Members of the Tasmanian House of Assembly, 1931–1934

This is a list of members of the Tasmanian House of Assembly between the 9 May 1931 election and the 9 June 1934 election. The 1931 election produced a landslide victory for the Nationalists, in what turned out to be the non-Labor parties' last term in office until 1969.

Name Party Division Years in office
Llewellyn Atkinson Nationalist Wilmot 1931–1934
Henry Baker Nationalist Franklin 1928–1946
Howard Barber[2] Nationalist Bass 1931–1933
Alfred Burbury Nationalist Wilmot 1931–1934
Thomas Butler Nationalist Darwin 1931–1934
Neil Campbell Nationalist Wilmot 1922–1955
Thomas d'Alton Labor Darwin 1931–1944
Thomas Davies Labor Bass 1929–1942
John James Dwyer Labor Franklin 1931–1962
Edmund Dwyer-Gray Labor Denison 1928–1945
John Evans Nationalist Franklin 1897–1937
Charles Grant[1] Nationalist Denison 1922–1925; 1928–1932
Edward Hobbs Nationalist Darwin 1916–1934
Claude James Nationalist Bass 1925–1937
Jens Jensen Labor Wilmot 1903–1910; 1922–1925;
1928–1934
Philip Kelly Labor Darwin 1922–1946
Walter Lee Nationalist Wilmot 1909–1946
Arndell Lewis[1] Nationalist Denison 1932–1934; 1937–1941
Henry McFie Nationalist Darwin 1925–1934; 1941–1948
John McPhee Nationalist Denison 1919–1934; 1941–1946
Gerald Mahoney Labor Denison 1931–1934
Frank Marriott Nationalist Darwin 1922–1946
Robert Murphy Nationalist Bass 1931–1934
John Ockerby Nationalist Bass 1928–1946
Albert Ogilvie Labor Franklin 1919–1939
Eric Ogilvie Labor Wilmot 1928–1940
Dr Herbert Postle[2] Nationalist Bass 1933–1934
Alfred Seabrook Nationalist Franklin 1931–1934
Victor Shaw Labor Bass 1925–1936
John Soundy Nationalist Denison 1925–1946
Ernest Turner Nationalist Denison 1931–1937; 1941
Benjamin Watkins Independent Franklin 1906–1917; 1919–1922;
1925–1934

Notes

1 Nationalist MHA for Denison, Charles Grant, was elected to the Australian Senate at a joint sitting of Parliament on 2 March 1932. A recount on 14 March 1932 resulted in Nationalist candidate Arndell Lewis being elected.
2 Nationalist MHA for Bass, Howard Barber, resigned on 26 May 1933. A recount on 6 June 1933 resulted in Nationalist candidate Dr Herbert Postle being elected—the first member of a Tasmanian parliament to hold a doctorate (Doctor of Laws from the University of Melbourne).

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