Results of the 1989 Tasmanian state election

Tasmanian state election, 13 May 1989 House of Assembly << 1986–1992 >>
Enrolled voters		310,066
Votes cast		288,575		Turnout	93.07	–0.74
Informal votes		15,438		Informal	5.35	–0.58
Summary of votes by party
Party		Primary votes	%	Swing	Seats	Change
	Liberal	128,143	46.92	–7.28	17	– 2
	Labor	90,003	34.71	–0.43	13	– 1
	Ind. Green	46,797	17.13	+11.58	5	+ 3
	Democrats	2,451	0.90	–1.16	0	± 0
	Independent	937	0.34	–2.71	0	± 0
Total		273,137			35

This is a list of House of Assembly results for the 1989 Tasmanian election.

Results by division

Bass

Tasmanian state election, 1989: Bass

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Quota			6,740
	Liberal	Frank Madill (elected 1)	9,180	17.0	+8.4
	Liberal	John Beswick (elected 6)	4,516	8.4	+1.1
	Liberal	Peter Rae	4,440	8.2	−12.5
	Liberal	Neil Robson (elected 7)	4,032	7.5	−1.0
	Liberal	Leon Miller	1,978	3.7	+3.7
	Liberal	Malcolm Carins	825	1.5	+1.5
	Liberal	David Fry	533	1.0	+1.0
	Labor	Peter Patmore (elected 3)	4,853	9.0	−1.2
	Labor	Harry Holgate (elected 4)	3,683	6.8	−4.3
	Labor	Jim Cox (elected 5)	3,288	6.1	+6.1
	Labor	Gill James	3,036	5.6	−1.8
	Labor	Richard Taylor	2,125	3.9	+3.9
	Labor	Helen Polley	1,537	2.9	+2.9
	Labor	Geoff Sweet	1,369	2.5	+2.5
	Labor	John Swallow	298	0.6	+0.6
	Independent Greens	Lance Armstrong (elected 2)	6,527	12.1	+12.1
	Independent Greens	Patricia Ratcliff	651	1.2	+1.2
	Independent Greens	John Ball	433	0.8	+0.8
	Democrats	Kathy Maxwell-Petrovsky	325	0.6	−1.1
	Democrats	Michelle-Ronwyn Dowlman	286	0.5	+0.5
Total formal votes			53,915	93.9	+0.5
Informal votes			3,505	6.1	−0.5
Turnout			57,240	92.8	−0.7
Party total votes
	Liberal		25,504	47.3	−8.9
	Labor		20,189	37.4	0.0
	Independent Greens		7,611	14.1	+14.1
	Democrats		611	1.1	−5.3

See also

• Tasmanian state election, 1989
• Members of the Tasmanian House of Assembly, 1989–1992