office_contested tasmanian state election
The House of Assembly , or Lower House , is one of the two chambers of the Parliament of Tasmania in Australia . The other is the Legislative Council or Upper House . It sits in Parliament House in the state capital , Hobart . The Parliament of Tasmania consists of the Tasmanian House of Assembly , Tasmanian Legislative Council and the Monarch represented by the ___MASK8___ of Tasmania . Elections for the Tasmanian House of Assembly were held on 24 February 1996 . The Liberal Party of Australia , led by Ray Groom , hoped to secure another term in government . The Opposition Labor party was headed by Michael Field and the Tasmanian Greens were headed by Christine Milne . Prior to the election , the Liberal Party held 19 of the 35 seats , a majority in the House of Assembly . Labor held 11 and the Tasmanian Greens held five . Before the election , Groom and Field both promised that they would only govern in majority . The ___MASK75___ is the head of the executive government in the Australian state of Tasmania . By convention , the party or political grouping which has majority support in the House of Assembly will nominate its leader to be Premier . The nominated politician is then invited by the Governor of Tasmania to act as their principal adviser . Raymond John " Ray " Groom , , ( born 3 September 1944 ) is an Australian lawyer and former sportsman and politician , representing the Liberal Party in the Federal Parliament 1975  84 and the Tasmanian Parliament 1986  2001 . He was a Federal and state minister for a total of 13 years . He was ___MASK75___ from 1992 to 1996 and also served as Deputy Premier and Attorney - General .