1934 Tasmanian state election (original) (raw)

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1934 Tasmanian state election
← 1931 9 June 1934 1937 →
All 30 seats to the House of Assembly
First party Second party Leader Albert Ogilvie Walter Lee Party Labor Nationalist Leader since October 1929 15 March 1934 Leader's seat Franklin Wilmot Last election 10 seats 19 seats Seats won 14 seats 13 seats Seat change Increase4 Decrease6 Percentage 45.78% 46.72% Swing Increase10.85 Decrease9.68
Results of the election
Premier before election Walter Lee Nationalist Resulting Premier Albert Ogilvie Labor

The 1934 Tasmanian state election was held on 9 June 1934 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.

The Nationalist Party won 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 1934 election by former Premier Walter Lee. The Labor Party were led by Albert Ogilvie, who had managed to heal some of the rifts in the Labor Party that had contributed to their election loss in 1931.[2]

Labor regained much of their ground in the 1934 election, winning 14 seats compared to the Nationalists' 13 (although the Nationalists had received more votes), not enough to govern in a majority. Three seats were won by Independent candidates, and it was only through the support of one of these (George Carruthers, an ex-Labor man and proponent of the Douglasite Social Credit concept), that Labor was able to form government, with Ogilvie as Premier.[2]

Labor began an uninterrupted 35 year rule over Tasmania until 1969, which marks the longest stretch of continuous Labor rule in any state or territory in its history.
Party Votes % +/– Seats +/–
Nationalist 54,549 46.72 -9.68 13 Decrease 6
Labor 53,454 45.78 +10.85 14 Increase 4
Independents 8,764 7.51 -1.17 3 Increase 2
Total 116,767 100.00 – 30 –
Valid votes 116,767 96.78
Invalid/blank votes 3,885 3.22 -0.25
Total votes 120,652 100.00 –
Registered voters/turnout 127,681 94.49 -0.52
Popular vote
Nationalist 46.72%
Labor 45.78%
Independents 7.51%
Seats
Labor 46.67%
Nationalist 43.33%
Independents 10.00%

Distribution of votes

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Primary vote by division

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| | Bass | Darwin | Denison | Franklin | Wilmot | | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------ | ------- | -------- | ------ | ----- | | Labor Party | 50.8% | 40.8% | 48.7% | 51.9% | 35.8% | | Nationalist | 49.2% | 52.8% | 37.8% | 37.8% | 57.0% | | Other | – | 6.3% | 13.5% | 10.3% | 7.3% |

Distribution of seats

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  1. ^ House of Assembly Elections, Parliament of Tasmania.
  2. ^ a b Michael Roe, Ogilvie, Albert George (1890 - 1939), Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 11, Melbourne University Press, 1988, pp 68-70.