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Candidates of the 1959 Tasmanian state election

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The 1959 Tasmanian state election was held on 2 May 1959.

Retiring Members

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No MHAs retired at this election.

Redistributions and seat changes

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  • The House of Assembly had been expanded prior to this election, with members elected from each division increased from six to seven.
  • Braddon Labor MHA Charley Aylett contested Denison.

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 (*).

Seven seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending three seats, although sitting MHA Reg Turnbull was running as an independent. The Liberal Party was defending three seats. There was one new seat.

Labor candidates Liberal candidates Group B candidates Ungrouped candidates

Alexander Atkins*
Wallace Fraser
Mac Le Fevre*
John Madden*
Harold Newman
Frank Taylor

Lionel Abbott
Bill Beattie*
Max Bushby
James McGowen
Fred Marriott*
Harold Pope
John Steer*

William Shipp
Reg Turnbull*

Leslie Arnold (DLP)

Seven seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending three seats. The Liberal Party was defending three seats. There was one new seat.

Labor candidates Liberal candidates DLP candidates Ungrouped candidates

Joseph Britton*
Lloyd Costello*
Aubrey Gaffney
Eric Reece*
Harold Singleton
Patrick Streets
Sydney Ward*

Arthur Abel
Carrol Bramich*
Jack Breheny*
Horace Lane
Kevin Lyons*
Charles Rand
William Young

Bruce Cameron
Alban Galpin
Frances Lane

Eric Nicholls

Seven seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending three seats. The Liberal Party was defending three seats. There was one new seat.

Labor candidates Liberal candidates DLP candidates Communist candidates Ungrouped candidates

Charley Aylett*
Mary Cumming
Frank Gaha*
Eric Howroyd
Bert Lacey
Harry McLoughlin*
William Wilkinson

Donald Clark
Bill Hodgman*
Sir Archibald Park*
Harold Solomon
Horace Strutt
Rex Townley*

Brian Bresnehan
Rex McShane
Harold Senior

Max Bound
George Chenery

Nigel Abbott
Bill Wedd*

Seven seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending three seats. The Liberal Party was defending three seats. There was one new seat.

Labor candidates Liberal candidates DLP candidates Ungrouped candidates

Eric Barnard*
Colin Brooker
Brian Crawford
John Dwyer*
Lynda Heaven
Bill Neilson*
James Percey

Donald Cuthbertson
Stanley Gough
Tim Jackson*
Mabel Miller*
Thomas Pearsall*
Richard Tallboys
Bill Young*

John Dwyer
Virgil Morgan
Allan Powell
Henry Scoles

Terry Bower
Francis Hursey
Leo McPartlan

Seven seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending three seats. The Liberal Party was defending three seats. There was one new seat.

Labor candidates Liberal candidates Ungrouped candidates

William Anderson
Douglas Cashion*
Norman Dixon
Roy Fagan*
Thomas McDonald*
William McNeil*
Lancelot Spurr

Bert Bessell*
Amelia Best
Angus Bethune*
Leslie Brown
Ian Gibson
Bob Ingamells*

Harold Hill (DLP)

See also

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References

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