Tasmanian state election, 1922

Tasmanian state election, 1922

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 Australian Country Party (1920) Leader since September 1915 November 1916 1922 Leader's seat Wilmot Wilmot Wilmot Last election 16 seats 13 seats 0 seats Seats won 12 seats 12 seats 5 seats Seat change 4 1 5 Percentage 40.96% 36.74% 13.98% Swing 14.25 4.70 13.98

Premier before election Walter Lee Nationalist Resulting Premier Walter Lee Nationalist

A general election for the House of Assembly was held in the Australian state of Tasmania on 10 June 1922.

Background

The incumbent Premier of Tasmania at the time of the 1922 election was Walter Lee of the Nationalist Party. Before the election, a new party had emerged, the Country Party, a conservative party aiming to represent farmers and rural interests, led by Ernest Blyth. The Labor Party was led by Joseph Lyons.

Results

Tasmanian state election, 10 June 1922 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

Distribution of Seats

Electorate Seats won Bass             Darwin             Denison             Franklin             Wilmot

Labor   Nationalist   Country   Independent

Aftermath

The emergence of the Country Party split the anti-Labor vote at the 1922 election, and the Nationalist Party lost four seats to them, handing them 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.^[1]

See also

• Members of the Tasmanian House of Assembly, 1922–1925
• Candidates of the Tasmanian state election, 1922

References

1. Scott Bennett, Hayes, John Blyth (1868 - 1956), Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 9, Melbourne University Press, 1983, pp 239-240.

External links

• Assembly Election Results, 1922, Parliament of Tasmania.
• Report on General Election, 1922, Tasmanian Electoral Commission, 7 September 1922.