The 1919 Tasmanian state election was held on 31 May 1919 in the Australian state of Tasmania to elect 30 members of the Tasmanian House of Assembly. The election used the Hare-Clark proportional representation systemHouse of Assembly Elections , Parliament of Tasmania. — six members were elected from each of five electorates.
By the 1919 election, the Liberal Party had regrouped and been renamed as the Nationalist Party. The Premier of Tasmania, Walter Lee, had led the party for a relatively untroubled three years, despite the Liberals' one-seat majority over Labor and the uncertainty of World War I.Scott Bennett, Lee, Sir Walter Henry (1874 - 1963), Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 10, Melbourne University Press, 1986, pp 52-53.
The Labor Party in Tasmania went into the 1919 election led by Joseph Lyons. Lee led the Nationalist Party to victory, with a 14% margin over Labor, although they only won 16 of the 30 seats in the House of Assembly. Independent Joshua Whitsitt retained his seat.
Results
Distribution of votes Primary vote by division Bass Darwin Denison Franklin Wilmot Labor Party 37.9% 47.5% 44.3% 44.9% 30.2% Nationalist 62.1% 37.2% 55.7% 52.0% 69.8% Other – 15.3% – 3.2% –
Distribution of seats
Electorate Seats won Bass Darwin Denison Franklin Wilmot
Labor Nationalist Independent
See also Members of the Tasmanian House of Assembly, 1919–1922 Candidates of the 1919 Tasmanian state election
References
External links Assembly Election Results, 1919 , Parliament of Tasmania. Report on General Election, 1916, Tasmanian Electoral Commission, 29 October 1919.