31 May 1919 1922 → 15 seats 14 seats 55.20% 41.44% Start date May 31, 1919 | September 1915 November 1916 16 seats 13 seats 6.97 7.03 | |
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Winner Walter Lee | ||
A general election for the House of Assembly was held in the Australian state of Tasmania on 31 May 1919.
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Background
By the time of the 1919 election, the Liberal Party had regrouped and been renamed as the Nationalist Party. The Premier of Tasmania, Walter Lee, had led the party for a relatively untroubled three years, despite the Liberals' one-seat majority over Labor and the uncertainty of World War I.
The leader of the Labor Party in Tasmania going into the 1919 election was Joseph Lyons.
Aftermath
Lee led the Nationalist Party to victory, with a 14% margin over Labor, although they only won 16 of the 30 seats in the House of Assembly. Independent Joshua Whitsitt retained his seat in the Division of Darwin.
References
Tasmanian state election, 1919 Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA