The 1989 Tasmanian state election was held on 13 May 1989.
Retiring Members
Liberal John Beattie 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 candidatesGreen Inds candidatesDemocrats candidates Jim Cox* Harry Holgate* Gill James Peter Patmore* Helen Polley John Swallow Geoff Sweet Richard TaylorJohn Beswick* Malcolm Carins David Fry Frank Madill* Leon Miller Peter Rae Neil Robson*Lance Armstrong* John Ball Patricia RatcliffMichelle-Ronwyn Dowlman Kathy Maxwell-Petrovsky
Braddon Seven seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending three seats. The Liberal Party was defending four seats. Labor candidatesLiberal candidatesGreen Inds candidatesUngrouped candidates David Currie Tom Eggleston Michael Field* David Nettleton Greg Peart Bruce Tivendale Michael Weldon*Bill Bonde* Carole Cains Ron Cornish* Roger Groom* Ron Nankervis Tony Rundle* Heather WallDi Hollister* Arnold Rowlands Peter WalfordHeather Benjamin Lawrence Edwards George Lee Ted Nielsen
Denison Seven seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending three seats. The Liberal Party was defending three seats. The Green Independents were defending one seat. Labor candidatesLiberal candidatesGreen Inds candidatesDemocrats candidatesUngrouped candidates Neil Batt David Crean* Catherine Cuthbert Andrew Daniels Judy Jackson* Charles Touber John White*Neil Ames John Barker* John Bennett* Beth Darcey Chris Gibson Ray Groom* Tony StevenSheena Brookman Bob Brown* Patsy Jones Michael LynchRobert Bell Wendy Cuskelly June FrancisAnthony Delara
Franklin Seven seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending two seats. The Liberal Party was defending four seats. The Green Independents were defending one seat. Labor candidatesLiberal candidatesGreen Inds candidatesDemocrats candidatesUngrouped candidates Ian Abbott Michael Aird* Fran Bladel* Noela Foxcroft Paul Lennon Tony Reidy Ken Wriedt*John Cleary* Brian Davison Nick Evers* Peter Hodgman* Edyth Langham Jane Malecky John PeersGerry Bates* Flora Fox Megan JamesPatsy Harmsen Kent Rayner Peter WalkerRobin Griffiths
Lyons Seven seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending three seats. The Liberal Party was defending four seats. Labor candidatesLiberal candidatesGreen Inds candidatesDemocrats candidates Chris Batt Wendy Carcinelli Carole Coppleman Terry Field David Llewellyn* Michael Polley* Gary WhitneyIan Braid* Robin Gray* The Duke of Avram* Ron Limb Bob Mainwaring Graeme Page* Stephen SalterLaurie Goldsworthy Diane Masters Christine Milne*Sarah Hancock Liz Holloway
See also Members of the Tasmanian House of Assembly, 1986–1989 Members of the Tasmanian House of Assembly, 1989–1992
References Tasmanian Parliamentary Library