Members of the Tasmanian House of Assembly, 1919–1922
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This is a list of members of the Tasmanian House of Assembly
between the 31 May 1919 election
and the 10 June 1922 election
. Nationalist MHA Walter Lee
was the Premier of Tasmania throughout the term. In 1922, shortly before the election, a new Country Party emerged with several sitting Nationalist MPs joining it.
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 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...
and the 10 June 1922 election
Tasmanian state election, 1922
A general election for the House of Assembly was held in the Australian state of Tasmania on 10 June 1922.-Background:The incumbent Premier of Tasmania at the time of the 1922 election was Walter Lee of the Nationalist Party. Before the election, a new party had emerged, the Country Party, a...
. Nationalist MHA 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...
was the Premier of Tasmania throughout the term. In 1922, shortly before the election, a new Country Party emerged with several sitting Nationalist MPs joining it.
| 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... /Country National Party of Australia The National Party of Australia is an Australian political party.Traditionally representing graziers, farmers and rural voters generally, it began as the The Country Party, but adopted the name The National Country Party in 1975, changed to The National Party of Australia in 1982. The party is... |
Wilmot | 1913–1925 |
| John Cleary | 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... |
1916–1928 |
| 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 | 1919–1922; 1925–1931; 1934–1958 |
| David Dicker | Labor/Independent | 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... |
1909–1922 |
| William Dixon William Dixon (politician) William Henry Dixon was an Australian politician. He was born in Ouse, Tasmania. In 1919 he was elected to the Tasmanian House of Assembly as a Nationalist member for Franklin, joining the Country Party when it was formed in 1920. He was defeated in 1922. Dixon died in Sydney in 1935.... |
Nationalist/Country | Franklin | 1919–1922 |
| 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 |
| 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/Country | Darwin | 1916–1934 |
| James Hurst James Hurst (Australian politician) James Abraham Hurst was an Australian politician. He was born in Zeehan, Tasmania. In 1910 he was elected to the Tasmanian House of Assembly as a Labor member for Darwin. He was defeated in 1912 but returned to the House in 1919, serving until his resignation in 1926. Hurst died in 1964 at... |
Labor | Darwin | 1910–1912; 1919–1926 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| George Pullen George Pullen George Gerald Pullen was an Australian politician. He was born in Sassafras, Tasmania. In 1912 he was elected to the Tasmanian House of Assembly as a Liberal member for Darwin. He was defeated in 1916 but re-elected as a Nationalist in 1919, this time representing Wilmot. He served until his... |
Nationalist | Wilmot | 1912–1916; 1919–1922 |
| 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 |
| Robert Snowden | Nationalist | Denison | 1919–1924 |
| 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 | Franklin | 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/Country | Darwin | 1909–1922 |
Sources
- Parliament of Tasmania (2006). The Parliament of Tasmania from 1856