Members of the Tasmanian House of Assembly, 1931–1934
This is a list of members of the Tasmanian House of Assembly between the 9 May 1931 election and the 9 June 1934 election. The 1931 election produced a landslide victory for the Nationalists, in what turned out to be the non-Labor parties' last term in office until 1969.
Name | Party | Division | Years in office |
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Llewellyn Atkinson | Nationalist | Wilmot | 1931–1934 |
Henry Baker | Nationalist | Franklin | 1928–1946 |
Howard Barber[2] | Nationalist | Bass | 1931–1933 |
Alfred Burbury | Nationalist | Wilmot | 1931–1934 |
Thomas Butler | Nationalist | Darwin | 1931–1934 |
Neil Campbell | Nationalist | Wilmot | 1922–1955 |
Thomas d'Alton | Labor | Darwin | 1931–1944 |
Thomas Davies | Labor | Bass | 1929–1942 |
John James Dwyer | Labor | Franklin | 1931–1962 |
Edmund Dwyer-Gray | Labor | Denison | 1928–1945 |
John Evans | Nationalist | Franklin | 1897–1937 |
Charles Grant[1] | Nationalist | Denison | 1922–1925; 1928–1932 |
Edward Hobbs | Nationalist | Darwin | 1916–1934 |
Claude James | Nationalist | Bass | 1925–1937 |
Jens Jensen | Labor | Wilmot | 1903–1910; 1922–1925; 1928–1934 |
Philip Kelly | Labor | Darwin | 1922–1946 |
Walter Lee | Nationalist | Wilmot | 1909–1946 |
Arndell Lewis[1] | Nationalist | Denison | 1932–1934; 1937–1941 |
Henry McFie | Nationalist | Darwin | 1925–1934; 1941–1948 |
John McPhee | Nationalist | Denison | 1919–1934; 1941–1946 |
Gerald Mahoney | Labor | Denison | 1931–1934 |
Frank Marriott | Nationalist | Darwin | 1922–1946 |
Robert Murphy | Nationalist | Bass | 1931–1934 |
John Ockerby | Nationalist | Bass | 1928–1946 |
Albert Ogilvie | Labor | Franklin | 1919–1939 |
Eric Ogilvie | Labor | Wilmot | 1928–1940 |
Dr Herbert Postle[2] | Nationalist | Bass | 1933–1934 |
Alfred Seabrook | Nationalist | Franklin | 1931–1934 |
Victor Shaw | Labor | Bass | 1925–1936 |
John Soundy | Nationalist | Denison | 1925–1946 |
Ernest Turner | Nationalist | Denison | 1931–1937; 1941 |
Benjamin Watkins | Independent | Franklin | 1906–1917; 1919–1922; 1925–1934 |
Notes
- 1 Nationalist MHA for Denison, Charles Grant, was elected to the Australian Senate at a joint sitting of Parliament on 2 March 1932. A recount on 14 March 1932 resulted in Nationalist candidate Arndell Lewis being elected.
- 2 Nationalist MHA for Bass, Howard Barber, resigned on 26 May 1933. A recount on 6 June 1933 resulted in Nationalist candidate Dr Herbert Postle being elected—the first member of a Tasmanian parliament to hold a doctorate (Doctor of Laws from the University of Melbourne).
Sources
- Hughes, Colin A.; Graham, B. D. (1976). Voting for the South Australian, Western Australian and Tasmanian Lower Houses, 1890-1964. Canberra: Australian National University. ISBN 0-7081-1334-6.
- Parliament of Tasmania (2006). The Parliament of Tasmania from 1856