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| House of Assembly election, 1912 |
| Party |
Vote % |
Seats |
| Liberal |
54.5 |
↑54.5 |
16 |
↑16 |
| Labour |
45.5 |
↑6.6 |
14 |
↑2 |
| Liberal win |
A general election for the House of Assembly was held in the Australian state of Tasmania on April 30, 1912 (a Tuesday, as the convention of holding elections on a Saturday did not become common until the 1920s).
[edit] Background
Tasmania's incumbent Premier was Sir Elliott Lewis, who had won a seat in Denison as an Anti-Socialist in the 1909 election. Urged by his predecessor, John Earle, to organise against the Labour Party, Sir Elliott supported the formation of the Tasmanian Liberal League (not directly related to the modern Liberal Party of Australia which was founded in 1944).[1] The Liberal Party would later regroup to contest the 1919 election as the Nationalist Party.[2]
[edit] 1912 Election Results
|
|
Percentage |
Change |
| Turn out |
73,886 |
71.4% |
+20.3% |
| Informal |
2,166 |
2.9% |
-1.4% |
[edit] Distribution of Seats
| |
Australian Labour Party |
| |
Liberal Party |
[edit] Aftermath
The Liberal Party won the election, with a two seat majority after Labour gained two seats. Despite leading the Liberals to victory, Elliott Lewis was criticised internally within the party, and resigned the leadership to Albert Solomon on 14 June the same year.[1]
[edit] References
- ^ a b Scott Bennett, 'Lewis, Sir Neil Elliott (1858 - 1935)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 10, Melbourne University Press, 1986, pp 94-95.
- ^ Moon, Jeremy; Campbell Sharman (2003). Australian Politics and Government: The Commonwealth, the States, and the Territories. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0521532051.
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