Members of the Tasmanian House of Assembly, 1928–1931 explained

This is a list of members of the Tasmanian House of Assembly between the 30 May 1928 election and the 9 May 1931 election. The 1928 election failed to deliver a majority, and the Nationalists' John McPhee took over from Labor's Joseph Lyons as Premier of Tasmania. Lyons subsequently retired from state politics, obtaining election to the Federal seat of Wilmot and going on to become Prime Minister of Australia in 1931.

NamePartyDivisionYears in office
1928–1946
1912–1931; 1934–1941
Labor 1909–1931
Nationalist 1928–1931
Nationalist Wilmot 1922–1955
Labor 1919–1922; 1925–1931;
1934–1958
Labor Bass 1929–1942
Labor Denison 1928–1945
Nationalist Franklin 1897–1937
Nationalist Denison 1922–1925; 1928–1932
Labor Bass 1916–1929
Nationalist Darwin 1916–1934
Nationalist Bass 1925–1937
Labor Wilmot 1903–1910; 1922–1925;
1928–1934
Labor Darwin 1922–1946
Nationalist Wilmot 1909–1946
Labor Wilmot 1909–1929
Nationalist Darwin 1925–1934; 1941–1948
Nationalist Denison 1919–1934; 1941–1946
Nationalist Darwin 1922–1946
Labor/Independent Darwin 1928–1931
Nationalist Bass 1928–1946
Labor Franklin 1919–1939
Labor Wilmot 1928–1940
Independent Franklin 1928–1931; 1934–1937
Nationalist Franklin 1922–1931
Labor Bass 1925–1936
Labor Wilmot 1916–1919; 1922–1928;
1929–1931
Nationalist Denison 1925–1946
Nationalist Bass 1925–1931
Labor/Independent Franklin 1906–1917; 1919–1922;
1925–1934
Labor Denison 1906–1917; 1925–1931

Notes

Labor MHA for Wilmot, Joseph Lyons, resigned to contest the federal seat of Wilmot at the 1929 election. A recount on 27 September 1929 resulted in Labor candidate William Shoobridge being elected.

Labor MHA for Bass, Allan Guy, resigned to contest the federal seat of Bass. Due to the ballot papers from the previous election having been lost in a flood, some delays were encountered, but the Nationalists did not nominate a candidate, and Thomas Davies was declared elected on 5 October 1929.

Sources

. Colin Hughes. Graham, B. D.. Voting for the South Australian, Western Australian and Tasmanian Lower Houses, 1890-1964. 1976. Australian National University. Canberra. 0-7081-1334-6.