Tasmanian general election, 1922

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House of Assembly election, 1922
Party	Vote %		Seats
Labor	36.7	↓4.7	12	↓1
Nationalist	40.4	↓14.8	12	↓4
Country	14.0	↑14.0	5	↑5
Independent	3.4	↑1.5	1	0
No majority

A general election for the House of Assembly was held in the Australian state of Tasmania on June 10, 1922.

Contents 1 Background 2 1922 Election Results 3 Distribution of Seats 4 Aftermath 5 References 6 External links

[edit] Background

The incumbent Premier of Tasmania at the time of the 1922 election was Walter Lee of the Nationalist Party. Before the election, a new party had emerged, the Country Party, a conservative party aiming to represent farmers and rural interests, led by Ernest Blyth. The Labor Party was led by Joseph Lyons.

[edit] 1922 Election Results

Party	Number of votes	Percentage	Seats won	Percent Swing
Nationalist Party	27,458	40.4%	12	-14.8%
Australian Labor Party	24,956	36.7%	12	-4.7%
Country Party	9,498	14.0%	5	+14.0%
Independent Labor	889	1.3%	0	+1.3%
Other	5,117	7.5%	1	+4.1%

		Percentage	Change
Turn out	67,918	61.4%	-2.1%
Informal	1,834	2.7%	-1.4%

[edit] Distribution of Seats

Electorate	Seats won
Bass
Darwin
Denison
Franklin
Wilmot

	Australian Labor Party
	Nationalist Party
	Country Party
	Independent

[edit] Aftermath

The emergence of the Country Party split the anti-Labor vote at the 1922 election, and the Nationalist Party lost four seats to them, handing them the balance of power. Despite surviving a no-confidence vote, Lee resigned and recommended that the Governor of Tasmania. Blyth organised a meeting between the Nationalist and Country parties, and they agreed to form Tasmania's first coalition government with John Hayes as Premier.^[1]

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Assembly Election Results, 1922, Parliament of Tasmania.
• Report on General Election, 1922, Tasmanian Electoral Commission, 7 September 1922.

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