Tasmanian state election, 1919

Tasmanian state election, 1919
Tasmania
31 May 1919
All 30 seats to the House of Assembly
  First party Second party
 
Leader Walter Lee Joseph Lyons
Party Nationalist Labor
Leader since September 1915 November 1916
Leader's seat Wilmot Wilmot
Last election 15 seats 14 seats
Seats won 16 seats 13 seats
Seat change Increase1 Decrease1
Percentage 55.20% 41.44%
Swing Increase6.97 Decrease7.03
Premier before election

Walter Lee
Nationalist

 Elected Premier

Walter Lee
Nationalist

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

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.

Results

Tasmanian state election, 31 May 1919
House of Assembly
<< 1916 — 1922 >>

Enrolled voters 107,541
Votes cast 71,064 Turnout 66.08% –7.52%
Informal votes 2,814 Informal 3.96% -1.70%
Summary of votes by party
Party Primary votes % Swing Seats Change
  Nationalist 37,677 55.20% +6.97% 16 + 1
  Labor 28,286 41.44% –7.03% 13 – 1
  Independent 2,289 3.35% +0.05% 1 ± 0
Total 68,250     30  

Distribution of Seats

Electorate Seats won
Bass            
Darwin            
Denison            
Franklin            
Wilmot            
  Labor
  Nationalist
  Independent

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.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Scott Bennett, Lee, Sir Walter Henry (1874 - 1963), Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 10, Melbourne University Press, 1986, pp 52-53.

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