Members of the Tasmanian House of Assembly, 1934–1937
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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 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...

 and the 20 February 1937 election
Tasmanian state election, 1937
A general election for the House of Assembly was held in the Australian state of Tasmania on 20 February 1937.-Background:The incumbent Labor government was led by Albert Ogilvie...

. The 1934 election reduced the Nationalists from one of their biggest majorities ever into opposition, as Labor leader 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....

 became Premier of Tasmania. It was not until 1969 that the Nationalists' successors, the Liberals
Liberal Party of Australia
The Liberal Party of Australia is an Australian political party.Founded a year after the 1943 federal election to replace the United Australia Party, the centre-right Liberal Party typically competes with the centre-left Australian Labor Party for political office...

, would achieve another term of office.
Name Party Division Years in office
Sir Henry Baker  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...

 
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
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...

 
Independent Wilmot  1912–1931; 1934–1941
Edward Brooker  Labor Franklin 1934–1948
Donald K. Cameron
Donald Keith Cameron
Donald Keith Cameron was an Australian politician. He was born in Chudleigh, Tasmania, the son of Norman Cameron, another Tasmanian politician. In 1934 he was elected to the Tasmanian House of Assembly as a Nationalist member for Wilmot, holding his seat until his defeat in 1937. He died in 1967...

 
Nationalist Wilmot 1934–1937
Hon Neil Campbell  Nationalist Wilmot 1922–1955
Rev George Carruthers
George Carruthers (politician)
George Simpson Carruthers was an Australian politician. Born in Lancaster, England, he was elected to the Tasmanian House of Assembly in 1934 as an Independent member for Denison. He held the seat until 1937, when he was defeated. Carruthers died in 1949 at Hobart....

 
Independent 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...

 
1934–1937
Jack Chamberlain  Nationalist Darwin  1934–1951
Hon 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
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...

 
Denison 1919–1922; 1925–1931;
1934–1958
Charles Culley
Charles Culley
Charles Ernest Culley CMG was an Australian politician who was elected to the Tasmanian House of Assembly and the Australian House of Representatives....

 
Labor Denison 1922–1928; 1934–1948
Hon 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 Darwin 1931–1944
Hon Thomas Davies  Labor 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...

 
1929–1942
John Dwyer  Labor Franklin 1931–1962
Hon 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 1928–1945
Frank Edwards
Frank Edwards (Australian politician)
Frank Bathurst Edwards was an Australian politician. Born in Bathurst, he moved to Tasmania and was elected to the Tasmanian Legislative Council as the Independent member for Russell in 1921. He served until he was defeated in 1933; the following year he contested the Tasmanian House of Assembly...

 
Nationalist Darwin 1934–1940
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
Allen Hollingsworth  Nationalist Bass 1934–1941
Claude James  Nationalist Bass 1925–1937
Philip Kelly  Labor Darwin 1922–1946
Hon Sir 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
John McDonald
John Joseph McDonald
John Joseph McDonald was Australian Labor Party Member of the Tasmania House of Assembly for the electorate of Bass from 9 June 1934 until his resignation on 16 April 1945...

 
Labor Bass 1934–1945
Joseph McGrath
Joseph McGrath (Australian politician)
Joseph William McGrath was an Australian politician. He was born in Adelaide, South Australia. In 1934 he was elected to the Tasmanian House of Assembly as a Labor member for Darwin. He was re-elected in 1937 but died at Burnie before parliament resumed....

 
Labor Darwin 1934–1937
John Madden Labor Bass 1936–1956; 1957–1969
Francis Marriott  Nationalist Darwin 1922–1946
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
Hon 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
Hon 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
David O'Keefe
David O'Keefe (Australian politician)
David John O'Keefe was an Australian politician. Born in Longford, Tasmania, he was educated at state schools before becoming a farm worker and miner. He was involved in the labour movement as a journalist and an organiser of the Australian Workers' Union...

 
Labor Wilmot 1934–1943
Benjamin Pearsall
Benjamin Pearsall
Benjamin James Pearsall was an Australian politician. He was born in Clarence Plains. In 1928 he was elected to the Tasmanian House of Assembly as an Independent member for Franklin. He was defeated in 1931 but re-elected in 1934, being defeated for a second time in 1937...

 
Independent Franklin 1928–1931; 1934–1937
Victor Shaw Labor Bass 1925–1936
John Soundy  Nationalist Denison 1925–1946
Ernest Turner Nationalist Denison 1931–1937; 1941

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