1922 Tasmanian state election
10 June 1922
All 30 seats to the House of Assembly
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Walter Lee Joseph Lyons Ernest Blyth
Party Nationalist Labor Country
Leader since September 1915 November 1916 1922
Leader's seat Wilmot Wilmot Wilmot
Last election 16 seats 13 seats 0 seats
Seats won 12 12 5
Seat change Decrease 4 Decrease 1 Increase 5
Percentage 40.96% 36.74% 13.98%
Swing Decrease 14.25 Decrease 4.70 Increase 13.98
Premier before election

Walter Lee
Nationalist

 Resulting Premier

Walter Lee
Nationalist

The 1922 Tasmanian state election was held on 10 June 1922 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.

The incumbent Premier of Tasmania was Walter Lee of the Nationalist Party. The Labor Party was led by Joseph Lyons. Before the election, a new party had emerged, the Country Party, a conservative party aiming to represent farmers and rural interests. In Tasmania, the new party was led by Ernest Blyth.

At the election, the Nationalist Party lost four seats and Labor lost one seat. The Country Party won 5 seats and the balance of power. Despite surviving a no-confidence vote, Lee resigned and recommended that the Governor of Tasmania send for Blyth. Blyth organised a meeting between the Nationalist and Country parties, and they agreed to form Tasmania's first coalition government with John Hayes as Premier.[2]

In this election, women were first eligible to stand for the House of Assembly. There were three women candidates standing, including Alicia O'Shea Petersen, all of whom stood as Independents and all of whom were unsuccessful.

Results

1922 Tasmanian state election
House of Assembly
<< 1919–1925 >>

Enrolled voters 110,549
Votes cast 69,752 Turnout 63.10% –2.98%
Informal votes 1,834 Informal 2.63% -1.33%
Summary of votes by party
Party Primary votes  % Swing Seats Change
  Nationalist 27,816 40.96% –14.25% 12 – 4
  Labor 24,956 36.74% –4.70% 12 – 1
  Country 9,498 13.98% +13.98% 5 + 5
  Independent Labor 889 1.31% +1.31% 0 ± 0
  Independent 4,759 7.01% +3.65% 1 ± 0
Total 67,918     30  
Popular vote
Nationalist
 
 40.96%
Labor
 
 36.74%
Country
 
 13.98%
Independents
 
 8.32%
Seats
Nationalist
 
 40.00%
Labor
 
 40.00%
Country
 
 16.67%
Independents
 
 3.33%

Distribution of votes

Primary vote by division

Bass Darwin Denison Franklin Wilmot
Labor Party39.5%43.5%39.7%32.2%27.4%
Nationalist46.1%17.9%52.4%38.1%38.3%
Country6.1%28.6%–22.5%22.4%
Other8.3%10.0%7.9%8.0%11.9%

Distribution of seats

See also

References

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