Tasmanian state election, 1922

10 June 1922

All 30 seats to the House of Assembly

	First party	Second party	Third party

Leader	Walter Lee	Joseph Lyons	Ernest Blyth
Party	Nationalist	Labor	Australian Country Party (1920)
Leader since	September 1915	November 1916	1922
Leader's seat	Wilmot	Wilmot	Wilmot
Last election	16 seats	13 seats	0 seats
Seats won	12 seats	12 seats	5 seats
Seat change	4	1	5
Percentage	40.96%	36.74%	13.98%
Swing	14.25	4.70	13.98

Premier before election

Walter Lee
Nationalist

Resulting Premier

Walter Lee
Nationalist

A general election for the House of Assembly was held in the Australian state of Tasmania on 10 June 1922.

Background

The incumbent Premier of Tasmania at the time of the 1922 election was Walter Lee of the Nationalist Party. Before the election, a new party had emerged, the Country Party, a conservative party aiming to represent farmers and rural interests, led by Ernest Blyth. The Labor Party was led by Joseph Lyons.

Results

Tasmanian state election, 10 June 1922 House of Assembly << 1919 — 1925 >>
Enrolled voters		110,549
Votes cast		69,752		Turnout	63.10%	–2.98%
Informal votes		1,834		Informal	2.63%	-1.33%
Summary of votes by party
Party		Primary votes	%	Swing	Seats	Change
	Nationalist	27,816	40.96%	–14.25%	12	– 4
	Labor	24,956	36.74%	–4.70%	12	– 1
	Country	9,498	13.98%	+13.98%	5	+ 5
	Independent Labor	889	1.31%	+1.31%	0	± 0
	Independent	4,759	7.01%	+3.65%	1	± 0
Total		67,918			30

Distribution of Seats

Electorate	Seats won
Bass
Darwin
Denison
Franklin
Wilmot

	Labor
	Nationalist
	Country
	Independent

Aftermath

The emergence of the Country Party split the anti-Labor vote at the 1922 election, and the Nationalist Party lost four seats to them, handing them the balance of power. Despite surviving a no-confidence vote, Lee resigned and recommended that the Governor of Tasmania send for Blyth. Blyth organised a meeting between the Nationalist and Country parties, and they agreed to form Tasmania's first coalition government with John Hayes as Premier.^[1]

References

↑ Scott Bennett, Hayes, John Blyth (1868 - 1956), Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 9, Melbourne University Press, 1983, pp 239-240.

External links

Assembly Election Results, 1922, Parliament of Tasmania.
Report on General Election, 1922, Tasmanian Electoral Commission, 7 September 1922.

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