# Results of the 1976 Tasmanian state election

Tasmanian state election, 11 December 1976 House of Assembly
<< 1972–1979 >> :
| Enrolled voters | Enrolled voters | 258,550 | | | | |
| Votes cast | Votes cast | 244,424 | | Turnout | 94.54 | –0.37 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | 9,294 | | Informal | 3.80 | +0.14 |
| Summary of votes by party |||||||
| Party | Party | Primary votes | % | Swing | Seats | Change |
| | Labor | 123,386 | 52.48 | –2.45 | 18 | – 3 |
| | Liberal | 104,613 | 44.49 | +6.12 | 17 | + 3 |
| | United Tasmania Group | 5,183 | 2.20 | –1.70 | 0 | ± 0 |
| | Workers Party | 524 | 0.22 | +0.22 | 0 | ± 0 |
| | Socialist Workers Party | 123 | 0.05 | +0.05 | 0 | ± 0 |
| | Independent | 1,424 | 0.61 | –2.19 | 0 | ± 0 |
| Total | Total | 235,130 | | | 35 | |
This is a list of House of Assembly results for the 1976 Tasmanian election.

## Results by division
### Bass

1976 Tasmanian state election: Bass :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Quota | Quota | Quota | 5,431 | | |
| | Liberal | Bill Beattie (elected 4) | 3,824 | 8.8 | -6.8 |
| | Liberal | Jim Mooney (elected 7) | 3,000 | 6.9 | +6.9 |
| | Liberal | Max Bushby (elected 5) | 2,948 | 6.8 | +1.1 |
| | Liberal | Neil Robson (elected 6) | 2,870 | 6.6 | +6.6 |
| | Liberal | Dawn Rhodes | 2,109 | 4.9 | +4.9 |
| | Liberal | Neil Pitt | 2,068 | 4.8 | -4.9 |
| | Liberal | Dick Archer | 1,964 | 4.5 | +4.5 |
| | Liberal | John Beswick | 1,931 | 4.4 | +4.4 |
| | Liberal | William Luck | 646 | 1.5 | +1.5 |
| | Labor | Michael Barnard (elected 1) | 8,401 | 19.3 | +0.6 |
| | Labor | Gill James (elected 3) | 3,943 | 9.1 | +9.1 |
| | Labor | Harry Holgate (elected 2) | 3,471 | 8.0 | +3.6 |
| | Labor | David Farquhar | 1,533 | 3.5 | -0.7 |
| | Labor | Ursula Workman | 1,373 | 3.6 | +3.6 |
| | Labor | Thomas O'Byrne | 1,193 | 2.7 | +2.7 |
| | Labor | John Breen | 869 | 2.0 | +2.0 |
| | Labor | Myron Tripp | 397 | 0.9 | +0.9 |
| | United Tasmania | Bob Brown | 414 | 1.0 | +1.0 |
| | United Tasmania | Deidre Smith | 255 | 0.6 | +0.6 |
| | United Tasmania | Noreen Batchelor | 95 | 0.2 | +0.2 |
| | Independent | Quentin Wilson | 143 | 0.3 | +0.3 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 43,447 | 95.8 | −0.2 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 1,886 | 4.2 | +0.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 45,333 | 94.3 | −0.5 |
| Party total votes ||||||
| | Liberal | | 21,360 | 49.2 | +6.3 |
| | Labor | | 21,180 | 48.7 | -0.6 |
| | United Tasmania | | 764 | 1.8 | -0.2 |
| | Independent | Quentin Wilson | 143 | 0.3 | +0.3 |

### Braddon

1976 Tasmanian state election: Braddon :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Quota | Quota | Quota | 6,247 | | |
| | Labor | Glen Davies (elected 1) | 7,953 | 15.9 | +9.3 |
| | Labor | John Coughlan (elected 3) | 5,057 | 10.1 | +7.8 |
| | Labor | Geoff Chisholm (elected 4) | 4,090 | 8.2 | +3.3 |
| | Labor | Michael Field (elected 5) | 3,565 | 7.1 | +7.1 |
| | Labor | Ted Vickers | 2,837 | 5.7 | +5.7 |
| | Labor | Maurice Dart | 1,443 | 2.9 | +2.9 |
| | Labor | Graeme Smith | 1,053 | 2.1 | +2.1 |
| | Labor | Christopher Wright | 924 | 1.8 | +1.8 |
| | Liberal | Ray Bonney (elected 2) | 6,438 | 12.9 | +1.7 |
| | Liberal | Ron Cornish (elected 6) | 4,000 | 8.0 | +8.0 |
| | Liberal | Roger Groom (elected 7) | 3,334 | 6.7 | +6.7 |
| | Liberal | Eric Bessell | 2,777 | 5.6 | +5.6 |
| | Liberal | Kent Furmage | 2,138 | 4.3 | +4.3 |
| | Liberal | Frank Atkins | 1,831 | 3.7 | +3.7 |
| | Liberal | Harold Hawkes | 1,439 | 2.9 | +2.9 |
| | Liberal | Harold Dowling | 963 | 1.9 | +1.9 |
| | Independent | Philip Kelly | 128 | 0.3 | +0.3 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 49,970 | 96.6 | −0.2 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 1,766 | 3.4 | +0.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 51,736 | 94.3 | −0.2 |
| Party total votes ||||||
| | Labor | | 26,922 | 53.9 | -9.0 |
| | Liberal | | 22,920 | 45.9 | +12.1 |
| | Independent | Philip Kelly | 128 | 0.3 | +0.3 |

### Denison

1976 Tasmanian state election: Denison :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Quota | Quota | Quota | 5,854 | | |
| | Liberal | Max Bingham (elected 1) | 14,521 | 31.0 | +7.1 |
| | Liberal | Hank Petrusma | 1,777 | 3.8 | +2.0 |
| | Liberal | Bob Baker (elected 6) | 1,466 | 3.1 | -0.7 |
| | Liberal | Robert Mather (elected 5) | 1,305 | 2.8 | -1.8 |
| | Liberal | David Brownlow | 1,297 | 2.8 | +2.8 |
| | Liberal | Rudge Townley | 839 | 1.8 | +1.8 |
| | Liberal | Max Robinson (elected 7) | 474 | 1.0 | +1.0 |
| | Liberal | Basil Giffard | 230 | 0.5 | +0.5 |
| | Labor | Neil Batt (elected 2) | 8,639 | 18.4 | +9.7 |
| | Labor | Julian Amos (elected 3) | 3,167 | 6.8 | +6.8 |
| | Labor | John Green (elected 4) | 2,668 | 5.7 | -4.5 |
| | Labor | Ian Cole | 1,887 | 4.0 | +0.4 |
| | Labor | Margaret Thurstans | 1,831 | 3.9 | +3.9 |
| | Labor | Thomas Gascoigne | 1,316 | 2.8 | +2.8 |
| | Labor | Des Lavey | 1,269 | 2.7 | +2.7 |
| | Labor | Ken Austin | 1,132 | 2.4 | -6.2 |
| | United Tasmania | Rod Broadby | 1,525 | 3.3 | +3.3 |
| | United Tasmania | Helen Gee | 352 | 0.8 | +0.8 |
| | United Tasmania | Patricia Armstrong | 290 | 0.6 | +0.6 |
| | United Tasmania | Patricia Jones | 265 | 0.6 | +0.6 |
| | United Tasmania | William Hickson | 96 | 0.2 | +0.2 |
| | United Tasmania | Kevin Hazelwood | 73 | 0.2 | +0.2 |
| | United Tasmania | David Stephen | 64 | 0.1 | +0.1 |
| | Workers | Lance Buckingham | 199 | 0.4 | +0.4 |
| | Workers | Peter Mollon | 26 | 0.1 | +0.1 |
| | Socialist Workers | Rosanne Fidler | 72 | 0.2 | +0.2 |
| | Socialist Workers | John Tully | 51 | 0.1 | +0.1 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 46,831 | 96.2 | 0.0 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 1,828 | 3.8 | 0.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 48,659 | 93.0 | −1.3 |
| Party total votes ||||||
| | Liberal | | 21,909 | 46.8 | +6.8 |
| | Labor | | 21,909 | 46.8 | +0.5 |
| | United Tasmania | | 2,665 | 5.7 | -1.2 |
| | Workers | | 225 | 0.5 | +0.5 |
| | Socialist Workers | | 123 | 0.3 | +0.3 |

### Franklin

1976 Tasmanian state election: Franklin :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Quota | Quota | Quota | 5,913 | | |
| | Labor | Bill Neilson (elected 1) | 11,373 | 24.0 | +6.9 |
| | Labor | Doug Lowe (elected 2) | 6,944 | 14.7 | +4.1 |
| | Labor | Ray Sherry (elected 4) | 3,676 | 7.8 | +7.8 |
| | Labor | Eric Barnard (elected 5) | 2,891 | 6.1 | -13.0 |
| | Labor | Jack Frost | 1,291 | 2.7 | -2.2 |
| | Labor | Bill McKinnon | 656 | 1.4 | +1.4 |
| | Labor | Peter Brown | 645 | 1.4 | +1.4 |
| | Labor | Raymond Woodruff | 528 | 1.1 | +1.1 |
| | Labor | Barrie Robinson | 98 | 0.2 | +0.2 |
| | Liberal | John Beattie (elected 3) | 6,077 | 12.8 | +3.4 |
| | Liberal | Geoff Pearsall (elected 6) | 3,976 | 8.4 | +3.5 |
| | Liberal | Steve Gilmour (elected 7) | 2,516 | 5.3 | +5.3 |
| | Liberal | Alan Duggan | 1,735 | 3.7 | +1.1 |
| | Liberal | Doug Clark | 1,604 | 3.4 | -5.2 |
| | Liberal | Thomas Dempsey | 510 | 1.1 | +1.1 |
| | Liberal | Roy Pallett | 473 | 1.0 | +1.0 |
| | Liberal | Frank O'Connor | 103 | 0.2 | +0.2 |
| | United Tasmania | Ria Ikin | 562 | 1.2 | +1.2 |
| | United Tasmania | John Levett | 222 | 0.5 | +0.5 |
| | United Tasmania | Brian Chapman | 148 | 0.3 | +0.3 |
| | United Tasmania | Rosemary Brown | 145 | 0.3 | +0.3 |
| | United Tasmania | Michael Davies | 89 | 0.2 | +0.2 |
| | United Tasmania | Judith Walker | 89 | 0.2 | +0.2 |
| | United Tasmania | Sharyn Harrison-Williams | 44 | 0.1 | +0.1 |
| | Independent | Leo Jarvis | 334 | 0.7 | +0.7 |
| | Independent | Bryan Threlfall | 327 | 0.7 | +0.7 |
| | Independent | Harry Priest | 125 | 0.3 | +0.3 |
| | Independent | Roger Francis | 119 | 0.3 | +0.3 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 47,300 | 96.2 | 0.0 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 1,868 | 3.8 | 0.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 49,168 | 95.3 | 0.0 |
| Party total votes ||||||
| | Labor | | 28,102 | 59.4 | +0.7 |
| | Liberal | | 16,994 | 35.9 | +2.6 |
| | United Tasmania | | 1,299 | 2.7 | -5.3 |
| | Independent | Leo Jarvis | 334 | 0.7 | +0.7 |
| | Independent | Bryan Threlfall | 327 | 0.7 | +0.7 |
| | Independent | Harry Priest | 125 | 0.3 | +0.3 |
| | Independent | Roger Francis | 119 | 0.3 | +0.3 |

### Wilmot

1976 Tasmanian state election: Wilmot :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Quota | Quota | Quota | 5,948 | | |
| | Labor | Michael Polley (elected 1) | 8,055 | 16.9 | +5.7 |
| | Labor | Darrel Baldock (elected 2) | 6,265 | 13.2 | +6.0 |
| | Labor | Andrew Lohrey (elected 4) | 3,704 | 7.8 | -2.2 |
| | Labor | Charles Batt | 3,094 | 6.5 | +0.4 |
| | Labor | Gordon Edhouse | 1,573 | 3.3 | +3.3 |
| | Labor | Terry Aulich (elected 5) | 1,483 | 3.1 | +3.1 |
| | Labor | Graham Vertigan | 578 | 1.2 | +1.2 |
| | Labor | Allan Rhodes | 521 | 1.0 | +1.0 |
| | Liberal | Robin Gray (elected 3) | 4,632 | 9.7 | +9.7 |
| | Liberal | Ian Braid (elected 6) | 3,891 | 8.2 | +1.8 |
| | Liberal | Graeme Page (elected 7) | 2,694 | 5.7 | +5.7 |
| | Liberal | Trevor Roach | 2,231 | 4.7 | +4.7 |
| | Liberal | Bob Ingamells | 2,207 | 4.6 | -0.6 |
| | Liberal | D L Youd | 1,971 | 4.1 | +4.1 |
| | Liberal | Jim Burn | 1,649 | 3.5 | +3.5 |
| | Liberal | Bert Bessell | 1,306 | 2.7 | -1.7 |
| | Liberal | Clyde FitzGerald | 1,029 | 2.2 | +2.2 |
| | United Tasmania | Anthony Burke | 343 | 0.7 | +0.7 |
| | United Tasmania | Anthony Joyce | 63 | 0.1 | +0.1 |
| | United Tasmania | Roy Jackson | 49 | 0.1 | +0.1 |
| | Workers | Stewart Lester | 253 | 0.5 | +0.5 |
| | Workers | Kevin Chaffey | 46 | 0.1 | +0.1 |
| | Independent | Stan King | 125 | 0.3 | +0.3 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 47,582 | 96.1 | −0.3 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 1,946 | 3.9 | +0.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 49,528 | 95.7 | 0.0 |
| Party total votes ||||||
| | Labor | | 25,273 | 53.1 | -3.9 |
| | Liberal | | 21,430 | 45.0 | +2.9 |
| | United Tasmania | | 455 | 1.0 | +1.0 |
| | Workers | | 299 | 0.6 | +0.6 |
| | Independent | Stan King | 125 | 0.3 | +0.3 |