| Election Name: | 1919 Tasmanian state election |
| Country: | Tasmania |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1916 Tasmanian state election |
| Previous Year: | 1916 |
| Next Election: | 1922 Tasmanian state election |
| Next Year: | 1922 |
| Seats For Election: | All 30 seats to the House of Assembly |
| Election Date: | 31 May 1919 |
| Leader1: | Walter Lee |
| Leader Since1: | September 1915 |
| Party1: | Nationalist Party (Australia) |
| Leaders Seat1: | Wilmot |
| Last Election1: | 15 seats |
| Seats1: | 16 seats |
| Seat Change1: | 1 |
| Percentage1: | 55.20% |
| Swing1: | 6.97 |
| Leader2: | Joseph Lyons |
| Leader Since2: | November 1916 |
| Party2: | Australian Labor Party (Tasmanian Branch) |
| Leaders Seat2: | Wilmot |
| Last Election2: | 14 seats |
| Seats2: | 13 seats |
| Seat Change2: | 1 |
| Percentage2: | 41.44% |
| Swing2: | 7.03 |
| Map Size: | 350px |
| Premier | |
| Before Election: | Walter Lee |
| Before Party: | Nationalist Party (Australia) |
| After Election: | Walter Lee |
| After Party: | Nationalist Party (Australia) |
The 1919 Tasmanian state election was held on 31 May 1919 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.
By the 1919 election, the Liberal Party had regrouped and been renamed as the Nationalist Party. The Premier of Tasmania, Walter Lee, had led the party for a relatively untroubled three years, despite the Liberals' one-seat majority over Labor and the uncertainty of World War I.[2]
The Labor Party in Tasmania went into the 1919 election led by Joseph Lyons. Lee led the Nationalist Party to victory, with a 14% margin over Labor, although they only won 16 of the 30 seats in the House of Assembly. Independent Joshua Whitsitt retained his seat.
See main article: Results of the Tasmanian state election, 1919.
| Bass | Darwin | Denison | Franklin | Wilmot | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 37.9% | 47.5% | 44.3% | 44.9% | 30.2% | ||
| 62.1% | 37.2% | 55.7% | 52.0% | 69.8% | ||
| Other | – | 15.3% | – | 3.2% | – |
| Electorate | Seats won | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bass | width=20 | width=20 | width=20 | width=20 | width=20 | width=20 | ||||||
| Darwin | ||||||||||||
| Denison | ||||||||||||
| Franklin | ||||||||||||
| width=20 | Labor | |
| Nationalist | ||
| Independent |