Tasmanian state election, 1934

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	4	6
Percentage	45.78%	46.72%
Swing	10.85	9.68

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]

References

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

External links

Assembly Election Results, 1934, Parliament of Tasmania.
Report on General Election, 1934, Tasmanian Electoral Commission.

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