Candidates of the 1931 Tasmanian state election

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The 1931 Tasmanian state election was held on 9 May 1931.

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Retiring Members

No MHAs retired at this election.

House of Assembly

Sitting members are shown in bold text. Tickets that elected at least one MHA are highlighted in the relevant colour. Successful candidates are indicated by an asterisk (*).

Bass

Six seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending three seats. The Nationalist Party was defending three seats.

Labor candidates Nationalist candidates

George Becker
Thomas Davies *
Alfred Higgins
Victor Shaw *

Howard Barber*
Claude James *
Robert Murphy*
John Ockerby *
Herbert Postle
Benjamin Saunders
Henry Thomson

Darwin

Six seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending three seats, although Labor MHA Fergus Medwin was running as an independent. The Nationalist Party was defending three seats.

Labor candidates Nationalist candidates Independent candidates

James Belton
Thomas d'Alton*
James Gray
Philip Kelly *
Joseph McGrath

Thomas Butler*
Edward Hobbs *
Henry McFie *
Frank Marriott *
Colin Paul
John Wright

Daniel Brown
Fergus Medwin

Denison

Six seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending three seats. The Nationalist Party was defending three seats.

Labor candidates Nationalist candidates Independent candidates

Frederick Bates
John Cleary
Robert Cosgrove
Edmund Dwyer-Gray *
Gerald Mahoney*
Arthur Tyler
Walter Woods

George Gilmore
Charles Grant *
Arndell Lewis
John McPhee *
Charles O'Conor
Alfred Richardson
John Soundy *
Maurice Susman
Ernest Turner*

James Counsel
David Dicker
Archibald Park

Franklin

Six seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending two seats, although Labor MHA Benjamin Watkins was running as an independent. The Nationalist Party was defending three seats. Independent MHA Benjamin Pearsall was defending one seat.

Labor candidates Nationalist candidates Independent candidates

Edward Brooker
John Dwyer*
John Hohne
William McGann
Albert Ogilvie *

Henry Baker *
Derrick Burgess
Sir John Evans *
John Piggott
Clarence Rennie
Alfred Seabrook*

George Collis
Peter Murdoch
Benjamin Pearsall
Benjamin Watkins *

Wilmot

Six seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending three seats. The Nationalist Party was defending three seats.

Labor candidates Nationalist candidates Independent candidates

Jens Jensen *
Henry Lane
Eric Ogilvie *
Herbert Osborne
William Shoobridge

Llewellyn Atkinson*
Percy Best
Alfred Burbury*
Neil Campbell *
Sir Walter Lee *

Benjamin Whitham
John Williams

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