Members of the Tasmanian House of Assembly, 1928–1931
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This is a list of members of the Tasmanian House of Assembly
between the 30 May 1928 election
and the 9 May 1931 election
. The 1928 election failed to deliver a majority, and the Nationalists' John McPhee
took over from Labor's Joseph Lyons
as Premier of Tasmania. Lyons subsequently retired from state politics, obtaining election to the Federal seat of Wilmot
and going on to become Prime Minister of Australia
in 1931.
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...
between the 30 May 1928 election
Tasmanian state election, 1928
A general election for the House of Assembly was held in the Australian state of Tasmania on 30 May 1928 .-Background:The 1925 election had seen Labor win in a landslide, and the Nationalist Party lose five seats in the House of Assembly...
and the 9 May 1931 election
Tasmanian state election, 1931
A general election for the House of Assembly was held in the Australian state of Tasmania on 9 May 1931.-Background:The Nationalist Party had defeated Labor by one seat at the 1928 election, and John McPhee had been Premier of Tasmania since then...
. The 1928 election failed to deliver a majority, and the Nationalists' John McPhee
John McPhee (Australian politician)
Sir John Cameron McPhee, KCMG was an Australian politician and member of the Tasmanian House of Assembly. He was Premier of Tasmania from 15 June 1928 to 15 March 1934.-Early life:...
took over from Labor's Joseph Lyons
Joseph Lyons
Joseph Aloysius Lyons, CH was an Australian politician. He was Labor Premier of Tasmania from 1923 to 1928 and a Minister in the James Scullin government from 1929 until his resignation from the Labor Party in March 1931...
as Premier of Tasmania. Lyons subsequently retired from state politics, obtaining election to the Federal seat of Wilmot
Division of Wilmot
The Division of Wilmot was an Australian Electoral Division in the state of Tasmania. It was located in central Tasmania, and was named after Sir John Eardley-Wilmot, the sixth Lieutenant-Governor of Tasmania...
and going on to become Prime Minister of Australia
Prime Minister of Australia
The Prime Minister of the Commonwealth of Australia is the highest minister of the Crown, leader of the Cabinet and Head of Her Majesty's Australian Government, holding office on commission from the Governor-General of Australia. The office of Prime Minister is, in practice, the most powerful...
in 1931.
| Name | Party | Division | Years in office |
|---|---|---|---|
| Henry Baker | Nationalist Nationalist Party of Australia The Nationalist Party of Australia was an Australian political party. It was formed on 17 February 1917 from a merger between the conservative Commonwealth Liberal Party and the National Labor Party, the name given to the pro-conscription defectors from the Australian Labor Party led by Prime... |
Franklin Division of Franklin (state) The Electoral Division of Franklin is one of the five electorates in the Tasmanian House of Assembly. The division is named after Sir John Franklin, the arctic explorer who was Lieutenant-Governor of Van Diemen's Land 1837-43... |
1928–1946 |
| George Becker George Becker (politician) George Godfrey Becker was an Australian politician. He was born in Brighton, Tasmania. In 1912 he was elected to the Tasmanian House of Assembly as a Labor member for Bass. He served as a minister from 1925 to 1928 but was defeated in 1931. In 1934 he was re-elected as an Independent Labor member... |
Labor Australian Labor Party The Australian Labor Party is an Australian political party. It has been the governing party of the Commonwealth of Australia since the 2007 federal election. Julia Gillard is the party's federal parliamentary leader and Prime Minister of Australia... |
Bass Division of Bass (state) The Electoral Division of Bass is one of the 5 electorates in the Tasmanian House of Assembly, or lower house; it takes its name from the British Naval Surgeon and Explorer of Australia: George Bass. The division shares its name and boundaries with the federal division of Bass... |
1912–1931; 1934–1941 |
| James Belton James Belton James Belton was an Australian politician. He was born in Talbot, Victoria. In 1909 he was elected to the Tasmanian House of Assembly as a Labor member for Darwin. He was a minister from 1914 to 1916, but resigned to run for the Senate in 1917. He was re-elected in a by-election in July of that... |
Labor | Darwin | 1909–1931 |
| Percy Best | Nationalist | Wilmot | 1928–1931 |
| Neil Campbell | Nationalist | Wilmot | 1922–1955 |
| Robert Cosgrove Robert Cosgrove Sir Robert Cosgrove KCMG was an Australian politician, trade unionist, and twice Premier of Tasmania from 18 December 1939 to 18 December 1947 and 25 February 1948 to 26 August 1958.... |
Labor | Denison Division of Denison (state) The Electoral Division of Denison is one of the 5 electorates in the Tasmanian House of Assembly. The division is named after Sir William Denison, who was Lieutenant Governor of Van_Diemen's Land 1847-55, and Governor of New South Wales 1855-61. The division shares its name and boundaries with the... |
1919–1922; 1925–1931; 1934–1958 |
| Thomas Davies | Labor | Bass | 1929–1942 |
| Edmund Dwyer-Gray Edmund Dwyer-Gray Sir Edmund John Chisholm Dwyer-Gray was an Irish-Australian politician, who was the 29th Premier of Tasmania from 11 June to 18 December 1939.-Early life:... |
Labor | Denison | 1928–1945 |
| John Evans John Evans (Australian politician) Sir John William Evans, CMG was an Australian politician, a member of the Tasmanian House of Assembly and Premier of Tasmania from 11 July 1904 to 19 June 1909.-Early life and nautical career:... |
Nationalist | Franklin | 1897–1937 |
| Charles Grant | Nationalist | Denison | 1922–1925; 1928–1932 |
| Allan Guy Allan Guy James Allan Guy, CBE was an Australian politician who represented the Australian Labor Party in both the Tasmanian House of Assembly and the Federal House of Representatives, before leaving to represent the United Australia Party and then the Liberal Party of Australia in both the House of... |
Labor | Bass | 1916–1929 |
| Edward Hobbs | Nationalist | Darwin | 1916–1934 |
| Claude James | Nationalist | Bass | 1925–1937 |
| Jens Jensen Jens Jensen Jens August Jensen was an Australian politician and Minister for the Navy.Jensen was born in Ballarat, Victoria and educated at Ballarat, leaving school at 11. He became a rabbit-hawker and miner at Beaconsfield, Tasmania. In July 1885 he married Elizabeth Frances Broadhurst; she died in 1894... |
Labor | Wilmot | 1903–1910; 1922–1925; 1928–1934 |
| Philip Kelly | Labor | Darwin | 1922–1946 |
| Walter Lee Walter Lee (Australian politician) Sir Walter Henry Lee KCMG was an Australian politician and member of the Tasmanian House of Assembly. He was Premier of Tasmania on three occasions: from 15 April 1916 to 12 August 1922; from 14 August 1923 to 25 October 1923; and from 15 March 1934 to 22 June 1934.Lee was born in Longford in... |
Nationalist | Wilmot | 1909–1946 |
| Joseph Lyons Joseph Lyons Joseph Aloysius Lyons, CH was an Australian politician. He was Labor Premier of Tasmania from 1923 to 1928 and a Minister in the James Scullin government from 1929 until his resignation from the Labor Party in March 1931... |
Labor | Wilmot | 1909–1929 |
| Henry McFie Henry McFie Henry Hector McFie OBE was an Australian politician. Born in Hobart, Tasmania, he was originally a member of the Australian Labor Party but joined the Nationalist Party after the 1916 split over conscription. He was elected to the Tasmanian House of Assembly in 1925 as a Nationalist member for... |
Nationalist | Darwin | 1925–1934; 1941–1948 |
| John McPhee John McPhee (Australian politician) Sir John Cameron McPhee, KCMG was an Australian politician and member of the Tasmanian House of Assembly. He was Premier of Tasmania from 15 June 1928 to 15 March 1934.-Early life:... |
Nationalist | Denison | 1919–1934; 1941–1946 |
| Francis Marriott | Nationalist | Darwin | 1922–1946 |
| Fergus Medwin | Labor/Independent | Darwin | 1928–1931 |
| John Ockerby John Ockerby John Featherstone Ockerby was an Australian politician. He was born in Dewsbury in Yorkshire. He was Mayor of Launceston in Tasmania in 1925 and 1939. In 1928 he was elected to the Tasmanian House of Assembly as a Nationalist member for Bass, serving until his defeat in 1946. Ockerby died in... |
Nationalist | Bass | 1928–1946 |
| Albert Ogilvie Albert Ogilvie Albert George Ogilvie was an Australian politician and Premier of Tasmania from 22 June 1934 until his death on 10 June 1939.... |
Labor | Franklin | 1919–1939 |
| Eric Ogilvie Eric Ogilvie Eric James Ogilvie was an Australian politician. He was born in Hobart. In 1928 he was elected to the Tasmanian House of Assembly as a Labor member for Wilmot. He served until his resignation in 1940. Ogilvie died in Hobart in 1962.... |
Labor | Wilmot | 1928–1940 |
| Benjamin Pearsall Benjamin Pearsall Benjamin James Pearsall was an Australian politician. He was born in Clarence Plains. In 1928 he was elected to the Tasmanian House of Assembly as an Independent member for Franklin. He was defeated in 1931 but re-elected in 1934, being defeated for a second time in 1937... |
Independent | Franklin | 1928–1931; 1934–1937 |
| John Piggott | Nationalist | Franklin | 1922–1931 |
| Victor Shaw | Labor | Bass | 1925–1936 |
| William Shoobridge William Shoobridge William Ebenezer Shoobridge was an Australian politician. He was born in Richmond, Tasmania. In 1916 he was elected to the Tasmanian House of Assembly as a Labor member for Franklin. He served until he was defeated in 1919. He was re-elected in a recount in 1922 and in 1925 switched seats to Wilmot... |
Labor | Wilmot | 1916–1919; 1922–1928; 1929–1931 |
| John Soundy | Nationalist | Denison | 1925–1946 |
| Henry Thomson | Nationalist | Bass | 1925–1931 |
| Benjamin Watkins Benjamin Watkins Benjamin Watkins was an Australian politician. He was born in Hobart. In 1906 he was elected to the Tasmanian House of Assembly as the Labor member for Queenstown; following the introduction of proportional representation in 1909 he was elected as one of the members for Darwin... |
Labor/Independent | Franklin | 1906–1917; 1919–1922; 1925–1934 |
| Walter Woods Walter Woods (politician) Walter Alan Woods was an Australian politician.He was born Walter William Head at Oakleigh, Victoria, and would use various names throughout his life... |
Labor | Denison | 1906–1917; 1925–1931 |
Sources
- Parliament of Tasmania (2006). The Parliament of Tasmania from 1856