Candidates of the Tasmanian state election, 1955

This article provides information on candidates who stood for the 1955 Tasmanian state election, held on 19 February 1955.

Retiring Members

Liberal

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 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

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

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*
John Gaha*
William Hannon
Ross Maher
Alfred White*

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

Bill Wedd

Franklin

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

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

References

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