Tasmanian state election, 1937

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20 February 1937

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	First party	Second party

Leader	Albert Ogilvie	Henry Baker
Party	Labor	Nationalist
Leader since	October 1929	July 1936
Leader's seat	Franklin	Franklin
Last election	14 seats	13 seats
Seats won	18 seats	12 seats
Seat change	4	1
Percentage	58.67%	38.86%
Swing	12.89	7.86

Premier before election

Albert Ogilvie
Labor

Elected Premier

Albert Ogilvie
Labor

The 1937 Tasmanian state election was held on 20 February 1937 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 — six members were elected from each of five electorates.

The incumbent Labor government was led by Albert Ogilvie. The opposition Nationalist Party was led by Henry Baker.

Labor had a decisive win in the 1937 election, one that would see the Nationalist Party (later to become the Liberal Party of Australia) in opposition until 1969.

Tasmanian state election, 20 February 1937
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