Robert Cosgrove Labor Robert Cosgrove Labor The 1946 Tasmanian state election was held on 23 November 1946 in the Australian state of Tasmania to elect 30 members of the Tasmanian House of Assembly.

Incumbent Premier Robert Cosgrove continued to lead the Labor Party into the 1946 election.

This was Tasmania's first election since the end of World War II.

Labor won a majority in the election, although the party's vote was significantly reduced.

Cosgrove dominated the government throughout Tasmania's post-war recovery.