Election Name: | 1916 Tasmanian state election |
Country: | Tasmania |
Type: | parliamentary |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 1913 Tasmanian state election |
Previous Year: | 1913 |
Next Election: | 1919 Tasmanian state election |
Next Year: | 1919 |
Seats For Election: | All 30 seats to the House of Assembly |
Election Date: | 25 March 1916 |
Leader1: | Walter Lee |
Leader Since1: | September 1915 |
Party1: | Tasmanian Liberal League |
Leaders Seat1: | Wilmot |
Last Election1: | 16 seats |
Seats1: | 15 seats |
Seat Change1: | 1 |
Percentage1: | 48.23% |
Swing1: | 4.35 |
Leader2: | John Earle |
Leader Since2: | 1906 |
Party2: | Australian Labor Party (Tasmanian Branch) |
Leaders Seat2: | Franklin |
Last Election2: | 14 seats |
Seats2: | 14 seats |
Seat Change2: | 0 |
Percentage2: | 48.47% |
Swing2: | 2.47 |
Map Size: | 350px |
Premier | |
Posttitle: | Resulting Premier |
Before Election: | John Earle |
Before Party: | Australian Labor Party (Tasmanian Branch) |
After Election: | Walter Lee |
After Party: | Tasmanian Liberal League |
The 1916 Tasmanian state election was held on Saturday, 25 March 1916 in the Australian state of Tasmania to elect 30 members of the Tasmanian House of Assembly. The election used the Hare-Clark proportional representation system[1] — six members were elected from each of five electorates.
Although the Liberals had won the 1913 election, a subsequent by-election had seen both parties holding 15 seats in the House of Assembly and Solomon losing government to Labor's John Earle. Earle's government had been appointed on the expectation that Earle would quickly call for a dissolution of the House of Assembly, which he refused to do, and successfully appealed to the Colonial Office.
At the election, Earle was the incumbent Premier of Tasmania and the Liberal Party was headed by Walter Lee. The Labor Party made no gains at the 1916 election. Joshua Whitsitt won as an Independent. The Liberals had no clear majority, winning 15 seats. Lee became Premier, as leader of the party with the most seats.
See also: Results of the Tasmanian state election, 1916 (House of Assembly).
Bass | Darwin | Denison | Franklin | Wilmot | ||
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53.2% | 50.7% | 49.6% | 48.2% | 39.1% | ||
45.3% | 38.7% | 50.4% | 51.8% | 54.7% | ||
Other | 1.5% | 10.6% | – | – | 6.2% |
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Liberal | ||
Independent |