| Election Name: | 1941 Tasmanian state election |
| Country: | Tasmania |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1937 Tasmanian state election |
| Previous Year: | 1937 |
| Next Election: | 1946 Tasmanian state election |
| Next Year: | 1946 |
| Seats For Election: | All 30 seats to the House of Assembly |
| Election Date: | 13 December 1941 |
| Leader1: | Robert Cosgrove |
| Leader Since1: | 18 December 1939 |
| Party1: | Australian Labor Party (Tasmanian Branch) |
| Leaders Seat1: | Denison |
| Last Election1: | 18 seats |
| Seats1: | 20 seats |
| Seat Change1: | 2 |
| Percentage1: | 62.59% |
| Swing1: | 3.92 |
| Leader2: | Henry Baker |
| Leader Since2: | 8 May 1936 |
| Party2: | Nationalist Party (Australia) |
| Leaders Seat2: | Franklin |
| Last Election2: | 12 seats |
| Seats2: | 10 seats |
| Seat Change2: | 2 |
| Percentage2: | 36.58% |
| Swing2: | 2.28 |
| Map Size: | 350px |
| Premier | |
| Before Election: | Robert Cosgrove |
| Before Party: | Australian Labor Party (Tasmanian Branch) |
| After Election: | Robert Cosgrove |
| After Party: | Australian Labor Party (Tasmanian Branch) |
The 1941 Tasmanian state election was held on 13 December 1941 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 Labor Party had won the 1937 election with a three-seat majority over the Nationalist Party. Labor leader and Premier Albert Ogilvie had died in office on 10 June 1939, and had been replaced by Edmund Dwyer-Gray and then Robert Cosgrove, who led Labor into the 1941 election. Sir Henry Baker continued to lead the Nationalists.
In spite of Cosgrove's refusal to placate the Labor Party's left wing, and criticism from Bill Morrow of the Launceston Trades Hall Council, Labor consolidated its substantial majority even further, winning a further two seats for a total of 20.[2]
See also: Results of the Tasmanian state election, 1941.
| Bass | Darwin | Denison | Franklin | Wilmot | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 64.2% | 58.5% | 67.7% | 65.2% | 56.9% | ||
| 35.7% | 41.5% | 31.0% | 32.2% | 43.1% | ||
| Other | – | – | 1.3% | 2.7% | – |
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