Members of the Tasmanian House of Assembly, 1946–1948

This is a list of members of the Tasmanian House of Assembly between the 23 November 1946 election and the 21 August 1948 election. The Nationalist Party had dissolved and its members had joined the new Liberal Party by the time of the election.

Name Party Division Years in office
Alexander Atkins Labor Bass 1946–1948; 1956–1972
Charles Atkins Liberal Denison 1941–1948
Charley Aylett Labor Darwin 1946–1964
Bill Beattie Liberal Bass 1946–1950; 1954–1979
Angus Bethune Liberal Wilmot 1946–1975
Carrol Bramich Labor Darwin 1946–1964
Hon Edward Brooker[1] Labor Franklin 1934–1948
John Harold Brown[1] Labor Franklin 1948
Neil Campbell Liberal Wilmot 1922–1955
Jack Chamberlain Liberal Darwin 1934–1951
Hon Robert Cosgrove Labor Denison 1919–1922; 1925–1931;
1934–1958
Charles Culley Labor Denison 1922–1928; 1934–1948
John Dwyer Labor Franklin 1931–1962
Hon Roy Fagan Labor Wilmot 1946–1974
John Fidler Liberal Darwin 1946–1956
George Gray Independent Franklin 1946–1950
Hon Eric Howroyd Labor Bass 1937–1950; 1958–1959
Tim Jackson Liberal Franklin 1946–1964
Henry McFie Liberal/Independent Darwin 1925–1934; 1941–1948
Hon John Madden Labor Bass 1936–1956; 1957–1969
Fred Marriott Liberal Bass 1946–1961
Bill Neilson Labor Franklin 1946–1977
Peter Pike Labor Wilmot 1943–1949
Hon Eric Reece Labor Darwin 1946–1975
Lancelot Spurr Labor Wilmot 1941–1956
Horace Strutt Liberal Denison 1946–1959; 1959–1969
Rex Townley Independent Denison 1946–1965
Dr Reg Turnbull Labor Bass 1946–1961
Hon Alfred White Labor Denison 1941–1959
Reg Wright Liberal Franklin 1946–1949
Robert Robertson Liberal Wilmot 1946–1950

Notes

1 Labor MHA for Franklin, Edward Brooker, died on 18 June 1948. A recount on 28 June 1948 resulted in the election of Labor candidate John Harold Brown—as it turned out, Brown served the shortest term of any MHA, of just seven weeks.

Sources

  • Hughes, Colin A.; Graham, B. D. (1976). Voting for the South Australian, Western Australian and Tasmanian Lower Houses, 1890-1964. Canberra: Australian National University. ISBN 0-7081-1334-6.
  • Parliament of Tasmania (2006). The Parliament of Tasmania from 1856