Results of the 1925 Tasmanian state election

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Tasmanian state election, 3 June 1925 [1]
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Enrolled voters114,901
Votes cast77,281 Turnout 67.26%+4.16%
Informal votes1,714Informal2.22%-0.41%
Summary of votes by party
PartyPrimary votes %SwingSeatsChange
  Labor 36,63148.47%+11.73%16+ 4
  Nationalist 21,93229.02%–11.93%7– 5
 Liberal (Lee)7,81510.34%+10.34%4+ 4
 Independent Labor TAS2,6043.45%+2.14%0± 0
  Independent 6,5858.71%+1.70%3+ 2
 Others–13.98%0– 5
Total75,567  30 

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

Results by division

Bass

1925 Tasmanian state election: Bass
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Quota 2,133
Labor Allan Guy (elected 1)3,20621.5+7.7
Labor George Becker (elected 2)1,66511.2-1.8
Labor Victor Shaw (elected 5)1,2698.5+3.2
Labor Harold Holmes4282.9+2.9
Liberal Claude James (elected 3)2,00813.4+13.4
Liberal James Newton (elected 4)1,2868.6-3.0
Liberal Leslie Procter 6334.2+4.2
Liberal Robert Coplestone2021.4+1.4
Liberal William Rose1591.1+1.1
Liberal Luke Bryant420.3+0.3
Nationalist Henry Thomson (elected 6)1,0326.9-1.2
Nationalist Robert Murphy 5974.0-2.1
Nationalist George Pullen 2891.9+1.9
Nationalist George Shields 2861.9+1.9
Nationalist James Sullivan610.4+0.4
Independent Labor Jens Jensen 1,3198.8+0.5
Independent Alexander Marshall 4483.0-5.4
Total formal votes14,93098.2+0.3
Informal votes2771.8-0.3
Turnout 15,20768.0+6.7
Party total votes
Labor 6,56844.0+4.5
Liberal 4,33029.0+29.0
Nationalist 2,26515.2-30.9
Independent Labor Jens Jensen 1,3198.8+0.5
Independent Alexander Marshall 4483.0+3.0

Darwin

1925 Tasmanian state election: Darwin
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Quota 2,261
Labor James Belton (elected 1)2,79017.6+6.9
Labor Philip Kelly (elected 2)2,58516.3+9.4
Labor James Hurst (elected 4)1,3548.6+1.3
Labor Henry Lane 7804.9+4.9
Labor Eliza Burnell3482.2+2.2
Labor William Treanor2911.8+1.8
Nationalist Frank Marriott (elected 3)1,85611.7+2.7
Nationalist Henry McFie (elected 6)1,3678.6+8.6
Nationalist Hubert Nichols 1,0596.7+6.7
Nationalist Herbert Vertigan5653.6+3.6
Nationalist Harold Ireland3962.5+2.5
Nationalist David Jones3832.4+2.4
Liberal Edward Hobbs (elected 5)1,3668.60.0
Liberal James Charleston6844.3+4.3
Total formal votes15,82497.5+0.1
Informal votes4082.5-0.1
Turnout 16,23270.5+7.5
Party total votes
Labor 8,14851.5+8.0
Nationalist 5,62635.6+7.0
Liberal 2,05013.0+13.0

Denison

1925 Tasmanian state election: Denison
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Quota 2,381
Labor Charles Culley (elected 2)1,83511.0+2.0
Labor Robert Cosgrove (elected 3)1,6129.7+2.1
Labor Walter Woods (elected 4)1,4908.9+8.9
Labor John Cleary (elected 6)1,2087.3-6.4
Labor Enid Lyons 9986.0+6.0
Labor Eric Ogilvie 9225.5+5.5
Labor Charles Metz 1671.0+1.0
Nationalist John Soundy (elected 1)1,98911.9+11.9
Nationalist Charles Grant 1,5249.1+0.3
Nationalist John McPhee (elected 5)1,4368.6-5.4
Nationalist Leslie Payne 9946.0+3.3
Nationalist Frederick Wilson2761.7+1.7
Nationalist William Jarvis 2581.5+1.5
Nationalist William Hammond2051.2+1.2
Independent Labor Gerald Mahoney 1,2857.7+7.7
Independent Edith Waterworth4622.8-3.7
Total formal votes16,66197.9+0.5
Informal votes3602.1-0.5
Turnout 17,02169.0+2.8
Party total votes
Labor 8,23249.4+9.7
Nationalist 6,68240.1-12.3
Independent Labor Gerald Mahoney 1,2857.7+7.7
Independent Edith Waterworth4622.8-3.7

Franklin

1925 Tasmanian state election: Franklin
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Quota 2,096
Labor Albert Ogilvie (elected 1)4,13028.2+14.6
Labor William Sheridan (elected 3)9926.8+6.8
Labor Benjamin Watkins (elected 4)7605.2+1.1
Labor Samuel Lyden5743.9+3.9
Labor John Lewis5143.5+3.5
Labor Douglas Thompson2471.7+1.7
Labor Winston Triffitt2441.7+1.7
Nationalist John Evans (elected 2)2,18714.9+3.3
Nationalist George Cummins1,2708.7+0.6
Nationalist Richard Johnson2972.0+2.0
Independent Peter Murdoch (elected 5)1,2778.7+1.6
Independent John Piggott (elected 6)1,1007.5-1.4
Independent Benjamin Pearsall 1,0767.3+1.8
Total formal votes14,66897.7+0.6
Informal votes3382.3-0.6
Turnout 15,00663.9+3.0
Party total votes
Labor 7,46150.9+18.7
Nationalist 3,75425.6-12.5
Independent Peter Murdoch 1,2778.7+8.7
Independent John Piggott 1,1007.5+7.5
Independent Benjamin Pearsall 1,0767.3+7.3

Wilmot

1925 Tasmanian state election: Wilmot
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Quota 1,927
Labor Joseph Lyons (elected 1)4,12530.6+12.9
Labor Michael O'Keefe (elected 2)1,0377.7-0.1
Labor Herbert Osborne3282.4+2.4
Labor William Shoobridge (elected 5)2832.1+2.1
Labor Will Reece2521.9+1.9
Labor John Palamountain 1971.5+1.5
Nationalist Neil Campbell (elected 3)1,49911.1+3.4
Nationalist Percy Best 8286.1+6.1
Nationalist Albert Bendall 7005.2+5.2
Nationalist Ernest Blyth 5784.3+4.3
Independent Norman Cameron (elected 4)1,51111.2+2.8
Liberal Walter Lee (elected 6)1,3259.8-2.6
Liberal John Peters1100.8+0.8
Independent John Newman7115.3+5.3
Total formal votes13,48497.6+0.8
Informal votes3312.4-0.8
Turnout 13,81564.6+1.1
Party total votes
Labor 6,22246.1+18.7
Nationalist 3,60526.7-11.6
Independent Norman Cameron 1,51111.2+2.8
Liberal 1,43510.6+10.6
Independent John Newman7115.3+5.3

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