1950 Tasmanian state election

1950 Tasmanian state election

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All 30 seats to the House of Assembly
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
Results of the election
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^[1] — 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.