1937 Tasmanian state election

1937 Tasmanian state election
← 1934 20 February 1937 1941 →
All 30 seats to the House of Assembly
  First party Second party
 
Leader Albert Ogilvie Henry Baker
Party Labor Nationalist
Leader since October 1929 May 1936
Leader's seat Franklin Franklin
Last election 14 seats 13 seats
Seats won 18 seats 12 seats
Seat change Increase4 Decrease1
Percentage 58.67% 38.86%
Swing Increase12.89 Decrease7.86
Results of the election
Premier before election

Albert Ogilvie
Labor

Elected Premier

Albert Ogilvie
Labor

The 1937 Tasmanian state election was held on 20 February 1937 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.

The incumbent Labor government was led by Albert Ogilvie. The opposition Nationalist Party was led by Henry Baker.

Labor had a decisive win in the 1937 election, one that would see the Nationalist Party (later to become the Liberal Party) in opposition until 1969.[2]

  1. ^ House of Assembly Elections, Parliament of Tasmania.
  2. ^ Michael Roe, Ogilvie, Albert George (1890 - 1939), Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 11, Melbourne University Press, 1988, pp 68-70.