The 1937 Tasmanian state election was held on 20 February 1937.
Retiring Members
Nationalist Sir John Evans MHA (Franklin) Claude James MHA (Bass)
House of Assembly Sitting members are shown in bold text. Tickets that elected at least one MHA are highlighted in the relevant colour. Successful candidates are indicated by an asterisk (*).
Bass Six seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending three seats. The Nationalist Party was defending three seats. Labor candidatesNationalist candidatesIndependent candidates Thomas Davies* Eric Howroyd* John McDonald* George McElwee John Madden* Peter PikeAllen Hollingsworth* Syd Jackson Angus McKenzie John Ockerby* Harold SolomonPercy Harvey John Sheehan
Darwin Six seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending three seats. The Nationalist Party was defending three seats. Labor candidatesNationalist candidatesIndependent candidates Bill Aylett Garnet Cooper Thomas d'Alton* Philip Kelly* Henry Lane Joseph McGrath*Stephen Broad Jack Chamberlain* Frank Edwards* Henry McFie Frank Marriott* Hubert Nichols John WrightJames Campbell
Denison Six seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending three seats. The Nationalist Party was defending two seats. Independent MHA George Carruthers was defending one seat. Labor candidatesNationalist candidatesIndependent candidates Robert Cosgrove* Charles Culley* Edmund Dwyer-Gray* Francis Heerey* John Lattin Alfred WhiteD'Arcy Addison Eric Johnson Arndell Lewis* John Soundy* Ernest TurnerGeorge Carruthers George Collis Frederick Lambert
Franklin Six seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending three seats. The Nationalist Party was defending two seats, although independent MHA Benjamin Pearsall had joined the Nationalists and was running on their ticket. Labor candidatesNationalist candidates Edward Brooker* John Dwyer* Francis McDermott Albert Ogilvie* Basil Plummer*Henry Baker* Andrew Cooper George Doyle* Benjamin Pearsall John Piggott Vincent Shoobridge Benjamin Watkins
Wilmot Six seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending two seats, although independent MHA George Becker had joined the Labor Party and was running on their ticket. The Nationalist Party was defending three seats. Labor candidatesNationalist candidatesIndependent candidates George Becker* Eric Ogilvie* David O'Keefe* Lancelot Spurr William TaylorDonald Cameron Neil Campbell* Francis Foster* Arthur Hutchinson Sir Walter Lee* William Ritchie Charles SalterWilliam Drake Athol Smith
See also Members of the Tasmanian House of Assembly, 1934–1937 Members of the Tasmanian House of Assembly, 1937–1941
References Tasmanian Parliamentary Library