This is a list of members of the Tasmanian House of Assembly

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 25 March 1916 election

Tasmanian state election, 1916

A general election for the House of Assembly was held in the Australian state of Tasmania on 23 March 1916 .-Background:...

 and the 31 May 1919 election

Tasmanian state election, 1919

A general election for the House of Assembly was held in the Australian state of Tasmania on 31 May 1919.-Background:By the time of the 1919 election, the Liberal Party had regrouped and been renamed as the Nationalist Party...

. At the 1916 election, no party won a majority, and the Liberals' 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...

 became Premier of Tasmania. During the term, the Liberal Party converted into the new Nationalist Party

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...

, 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 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
Ernest Blyth	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...	Wilmot	1913–1925
Frederick Burbury	Nationalist	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...	1916–1919
William Burgess	Nationalist	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...	1881–1891; 1916–1917
John Cleary	Labor	Denison	1916–1928
William Connell	Nationalist	Wilmot	1919
Arthur Cotton	Nationalist	Franklin	1913–1916; 1917–1919
David Dicker	Labor	Franklin	1909–1922
John Earle John Earle (Australian politician) John Earle was an Australian politician and the first Labor Premier of Tasmania.- Early life :Born into a farming family of Cornish descent in Bridgewater, Tasmania, Earle left home at 17 to work as a blacksmith's apprentice in a Hobart foundry...	Labor/Nationalist	Franklin	1906–1917
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
George Foster George Foster (Australian politician) George Matthew Foster was an Australian politician. Born in Adelaide, South Australia, he was educated in Tasmania, where he became a motor mechanic. After serving in the military 1914-1916, he was secretary of the Hobart Returned Services League, and was the Nationalist member for Bass in the...	Nationalist	Denison	1917–1919
William Fullerton William Fullerton (politician) William James Fullerton was an Australian politician. He was a lawyer before entering politics. In 1913 Fullerton was elected to the Tasmanian House of Assembly as a Liberal member for Denison, holding his seat until his retirement in 1919. Fullerton died in England....	Nationalist	Denison	1913–1919
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
John Hayes John Hayes (Australian politician) John Blyth Hayes was Premier of Tasmania from 12 August 1922 to 14 August 1923. Hayes was also the President of the Australian Senate from 1 July 1938 to 30 June 1941.Hayes was born in Bridgewater, and died in Launceston....	Nationalist	Bass	1913–1923
Herbert Hays Herbert Hays Herbert Hays was an Australian politician. Born at Forth, Tasmania, he was educated at state schools before becoming a farmer. In 1911, he was elected to the Tasmanian House of Assembly as a member for Wilmot, serving as an Honorary Minister 1916-1922...	Nationalist	Wilmot	1911–1922
Alexander Hean	Nationalist	Franklin	1903–1913; 1916–1925
Edward Hobbs	Nationalist	Darwin	1916–1934
Charles Hoggins	Nationalist	Denison	1898–1900; 1900–1903; 1917–1919
Charles Howroyd Charles Howroyd Charles Richard Howroyd was an Australian politician. Born in Yorkshire, England, where he was educated, he migrated to Australia in 1887, becoming an agent and stockbroker. A founding member of the Australian Labor Party, he was elected to the Tasmanian House of Assembly in 1906 for North...	Labor/Nationalist	Bass	1906–1917
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
Elliott Lewis Elliott Lewis Sir Neil Elliott Lewis, KCMG , Australian politician, was Premier of Tasmania on three occasions. He was also a member of the first Australian federal ministry, led by Edmund Barton....	Nationalist	Denison	1886–1903; 1909–1922
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
Alexander Marshall Alexander Marshall (Australian politician) Alexander Tasman Marshall was an Australian politician. He was born in Launceston. In 1914 he was elected to the Tasmanian House of Assembly as a Liberal member for Bass. He became a Nationalist in 1917 and was Chair of Committees from 1922. Marshall was defeated in 1925. He died in Launceston in...	Nationalist	Bass	1914–1925
Edward Mulcahy	Nationalist	Wilmot	1891–1903; 1910–1919
James Newton	Nationalist	Bass	1917–1928
James Ogden James Ogden James Ernest Ogden was an Australian politician who was elected to the Tasmanian House of Assembly and the Australian Senate....	Labor	Darwin	1906–1922
Michael O'Keefe	Labor	Wilmot	1912–1926
Herbert Payne Herbert Payne Herbert James Mockford Payne was an Australian politician. Born in Hobart, Tasmania, he was educated at state schools before becoming an investor and grazier. In 1903, he was elected to the Tasmanian House of Assembly for Burnie, transferring to Darwin in 1909. He was Treasurer, Minister for...	Nationalist	Darwin	1903–1920
Percy Pollard	Nationalist	Darwin	1917–1919; 1920–1922
Robert Sadler	Nationalist	Bass	1900–1912; 1913–1922
William Sheridan William Sheridan (politician) William Sheridan was an Australian politician. He was born in Galway, Ireland. Having moved to Tasmania, he was elected to the Tasmanian House of Assembly in 1909 as a Labor member for Denison. He was defeated in 1913 but returned in a recount following the death of John Davies in 1914...	Labor	Denison	1909–1913; 1914–1928
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	Franklin	1916–1919; 1922–1928; 1929–1931
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	Darwin	1906–1917; 1919–1922; 1925–1934
Joshua Whitsitt Joshua Whitsitt Joshua Thomas Hoskins Whitsitt was an Australian politician. Born in Ireland, where he was educated, he migrated to Tasmania as a youth, becoming a bank officer and farmer at Cooee. In 1909 he was elected to the Tasmanian House of Assembly as one of the members for Darwin, representing the...	Independent	Darwin	1909–1922
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