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Results of the 1919 Tasmanian state election

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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  

This is a list of House of Assembly results for the 1919 Tasmanian election.

Results by division

Bass

1919 Tasmanian state election: Bass
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Quota 1,954
Nationalist James Newton (elected 1) 2,367 17.3 +11.8
Nationalist Alexander Marshall (elected 2) 2,280 16.7 −3.0
Nationalist John Hayes (elected 3) 2,233 16.3 +5.7
Nationalist Robert Sadler (elected 5) 1,610 11.8 +2.8
Labor George Becker (elected 4) 1,986 14.5 −1.3
Labor Allan Guy (elected 6) 1,297 9.5 0.0
Labor Victor Shaw 915 6.7 +6.7
Labor William Bowen 535 3.9 +3.9
Labor Henry Sharpe 449 3.3 +3.3
Total formal votes 13,672 96.7 +1.0
Informal votes 471 3.3 −1.0
Turnout 14,143 63.2 −8.5
Party total votes
Nationalist 8,490 62.1 +16.8
Labor 5,182 37.9 −15.3

Darwin

1919 Tasmanian state election: Darwin
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Quota 1,718
Labor James Ogden (elected 2) 1,805 15.0 −1.4
Labor James Belton (elected 4) 1,450 12.1 −7.2
Labor James Hurst (elected 5) 1,268 10.5 +10.5
Labor George Phillips 531 4.4 +4.4
Labor Leonard Bennett 521 4.3 −2.9
Labor Leonard Burrows 130 1.1 +1.1
Nationalist Edward Hobbs (elected 3) 1,751 14.6 +3.1
Nationalist Herbert Payne (elected 6) 1,464 12.2 +0.6
Nationalist Percy Pollard 1,260 9.3 +9.3
Independent Joshua Whitsitt (elected 1) 1,841 15.3 +4.7
Total formal votes 12,021 95.2 +1.5
Informal votes 604 4.8 −1.5
Turnout 12,625 67.9 −6.0
Party total votes
Labor 5,705 47.5 −3.2
Nationalist 4,475 37.2 −1.5
Independent Joshua Whitsitt 1,841 15.3 +4.7

Denison

1919 Tasmanian state election: Denison
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Quota 2,491
Nationalist Elliot Lewis (elected 2) 2,564 14.7 −1.2
Nationalist John McPhee (elected 3) 2,316 13.3 +2.7
Nationalist Duncan McRae 1,225 7.0 +7.0
Nationalist George Foster 1,151 6.6 +6.6
Nationalist Robert Snowden (elected 6) 1,086 6.2 +6.2
Nationalist Charles Hoggins 937 5.4 +5.4
Nationalist William Bottrill 424 2.4 +2.4
Labor John Cleary (elected 1) 3,751 21.5 +7.0
Labor William Sheridan (elected 4) 1,085 6.2 −13.4
Labor Robert Cosgrove (elected 5) 846 4.9 +0.3
Labor Walter Woods 809 4.6 −8.3
Labor Abraham Needham 801 4.6 +4.6
Labor John Lewis 439 2.5 −3.0
Total formal votes 17,434 97.0 +2.6
Informal votes 543 3.0 −2.6
Turnout 17,977 70.2 −4.7
Party total votes
Nationalist 9,703 55.7 +5.3
Labor 7,731 44.3 −5.3

Franklin

1919 Tasmanian state election: Franklin
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Quota 2,026
Nationalist John Evans (elected 4) 1,574 11.1 −3.7
Nationalist George Cummins 1,317 9.3 +9.3
Nationalist William Dixon (elected 6) 1,102 7.8 +7.8
Nationalist Alexander Hean (elected 5) 1,081 7.6 −2.6
Nationalist Arthur Cotton 983 6.9 −1.4
Nationalist Arthur Morrisby 589 4.2 +4.2
Nationalist Frank Rathbone 378 2.7 +2.7
Nationalist Richard Johnson 182 1.3 +1.3
Nationalist Francis Hyndes 161 1.1 +1.1
Labor David Dicker (elected 1) 3,037 21.4 +12.7
Labor Albert Ogilvie (elected 2) 938 6.6 +6.6
Labor Benjamin Watkins (elected 3) 585 4.1 +4.1
Labor Thomas Keogh 533 3.8 +3.8
Labor William Shoobridge 489 3.4 −5.4
Labor Will Reece 426 3.0 +3.0
Labor William Pearce 354 2.5 +2.5
Independent Nicholas Brooks 448 3.2 +3.2
Total formal votes 14,177 96.7 +3.3
Informal votes 490 3.3 −3.3
Turnout 14,667 65.1 −9.1
Party total votes
Nationalist 7,367 52.0 +0.2
Labor 6,362 44.9 −3.3
Independent Nicholas Brooks 448 3.2 +3.2

Wilmot

1919 Tasmanian state election: Wilmot
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Quota 1,564
Nationalist Walter Lee (elected 1) 2,775 25.3 +5.0
Nationalist Ernest Blyth (elected 3) 1,668 15.2 +3.8
Nationalist Herbert Hays (elected 4) 973 8.9 +1.5
Nationalist George Pullen (elected 6) 895 8.2 +8.2
Nationalist Henry McFie 531 4.9 +4.9
Nationalist Frank Rose 505 4.6 +4.6
Nationalist William Connell 293 2.7 +0.5
Labor Joseph Lyons (elected 2) 1,892 17.3 −4.4
Labor Michael O'Keefe (elected 5) 720 6.6 −3.0
Labor Sidney Foskett 352 3.2 +3.2
Labor Christopher Sheedy 342 3.1 +3.1
Total formal votes 10,946 93.9 −0.3
Informal votes 706 6.1 +0.3
Turnout 11,652 63.2 −9.9
Party total votes
Nationalist 7,640 69.8 +15.1
Labor 3,306 30.2 −8.9

See also

References

  1. "Assembly Elections, 1919". Tasmanian Parliamentary Library. Retrieved 7 September 2017.
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