Tasmanian general election, 1919

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House of Assembly election, 1919
Party	Vote %		Seats
Labor	41.4	↓7.1	13	↓1
Nationalist	55.2	↑7.0	16	↑1
Independent	3.4	↑1.5	1	0
Nationalist win

A general election for the House of Assembly was held in the Australian state of Tasmania on May 31, 1919.

Contents 1 Background 2 1919 Election Results 3 Distribution of Seats 4 Aftermath 5 References 6 External links

[edit] Background

By the time of 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.^[1]

The leader of the Labor Party in Tasmania going into the 1919 election was Joseph Lyons.

[edit] 1919 Election Results

Party	Number of votes	Percentage	Seats won	Percent Swing
Australian Labor Party	28,286	41.4%	13	-7.1%
Nationalist Party	37,675	55.2%	16	+7.0%
Other	2,289	3.4%	1	+2.0%

		Percentage	Change
Turn out	68,250	63.5%	-5.9%
Informal	2,814	4.1%	-1.9%

[edit] Distribution of Seats

Electorate	Seats won
Bass
Darwin
Denison
Franklin
Wilmot

	Australian Labor Party
	Nationalist Party
	Independent

[edit] Aftermath

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 in the Division of Darwin.

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Assembly Election Results, 1919, Parliament of Tasmania.
• Report on General Election, 1916, Tasmanian Electoral Commission, 29 October 1919.

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