Tasmanian state election, 13 December 1941[1]
House of Assembly
<< 1937–1946 >>

Enrolled voters 139,234
Votes cast 127,034 Turnout 91.24% –3.05%
Informal votes 6,344 Informal 4.99% –2.59%
Summary of votes by party
Party Primary votes  % Swing Seats Change
  Labor 75,544 62.59% +3.92% 20 + 2
  Nationalist 44,158 36.58% –2.28% 10 – 2
  Independent 996 0.83% –1.64% 0 ± 0
Total 120,690     30  

This is a list of House of Assembly results for the 1941 Tasmanian election.

Results by division

Bass

1941 Tasmanian state election: Bass
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Quota 3,234
Labor Thomas Davies (elected 1) 6,220 27.5 -3.2
Labor John Madden (elected 2) 2,753 12.2 +2.1
Labor John McDonald (elected 4) 2,253 10.0 +0.9
Labor Eric Howroyd (elected 3) 1,829 8.1 +2.2
Labor Alan Welsh 745 3.3 +3.3
Labor John Quintal 742 3.3 +3.3
Nationalist John Ockerby (elected 5) 2,540 11.2 -0.7
Nationalist Frank Marriott (elected 6) 1,737 7.7 +7.7
Nationalist Desmond Oldham 1,556 6.9 +0.6
Nationalist Allen Hollingsworth 1,471 6.5 +0.2
Nationalist Ernest Pitchford 786 3.5 +3.5
Total formal votes 22,632 93.8 -3.9
Informal votes 1,487 6.2 +3.9
Turnout 24,119 91.1 -2.7
Party total votes
Labor 14,542 64.2 +1.1
Nationalist 8,090 35.7 +1.4

Darwin

1941 Tasmanian state election: Darwin
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Quota 3,616
Labor Thomas d'Alton (elected 1) 10,380 41.0 +10.3
Labor James Bugg (elected 3) 1,728 6.8 +6.8
Labor Philip Kelly (elected 2) 1,320 5.2 -3.3
Labor Henry Lane (elected 5) 862 3.4 0.0
Labor Michael Smith 525 2.1 +2.1
Nationalist Jack Chamberlain (elected 4) 3,267 12.9 +4.8
Nationalist Henry McFie (elected 6) 1,622 6.4 +0.4
Nationalist John Wright 1,561 6.2 -1.2
Nationalist Gerald Acheson 1,207 4.8 +4.8
Nationalist Norman Booth 1,107 4.4 +4.4
Nationalist Russell Green 1,062 4.2 +4.2
Nationalist Stephen Broad 669 2.6 -0.6
Total formal votes 25,310 95.3 -2.1
Informal votes 1,250 4.7 +2.1
Turnout 26,560 90.5 -3.3
Party total votes
Labor 14,815 58.5 +1.1
Nationalist 10,495 41.5 -0.5

Denison

1941 Tasmanian state election: Denison
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Quota 3,537
Labor Robert Cosgrove (elected 1) 8,482 34.3 +16.5
Labor Alfred White (elected 5) 2,778 11.2 +8.4
Labor Charles Culley (elected 2) 2,075 8.4 -2.0
Labor Edmund Dwyer-Gray (elected 3) 1,418 5.7 -13.3
Labor Francis Heerey 1,285 5.2 -2.7
Labor Sarah Kelly 725 2.9 +2.9
Nationalist John Soundy (elected 4) 3,033 12.2 +1.2
Nationalist Charles Atkins (elected 6) 1,407 5.7 +5.7
Nationalist Ernest Turner 1,103 4.5 -0.9
Nationalist Raymond Smith 838 3.4 +3.4
Nationalist Robert Harvey 614 2.5 +2.5
Nationalist Dugald McDougall 567 2.3 +2.3
Nationalist Albert Kalbfell 113 0.5 +0.5
Independent Michael O'Reilly 316 1.3 +1.3
Total formal votes 24,754 95.0 -3.0
Informal votes 1,294 5.0 +3.0
Turnout 26,048 91.2 -2.8
Party total votes
Labor 16,763 67.7 +9.0
Nationalist 7,675 31.0 -3.6
Independent Michael O'Reilly 316 1.3 +1.3

Franklin

1941 Tasmanian state election: Franklin
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Quota 3,663
Labor Edward Brooker (elected 1) 6,841 26.7 +16.7
Labor John Dwyer (elected 3) 3,398 13.3 +4.8
Labor Thomas McKinley (elected 4) 2,434 9.5 +9.5
Labor Basil Plummer 1,790 7.0 +3.2
Labor Francis McDermott 1,213 4.7 +3.3
Labor Henry Hope (elected 6) 1,038 4.0 +4.0
Nationalist Henry Baker (elected 2) 3,782 14.8 -2.0
Nationalist Benjamin Pearsall 1,165 4.5 -1.2
Nationalist John McPhee (elected 5) 1,119 4.4 +4.4
Nationalist John Piggott 620 2.4 -1.7
Nationalist Arthur Crisp 520 2.0 +2.0
Nationalist Vincent Shoobridge 479 1.9 -2.4
Nationalist Albert Beards 373 1.5 +1.5
Nationalist Leo McPartlan 188 0.7 +0.7
Independent Thomas Kimber 680 2.7 +2.7
Total formal votes 25,640 94.6 -3.1
Informal votes 1,474 5.4 +3.1
Turnout 27,114 92.2 -3.6
Party total votes
Labor 16,714 65.2 +6.6
Nationalist 8,246 32.2 -9.2
Independent Thomas Kimber 680 2.7 +2.7

Wilmot

1941 Tasmanian state election: Wilmot
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Quota 3,194
Labor Lancelot Spurr (elected 1) 4,187 18.7 +13.4
Labor David O'Keefe (elected 3) 3,152 14.1 +6.9
Labor William Taylor (elected 5) 2,176 9.7 +6.8
Labor Ernest West (elected 6) 2,069 9.3 +9.3
Labor Peter Pike 1,126 5.0 +5.0
Nationalist Neil Campbell (elected 2) 3,708 16.6 +3.9
Nationalist Walter Lee (elected 4) 2,295 10.3 +0.4
Nationalist Francis Foster 1,560 7.0 -2.5
Nationalist Milton Taylor 929 4.2 +4.2
Nationalist Thomas Johnston 586 2.6 +2.6
Nationalist Raymond Madden 566 2.5 +2.5
Total formal votes 22,354 96.4 -0.7
Informal votes 839 3.6 +0.7
Turnout 23,193 91.2 -2.7
Party total votes
Labor 12,710 56.9 +1.5
Nationalist 9,644 43.1 +1.2

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Assembly Election Results 1941". Tasmanian Parliamentary Library. Retrieved 29 August 2015.
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