Candidates of the 1934 Tasmanian state election

The 1934 Tasmanian state election was held on 9 June 1934.

Retiring Members

Labor Jens Jensen MHA (Wilmot)

Nationalist John McPhee MHA (Denison)

House of Assembly Sitting members are shown in bold text. Tickets that elected at least one MHA are highlighted in the relevant colour. Successful candidates are indicated by an asterisk (*).

Bass Six seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending two seats. The Nationalist Party was defending four seats. Labor candidatesNationalist candidates Thomas Davies* Frederick Hall Charles Lamp John McDonald* John Madden Victor Shaw*Allen Hollingsworth* Syd Jackson Claude James* Robert Murphy John Ockerby* Herbert Postle Henry Thomson Robert Wright

Darwin Six seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending two seats. The Nationalist Party was defending four seats. Labor candidatesNationalist candidatesIndependent candidates James Belton Thomas d'Alton* Philip Kelly* Henry Lane Joseph McGrath*John Astell Thomas Butler Jack Chamberlain* Frank Edwards* Ernest Fenton Robert Hamilton Edward Hobbs Cyril Horne Henry McFie Frank Marriott* John WrightStephen Broad

Denison Six seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending two seats. The Nationalist Party was defending four seats. Labor candidatesNationalist candidatesIndependent candidates Robert Cosgrove* Charles Culley* Edmund Dwyer-Gray* Edgar Geer Gerald Mahoney Alfred White Walter WoodsD'Arcy Addison Eric Johnson Arndell Lewis John Soundy* Ernest Turner* Trevor YoungGeorge Carruthers* William Jarvis Thomas Jude (Ind Lab) Robert Leitch Lesley Murdoch

Franklin Six seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending two seats. The Nationalist Party was defending three seats, although independent MHA Benjamin Watkins had joined the Nationalists and was running on their ticket. Labor candidatesNationalist candidatesIndependent candidates Edward Brooker* John Dwyer* Charles Frost Albert Ogilvie*Henry Baker* Albert Beard Sir John Evans* George Harvey Alfred Seabrook Benjamin WatkinsPeter Murdoch Benjamin Pearsall*

Wilmot Six seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending two seats. The Nationalist Party was defending four seats. Labor candidatesNationalist candidatesIndependent candidates Francis Cosgrove Charles Metz Eric Ogilvie* David O'Keefe* Lancelot SpurrLlewellyn Atkinson Percy Best Alfred Burbury Donald Cameron* Neil Campbell* Francis Foster Sir Walter Lee* Harold Lord Peter Sattler Henry WilsonGeorge Becker* (Ind Lab)

See also Members of the Tasmanian House of Assembly, 1931–1934 Members of the Tasmanian House of Assembly, 1934–1937

References Tasmanian Parliamentary Library