Tasmanian state election, 1934

Tasmanian state election, 1934

9 June 1934

All 30 seats to the House of Assembly   First party Second party   Leader Albert Ogilvie Walter Lee Party Labor Nationalist Leader since October 1929 15 March 1934 Leader's seat Franklin Wilmot Last election 10 seats 19 seats Seats won 14 seats 13 seats Seat change 4 6 Percentage 45.78% 46.72% Swing 10.85 9.68

Premier before election Walter Lee Nationalist Resulting Premier Albert Ogilvie Labor

A general election for the House of Assembly was held in the Australian state of Tasmania on 9 June 1934.

Background

The Nationalist Party managed a huge victory in the 1931 election, but Premier of Tasmania John McPhee had resigned due to health problems, and the Nationalists were led into the 1934 election by former Premier Sir Walter Lee. The Labor Party were led by Albert Ogilvie, who had managed to heal some of the rifts in the Labor Party that had contributed to their election loss in 1931.^[1]

Results

Tasmanian state election, 9 June 1934 House of Assembly << 1931 — 1937 >>
Enrolled voters		127,681
Votes cast		120,622		Turnout	94.47%	–0.52%
Informal votes		3,885		Informal	3.20%	–0.25%
Summary of votes by party
Party		Primary votes	%	Swing	Seats	Change
	Nationalist	54,549	46.72%	–9.68%	13	– 6
	Labor	53,454	45.78%	+10.85%	14	+ 4
	Independent	8,764	7.51%	–1.17%	3	+ 2
Total		116,767			30

Distribution of Seats

Electorate Seats won Bass             Darwin             Denison             Franklin             Wilmot

Labor   Nationalist   Independent

Aftermath

Labor regained much of their ground in the 1934 election, winning 14 seats compared to the Nationalists' 13 (although the Nationalists had received more votes), not enough to govern in a majority. Three seats were won by independent candidates, and it was only through the support of one of these (George Carruthers in Denison, an ex-Labor man and proponent of the Douglasite Social Credit concept), that Labor was able to form government, with Albert Ogilvie as Premier.^[1]

See also

• Members of the Tasmanian House of Assembly, 1934–1937
• Candidates of the Tasmanian state election, 1934

References

1. Michael Roe, Ogilvie, Albert George (1890 - 1939), Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 11, Melbourne University Press, 1988, pp 68-70.

External links

• Assembly Election Results, 1934, Parliament of Tasmania.
• Report on General Election, 1934, Tasmanian Electoral Commission.