Members of the Tasmanian House of Assembly, 1922–1925

This is a list of members of the Tasmanian House of Assembly between the 10 June 1922 election and the 3 June 1925 election. The fledgling Country Party got five members elected, including two former Nationalists, but by the end of the term the party had all but merged into the Nationalist Party. A new Liberal Party emerged before the 1925 election, counting the support of three MHAs.

Name Party Division Years in office
George Becker Labor Bass 1912–1931; 1934–1941
James Belton Labor Darwin 1909–1931
Albert Bendall Country/Nationalist Wilmot 1922–1925
Ernest Blyth Country/Nationalist Wilmot 1913–1925
Neil Campbell Nationalist Wilmot 1922–1955
John Cleary Labor Denison 1916–1928
Charles Culley Labor Denison 1922–1928; 1934–1948
John Evans Nationalist Franklin 1897–1937
Richard Franks Country Darwin 1922–1925
Charles Grant Nationalist Denison 1922–1925; 1928–1932
Allan Guy Labor Bass 1916–1929
John Hayes[3] Nationalist Bass 1913–1923
Alexander Hean Nationalist Franklin 1903–1913; 1916–1925
Edward Hobbs Country/Liberal Darwin 1916–1934
James Hurst Labor Darwin 1910–1912; 1919–1926
Jens Jensen Ind. Labor Bass 1903–1910; 1922–1925;
1928–1934
Philip Kelly[2] Labor Darwin 1922–1946
Walter Lee Nationalist/Liberal Wilmot 1909–1946
Joseph Lyons Labor Wilmot 1909–1929
John McPhee Nationalist Denison 1919–1934; 1941–1946
Frank Marriott Nationalist Darwin 1922–1946
Alexander Marshall Nationalist Bass 1914–1925
Peter Murdoch Nationalist/Independent Franklin 1922–1928
James Newton Nationalist/Liberal Bass 1917–1928
James Ogden[2] Labor Darwin 1906–1922
Albert Ogilvie Labor Franklin 1919–1939
Michael O'Keefe Labor Wilmot 1912–1926
Leslie Payne[4] Nationalist Denison 1924–1925
William Pearce[1] Labor Franklin 1922
John Piggott Country/Independent Franklin 1922–1931
William Sheridan Labor Denison 1909–1913; 1914–1928
George Shields[3] Nationalist Bass 1923–1925
William Shoobridge[1] Labor Franklin 1916–1919; 1922–1928;
1929–1931
Robert Snowden[4] Nationalist Denison 1919–1924

Notes

1 Labor MHA for Franklin, William Pearce, died 16 days into his term on 26 June 1922. A recount on 11 July 1922 elected Labor candidate William Shoobridge.
2 Labor MHA for Darwin, James Ogden, resigned to contest a seat on the Australian Senate on 1 November 1922. A recount on 14 November 1922 elected Labor candidate Philip Kelly.
3 Nationalist MHA for Bass, John Hayes, was appointed by joint sitting to the Australian Senate, and hence resigned. A recount on 24 September 1923 elected Nationalist candidate George Shields.
4 Nationalist MHA for Denison, Robert Snowden resigned on 1 July 1924. A recount on 23 July 1924 elected Nationalist candidate Leslie Payne, the son of long-standing former member Herbert Payne.

Sources

  • Hughes, Colin A.; Graham, B. D. (1976). Voting for the South Australian, Western Australian and Tasmanian Lower Houses, 1890-1964. Canberra: Australian National University. ISBN 0-7081-1334-6.
  • Parliament of Tasmania (2006). The Parliament of Tasmania from 1856