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Candidates of the 1955 Tasmanian state election

The 1955 Tasmanian state election was held on 19 February 1955.

Retiring Members

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Liberal

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House of Assembly

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Sitting members are shown in bold text. Tickets that elected at least one MHA are highlighted in the relevant colour. Successful candidates are indicated by an asterisk (*).

Bass

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Six seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending three seats. The Liberal Party was defending three seats.

Labor candidates Liberal candidates Ungrouped candidates

Alexander Atkins
Claude Barnard*
Wallace Fraser
Henry McGee
John Madden*
Reg Turnbull*

Bill Beattie*
William Fry
Jean Law
James McGowen
Fred Marriott*
John Steer*

Norton Delanty

Darwin

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Six seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending three seats. The Liberal Party was defending three seats.

Labor candidates Liberal candidates

Charley Aylett*
Carrol Bramich*
Raymond Durkin
Eric Reece*
Sydney Richardson
Sydney Ward

Jack Breheny*
John Fidler*
Trevor Frampton
Edward Gaby
Horace Lane
Kevin Lyons*

Denison

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Six seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending three seats. The Liberal Party was defending two seats. One seat had been won at the previous election by independent candidate Bill Wedd; he had resigned in 1953 to run for the Legislative Council and was replaced by fellow independent Leo McPartlan, who at this election ran for Franklin.

Labor candidates Liberal candidates Ungrouped candidates

Terence Bower
Robert Cosgrove*
Frank Gaha*
William Hannon
Ross Maher
Alfred White*

Bill Hodgman*
Thomas Lipscombe
Harold Solomon
William Stanton
Horace Strutt*
Rex Townley*

Bill Wedd

Franklin

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Six seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending three seats. The Liberal Party was defending three seats.

Labor candidates Liberal candidates Ungrouped candidates

Brian Crawford
John Dwyer*
Charles Hand*
Mervyn Jacobson
Daniel Malone
Bill Neilson*

Doug Clark
Harold Hayes
Tim Jackson*
Mabel Miller*
Thomas Pearsall*
Walter Rayner

Leo McPartlan

Wilmot

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Six seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending three seats. The Liberal Party was defending three seats.

Labor candidates Liberal candidates

Douglas Cashion*
Roy Fagan*
Reg Fisher
Walter Haas
William McNeil
Lancelot Spurr*

Amelia Best*
Charles Best*
Angus Bethune*
Maurice Boucher
Peter Homfray
Robert Thompson

See also

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References

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