| Election Name: | 1937 Tasmanian state election |
| Country: | Tasmania |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1934 Tasmanian state election |
| Previous Year: | 1934 |
| Next Election: | 1941 Tasmanian state election |
| Next Year: | 1941 |
| Seats For Election: | All 30 seats to the House of Assembly |
| Election Date: | 20 February 1937 |
| Leader1: | Albert Ogilvie |
| Leader Since1: | October 1929 |
| Party1: | Australian Labor Party (Tasmanian Branch) |
| Leaders Seat1: | Franklin |
| Last Election1: | 14 seats |
| Seats1: | 18 seats |
| Seat Change1: | 4 |
| Percentage1: | 58.67% |
| Swing1: | 12.89 |
| Leader2: | Henry Baker |
| Leader Since2: | May 1936 |
| Party2: | Nationalist Party (Australia) |
| Leaders Seat2: | Franklin |
| Last Election2: | 13 seats |
| Seats2: | 12 seats |
| Seat Change2: | 1 |
| Percentage2: | 38.86% |
| Swing2: | 7.86 |
| Map Size: | 350px |
| Premier | |
| Before Election: | Albert Ogilvie |
| Before Party: | Australian Labor Party (Tasmanian Branch) |
| After Election: | Albert Ogilvie |
| After Party: | Australian Labor Party (Tasmanian Branch) |
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[1] — 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) in opposition until 1969.[2]
See also: Results of the Tasmanian state election, 1937.
| Bass | Darwin | Denison | Franklin | Wilmot | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 63.1% | 57.4% | 58.7% | 58.6% | 55.4% | ||
| 34.3% | 42.0% | 34.6% | 41.4% | 41.9% | ||
| Other | 2.6% | 0.5% | 6.7% | – | 2.8% |
| Electorate | Seats won | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bass | width=20 | width=20 | width=20 | width=20 | width=20 | width=20 | ||||||
| Darwin | ||||||||||||
| Denison | ||||||||||||
| Franklin | ||||||||||||
| Wilmot | ||||||||||||
| width=20 | Labor | ||
| Nationalist |