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Candidates of the 1956 Tasmanian state election

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The 1956 Tasmanian state election was held on 13 October 1956.

Retiring Members

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No sitting MHAs retired at this election.

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 (*).

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

Labor candidates Liberal candidates Labor (A-C) candidates

Alexander Atkins*
Claude Barnard*
Ronald Cocker
Wallace Fraser
John Madden
Reg Turnbull*

Bill Beattie*
Ralph Fleming
William Fry
Fred Marriott*
John Steer*

Virgil Morgan
Clement Pollington

Six seats were up for election. The Labor Party and the Liberal Party were each defending three seats, although Labor MHA Carrol Bramich had defected to the Liberals.

Labor candidates Liberal candidates Labor (A-C) candidates Ungrouped candidates

Charley Aylett*
Cyril Cameron
John Keating
Eric Reece*
Frank Taylor
Sydney Ward*

Carrol Bramich*
Jack Breheny*
John Fidler
Trevor Frampton
Edward Gaby
Kevin Lyons*

Terence Doody
Albin Galpin
Timothy Healy

Roger Miller

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

Labor candidates Liberal candidates Labor (A-C) candidates Independent candidates Ungrouped candidates

Robert Cosgrove*
Frank Gaha*
Eric Howroyd
Bert Lacey
Brian Miller
Alfred White*

Gordon Cashmore
Bill Hodgman*
Alfred Robertson
William Stanton
Horace Strutt*
Rex Townley*

Jack Bartholomew
Cyril Marshall
Anthony Orpwood

Terry Bower
Bill Wedd

Max Bound (CPA)
William Lloyd

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

Labor candidates Liberal candidates Labor (A-C) candidates Ungrouped candidates

Brian Crawford*
John Dwyer*
Charles Hand
Clyde McNally
Bill Neilson*
James Percey

Doug Clark
Tim Jackson*
Mabel Miller*
Thomas Pearsall*
Tasman Pitman
Walter Rayner

Alfred Harrold
Francis Hursey
Henry Roberts

Robert McDougall

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

Labor candidates Liberal candidates Labor (A-C) candidates

Douglas Cashion*
Roy Fagan*
Reg Fisher*
William McNeil
Lancelot Spurr
Ralph Taylor

Bert Bessell*
Amelia Best
Charles Best*
Angus Bethune*
Ian Gibson
John Strickland

Owen Doherty
Cyril Maloney
John Reidy

See also

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References

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