1946 Tasmanian state election

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{{Infobox election

| election_name = 1946 Tasmanian state election

| country = Tasmania

| type = parliamentary

| ongoing = no

| previous_election = 1941 Tasmanian state election

| previous_year = 1941

| next_election = 1948 Tasmanian state election

| next_year = 1948

| seats_for_election = All 30 seats to the House of Assembly

| election_date = 23 November 1946

| image1 = {{CSS image crop |Image = Cosgrove Sir Robert HA 355.jpg|bSize = 140|cWidth = 130|cHeight = 170|oTop = 3|oLeft = 7|Location = center}}

| leader1 = Robert Cosgrove

| leader_since1 = 18 December 1939

| party1 = Australian Labor Party (Tasmanian Branch)

| leaders_seat1 = Denison

| last_election1 = 20 seats

| seats1 = 16 seats

| seat_change1 = {{decrease}}4

| percentage1 = 50.97%

| swing1 = {{decrease}}11.63

| image2 = {{CSS image crop |Image = Neil Campbell.jpg|bSize = 140|cWidth = 130|cHeight = 170|oTop = 7|oLeft = 7|Location = center}}

| leader2 = Neil Campbell

| leader_since2 = February 1945

| party2 = Liberal Party of Australia (Tasmanian Division)

| leaders_seat2 = Wilmot

| last_election2 = 10 seats

| seats2 = 12 seats

| seat_change2 = {{increase}}2

| percentage2 = 34.25%

| swing2 = {{decrease}}2.33

| map_image = 1946 Tasmanian state election.svg

| map_size = 350px

| map_caption = Results of the election

| title = Premier

| before_election = Robert Cosgrove

| before_party = Australian Labor Party (Tasmanian Branch)

| after_election = Robert Cosgrove

| after_party = Australian Labor Party (Tasmanian Branch)

}}

The 1946 Tasmanian state election was held on 23 November 1946 in the Australian state of Tasmania to elect 30 members of the Tasmanian House of Assembly. The election used the Hare-Clark proportional representation system[http://www.parliament.tas.gov.au/tpl/Backg/HAElections.htm House of Assembly Elections], Parliament of Tasmania. — six members were elected from each of five electorates.

Incumbent Premier Robert Cosgrove continued to lead the Labor Party into the 1946 election. The Nationalist Party had reformed into the modern Liberal Party, and was led by Neil Campbell. This was Tasmania's first election since the end of World War II.

Labor won a majority in the election, although the party's vote was significantly reduced. Cosgrove dominated the government throughout Tasmania's post-war recovery.W. A. Townsley, [http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A130561b.htm Cosgrove, Sir Robert (1884 - 1969)], Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 13, Melbourne University Press, 1993, pp 505-507.