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 term, the Liberal Party converted into the new Nationalist Party, and the Labor Party split over conscription. However, most of the Parliamentary Labor Party stayed with the executive, and the two MHAs who left the Party switched to federal politics. The state of flux, however, resulted in four seats switching from Labor to Nationalist at by-elections and recounts.

All members listed here as Nationalists who held office prior to 1917 were previously known as Liberals.

Name Party Division Years in office
George BeckerLaborBass1912–1931; 1934–1941
James Belton[3]LaborDarwin1909–1931
Ernest BlythNationalistWilmot1913–1925
Frederick BurburyNationalistFranklin1916–1919
William Burgess[2]NationalistDenison1881–1891; 1916–1917
John ClearyLaborDenison1916–1928
William Connell[4]NationalistWilmot1919
Arthur Cotton[1]NationalistFranklin1913–1916; 1917–1919
David DickerLaborFranklin1909–1922
John Earle[1]Labor/NationalistFranklin1906–1917
John EvansNationalistFranklin1897–1937
George Foster[2]NationalistDenison1917–1919
William FullertonNationalistDenison1913–1919
Allan GuyLaborBass1916–1929
John HayesNationalistBass1913–1923
Herbert HaysNationalistWilmot1911–1922
Alexander HeanNationalistFranklin1903–1913; 1916–1925
Edward HobbsNationalistDarwin1916–1934
Charles Hoggins[3]NationalistDenison1898–1900; 1900–1903;
1917–1919
Charles Howroyd[3]Labor/NationalistBass1906–1917
Walter LeeNationalistWilmot1909–1946
Elliott LewisNationalistDenison1886–1903; 1909–1922
Joseph LyonsLaborWilmot1909–1929
Alexander MarshallNationalistBass1914–1925
Edward Mulcahy[4]NationalistWilmot1891–1903; 1910–1919
James NewtonNationalistBass1917–1928
James OgdenLaborDarwin1906–1922
Michael O'KeefeLaborWilmot1912–1926
Herbert PayneNationalistDarwin1903–1920
Percy Pollard[3]NationalistDarwin1917–1919; 1920–1922
Robert SadlerNationalistBass1900–1912; 1913–1922
William SheridanLaborDenison1909–1913; 1914–1928
William ShoobridgeLaborFranklin1916–1919; 1922–1928;
1929–1931
Benjamin Watkins[3]LaborDarwin1906–1917; 1919–1922;
1925–1934
Joshua WhitsittIndependentDarwin1909–1922
Walter Woods[3]LaborDenison1906–1917; 1925–1931

Notes

1 Nationalist (formerly Labor) MHA for Franklin, John Earle, resigned on 1 March 1917, and on the same day was appointed to a vacancy in the Australian Senate. Nationalist candidate and former MHA Arthur Cotton was elected on 14 April 1917.
2 Nationalist (formerly Liberal) MHA William Burgess died on 1 May 1917. Nationalist candidate George Foster was elected on 23 June 1917.
3 The 5 May 1917 federal election resulted in several MHAs resigning to contest seats. Labor MHAs Walter Woods and James Belton attempted to secure Australian Senate seats, whilst Labor MHA Benjamin Watkins attempted to win the Denison seat and Nationalist (formerly Labor) MHA Charles Howroyd won Darwin. On 7 July 1917, their seats went to by-election, with Belton returning, Watkins being replaced by Nationalist candidate Percy Pollard, Woods by Nationalist candidate Charles Hoggins, and Howroyd with Nationalist (formerly Labor) candidate James Newton.
4 Nationalist MHA for Wilmot, Edward Mulcahy, retired in January 1919. Nationalist candidate William Connell was elected on 16 January 1919.

Sources

  • Hughes, Colin A.; Graham, B. D. (1976). Voting for the South Australian, Western Australian and Tasmanian Lower Houses, 1890-1964. Canberra: Australian National University. ISBN 0-7081-1334-6.
  • Parliament of Tasmania (2006). The Parliament of Tasmania from 1856
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