Candidates of the 1934 Tasmanian state election

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The 1934 Tasmanian state election was held on 9 June 1934.

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Retiring Members

Labor

Nationalist

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 two seats. The Nationalist Party was defending four seats.

Labor candidates Nationalist candidates

Thomas Davies *
Frederick Hall
Charles Lamp
John McDonald*
John Madden
Victor Shaw *

Allen Hollingsworth*
Syd Jackson
Claude James *
Robert Murphy
John Ockerby *
Herbert Postle
Henry Thomson
Robert Wright

Darwin

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

Labor candidates Nationalist candidates Independent candidates

James Belton
Thomas d'Alton *
Philip Kelly *
Henry Lane
Joseph McGrath*

John Astell
Thomas Butler
Jack Chamberlain*
Frank Edwards*
Ernest Fenton
Robert Hamilton
Edward Hobbs
Cyril Horne
Henry McFie
Frank Marriott *
John Wright

Stephen Broad

Denison

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

Labor candidates Nationalist candidates Independent candidates

Robert Cosgrove*
Charles Culley*
Edmund Dwyer-Gray *
Edgar Geer
Gerald Mahoney
Alfred White
Walter Woods

D'Arcy Addison
Eric Johnson
Arndell Lewis
John Soundy *
Ernest Turner *
Trevor Young

George Carruthers*
William Jarvis
Thomas Jude (Ind Lab)
Robert Leitch
Lesley Murdoch

Franklin

Six seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending two seats. The Nationalist Party was defending three seats, although independent MHA Benjamin Watkins had joined the Nationalists and was running on their ticket.

Labor candidates Nationalist candidates Independent candidates

Edward Brooker*
John Dwyer *
Charles Frost
Albert Ogilvie *

Henry Baker *
Albert Beard
Sir John Evans *
George Harvey
Alfred Seabrook
Benjamin Watkins

Peter Murdoch
Benjamin Pearsall*

Wilmot

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

Labor candidates Nationalist candidates Independent candidates

Francis Cosgrove
Charles Metz
Eric Ogilvie *
David O'Keefe*
Lancelot Spurr

Llewellyn Atkinson
Percy Best
Alfred Burbury
Donald Cameron*
Neil Campbell *
Francis Foster
Sir Walter Lee *
Harold Lord
Peter Sattler
Henry Wilson

George Becker* (Ind Lab)

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