Tasmanian state election, 1934

Tasmanian state election, 1934
Tasmania
9 June 1934

All 30 seats to the House of Assembly
  First party Second party
 
Leader Albert Ogilvie Walter Lee
Party Labor Nationalist
Leader since October 1929 15 March 1934
Leader's seat Franklin Wilmot
Last election 10 seats 19 seats
Seats won 14 seats 13 seats
Seat change Increase4 Decrease6
Percentage 45.78% 46.72%
Swing Increase10.85 Decrease9.68

Premier before election

Walter Lee
Nationalist

Resulting Premier

Albert Ogilvie
Labor

A general election for the House of Assembly was held in the Australian state of Tasmania on 9 June 1934.

Background

The Nationalist Party managed a huge victory in the 1931 election, but Premier of Tasmania John McPhee had resigned due to health problems, and the Nationalists were led into the 1934 election by former Premier Sir Walter Lee. The Labor Party were led by Albert Ogilvie, who had managed to heal some of the rifts in the Labor Party that had contributed to their election loss in 1931.[1]

Results

Tasmanian state election, 9 June 1934
House of Assembly
<< 1931 1937 >>

Enrolled voters 127,681
Votes cast 120,622 Turnout 94.47% –0.52%
Informal votes 3,885 Informal 3.20% –0.25%
Summary of votes by party
Party Primary votes % Swing Seats Change
  Nationalist 54,549 46.72% –9.68% 13 – 6
  Labor 53,454 45.78% +10.85% 14 + 4
  Independent 8,764 7.51% –1.17% 3 + 2
Total 116,767     30  

Distribution of Seats

Electorate Seats won
Bass            
Darwin            
Denison            
Franklin            
Wilmot            
  Labor
  Nationalist
  Independent

Aftermath

Labor regained much of their ground in the 1934 election, winning 14 seats compared to the Nationalists' 13 (although the Nationalists had received more votes), not enough to govern in a majority. Three seats were won by independent candidates, and it was only through the support of one of these (George Carruthers in Denison, an ex-Labor man and proponent of the Douglasite Social Credit concept), that Labor was able to form government, with Albert Ogilvie as Premier.[1]

See also

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Michael Roe, Ogilvie, Albert George (1890 - 1939), Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 11, Melbourne University Press, 1988, pp 68-70.

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