This is a list of members of the Tasmanian House of Assembly between the 30 April 1909 election and the 30 April 1912 election.
A redistribution in 1907 resulted in the abolition of all of the single-member seats and the adoption of the five federal electorates which had been created for Tasmania, and used the Hare-Clark proportional representation system to elect six members to each of the seats. The 1909 election was the point at which these changes took effect.
One major result was the formation of partiesβprior to 1909, members other than those pledged to the Labor Party had adopted loose and flexible affiliations, generally being known as "Ministerialist", "Oppositionist/Liberal" or "Independent". A coalition of former Ministerialists, Independents and Liberals formed the Anti-Socialist Party (which became the Liberal Party of Tasmania in 1912), while another group of Oppositionists formed the Liberal Democrat Party.
The second major result was the product of the election itselfβthe near-complete destruction of the former Liberal grouping which had originally formed around Sir Edward Braddon and Andrew Inglis Clark, and the considerable rise in the fortunes of the Labor Party. They gained 12 seats in the new Assembly, and for the first time in Tasmania's history, held government for a week in October 1909 under Premier John Earle.
Name | Party | Division | Years in office |
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Thomas Bakhap | Anti-Socialist | Bass | 1909β1913 |
James Belton | Labor | Darwin | 1909β1931 |
Jonathan Best | Anti-Socialist | Wilmot | 1894β1897; 1899β1912; 1913 |
Edward Crowther | Anti-Socialist | Denison | 1878β1912 |
John Davies | Anti-Socialist | Denison | 1884β1913 |
David Dicker | Labor | Franklin | 1909β1922 |
John Earle | Labor | Franklin | 1906β1917 |
John Evans | Anti-Socialist | Franklin | 1897β1937 |
Norman Ewing | Anti-Socialist | Franklin | 1909β1915 |
Richard Field | Anti-Socialist | Wilmot | 1909β1912 |
James Guy | Labor | Bass | 1909β1913 |
Herbert Hays [3] | Anti-Socialist | Wilmot | 1911β1922 |
Alexander Hean | Anti-Socialist | Franklin | 1903β1913; 1916β1925 |
Thomas Hodgman | Anti-Socialist | Franklin | 1900β1912 |
John Hope [3] | Anti-Socialist | Wilmot | 1900β1911 |
Charles Howroyd | Labor | Bass | 1906β1917 |
James Hurst [1] | Labor | Darwin | 1910β1912; 1919β1926 |
Jens Jensen [2] | Labor | Wilmot | 1903β1910; 1922β1925; 1928β1934 |
Walter Lee | Anti-Socialist | Wilmot | 1909β1946 |
Elliott Lewis | Anti-Socialist | Denison | 1886β1903; 1909β1922 |
James Long [1] | Labor | Darwin | 1903β1910 |
Joseph Lyons | Labor | Wilmot | 1909β1929 |
Richard McKenzie | Anti-Socialist | Bass | 1906β1913 |
Edward Mulcahy [2] | Anti-Socialist | Wilmot | 1891β1903; 1910β1919 |
James Ogden | Labor | Darwin | 1906β1922 |
Herbert Payne | Anti-Socialist | Darwin | 1903β1920 |
Frederick Rattle | Anti-Socialist | Denison | 1903β1912 |
Robert Sadler | Liberal Democrat | Bass | 1900β1912; 1913β1922 |
William Sheridan | Labor | Denison | 1909β1913; 1914β1928 |
Albert Solomon | Anti-Socialist | Bass | 1909β1914 |
Benjamin Watkins | Labor | Darwin | 1906β1917; 1919β1922; 1925β1934 |
Joshua Whitsitt | Anti-Socialist | Darwin | 1909β1922 |
Walter Woods | Labor | Denison | 1906β1917; 1925β1931 |
This is a list of members of the Tasmanian House of Assembly between the 30 April 1909 election and the 30 April 1912 election.
A redistribution in 1907 resulted in the abolition of all of the single-member seats and the adoption of the five federal electorates which had been created for Tasmania, and used the Hare-Clark proportional representation system to elect six members to each of the seats. The 1909 election was the point at which these changes took effect.
One major result was the formation of partiesβprior to 1909, members other than those pledged to the Labor Party had adopted loose and flexible affiliations, generally being known as "Ministerialist", "Oppositionist/Liberal" or "Independent". A coalition of former Ministerialists, Independents and Liberals formed the Anti-Socialist Party (which became the Liberal Party of Tasmania in 1912), while another group of Oppositionists formed the Liberal Democrat Party.
The second major result was the product of the election itselfβthe near-complete destruction of the former Liberal grouping which had originally formed around Sir Edward Braddon and Andrew Inglis Clark, and the considerable rise in the fortunes of the Labor Party. They gained 12 seats in the new Assembly, and for the first time in Tasmania's history, held government for a week in October 1909 under Premier John Earle.
Name | Party | Division | Years in office |
---|---|---|---|
Thomas Bakhap | Anti-Socialist | Bass | 1909β1913 |
James Belton | Labor | Darwin | 1909β1931 |
Jonathan Best | Anti-Socialist | Wilmot | 1894β1897; 1899β1912; 1913 |
Edward Crowther | Anti-Socialist | Denison | 1878β1912 |
John Davies | Anti-Socialist | Denison | 1884β1913 |
David Dicker | Labor | Franklin | 1909β1922 |
John Earle | Labor | Franklin | 1906β1917 |
John Evans | Anti-Socialist | Franklin | 1897β1937 |
Norman Ewing | Anti-Socialist | Franklin | 1909β1915 |
Richard Field | Anti-Socialist | Wilmot | 1909β1912 |
James Guy | Labor | Bass | 1909β1913 |
Herbert Hays [3] | Anti-Socialist | Wilmot | 1911β1922 |
Alexander Hean | Anti-Socialist | Franklin | 1903β1913; 1916β1925 |
Thomas Hodgman | Anti-Socialist | Franklin | 1900β1912 |
John Hope [3] | Anti-Socialist | Wilmot | 1900β1911 |
Charles Howroyd | Labor | Bass | 1906β1917 |
James Hurst [1] | Labor | Darwin | 1910β1912; 1919β1926 |
Jens Jensen [2] | Labor | Wilmot | 1903β1910; 1922β1925; 1928β1934 |
Walter Lee | Anti-Socialist | Wilmot | 1909β1946 |
Elliott Lewis | Anti-Socialist | Denison | 1886β1903; 1909β1922 |
James Long [1] | Labor | Darwin | 1903β1910 |
Joseph Lyons | Labor | Wilmot | 1909β1929 |
Richard McKenzie | Anti-Socialist | Bass | 1906β1913 |
Edward Mulcahy [2] | Anti-Socialist | Wilmot | 1891β1903; 1910β1919 |
James Ogden | Labor | Darwin | 1906β1922 |
Herbert Payne | Anti-Socialist | Darwin | 1903β1920 |
Frederick Rattle | Anti-Socialist | Denison | 1903β1912 |
Robert Sadler | Liberal Democrat | Bass | 1900β1912; 1913β1922 |
William Sheridan | Labor | Denison | 1909β1913; 1914β1928 |
Albert Solomon | Anti-Socialist | Bass | 1909β1914 |
Benjamin Watkins | Labor | Darwin | 1906β1917; 1919β1922; 1925β1934 |
Joshua Whitsitt | Anti-Socialist | Darwin | 1909β1922 |
Walter Woods | Labor | Denison | 1906β1917; 1925β1931 |