1913 Tasmanian state election

State election in Australia April 2022 June 2020 1913 Tasmanian state election Tasmania parliamentary no 1912 Tasmanian state election 1912 1916 Tasmanian state election 1916 All 30 seats to the House of Assembly 23 January 1913 120px Albert Solomon 14 June 1912 Tasmanian Liberal League Bass 16 seats 16 seats 0 52.58% 1.90 122px John Earle 1906 Australian Labor Party (Tasmanian Branch) Franklin 14 seats 14 seats 0 46.00% 0.48 1913 Tasmanian state election.svg 350px Results of the election Premier Albert Solomon Tasmanian Liberal League Albert Solomon Tasmanian Liberal League The 1913 Tasmanian state election was held on Thursday, 23 January 1913 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. The 1913 election was called less than a year after the 1912 election. Following the 1912 election, the Liberal League held only a small majority in the House of Assembly, and Premier Albert Solomon was dependent on the support of Norman Cameron. In addition, Solomon was under threat from the same CLP unrest that had unseated his predecessor, Elliott Lewis. Labor sought to capitalise on Solomon's tenuous grasp on government, and moved a series of no-confidence motions against him, including a censure motion over the Mount Lyell disaster. In an attempt to secure his position, Solomon requested and received from the Governor of Tasmania an early dissolution of the House of Assembly, and an early election.Scott Bennett, Solomon, Albert Edgar (1876 - 1914), Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 12, Melbourne University Press, 1990, p. 11. The result was the same as had been in the outgoing House of Assembly, except that Cameron lost his seat to another Liberal. Solomon's advantage, however, was short-lived. The Liberals lost a seat in a by-election, and Joshua Whitsitt's behaviour was becoming erratic. Solomon lost a no-confidence motion in April 1914, and the Governor denied his request for another dissolution, calling upon John Earle to form a Labor government. Results Results of the 1913 Tasmanian state election (House of Assembly) File:1913 TAS House of Assembly.svg 105292 2035 -6.23 +0.02 Liberal 36157 -1.90 16 1 #f00011 Labor 31633 +0.48 14 Independents 977 +1.42 0 1 Popular vote #ddd 600px 410px Liberal #8CB4D2 52.58 Labor Australian Labor Party 46.00 Independents Independent 1.42 Seats #ddd 600px 410px Liberal #8CB4D2 53.33 Labor Australian Labor Party 46.67 Distribution of votes Primary vote by division Bass Darwin Denison Franklin Wilmot Labor Party 50.3% 51.1% 48.0% 43.8% 36.2% Commonwealth Liberal 49.7% 48.9% 52.0% 56.2% 55.8% Other – – – – 8.0% Distribution of seats auto Electorate Seats won Bass             Darwin             Denison             Franklin             Wilmot             5em   Labor   Liberal See also Members of the Tasmanian House of Assembly, 1913–1916 Candidates of the 1913 Tasmanian state election References External links Assembly Election Results, 1913June 2026 InternetArchiveBot , Parliament of Tasmania. Report on General Election, 1913, Tasmanian Electoral Commission, 8 July 1913. Category:Elections in Tasmania Category:1913 elections in Australia Category:1910s in Tasmania Category:January 1913 in Australia