Candidates of the 1982 Tasmanian state election

The 1982 Tasmanian state election was held on 15 May 1982.

Retiring Members

Liberal Robert Mather MLA (Denison)

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 Seven seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending four seats, although Mary Willey had left the party to sit as an independent. The Liberal Party was defending three seats. Labor candidatesLiberal candidatesDemocrats candidatesGroup C candidates Michael Barnard* Wendy Carcinelli Paul Driscoll Harry Holgate* Gill James* Peter Patmore William ZeemanJohn Beswick* George Brookes Max Bushby* Brian Coogan Brendan Lyons* Neil Robson* Ivan WilliamsJoan Bell Nick Goldie Max Lubke Gillean Munro Rick Rolls Rae Saxon Pat StrideNigel Davies Dawn Rhodes Mary Willey

Braddon Seven seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending four seats. The Liberal Party was defending three seats. Labor candidatesLiberal candidatesDemocrats candidatesGroup C candidatesGroup D candidatesUngrouped candidates Peter Blizzard John Coughlan* Steve Daley Glen Davies* Bruce Duhig Michael Field* Michael WeldonRay Bonney* Ron Cornish* Malcolm Fenton Roger Groom* Barbara Lamberton Tony Rundle Vince Smith*Gavin Bugg Margaret Duthoit Allan McDonaldGraham Gee James HayKerry Berwick Ronald MachenMichael Boylan Terrence Reid Ivan Walsh

Denison Seven seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending three seats. The Liberal Party was defending three seats. The Australian Democrats were defending one seat. Labor candidatesLiberal candidatesDemocrats candidatesGreen Inds candidatesGroup A candidatesUngrouped candidates Julian Amos* Colin Brown Ian Cuthbertson John Devine* Bob Graham Marjorie Luck Arnold Sierink Ron SnashallMax Bingham* Geoff Davis* Gabriel Haros* Carmel Holmes Richard Mulcahy John Stopp Peter Walker*Rod Broadby Mark Clough Peter Creet Angela Devine Norm Sanders*Bob Brown Tina FraserMike Brown Brian HoyleNigel Abbott Peter Bell Reg Johnston Verne Reid Emery Thierjung Harvey Wallace-Williams

Franklin Seven seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending four seats, although former premier Doug Lowe had left the party to sit as an independent. The Liberal Party was defending three seats. Labor candidatesLiberal candidatesDemocrats candidatesGroup D candidatesUngrouped candidates Dick Adams Michael Aird* Stan Bell Murray Delphin Kerry Fogarty Einstein Jager Bill McKinnon* Ken Wriedt*John Beattie* John Cleary* Bern Cuthbertson S Dixson Joan Ellims Geoff Pearsall* Graham WoodwardPeter Brown June Francis Malcolm Gregory Bruce Kent John ThomsonDale Eagling Doug Lowe*Alan Barnett Edward Dyer Anthony Oldfield Bill Spencer

Wilmot Seven seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending four seats. The Liberal Party was defending three seats. Labor candidatesLiberal candidatesDemocrats candidatesGroup C candidatesUngrouped candidates Terry Aulich Darrel Baldock* Chris Batt Tony Beckerath Andrew Lohrey* Michael Polley* Marguerite Scott Ken SmithIan Braid* Robin Gray* Edyth Langham Kim Oswin Graeme Page* Stephen Salter* Bruce StewartNigel Burch Liz HollowayJohn Reid Jeff WestonAdrian Brettingham-Moore John Clune Len de Kok Gregory Suitor

See also Members of the Tasmanian House of Assembly, 1979–1982 Members of the Tasmanian House of Assembly, 1982–1986

References Tasmanian Parliamentary Library