9 June 1934 1937 → 10 seats 19 seats 45.78% 46.72% Start date June 9, 1934 | October 1929 15 March 1934 14 seats 13 seats 10.85 9.68 | |
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Winner Albert Ogilvie | ||
A general election for the House of Assembly was held in the Australian state of Tasmania on 9 June 1934.
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Background
The Nationalist Party managed a huge victory in the 1931 election, but Premier of Tasmania John McPhee had resigned due to health problems, and the Nationalists were led into the 1934 election by former Premier Sir Walter Lee. The Labor Party were led by Albert Ogilvie, who had managed to heal some of the rifts in the Labor Party that had contributed to their election loss in 1931.
Aftermath
Labor regained much of their ground in the 1934 election, winning 14 seats compared to the Nationalists' 13 (although the Nationalists had received more votes), not enough to govern in a majority. Three seats were won by independent candidates, and it was only through the support of one of these (George Carruthers in Denison, an ex-Labor man and proponent of the Douglasite Social Credit concept), that Labor was able to form government, with Albert Ogilvie as Premier.