Members of the Tasmanian House of Assembly, 1928–1931

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.

Name Party Division Years in office
Henry Baker Nationalist Franklin 1928–1946
George Becker Labor Bass 1912–1931; 1934–1941
James Belton Labor Darwin 1909–1931
Percy Best Nationalist Wilmot 1928–1931
Neil Campbell Nationalist Wilmot 1922–1955
Robert Cosgrove Labor Denison 1919–1922; 1925–1931;
1934–1958
Thomas Davies[2] Labor Bass 1929–1942
Edmund Dwyer-Gray Labor Denison 1928–1945
John Evans Nationalist Franklin 1897–1937
Charles Grant Nationalist Denison 1922–1925; 1928–1932
Allan Guy[2] Labor Bass 1916–1929
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
Joseph Lyons[1] Labor Wilmot 1909–1929
Henry McFie Nationalist Darwin 1925–1934; 1941–1948
John McPhee Nationalist Denison 1919–1934; 1941–1946
Frank Marriott Nationalist Darwin 1922–1946
Fergus Medwin Labor/Independent Darwin 1928–1931
John Ockerby Nationalist Bass 1928–1946
Albert Ogilvie Labor Franklin 1919–1939
Eric Ogilvie Labor Wilmot 1928–1940
Benjamin Pearsall Independent Franklin 1928–1931; 1934–1937
John Piggott Nationalist Franklin 1922–1931
Victor Shaw Labor Bass 1925–1936
William Shoobridge[1] Labor Wilmot 1916–1919; 1922–1928;
1929–1931
John Soundy Nationalist Denison 1925–1946
Henry Thomson Nationalist Bass 1925–1931
Benjamin Watkins Labor/Independent Franklin 1906–1917; 1919–1922;
1925–1934
Walter Woods Labor Denison 1906–1917; 1925–1931

Notes

1 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.
2 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

  • 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