Results of the 1934 Tasmanian state election
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Tasmanian state election, 9 June 1934 [1] | ||||||
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| Enrolled voters | 127,681 | |||||
| Votes cast | 120,622 | Turnout | 94.47% | –0.52% | ||
| Informal votes | 3,885 | Informal | 3.20% | –0.25% | ||
| Summary of votes by party | ||||||
| Party | Primary votes | % | Swing | Seats | Change | |
| Nationalist | 54,549 | 46.72% | –9.68% | 13 | – 6 | |
| Labor | 53,454 | 45.78% | +10.85% | 14 | + 4 | |
| Independent | 8,764 | 7.51% | –1.17% | 3 | + 2 | |
| Total | 116,767 | 30 | ||||
This is a list of House of Assembly results for the 1934 Tasmanian election.
Results by division
[edit]Bass
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quota | 3,335 | ||||
| Labor | Thomas Davies (elected 1) | 4,982 | 21.3 | +10.5 | |
| Labor | Victor Shaw (elected 2) | 2,867 | 12.3 | −1.8 | |
| Labor | John Joseph McDonald (elected 6) | 1,313 | 5.6 | +5.6 | |
| Labor | Charles Lamp | 1,270 | 5.4 | +5.4 | |
| Labor | Frederick Hall | 355 | 1.5 | +1.5 | |
| Nationalist | Allen Hollingsworth (elected 3) | 3,138 | 13.4 | +13.4 | |
| Nationalist | Claude James (elected 4) | 2,217 | 9.5 | −0.4 | |
| Nationalist | Robert Murphy | 1,812 | 7.8 | −6.0 | |
| Nationalist | John Ockerby (elected 5) | 1,671 | 7.2 | −0.6 | |
| Nationalist | Syd Jackson | 1,346 | 5.8 | +5.8 | |
| Nationalist | Herbert Postle | 825 | 3.5 | −1.8 | |
| Nationalist | Henry Thomson | 650 | 2.8 | −3.2 | |
| Nationalist | Robert Wright | 324 | 1.4 | +1.4 | |
| Total formal votes | 23,339 | 96.6 | 0.0 | ||
| Informal votes | 831 | 3.4 | 0.0 | ||
| Turnout | 24,170 | 94.6 | −0.1 | ||
| Party total votes | |||||
| Labor | 11,856 | 50.8 | +13.6 | ||
| Nationalist | 11,483 | 49.2 | −13.6 | ||
Darwin
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quota | 3,403 | ||||
| Nationalist | Frank Marriott (elected 3) | 1,878 | 7.9 | −4.4 | |
| Nationalist | Frank Edwards (elected 5) | 1,648 | 6.9 | +6.9 | |
| Nationalist | Jack Chamberlain (elected 4) | 1,564 | 6.6 | +6.6 | |
| Nationalist | John Wright | 1,491 | 6.3 | +1.1 | |
| Nationalist | Henry McFie | 1,259 | 5.3 | −3.3 | |
| Nationalist | Thomas Butler | 1,008 | 4.2 | −21.5 | |
| Nationalist | John Astell | 865 | 3.6 | +3.6 | |
| Nationalist | Robert Hamilton | 851 | 3.6 | +3.6 | |
| Nationalist | Ernest Fenton | 769 | 3.2 | +3.2 | |
| Nationalist | Cyril Horne | 767 | 3.2 | +3.2 | |
| Nationalist | Edward Hobbs | 478 | 2.0 | −5.3 | |
| Labor | Thomas d'Alton (elected 1) | 3,561 | 15.0 | +3.3 | |
| Labor | Philip Kelly (elected 2) | 2,649 | 11.1 | +1.5 | |
| Labor | Joseph McGrath (elected 6) | 1,382 | 5.8 | +4.1 | |
| Labor | James Belton | 1,181 | 5.0 | −1.7 | |
| Labor | Henry Lane | 956 | 4.0 | +4.0 | |
| Independent | Stephen Broad | 1,512 | 6.3 | +6.3 | |
| Total formal votes | 23,819 | 97.0 | +0.3 | ||
| Informal votes | 725 | 3.0 | −0.3 | ||
| Turnout | 24,544 | 94.0 | −1.2 | ||
| Party total votes | |||||
| Nationalist | 12,578 | 52.8 | −7.2 | ||
| Labor | 9,729 | 40.8 | +9.4 | ||
| Independent | Stephen Broad | 1,512 | 6.3 | +6.3 | |
Denison
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quota | 3,292 | ||||
| Labor | Robert Cosgrove (elected 1) | 3,661 | 15.9 | +9.4 | |
| Labor | Charles Culley (elected 3) | 2,665 | 11.6 | +11.6 | |
| Labor | Edmund Dwyer-Gray (elected 4) | 1,662 | 7.2 | +0.4 | |
| Labor | Gerald Mahoney | 1,661 | 7.2 | −4.1 | |
| Labor | Walter Woods | 770 | 3.3 | −0.9 | |
| Labor | Edgar Geer | 422 | 1.8 | +1.8 | |
| Labor | Alfred White | 381 | 1.7 | +1.7 | |
| Nationalist | John Soundy (elected 2) | 3,489 | 15.1 | +10.4 | |
| Nationalist | Eric Johnson | 1,534 | 6.7 | +6.7 | |
| Nationalist | Ernest Turner (elected 5) | 1,419 | 6.2 | −4.1 | |
| Nationalist | D'Arcy Addison | 1,001 | 4.3 | +4.3 | |
| Nationalist | Arndell Lewis | 937 | 4.1 | +0.6 | |
| Nationalist | Trevor Young | 328 | 1.4 | +1.4 | |
| Social Credit | George Carruthers (elected 6) | 1,995 | 8.7 | +8.7 | |
| Independent | William Jarvis | 491 | 2.1 | +2.1 | |
| Independent Labor | Thomas Jude | 320 | 1.4 | +1.4 | |
| Independent | Lesley Murdoch | 192 | 0.8 | +0.8 | |
| Independent | Robert Leitch | 111 | 0.5 | +0.5 | |
| Total formal votes | 23,039 | 96.9 | +0.3 | ||
| Informal votes | 736 | 3.1 | −0.3 | ||
| Turnout | 23,775 | 95.1 | −0.2 | ||
| Party total votes | |||||
| Labor | 11,222 | 48.7 | +8.4 | ||
| Nationalist | 8,708 | 37.8 | −15.9 | ||
| Social Credit | George Carruthers | 1,995 | 8.7 | +8.7 | |
| Independent | William Jarvis | 491 | 2.1 | +2.1 | |
| Independent Labor | Thomas Jude | 320 | 1.4 | +1.4 | |
| Independent | Lesley Murdoch | 192 | 0.8 | +0.8 | |
| Independent | Robert Leitch | 111 | 0.5 | +0.5 | |
Franklin
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quota | 3,535 | ||||
| Labor | Albert Ogilvie (elected 1) | 6,295 | 25.4 | +9.5 | |
| Labor | John Dwyer (elected 2) | 2,528 | 10.2 | +3.4 | |
| Labor | Edward Brooker (elected 6) | 2,481 | 10.0 | −7.3 | |
| Labor | Charles Frost | 1,538 | 6.2 | +6.2 | |
| Nationalist | Henry Baker (elected 3) | 3,135 | 12.7 | −7.7 | |
| Nationalist | Alfred Seabrook | 1,709 | 6.9 | −0.3 | |
| Nationalist | John Evans (elected 4) | 1,614 | 6.5 | −0.6 | |
| Nationalist | Benjamin Watkins | 1,326 | 5.4 | +5.4 | |
| Nationalist | George Harvey | 902 | 3.6 | +3.6 | |
| Nationalist | Albert Beard | 658 | 2.7 | +2.7 | |
| Independent | Benjamin Pearsall (elected 5) | 1,790 | 7.2 | 0.0 | |
| Independent | Peter Murdoch | 768 | 3.1 | −2.0 | |
| Total formal votes | 24,744 | 97.3 | +0.4 | ||
| Informal votes | 688 | 2.7 | −0.4 | ||
| Turnout | 25,432 | 95.1 | −0.4 | ||
| Party total votes | |||||
| Labor | 12,842 | 51.9 | +20.1 | ||
| Nationalist | 9,344 | 37.8 | −6.1 | ||
| Independent | Benjamin Pearsall | 1,790 | 7.2 | 0.0 | |
| Independent | Peter Murdoch | 768 | 3.1 | −2.0 | |
Wilmot
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quota | 3,119 | ||||
| Nationalist | Walter Lee (elected 2) | 3,112 | 14.3 | +2.0 | |
| Nationalist | Neil Campbell (elected 3) | 2,550 | 11.7 | −6.1 | |
| Nationalist | Donald Cameron (elected 5) | 1,239 | 5.7 | +5.7 | |
| Nationalist | Percy Best | 1,180 | 5.4 | −3.1 | |
| Nationalist | Harold Lord | 1,070 | 4.9 | +4.9 | |
| Nationalist | Llewellyn Atkinson | 862 | 3.9 | −8.2 | |
| Nationalist | Francis Foster | 844 | 3.9 | +3.9 | |
| Nationalist | Alfred Burbury | 720 | 3.3 | −8.2 | |
| Nationalist | Henry Wilson | 449 | 2.1 | +2.1 | |
| Nationalist | Peter Sattler | 410 | 1.9 | +1.9 | |
| Labor | Eric Ogilvie (elected 1) | 3,708 | 17.0 | +6.1 | |
| Labor | David O'Keefe (elected 4) | 1,631 | 7.5 | +7.5 | |
| Labor | Lancelot Spurr | 1,272 | 5.8 | +5.8 | |
| Labor | Francis Cosgrove | 1,033 | 4.7 | +4.7 | |
| Labor | Charles Metz | 161 | 0.7 | +0.7 | |
| Independent Labor | George Becker (elected 6) | 1,585 | 7.3 | +7.3 | |
| Total formal votes | 21,826 | 96.1 | +0.2 | ||
| Informal votes | 875 | 3.9 | −0.2 | ||
| Turnout | 22,701 | 93.6 | −0.6 | ||
| Party total votes | |||||
| Nationalist | 12,436 | 57.0 | −5.1 | ||
| Labor | 7,805 | 35.8 | +1.6 | ||
| Independent Labor | George Becker | 1,585 | 7.3 | +7.3 | |
See also
[edit]- 1934 Tasmanian state election
- Members of the Tasmanian House of Assembly, 1934–1937
- Candidates of the 1934 Tasmanian state election
References
[edit]- ^ "Assembly Elections, 1934". Tasmanian Parliamentary Library. Retrieved 27 September 2015.