1916 Tasmanian state election

State election in Australia April 2022 June 2020 1916 Tasmanian state election Tasmania parliamentary no 1913 Tasmanian state election 1913 1919 Tasmanian state election 1919 All 30 seats to the House of Assembly 25 March 1916 149px Walter Lee September 1915 Tasmanian Liberal League Wilmot 16 seats 15 seats 1 48.23% 4.35 122px John Earle 1906 Australian Labor Party (Tasmanian Branch) Franklin 14 seats 14 seats 0 48.47% 2.47 1916 Tasmanian state election.svg 350px Results of the election Premier Resulting Premier John Earle Australian Labor Party (Tasmanian Branch) Walter Lee Tasmanian Liberal League The 1916 Tasmanian state election was held on Saturday, 25 March 1916 in the Australian state of Tasmania to elect 30 members of the Tasmanian House of Assembly. The election used the Hare-Clark proportional representation systemHouse of Assembly Elections https://web.archive.org/web/20180709035743/http://www.parliament.tas.gov.au/tpl/Backg/HAElections.htm 9 July 2018 , Parliament of Tasmania. — six members were elected from each of five electorates. Although the Liberals had won the 1913 election, a subsequent by-election had seen both parties holding 15 seats in the House of Assembly and Solomon losing government to Labor's John Earle. Earle's government had been appointed on the expectation that Earle would quickly call for a dissolution of the House of Assembly, which he refused to do, and successfully appealed to the Colonial Office. At the election, Earle was the incumbent Premier of Tasmania and the Liberal Party was headed by Walter Lee. The Labor Party made no gains at the 1916 election. Joshua Whitsitt won as an independent. The Liberals had no clear majority, winning 15 seats. Lee became Premier, as leader of the party with the most seats. Results Results of the Tasmanian state election, 1916 (House of Assembly) File:1916 TAS House of Assembly.svg 107321 4470 +6.35 +2.79 Liberal 35939 -4.35 15 1 #f00011 Labor 36118 +2.47 14 1 Independents 2457 +1.88 1 Popular vote #ddd 600px 410px Labor Australian Labor Party 48.47 Liberal #8CB4D2 48.23 Independents Independent 3.30 Seats #ddd 600px 410px Liberal #8CB4D2 50.00 Labor Australian Labor Party 46.67 Independents Independent 3.33 Distribution of votes Primary vote by division Bass Darwin Denison Franklin Wilmot Labor Party 53.2% 50.7% 49.6% 48.2% 39.1% Commonwealth Liberal 45.3% 38.7% 50.4% 51.8% 54.7% Other 1.5% 10.6% – – 6.2% Distribution of seats auto Electorate Seats won Bass             Darwin             Denison             Franklin             Wilmot             5em   Labor   Liberal   Independent See also Members of the Tasmanian House of Assembly, 1916–1919 Candidates of the 1916 Tasmanian state election References External links Assembly Election Results, 1916June 2026 InternetArchiveBot , Parliament of Tasmania. Report on General Election, 1916, Tasmanian Electoral Commission, September 1916. Category:Elections in Tasmania Tasmania Category:1910s in Tasmania Category:March 1916 in Australia