1916 Tasmanian state election: Difference between revisions

Tasmanian state election, 1916

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All 30 seats to the House of Assembly
First party Second party   Leader Walter Lee John Earle Party Commonwealth Liberal Labor Leader since September 1915 1906 Leader's seat Wilmot Franklin Last election 16 seats 14 seats Seats won 15 seats 14 seats Seat change 1 0 Percentage 48.23% 48.47% Swing 4.35 2.47
Premier before election John Earle Labor Resulting Premier Walter Lee Commonwealth Liberal

The Tasmanian state election, 1916 was held on Thursday, 23 March 1916 in the Australian state of Tasmania to elect 30 members of the Tasmanian House of Assembly. The election used the Hare-Clark proportional representation system^[1] — six members were elected from each of five electorates.

Although the Liberals had won the 1913 election, events since then had seen them lose government, and by 1916 the incumbent Premier of Tasmania was Labor's John Earle. Earle's government had been appointed on the expectation that he would quickly call for a dissolution of parliament, however he refused to do so, and successfully appealed to the Colonial Office. He remained Premier until the writ for the next election was issued.

The Liberal Party was headed by Walter Lee.

The Labor Party made no gains at the 1916 election, and with one seat in Darwin going to Joshua Whitsitt who ran as an independent, the Liberals had no clear majority, although Walter Lee became Premier as leader of the party with the most seats.

• Members of the Tasmanian House of Assembly, 1916–1919
• Candidates of the Tasmanian state election, 1916

• Assembly Election Results, 1916, Parliament of Tasmania.
• Report on General Election, 1916, Tasmanian Electoral Commission, September 1916.