query: office_contested tasmanian state election
supports: 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 197584 and the Tasmanian Parliament 19862001. He was a Federal and state minister for a total of 13 years. He was Premier of Tasmania from 1992 to 1996 and also served as Deputy Premier and Attorney-General. The Premier of Tasmania 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. The Parliament of Tasmania consists of the Tasmanian House of Assembly, Tasmanian Legislative Council and the Monarch represented by the Governor 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 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.
candidates: deputy governor premier of tasmania
answer: premier of tasmania