swing2 = {{decrease}}1.74
| title = Premier
| posttitle = Resulting Premier
| before_election = Robert Cosgrove
| before_party = Australian Labor Party (Tasmanian Branch)
| after_election = Robert Cosgrove
| after_party = Australian Labor Party (Tasmanian Branch)
}}

The Tasmanian state election, 1956 was held on 13 October 1956 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^[1] — six members were elected from each of five electorates.

Background

The 1955 election had resulted in a parliamentary deadlock between the Labor and Liberal parties, although Robert Cosgrove remained Premier of Tasmania. On 11 September 1956, Cosgrove's minister for housing, Carrol Bramich, resigned from the ALP following an internal row, party switching and giving the Liberal opposition a majority.^[2] Cosgrove obtained a dissolution of parliament from the Governor of Tasmania, and an election was called for 13 October.^[3]

The electorate of Darwin had been renamed in 1955 to Braddon, after former Premier Sir Edward Braddon.

Results

Following the 1956 election, the ALP and Liberals remained in a 15-seat deadlock. Despite Bramich's defection to the Liberals, Labor picked up a seat in Bramich's electorate of Braddon, maintaining the status quo with Cosgrove and the ALP still in power.

{{Australian elections/Title row
| title = Tasmanian state election, 13 October 1956
| house = House of Assembly
| series = Tasmanian state election
| back = 1955
| forward = 1959
| enrolled = 174,632
| total_votes = 166,293
| turnout % = 95.22
| turnout chg = +1.30
| informal = 6,968
| informal % = 4.19
| informal chg = +0.40
}}{{Australian elections/Party summary|
|government = yes
|party_id = Labor TAS
|votes = 80,096
|votes % = 50.27
|votes chg = –2.36
|seats = 15
|seats chg = ± 0
}}{{Australian elections/Party summary|
|party_id = Liberal TAS
|votes = 69,477
|votes % = 43.61
|votes chg = –1.74
|seats = 15
|seats chg = ± 0
}}{{Australian elections/Party summary|
|party_id = Democratic Labor
|party = Labor (Anti-Communist)
|votes = 5,522
|votes % = 3.47
|votes chg = +3.47
|seats = 0
|seats chg = ± 0
}}{{Australian elections/Party summary|
|party_id = Independent
|votes = 4,139
|votes % = 2.60
|votes chg = +0.58
|seats = 0
|seats chg = ± 0
}}{{Australian elections/Party summary|
|party_id = Communist
|votes = 91
|votes % = 0.06
|votes chg = +0.06
|seats = 0
|seats chg = ± 0
}}{{Australian elections/Total row |
|total_votes = 159,325
|total_seats = 30
}}
|}

Distribution of Seats

Electorate	Seats won
Bass	Labor}} \|	Labor}} \|	Labor}} \|	Liberal}} \|	Liberal}} \|	Liberal}} \|
Braddon	Labor}} \|	Labor}} \|	Labor}} \|	Liberal}} \|	Liberal}} \|	Liberal}} \|
Denison	Labor}} \|	Labor}} \|	Labor}} \|	Liberal}} \|	Liberal}} \|	Liberal}} \|
Franklin	Labor}} \|	Labor}} \|	Labor}} \|	Liberal}} \|	Liberal}} \|	Liberal}} \|
Wilmot	Labor}} \|	Labor}} \|	Labor}} \|	Liberal}} \|	Liberal}} \|	Liberal}} \|

Labor}} \|	Labor
Liberal}} \|	Liberal

Aftermath

The subsequent election in 1959 saw the number of seats in the Tasmanian House of Assembly increased to 35, which would prevent the kind of deadlock which resulted from having an even number of seats in the house.

References

1. ^House of Assembly Elections, Parliament of Tasmania.
2. ^Tasmanian Political Alamanc - On This Day, Parliament of Tasmania.
3. ^W. A. Townsley, Cosgrove, Sir Robert (1884 - 1969), Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 13, Melbourne University Press, 1993, pp 505-507.

External links

Assembly Election Results, 1956, Parliament of Tasmania.
Report on Parliamentary Elections, 1956, Tasmanian Electoral Commission.

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