# Results of the 1972 Tasmanian state election

Tasmanian state election, 22 April 1972 House of Assembly
<< 1969–1976 >> :
| Enrolled voters | Enrolled voters | 216,846 | | | | |
| Votes cast | Votes cast | 205,803 | | Turnout | 94.91 | +0.47 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | 7,533 | | Informal | 3.66 | –1.00 |
| Summary of votes by party |||||||
| Party | Party | Primary votes | % | Swing | Seats | Change |
| | Labor | 108,910 | 54.93 | +7.25 | 21 | + 4 |
| | Liberal | 76,073 | 38.37 | –5.61 | 14 | – 3 |
| | United Tasmania Group | 7,741 | 3.90 | +3.90 | 0 | ± 0 |
| | Independent | 5,546 | 2.80 | +0.49 | 0 | ± 0 |
| | Other | | | –6.03 | | – 1 |
| Total | Total | 198,270 | | | 35 | |
This is a list of House of Assembly results for the 1972 Tasmanian election.

## Results by division
### Bass

1972 Tasmanian state election: Bass :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Quota | Quota | Quota | 4,707 | | |
| | Labor | Michael Barnard (elected 1) | 7,051 | 18.7 | +6.8 |
| | Labor | Allan Foster (elected 3) | 4,558 | 12.1 | +0.4 |
| | Labor | Mac Le Fevre (elected 6) | 1,819 | 4.8 | +0.6 |
| | Labor | Harry Holgate | 1,654 | 4.4 | +4.4 |
| | Labor | David Farquhar (elected 5) | 1,580 | 4.2 | +4.2 |
| | Labor | Laurence Lovett | 740 | 2.0 | -0.9 |
| | Labor | Jean Hearn | 712 | 1.9 | +1.9 |
| | Labor | Sheila Ryan | 436 | 1.2 | +1.2 |
| | Liberal | Bill Beattie (elected 2) | 5,861 | 15.6 | +3.7 |
| | Liberal | Neil Pitt (elected 4) | 3,651 | 9.7 | +9.7 |
| | Liberal | Max Bushby (elected 7) | 2,136 | 5.7 | -5.9 |
| | Liberal | Timothy Barrenger | 2,068 | 5.5 | -3.2 |
| | Liberal | James Henty | 1,596 | 4.2 | -2.1 |
| | Liberal | Henry Bertram | 644 | 1.7 | -1.7 |
| | Liberal | James Child | 194 | 0.5 | +0.5 |
| | Independent | Jim Mooney | 1,688 | 4.5 | +4.5 |
| | United Tasmania | Walter Austin | 355 | 0.9 | +0.9 |
| | United Tasmania | Jeffrey Weston | 246 | 0.7 | +0.7 |
| | United Tasmania | Julia Weston | 166 | 0.4 | +0.4 |
| | Independent | Pasqualino Santamaria | 444 | 1.2 | +1.2 |
| | Independent | John Carter | 49 | 0.1 | +0.1 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 37,648 | 96.0 | +0.7 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 1,552 | 4.0 | −0.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 39,200 | 94.8 | +1.2 |
| Party total votes ||||||
| | Labor | | 18,550 | 49.3 | +6.9 |
| | Liberal | | 16,150 | 42.9 | -3.3 |
| | Independent | Jim Mooney | 1,688 | 4.5 | +4.5 |
| | United Tasmania | | 767 | 2.0 | +2.0 |
| | Independent | Pasqualino Santamaria | 444 | 1.2 | +1.2 |
| | Independent | John Carter | 49 | 0.1 | +0.1 |

### Braddon

1972 Tasmanian state election: Braddon :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Quota | Quota | Quota | 5,223 | | |
| | Labor | Eric Reece (elected 1) | 14,790 | 35.4 | +1.2 |
| | Labor | Lloyd Costello (elected 3) | 2,814 | 6.7 | +1.4 |
| | Labor | Glen Davies (elected 2) | 2,767 | 6.6 | +6.6 |
| | Labor | Geoff Chisholm (elected 5) | 2,042 | 4.9 | +1.2 |
| | Labor | Sydney Ward (elected 6) | 1,548 | 3.7 | +0.1 |
| | Labor | Joseph Britton | 1,138 | 2.7 | -0.8 |
| | Labor | John Coughlan | 969 | 2.3 | +2.3 |
| | Labor | Josephus Hen | 225 | 0.5 | +0.5 |
| | Liberal | Ray Bonney (elected 4) | 4,662 | 11.2 | +11.2 |
| | Liberal | Wilfred Barker (elected 7) | 2,839 | 6.8 | -3.6 |
| | Liberal | Brian Archer | 2,460 | 5.9 | +5.9 |
| | Liberal | Jack Breheny | 2,086 | 5.0 | -1.5 |
| | Liberal | John Davis | 1,231 | 2.9 | +0.4 |
| | Liberal | Thomas Gardner | 762 | 1.8 | +1.8 |
| | Liberal | Leslie Woods | 100 | 0.2 | +0.2 |
| | United Tasmania | Noreen Batchelor | 893 | 2.1 | +2.1 |
| | United Tasmania | Anthony Weston | 224 | 0.5 | +0.5 |
| | Independent | Alexander Best | 132 | 0.3 | +0.3 |
| | Independent | John Chapman-Mortimer | 96 | 0.2 | +0.2 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 41,778 | 96.8 | +1.0 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 1,381 | 3.2 | −1.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 43,159 | 94.5 | −0.2 |
| Party total votes ||||||
| | Labor | | 26,293 | 62.9 | +9.2 |
| | Liberal | | 14,140 | 33.8 | -0.6 |
| | United Tasmania | | 1,117 | 2.7 | +2.7 |
| | Independent | Alexander Best | 132 | 0.3 | +0.3 |
| | Independent | John Chapman-Mortimer | 96 | 0.2 | +0.2 |

### Denison

1972 Tasmanian state election: Denison :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Quota | Quota | Quota | 5,039 | | |
| | Labor | Merv Everett (elected 2) | 6,060 | 15.0 | +2.1 |
| | Labor | Neil Batt (elected 4) | 3,519 | 8.7 | +1.1 |
| | Labor | Ken Austin (elected 5) | 3,485 | 8.6 | +0.4 |
| | Labor | Kevin Corby (elected 7) | 2,136 | 5.3 | +5.3 |
| | Labor | Ian Cole | 1,466 | 3.6 | +3.6 |
| | Labor | Gabriel Klok | 884 | 2.2 | +2.2 |
| | Labor | Kath Venn | 607 | 1.5 | +1.5 |
| | Labor | John Green | 489 | 1.2 | +1.2 |
| | Liberal | Max Bingham (elected 1) | 9,630 | 23.9 | +16.3 |
| | Liberal | Robert Mather (elected 3) | 1,865 | 4.6 | -3.2 |
| | Liberal | Bob Baker (elected 6) | 1,523 | 3.8 | -0.3 |
| | Liberal | George Brown | 887 | 2.2 | -1.7 |
| | Liberal | Ronald Banks | 792 | 2.0 | -3.5 |
| | Liberal | Hank Petrusma | 724 | 1.8 | +1.8 |
| | Liberal | Fred Johnson | 485 | 1.2 | +1.2 |
| | Liberal | Kathleen Sargison | 228 | 0.6 | +0.6 |
| | United Tasmania | Norman Laird | 1,073 | 2.7 | +2.7 |
| | United Tasmania | Alfred White | 739 | 1.8 | +1.8 |
| | United Tasmania | Ian Milne | 536 | 1.3 | +1.3 |
| | United Tasmania | Kevin Scott | 431 | 1.1 | +1.1 |
| | Independent | Nigel Abbott | 1,193 | 3.0 | +3.0 |
| | Independent | Bill Wedd | 851 | 2.1 | -4.0 |
| | Independent | Harry McLoughlin | 600 | 1.5 | +1.5 |
| | Independent | Elvie Cobern | 63 | 0.2 | +0.2 |
| | Independent | Joseph Armstrong | 45 | 0.1 | +0.1 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 40,311 | 96.2 | +1.2 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 1,572 | 3.8 | −1.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 41,883 | 94.3 | +1.4 |
| Party total votes ||||||
| | Labor | | 18,646 | 46.3 | +2.6 |
| | Liberal | | 16,134 | 40.0 | -7.4 |
| | United Tasmania | | 2,779 | 6.9 | +6.9 |
| | Independent | Nigel Abbott | 1,193 | 3.0 | +3.0 |
| | Independent | Bill Wedd | 851 | 2.1 | -4.0 |
| | Independent | Harry McLoughlin | 600 | 1.5 | +1.5 |
| | Independent | Elvie Cobern | 63 | 0.2 | +0.2 |
| | Independent | Joseph Armstrong | 45 | 0.1 | +0.1 |

### Franklin

1972 Tasmanian state election: Franklin :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Quota | Quota | Quota | 4,840 | | |
| | Labor | Eric Barnard (elected 1) | 7,398 | 19.1 | +4.2 |
| | Labor | Bill Neilson (elected 2) | 6,622 | 17.1 | +2.9 |
| | Labor | Doug Lowe (elected 3) | 4,116 | 10.6 | +4.0 |
| | Labor | Jack Frost (elected 6) | 1,907 | 4.9 | +1.2 |
| | Labor | Suzanne Davidson | 939 | 2.4 | +2.4 |
| | Labor | John Lacey | 931 | 2.4 | +2.4 |
| | Labor | John Dillon | 577 | 1.5 | +0.2 |
| | Labor | Albert Schluter | 250 | 0.6 | +0.6 |
| | Liberal | John Beattie (elected 4) | 3,643 | 9.4 | +9.4 |
| | Liberal | Doug Clark (elected 5) | 3,339 | 8.6 | -4.4 |
| | Liberal | Geoff Pearsall (elected 7) | 1,888 | 4.9 | -2.6 |
| | Liberal | Stanley Gough | 1,210 | 3.1 | -2.3 |
| | Liberal | Alan Duggan | 997 | 2.6 | +2.6 |
| | Liberal | Leslie Thirgood | 901 | 2.3 | -0.8 |
| | Liberal | Anthony Neilson | 622 | 1.6 | +1.6 |
| | Liberal | Josephine Green | 296 | 0.8 | +0.8 |
| | United Tasmania | Ron Brown | 2,077 | 5.4 | +5.4 |
| | United Tasmania | Rod Broadby | 638 | 1.6 | +1.6 |
| | United Tasmania | Brenda Hean | 363 | 0.9 | +0.9 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 38,714 | 96.2 | +0.7 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 1,548 | 3.8 | −0.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 40,262 | 95.3 | −0.5 |
| Party total votes ||||||
| | Labor | | 22,740 | 58.7 | +6.6 |
| | Liberal | | 12,896 | 33.3 | -10.9 |
| | United Tasmania | | 3,078 | 8.0 | +8.0 |

### Wilmot

1972 Tasmanian state election: Wilmot :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Quota | Quota | Quota | 4,978 | | |
| | Labor | Michael Polley (elected 3) | 4,456 | 11.2 | +11.2 |
| | Labor | Andrew Lohrey (elected 4) | 3,992 | 10.0 | +10.0 |
| | Labor | Roy Fagan (elected 2) | 3,543 | 8.9 | -3.9 |
| | Labor | Darrel Baldock (elected 5) | 2,859 | 7.2 | +7.2 |
| | Labor | William Anderson | 2,543 | 6.4 | -2.2 |
| | Labor | Charles Batt | 2,422 | 6.1 | +6.1 |
| | Labor | Douglas Cashion | 2,384 | 6.0 | -3.0 |
| | Labor | Peter Lawson | 482 | 1.2 | +1.2 |
| | Liberal | Angus Bethune (elected 1) | 6,092 | 15.3 | -1.9 |
| | Liberal | Ian Braid | 2,537 | 6.4 | +2.8 |
| | Liberal | Bob Ingamells (elected 6) | 2,077 | 5.2 | -5.2 |
| | Liberal | Reginald Chopping | 1,921 | 4.8 | +4.8 |
| | Liberal | Bert Bessell (elected 7) | 1,754 | 4.4 | -5.0 |
| | Liberal | Donald Paterson | 1,292 | 3.2 | +3.2 |
| | Liberal | Peter Patmore | 757 | 1.9 | +1.9 |
| | Liberal | Donald Smith | 323 | 0.8 | +0.8 |
| | Group B | Bruce Hill | 314 | 0.8 | +0.8 |
| | Group B | Norman Murfet | 71 | 0.2 | +0.2 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 39,819 | 96.4 | +1.3 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 1,480 | 3.6 | −1.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 41,299 | 95.7 | +0.3 |
| Party total votes ||||||
| | Labor | | 22,681 | 57.0 | +10.5 |
| | Liberal | | 16,753 | 42.1 | -5.9 |
| | Group B | | 385 | 1.0 | +1.0 |