Eric Reece Labor Eric Reece Labor The 1959 Tasmanian state election was held on 2 May 1959 in the Australian state of Tasmania to elect 35 members of the Tasmanian House of Assembly.

The two previous elections had resulted in a parliamentary deadlock due to an even number of seats (30) in the House of Assembly.

[2] Robert Cosgrove had retired as Premier of Tasmania, and had been replaced by Eric Reece on 26 August 1958.

The 1959 election was the last occasion in which an ungrouped independent (Bill Wedd) won a seat in Tasmania.

[3] Former Labor Treasurer Dr Reg Turnbull won two quotas in his own right as an independent in Bass, representing 5.64% of the statewide result.