Candidates of the 1937 Tasmanian state election

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

Retiring Members

Nationalist

House of Assembly

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

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

Labor candidates Nationalist candidates Independent candidates

Thomas Davies*
Eric Howroyd*
John McDonald*
George McElwee
John Madden*
Peter Pike

Allen Hollingsworth*
Syd Jackson
Angus McKenzie
John Ockerby*
Harold Solomon

Percy Harvey
John Sheehan

Darwin

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

Labor candidates Nationalist candidates Independent candidates

Bill Aylett
Garnet Cooper
Thomas d'Alton*
Philip Kelly*
Henry Lane
Joseph McGrath*

Stephen Broad
Jack Chamberlain*
Frank Edwards*
Henry McFie
Frank Marriott*
Hubert Nichols
John Wright

James Campbell

Denison

Six seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending three seats. The Nationalist Party was defending two seats. Independent MHA George Carruthers was defending one seat.

Labor candidates Nationalist candidates Independent candidates

Robert Cosgrove*
Charles Culley*
Edmund Dwyer-Gray*
Francis Heerey*
John Lattin
Alfred White

D'Arcy Addison
Eric Johnson
Arndell Lewis*
John Soundy*
Ernest Turner

George Carruthers
George Collis
Frederick Lambert

Franklin

Six seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending three seats. The Nationalist Party was defending two seats, although independent MHA Benjamin Pearsall had joined the Nationalists and was running on their ticket.

Labor candidates Nationalist candidates

Edward Brooker*
John Dwyer*
Francis McDermott
Albert Ogilvie*
Basil Plummer*

Henry Baker*
Andrew Cooper
George Doyle*
Benjamin Pearsall
John Piggott
Vincent Shoobridge
Benjamin Watkins

Wilmot

Six seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending two seats, although independent MHA George Becker had joined the Labor Party and was running on their ticket. The Nationalist Party was defending three seats.

Labor candidates Nationalist candidates Independent candidates

George Becker*
Eric Ogilvie*
David O'Keefe*
Lancelot Spurr
William Taylor

Donald Cameron
Neil Campbell*
Francis Foster*
Arthur Hutchinson
Sir Walter Lee*
William Ritchie
Charles Salter

William Drake
Athol Smith

See also

References

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