Candidates of the 1946 Tasmanian state election

Charley Aylett* Carrol Bramich* James Bugg Philip Kelly Bert Lacey Henry Lane Eric Reece* Michael Smith Gerald Acheson Jack Chamberlain* John Fidler* Henry McFie* Bernard Roberts Percy Williams Leslie Margetts Six seats were up for election.

Robert Cosgrove* Charles Culley* Francis Heerey Maxwell Hickman Sarah Kelly John Nolan Arthur Tyler Alfred White* Charles Atkins* Robert Harvey Arthur Hay Joyce Heathorn William Morrison Horace Strutt* Leo McPartlan Percival Partington William Gittus Rex Townley* Six seats were up for election.

Edward Brooker* John Brown David Dicker John Dwyer* Charles Hand Henry Hope Thomas McKinley Bill Neilson* Ron Brown Donald Gatehouse Charles Geard Tim Jackson* Archibald Park Reg Wright* Arthur Farley George Gray* Joseph Nutting Benjamin Pearsall Six seats were up for election.

The Liberal Party was defending two seats, although Sir Walter Lee was running as an independent.

Charles Burnell Douglas Cashion Roy Fagan* James McQuitty Albert McShane Peter Pike* Lancelot Spurr* William Taylor Angus Bethune* Neil Campbell* Arthur Lyne George Napier Val Perkins Robert Robertson* Neil Burbury William Chamberlin Alfred Bourke Sir Walter Lee