Candidates of the 1986 Tasmanian state election

The 1986 Tasmanian state election was held on 8 February 1986.

Retiring Members

Liberal Ray Bonney MLA (Braddon)

Independent Doug Lowe MLA (Franklin)

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 three seats. The Liberal Party was defending four seats. Labor candidatesLiberal candidatesDemocrats candidates Wendy Carcinelli Geoff Carr David Hanlon Harry Holgate* Gill James* John McDonald Peter Patmore* John Beswick* Max Bushby Don Jones Brendan Lyons Frank Madill* Peter Rae* Neil Robson*Nick Goldie Kathleen Maxwell Michael Preece

Braddon Seven seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending three seats. The Liberal Party was defending four seats. Labor candidatesLiberal candidatesDemocrats candidatesUngrouped candidates John Coughlan Glen Davies Michael Field* Robin Lohrey Marjorie Luck Greg Peart* Michael Weldon*Bill Bonde* Ron Cornish* Roger Groom* Gerald O'Dea Tony Rundle* Vince Smith Carol ThomsonGreg Sergeant Kent TaylorLes Woods

Denison Seven seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending two seats. The Liberal Party was defending four seats, although sitting MP Gabriel Haros had been expelled from the party. The Australian Democrats had won a seat in 1982, but that seat had been filled in a recount by Independent Green Bob Brown. Labor candidatesLiberal candidatesGreen Inds candidatesGroup D candidatesUngrouped candidates Dee Alty Julian Amos Neil Batt* Bob Gordon Bob Graham Judy Jackson* John White*John Barker John Bennett* Geoff Davis* Ray Groom* Clem Hoggett Carmel Holmes Andrew Hurburgh Peter WalkerBob Brown* Judy RichterBernard Devine Gabriel HarosBrian Miller Chris Munday

Franklin Seven seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending three seats. The Liberal Party was defending three seats. One seat was held by the Independent former premier, Doug Lowe. Labor candidatesLiberal candidatesGreen Inds candidates Michael Aird Fran Bladel* John Forster Unc Jager Bill McKinnon Nick Sherry Ken Wriedt*John Beattie* John Cleary Nick Evers* Peter Hodgman* Colin Howlett Geoff Pearsall* Ivan PearsonGerry Bates* Patsy Harmsen

Lyons Seven seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending three seats. The Liberal Party was defending four seats. Labor candidatesLiberal candidatesUngrouped candidates Darrel Baldock* Chris Batt Lynden Leppard David Llewellyn* Andrew Lohrey Michael Polley* Fritz RobinsonIan Braid* Helen Brock Robin Gray* Jim Hay Bob Mainwaring* Graeme Page* Stephen SalterBill Chugg

See also Members of the Tasmanian House of Assembly, 1982–1986 Members of the Tasmanian House of Assembly, 1986–1989 Results of the Tasmanian state election, 1986

References Tasmanian Parliamentary Library