30 April 1912 1913 → 18 seats 12 seats 54.48% 45.54% Start date April 30, 1912 | 14 June 1912 1906 16 seats 14 seats 3.87 6.58 | |
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Winner Elliott Lewis | ||
A general election for the House of Assembly was held in the Australian state of Tasmania on 30 April 1912 (a Tuesday, as the convention of holding elections on a Saturday did not become common until the 1920s).
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Background
Tasmania's incumbent Premier was Sir Elliott Lewis, who had won a seat in Denison as an Anti-Socialist in the 1909 election. Urged by his predecessor, John Earle, to organise against the Labour Party, Sir Elliott supported the formation of the Tasmanian Liberal League (not directly related to the modern Liberal Party of Australia which was founded in 1944). The Liberal Party would later regroup to contest the 1919 election as the Nationalist Party.
Aftermath
The Liberal Party won the election, with a two-seat majority after Labour gained two seats. Despite leading the Liberals to victory, Elliott Lewis was criticised internally within the party, and resigned the leadership to Albert Solomon on 14 June the same year.