The 1916 Tasmanian state election was held on Thursday, 23 March 1916 in the
Australian state
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of
Tasmania
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to elect 30 members of the
Tasmanian House of Assembly
The House of Assembly, or Lower House, is one of the two chambers of the Parliament of Tasmania in Australia. The other is the Legislative Council or Upper House. It sits in Parliament House in the state capital, Hobart.
The Assembly has 25 m ...
. The election used the
Hare-Clark proportional representation
Proportional representation (PR) refers to a type of electoral system under which subgroups of an electorate are reflected proportionately in the elected body. The concept applies mainly to geographical (e.g. states, regions) and political divis ...
system
House of Assembly Elections
Parliament of Tasmania
The Parliament of Tasmania is the bicameral legislature of the Australian state of Tasmania. It follows a Westminster-derived parliamentary system and consists of the Governor of Tasmania, the Tasmanian House of Assembly (the lower house), ...
. — six members were elected from each of five electorates.
Although the Liberals had won the 1913 election, a subsequent by-election had seen both parties holding 15 seats in the House of Assembly and Solomon losing government to Labor's John Earle. Earle's government had been appointed on the expectation that Earle would quickly call for a dissolution of the House of Assembly, which he refused to do, and successfully appealed to the Colonial Office
The Colonial Office was a government department of the Kingdom of Great Britain and later of the United Kingdom, first created to deal with the colonial affairs of British North America but required also to oversee the increasing number of c ...
.
At the election, Earle was the incumbent Premier of Tasmania
The premier of Tasmania is the head of the executive government in the Australian state of Tasmania. By convention, the leader of the party or political grouping which has majority support in the House of Assembly is invited by the governor of ...
and the Liberal Party was headed by Walter Lee. The Labor Party made no gains at the 1916 election. Joshua Whitsitt
Joshua Thomas Hoskins Whitsitt (26 September 1869 – 14 September 1943) was an Australian politician. He was a member of the Tasmanian House of Assembly from 1909 to 1922 and a member of the Australian House of Representatives from 1922 to 1925 ...
won as an Independent. The Liberals had no clear majority, winning 15 seats. Lee became Premier, as leader of the party with the most seats.
Results
Distribution of votes
Primary vote by division
Distribution of seats
See also
* Members of the Tasmanian House of Assembly, 1916–1919
This is a list of members of the Tasmanian House of Assembly between the 25 March 1916 election and the 31 May 1919 election. At the 1916 election, no party won a majority, and the Liberals' Walter Lee became Premier of Tasmania. During the te ...
* Candidates of the 1916 Tasmanian state election
The 1916 Tasmanian state election was held on 23 March 1916.
Retiring Members
Labor
*Vincent Barker MHA ( Denison)
*Lyndhurst Giblin MHA ( Denison)
Liberal
* Daniel Ryan MHA (Franklin)
House of Assembly
Sitting members are shown in bold text. T ...
References
External links
Assembly Election Results, 1916
Parliament of Tasmania
The Parliament of Tasmania is the bicameral legislature of the Australian state of Tasmania. It follows a Westminster-derived parliamentary system and consists of the Governor of Tasmania, the Tasmanian House of Assembly (the lower house), ...
.
Report on General Election, 1916
Tasmanian Electoral Commission, September 1916.
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Elections in Tasmania
1916 elections in Australia
1910s in Tasmania
March 1916 events