Members of the Tasmanian House of Assembly, 1941–1946

This is a list of members of the Tasmanian House of Assembly between the 13 December 1941 election and the 23 November 1946 election. The term was elongated due to World War II.

Name Party Division Years in office
Charles AtkinsNationalistFranklin1941–1948
Henry BakerNationalistFranklin1928–1946
Hon Edward BrookerLaborFranklin1934–1948
James BuggLaborDarwin1941–1946
Neil CampbellNationalistWilmot1922–1955
Jack ChamberlainNationalistDarwin1934–1951
Hon Robert CosgroveLaborDenison1919–1922; 1925–1931;
1934–1958
Hon Charles CulleyLaborDenison1922–1928; 1934–1948
Hon Thomas d'Alton[3]LaborDarwin1931–1944
Hon Thomas Davies[1]LaborBass1929–1942
John DwyerLaborFranklin1931–1962
Hon Edmund Dwyer-Gray[5]LaborDenison1928–1945
Robert Harvey[6]NationalistDenison1946
Francis Heerey[5]LaborDenison1937–1941; 1945–1946
Henry HopeLaborFranklin1941–1946; 1948–1950
Hon Eric HowroydLaborBass1937–1950; 1958–1959
Philip KellyLaborDarwin1922–1946
Henry LaneLaborDarwin1926–1928; 1937–1946
Hon Sir Walter LeeNationalistWilmot1909–1946
John McDonald[4]LaborBass1934–1945
Henry McFieNationalistDarwin1925–1934; 1941–1948
Thomas McKinleyLaborFranklin1941–1946
Hon Sir John McPheeNationalistFranklin1919–1934; 1941–1946
Hon John MaddenLaborBass1936–1956; 1957–1969
Frank MarriottNationalistBass1922–1946
John OckerbyNationalist/IndependentBass1928–1946
David O'Keefe[2]LaborWilmot1934–1943
Peter Pike[2]LaborWilmot1943–1949
John Quintal[1]LaborBass1942–1946
Michael Adye Smith[3]LaborDarwin1944–1946
John Soundy[6]NationalistDenison1925–1946
Lancelot SpurrLaborWilmot1941–1956
Hon William TaylorLaborWilmot1940–1946
Alan Welsh[4]LaborBass1945–1946
Ernest WestLaborWilmot1941–1946
Alfred WhiteLaborFranklin1941–1959

Notes

1 Labor MHA for Bass, Thomas Davies, died on 11 September 1942. A recount on 23 September 1942 resulted in the election of Labor candidate John Quintal. Quintal was believed to be the first direct descendant of a Bounty mutineer to be elected to any Australian parliament.
2 Labor MHA for Wilmot, David O'Keefe, died on 21 July 1943. A recount on 5 August 1943 resulted in the election of Labor candidate Peter Pike.
3 Labor MHA for Darwin, Thomas d'Alton, resigned in April 1944. A recount on 26 April 1944 resulted in the election of Labor candidate Michael Adye Smith.
4 Labor MHA for Bass, John McDonald, resigned on 16 April 1945. A recount on 26 April 1945 resulted in the election of Labor candidate Alan Welsh.
5 Labor MHA for Denison, Edmund Dwyer-Gray, died on 6 December 1945. A recount on 20 December 1945 resulted in the election of Labor candidate and former MHA Francis Heerey.
6 Nationalist MHA for Denison, John Soundy, resigned to stand for the Hobart seat in the Legislative Council. A recount on 19 April 1946 resulted in the election of Robert Harvey.

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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