Members of the Tasmanian House of Assembly, 1931–1934

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 9 May 1931 election

Tasmanian state election, 1931

A general election for the House of Assembly was held in the Australian state of Tasmania on 9 May 1931.-Background:The Nationalist Party had defeated Labor by one seat at the 1928 election, and John McPhee had been Premier of Tasmania since then...

and the 9 June 1934 election

Tasmanian state election, 1934

A general election for the House of Assembly was held in the Australian state of Tasmania on 9 June 1934.-Background:The Nationalist Party managed a huge victory in the 1931 election, but Premier of Tasmania John McPhee had resigned due to health problems, and the Nationalists were led into the...

. The 1931 election produced a landslide victory for the Nationalists, in what turned out to be the non-Labor parties' last term in office until 1969.

Name	Party	Division	Years in office
Llewellyn Atkinson	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	1931–1934
Henry Baker	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...	1928–1946
Howard Barber	Nationalist	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...	1931–1933
Alfred Burbury	Nationalist	Wilmot	1931–1934
Thomas Butler	Nationalist	Darwin	1931–1934
Neil Campbell	Nationalist	Wilmot	1922–1955
Thomas d'Alton Thomas d'Alton Thomas George De Largie d'Alton was an Australian politician. He was born in Warracknabeal in Victoria. In 1931 d'Alton was elected to the Tasmanian House of Assembly as a Labor member for Darwin; he was a minister from 1934 to 1943 and resigned from the House in 1944. In 1946 he was the subject...	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...	Darwin	1931–1944
Thomas Davies	Labor	Bass	1929–1942
John James Dwyer John James Dwyer John James Dwyer VC was an Australian recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces...	Labor	Franklin	1931–1962
Edmund Dwyer-Gray Edmund Dwyer-Gray Sir Edmund John Chisholm Dwyer-Gray was an Irish-Australian politician, who was the 29th Premier of Tasmania from 11 June to 18 December 1939.-Early life:...	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...	1928–1945
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
Charles Grant	Nationalist	Denison	1922–1925; 1928–1932
Edward Hobbs	Nationalist	Darwin	1916–1934
Claude James	Nationalist	Bass	1925–1937
Jens Jensen Jens Jensen Jens August Jensen was an Australian politician and Minister for the Navy.Jensen was born in Ballarat, Victoria and educated at Ballarat, leaving school at 11. He became a rabbit-hawker and miner at Beaconsfield, Tasmania. In July 1885 he married Elizabeth Frances Broadhurst; she died in 1894...	Labor	Wilmot	1903–1910; 1922–1925; 1928–1934
Philip Kelly	Labor	Darwin	1922–1946
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
Arndell Lewis	Nationalist	Denison	1932–1934; 1937–1941
Henry McFie Henry McFie Henry Hector McFie OBE was an Australian politician. Born in Hobart, Tasmania, he was originally a member of the Australian Labor Party but joined the Nationalist Party after the 1916 split over conscription. He was elected to the Tasmanian House of Assembly in 1925 as a Nationalist member for...	Nationalist	Darwin	1925–1934; 1941–1948
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
Gerald Mahoney Gerald Mahoney Gerald William Mahoney was an Australian politician. Born in Tasmania, he was educated in that state at Latrobe, becoming a painter and an official of the Painters' Union. In 1931 he was elected to the Tasmanian House of Assembly as a Labor member for Denison...	Labor	Denison	1931–1934
Francis Marriott	Nationalist	Darwin	1922–1946
Robert Murphy	Nationalist	Bass	1931–1934
John Ockerby John Ockerby John Featherstone Ockerby was an Australian politician. He was born in Dewsbury in Yorkshire. He was Mayor of Launceston in Tasmania in 1925 and 1939. In 1928 he was elected to the Tasmanian House of Assembly as a Nationalist member for Bass, serving until his defeat in 1946. Ockerby died in...	Nationalist	Bass	1928–1946
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
Eric Ogilvie Eric Ogilvie Eric James Ogilvie was an Australian politician. He was born in Hobart. In 1928 he was elected to the Tasmanian House of Assembly as a Labor member for Wilmot. He served until his resignation in 1940. Ogilvie died in Hobart in 1962....	Labor	Wilmot	1928–1940
Dr Herbert Postle Herbert Postle Herbert Thomas Postle was an Australian politician. Born in Melbourne, he received a Bachelor of Law in 1913, a Bachelor of Arts in 1915, a Master of Law and a Master of Arts in 1917, a Diploma of Education in 1919 and a Doctorate of Law in 1920 from Melbourne University...	Nationalist	Bass	1933–1934
Alfred Seabrook Alfred Seabrook Alfred Charles Seabrook was an Australian politician. Born in Hobart, he was educated in Ireland, after which he became a builder and contractor...	Nationalist	Franklin	1931–1934
Victor Shaw	Labor	Bass	1925–1936
John Soundy	Nationalist	Denison	1925–1946
Ernest Turner	Nationalist	Denison	1931–1937; 1941
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...	Independent	Franklin	1906–1917; 1919–1922; 1925–1934

Sources

Parliament of Tasmania (2006). The Parliament of Tasmania from 1856

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