Candidates of the Tasmanian state election, 1928

This article provides information on candidates who stood for the 1928 Tasmanian state election, held on 30 May 1928. Since the last election, members of Sir Walter Lee's dissident Liberal grouping had rejoined the Nationalist Party.

Retiring Members

Nationalist

• James Newton MHA (Bass)

House of Assembly

Sitting members are shown in bold text. Tickets that elected at least one MHA are highlighted in the relevant colour. Successful candidates are indicated by an asterisk (*).

Bass

Six seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending three seats. The Nationalist Party was defending three seats (two Liberals and one Nationalist).

Labor candidates	Nationalist candidates
George Becker* Thomas Davies Allan Guy* Alfred Higgins Harold Holmes Victor Shaw*	Harold Brumby Claude James* John Kidd James Lefevre Robert Murphy John Ockerby* William Salisbury Henry Thomson*

Darwin

Six seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending three seats. The Nationalist Party was defending three seats (two Nationalists and one Liberal).

Labor candidates	Nationalist candidates	Independent candidates
James Belton* Philip Kelly* Henry Lane Fergus Medwin* John O'Donnell Robert Steel	Edward Hobbs* Henry McFie* Duncan McInnes Frank Marriott* Richard Parsons	Joshua Whitsitt

Denison

Six seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending four seats. The Nationalist Party was defending two seats.

Labor candidates	Nationalist candidates	Independent candidates
John Brown John Cleary Robert Cosgrove* Charles Culley Edmund Dwyer-Gray* William Lloyd George Phillips Walter Woods*	George Davis Charles Grant* John McPhee* John Soundy* Horace Walch	John Graham Gerald Mahoney (Ind Lab) William McHugo Richard Stamford

Franklin

Six seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending three seats. The Nationalist Party was defending one seat, although independent MHA John Piggott had joined the Nationalists. Independent MHA Peter Murdoch was defending one seat.

Labor candidates	Nationalist candidates	Independent candidates
Charles Frost John Hohne Samuel Lyden William Michael Albert Ogilvie* Will Reece William Sheridan Benjamin Watkins*	Henry Baker* George Cummins Sir John Evans* John Piggott*	John Earle Peter Murdoch Benjamin Pearsall* Winston Triffitt

Wilmot

Six seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending three seats. The Nationalist Party was defending two seats (one Nationalist, one Liberal). Independent MHA Norman Cameron was defending one seat.

Labor candidates	Nationalist candidates	Independent candidates
Leonard Bennett Jens Jensen* Joseph Lyons* Eric Ogilvie* Herbert Osborne John Palamountain William Shoobridge	Percy Best* Neil Campbell* Sir Walter Lee* George Rowell	Norman Cameron Walter McShane

See also

• Members of the Tasmanian House of Assembly, 1925–1928
• Members of the Tasmanian House of Assembly, 1928–1931

References

• Tasmanian Parliamentary Library