1919 Tasmanian state election

1919 Tasmanian state election
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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
Results of the election
Premier before election

Walter Lee
Nationalist

Elected Premier

Walter Lee
Nationalist

The 1919 Tasmanian state election was held on 31 May 1919 in the Australian state of Tasmania to elect 30 members of the Tasmanian House of Assembly. The election used the Hare-Clark proportional representation system[1] — six members were elected from each of five electorates.

By 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.[2]

The Labor Party in Tasmania went into the 1919 election led by Joseph Lyons. 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.

  1. ^ House of Assembly Elections, Parliament of Tasmania.
  2. ^ Scott Bennett, Lee, Sir Walter Henry (1874 - 1963), Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 10, Melbourne University Press, 1986, pp 52-53.