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
between the 9 June 1934 election
and the 20 February 1937 election
. The 1934 election reduced the Nationalists from one of their biggest majorities ever into opposition, as Labor leader Albert Ogilvie
became Premier of Tasmania. It was not until 1969 that the Nationalists' successors, the Liberals
, would achieve another term of office.
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 |
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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 |
Sources
- Parliament of Tasmania (2006). The Parliament of Tasmania from 1856