Results of the Tasmanian state election, 1925

This is a list of House of Assembly results for the 1925 Tasmanian election.

Tasmanian state election, 3 June 1925[1]
House of Assembly
<< 1922–1928 >>

Enrolled voters 114,901
Votes cast 77,281 Turnout 67.26% +4.16%
Informal votes 1,714 Informal 2.22% -0.41%
Summary of votes by party
Party Primary votes % Swing Seats Change
  Labor 36,631 48.47% +11.73% 16 + 4
  Nationalist 21,932 29.02% –11.93% 7 – 5
  Liberal (Lee) 7,815 10.34% +10.34% 4 + 4
  Independent Labor TAS 2,604 3.45% +2.14% 0 ± 0
  Independent 6,585 8.71% +1.70% 3 + 2
  Others –13.98% 0 – 5
Total 75,567     30  

Results by division

Bass
1925 Tasmanian state election: Bass
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Quota 2,133
Labor Allan Guy (elected 1) 3,206 21.5 +7.7
Labor George Becker (elected 2) 1,665 11.2 -1.8
Labor Victor Shaw (elected 5) 1,269 8.5 +3.2
Labor Harold Holmes 428 2.9 +2.9
Liberal Claude James (elected 3) 2,008 13.4 +13.4
Liberal James Newton (elected 4) 1,286 8.6 -3.0
Liberal Leslie Procter 633 4.2 +4.2
Liberal Robert Coplestone 202 1.4 +1.4
Liberal William Rose 159 1.1 +1.1
Liberal Luke Bryant 42 0.3 +0.3
Nationalist Henry Thomson (elected 6) 1,032 6.9 -1.2
Nationalist Robert Murphy 597 4.0 -2.1
Nationalist George Pullen 289 1.9 +1.9
Nationalist George Shields 286 1.9 +1.9
Nationalist James Sullivan 61 0.4 +0.4
Independent Labor Jens Jensen 1,319 8.8 +0.5
Independent Alexander Marshall 448 3.0 -5.4
Total formal votes 14,930 98.2 +0.3
Informal votes 277 1.8 -0.3
Turnout 15,207 68.0 +6.7
Party total votes
Labor 6,568 44.0 +4.5
Liberal 4,330 29.0 +29.0
Nationalist 2,265 15.2 -30.9
Independent Labor Jens Jensen 1,319 8.8 +0.5
Independent Alexander Marshall 448 3.0 +3.0

Darwin
1925 Tasmanian state election: Darwin
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Quota 2,261
Labor James Belton (elected 1) 2,790 17.6 +6.9
Labor Philip Kelly (elected 2) 2,585 16.3 +9.4
Labor James Hurst (elected 4) 1,354 8.6 +1.3
Labor Henry Lane 780 4.9 +4.9
Labor Eliza Burnell 348 2.2 +2.2
Labor William Treanor 291 1.8 +1.8
Nationalist Frank Marriott (elected 3) 1,856 11.7 +2.7
Nationalist Henry McFie (elected 6) 1,367 8.6 +8.6
Nationalist Hubert Nichols 1,059 6.7 +6.7
Nationalist Herbert Vertigan 565 3.6 +3.6
Nationalist Harold Ireland 396 2.5 +2.5
Nationalist David Jones 383 2.4 +2.4
Liberal Edward Hobbs (elected 5) 1,366 8.6 0.0
Liberal James Charleston 684 4.3 +4.3
Total formal votes 15,824 97.5 +0.1
Informal votes 408 2.5 -0.1
Turnout 16,232 70.5 +7.5
Party total votes
Labor 8,148 51.5 +8.0
Nationalist 5,626 35.6 +7.0
Liberal 2,050 13.0 +13.0

Denison
1925 Tasmanian state election: Denison
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Quota 2,381
Labor Charles Culley (elected 2) 1,835 11.0 +2.0
Labor Robert Cosgrove (elected 3) 1,612 9.7 +2.1
Labor Walter Woods (elected 4) 1,490 8.9 +8.9
Labor John Cleary (elected 6) 1,208 7.3 -6.4
Labor Enid Lyons 998 6.0 +6.0
Labor Eric Ogilvie 922 5.5 +5.5
Labor Charles Metz 167 1.0 +1.0
Nationalist John Soundy (elected 1) 1,989 11.9 +11.9
Nationalist Charles Grant 1,524 9.1 +0.3
Nationalist John McPhee (elected 5) 1,436 8.6 -5.4
Nationalist Leslie Payne 994 6.0 +3.3
Nationalist Frederick Wilson 276 1.7 +1.7
Nationalist William Jarvis 258 1.5 +1.5
Nationalist William Hammond 205 1.2 +1.2
Independent Labor Gerald Mahoney 1,285 7.7 +7.7
Independent Edith Waterworth 462 2.8 -3.7
Total formal votes 16,661 97.9 +0.5
Informal votes 360 2.1 -0.5
Turnout 17,021 69.0 +2.8
Party total votes
Labor 8,232 49.4 +9.7
Nationalist 6,682 40.1 -12.3
Independent Labor Gerald Mahoney 1,285 7.7 +7.7
Independent Edith Waterworth 462 2.8 -3.7

Franklin
1925 Tasmanian state election: Franklin
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Quota 2,096
Labor Albert Ogilvie (elected 1) 4,130 28.2 +14.6
Labor William Sheridan (elected 3) 992 6.8 +6.8
Labor Benjamin Watkins (elected 4) 760 5.2 +1.1
Labor Samuel Lyden 574 3.9 +3.9
Labor John Lewis 514 3.5 +3.5
Labor Douglas Thompson 247 1.7 +1.7
Labor Winston Triffitt 244 1.7 +1.7
Nationalist John Evans (elected 2) 2,187 14.9 +3.3
Nationalist George Cummins 1,270 8.7 +0.6
Nationalist Richard Johnson 297 2.0 +2.0
Independent Peter Murdoch (elected 5) 1,277 8.7 +1.6
Independent John Piggott (elected 6) 1,100 7.5 -1.4
Independent Benjamin Pearsall 1,076 7.3 +1.8
Total formal votes 14,668 97.7 +0.6
Informal votes 338 2.3 -0.6
Turnout 15,006 63.9 +3.0
Party total votes
Labor 7,461 50.9 +18.7
Nationalist 3,754 25.6 -12.5
Independent Peter Murdoch 1,277 8.7 +8.7
Independent John Piggott 1,100 7.5 +7.5
Independent Benjamin Pearsall 1,076 7.3 +7.3

Wilmot
1925 Tasmanian state election: Wilmot
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Quota 1,927
Labor Joseph Lyons (elected 1) 4,125 30.6 +12.9
Labor Michael O'Keefe (elected 2) 1,037 7.7 -0.1
Labor Herbert Osborne 328 2.4 +2.4
Labor William Shoobridge (elected 5) 283 2.1 +2.1
Labor Will Reece 252 1.9 +1.9
Labor John Palamountain 197 1.5 +1.5
Nationalist Neil Campbell (elected 3) 1,499 11.1 +3.4
Nationalist Percy Best 828 6.1 +6.1
Nationalist Albert Bendall 700 5.2 +5.2
Nationalist Ernest Blyth 578 4.3 +4.3
Independent Norman Cameron (elected 4) 1,511 11.2 +2.8
Liberal Walter Lee (elected 6) 1,325 9.8 -2.6
Liberal John Peters 110 0.8 +0.8
Independent John Newman 711 5.3 +5.3
Total formal votes 13,484 97.6 +0.8
Informal votes 331 2.4 -0.8
Turnout 13,815 64.6 +1.1
Party total votes
Labor 6,222 46.1 +18.7
Nationalist 3,605 26.7 -11.6
Independent Norman Cameron 1,511 11.2 +2.8
Liberal 1,435 10.6 +10.6
Independent John Newman 711 5.3 +5.3
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See also

References
  1. "Assembly Elections, 1925". Tasmanian Parliamentary Library. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
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