1925 Tasmanian state election

1925 Tasmanian state election

3 June 1925
All 30 seats to the House of Assembly
First party Second party Third party   Leader Joseph Lyons Edward Hobbs Walter Lee Party Labor Nationalist Liberal (Lee) Leader since November 1916 October 1924 October 1923 Leader's seat Wilmot Darwin Wilmot Last election 12 seats 12 seats 0 seats Seats won 16 seats 7 seats 4 seats Seat change 4 5 4 Percentage 48.47% 29.02% 10.34% Swing 11.73 11.93 10.34
Results of the election
Premier before election Joseph Lyons Labor Elected Premier Joseph Lyons Labor

The 1925 Tasmanian state election was held on Wednesday, 3 June 1925 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 — six members were elected from each of five electorates.

The ambiguous result of the 1922 election saw the formation of a coalition government of the Nationalist and Country parties, with John Hayes as Premier of Tasmania. Hayes and his ministry lasted only until August 1923. Tasmania had borrowed heavily during World War I, and was in a poor financial state. Calls for Hayes to resign began in mid-1923, and he did so after a meeting of dissident MHAs undermined his support. James Newton was elected Nationalist leader, but failed to achieve the required support. Walter Lee was voted leader, and became the next Premier in October 1923; and Hayes was appointed to the Australian Senate.

Lee's ministry lasted only 10 weeks and in October 1923, a small group of Nationalists revolted against Lee, and pledged support for Joseph Lyons and the opposition Labor Party. Lyons was sworn in as Premier, and was the incumbent Premier at the 1925 election. Labor won the 1925 election in a landslide – Lyons' economic improvements and diplomacy with the Nationalists made him a popular Premier.

Results

See also: Results of the Tasmanian state election, 1925

Party		Votes	%	+/–	Seats	+/–
	Labor	36,631	48.47	11.73	16	4
	Nationalist	21,932	29.02	11.93	7	5
	Liberal (Lee)	7,815	10.34	New	4	New
	Independents	6,585	8.71	1.70	3	2
	Independent Labor	2,604	3.45	2.14	0
Total		75,567	100.00	–	30	–
Valid votes		75,567	97.78
Invalid/blank votes		1,714	2.22	0.41
Total votes		77,281	100.00	–
Registered voters/turnout		114,901	67.26	4.16

Popular vote Labor   48.47% Nationalist   29.02% Liberal   10.34% Independents   12.16%

Seats Labor   53.33% Nationalist   23.33% Liberal   13.33% Independents   10.00%

Distribution of votes

Primary vote by division

	Bass	Darwin	Denison	Franklin	Wilmot
Labor Party	44.0%	51.5%	49.4%	50.9%	46.1%
Nationalist	15.2%	35.6%	40.1%	25.6%	26.7%
Liberal (Lee)	29.0%	13.0%	–	–	10.6%
Other	11.8%	–	10.5%	23.5%	16.6%

Distribution of seats

Electorate	Seats won
Bass
Darwin
Denison
Franklin
Wilmot

	Labor
	Nationalist
	Liberal (Lee)
	Independent

See also

• Members of the Tasmanian House of Assembly, 1925–1928
• Candidates of the 1925 Tasmanian state election

External links

• Assembly Election Results, 1925, Parliament of Tasmania.
• Report on General Election, 1925, Tasmanian Electoral Commission, 8 December 1925.