Results of the 1916 Tasmanian state election (House of Assembly)

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Tasmanian state election, 23 March 1916 [1]
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Enrolled voters107,321
Votes cast78,984 Turnout 73.60%+6.35%
Informal votes4,470Informal5.66%+2.79%
Summary of votes by party
PartyPrimary votes %SwingSeatsChange
 Liberal35,93948.23%–4.35%15+ 1
  Labor 36,11848.47%+2.47%14– 1
  Independent 2,4573.30%+1.88%1± 0
Total74,514  30 

This is a list of House of Assembly results for the 1916 Tasmanian election.

Results by division

Bass

1916 Tasmanian state election: Bass
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Quota 2,250
Labor George Becker (elected 2)2,48015.8+1.0
Labor Charles Howroyd (elected 3)2,19914.0+1.0
Labor Allan Guy (elected 6)1,4959.5+1.3
Labor James McDonald 1,2397.9+7.9
Labor William Sheehan9706.2+6.2
Liberal Alexander Marshall (elected 1)3,10119.7+19.7
Liberal John Hayes (elected 4)1,66310.6-1.3
Liberal Robert Sadler (elected 5)1,5019.5+1.3
Liberal James Newton 8695.5+5.5
Independent Richard Russell2291.5+1.5
Total formal votes15,74695.7-1.8
Informal votes7164.3+1.8
Turnout 16,46271.7+5.0
Party total votes
Labor 8,38353.2+2.9
Liberal 7,13445.3-4.4
Independent Richard Russell2291.5+1.5

Darwin

1916 Tasmanian state election: Darwin
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Quota 1,928
Labor James Belton (elected 1)2,60119.3+5.5
Labor James Ogden (elected 2)2,21616.4+2.5
Labor Benjamin Watkins (elected 3)1,0477.8-3.5
Labor Leonard Bennett9787.2+7.2
Liberal Herbert Payne (elected 4)1,56911.6-0.2
Liberal Edward Hobbs (elected 6)1,55711.5+11.5
Liberal Stephen Margetts1,0577.8+7.8
Liberal George Pullen 1,0397.7-2.9
Independent Joshua Whitsitt (elected 5)1,42810.6+10.6
Total formal votes13,49294.1-2.8
Informal votes8515.9+2.8
Turnout 14,34373.9+11.9
Party total votes
Labor 6,84250.7-0.4
Liberal 5,22238.7-10.2
Independent Joshua Whitsitt 1,42810.6+10.6

Denison

1916 Tasmanian state election: Denison
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Quota 2,428
Liberal Elliott Lewis (elected 2)2,70915.9+0.5
Liberal William Burgess (elected 4)2,25813.3+13.3
Liberal William Fullerton (elected 6)1,80510.6+1.7
Liberal John McPhee 1,79310.6+10.6
Labor William Sheridan (elected 1)3,32719.6+12.7
Labor Walter Woods (elected 3)2,19012.9+3.5
Labor John Cleary (elected 5)1,1947.0+7.0
Labor John Lewis9355.5+5.5
Labor Robert Cosgrove 7844.6+4.6
Total formal votes16,99594.4-2.4
Informal votes1,0145.6+2.4
Turnout 18,00974.9+6.1
Party total votes
Liberal 8,56550.4-1.6
Labor 8,43049.6+1.6

Franklin

1916 Tasmanian state election: Franklin
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Quota 2,191
Liberal Frederick Burbury (elected 2)2,81918.4+18.4
Liberal John Evans (elected 3)2,27714.8+1.6
Liberal Alexander Hean (elected 6)1,5729.30.0
Liberal Arthur Cotton 1,2708.3-10.7
Labor John Earle (elected 1)3,94325.7+4.5
Labor William Shoobridge (elected 4)1,3508.8+8.8
Labor David Dicker (elected 5)1,3358.7+2.7
Labor George Martin 7695.0-5.4
Total formal votes15,33593.4-3.4
Informal votes1,0866.6+3.4
Turnout 16,42174.2+3.0
Party total votes
Liberal 7,93851.8-4.4
Labor 7,39748.2+4.4

Wilmot

1916 Tasmanian state election: Wilmot
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Quota 1,850
Liberal Walter Lee (elected 2)2,63120.3+8.5
Liberal Ernest Blyth (elected 5)1,47711.4+11.4
Liberal Herbert Hays (elected 4)9567.4-4.8
Liberal Edward Mulcahy (elected 6)9267.1-8.8
Liberal Edmund Hingston5224.0+4.0
Liberal William Connell 2922.2+2.2
Liberal Alfred Stokes2762.1+2.1
Labor Joseph Lyons (elected 1)2,81221.7+3.8
Labor Michael O'Keefe (elected 3)1,2459.6+1.8
Labor Henry McFie 5164.0+4.0
Labor John Heffernan4933.8+3.8
Independent Norman Cameron 8006.2-1.8
Total formal votes12,94694.2-3.4
Informal votes8035.8+3.4
Turnout 13,74973.1+6.7
Party total votes
Liberal 7,08054.7-1.1
Labor 5,06639.1+2.9
Independent Norman Cameron 8006.2-1.8

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References

  1. ↑ "Assembly Elections, 1916". Tasmanian Parliamentary Library. Retrieved 28 November 2017.
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