Results of the 1928 Tasmanian state election

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Tasmanian state election, 30 May 1928 [1]
House of Assembly
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Enrolled voters111,956
Votes cast91,679 Turnout 81.89%+14.63%
Informal votes2,973Informal3.24%+1.02%
Summary of votes by party
PartyPrimary votes %SwingSeatsChange
  Labor 41,82947.15%–1.32%14– 2
  Nationalist [1] 37,43242.20%+2.83%15+ 4
 Independent Labor TAS1,9822.23%–1.22%0± 0
  Independent 7,4618.41%–0.30%1– 2
Total88,706  30 

This is a list of House of Assembly results for the 1928 Tasmanian election.

Results by division

Bass

1928 Tasmanian state election: Bass
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Quota 2,452
Labor Allan Guy (elected 1)2,96317.3-4.2
Labor George Becker (elected 2)2,21012.9+1.7
Labor Victor Shaw (elected 3)2,08812.2+3.7
Labor Thomas Davies 1,2017.0+7.0
Labor Alfred Higgins5493.2+3.2
Labor Harold Holmes3572.1-0.8
Nationalist John Ockerby (elected 5)1,74910.2+10.2
Nationalist Claude James (elected 4)1,74510.2-3.2
Nationalist Henry Thomson (elected 6)1,2847.5+0.6
Nationalist Robert Murphy 1,1836.9+2.9
Nationalist William Salisbury8054.7+4.7
Nationalist Harold Brumby4542.6+2.6
Nationalist James Lefevre4312.5+2.5
Nationalist John Kidd1440.8+0.8
Total formal votes17,16396.6-1.6
Informal votes6013.4+1.6
Turnout 17,76479.7+11.7
Party total votes
Labor 9,36854.6+10.6
Nationalist 7,79545.4+30.2

Darwin

1928 Tasmanian state election: Darwin
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Quota 2,678
Labor Philip Kelly (elected 2)2,80515.0-16.3
Labor James Belton (elected 3)2,47713.2-4.4
Labor Fergus Medwin (elected 6)1,1716.2+6.2
Labor Henry Lane 9545.1+0.2
Labor Robert Steel6773.6+3.6
Labor John O'Donnell6743.6+3.6
Nationalist Frank Marriott (elected 1)3,26617.4+5.7
Nationalist Edward Hobbs (elected 4)2,04110.9+2.3
Nationalist Henry McFie (elected 5)1,7039.1-0.5
Nationalist Richard Parsons7854.2+4.2
Nationalist Duncan McInnes7794.2+4.2
Independent Joshua Whitsitt 1,4137.5+7.5
Total formal votes18,74596.8-0.7
Informal votes6283.2+0.7
Turnout 19,37384.2+13.7
Party total votes
Labor 8,75846.7+4.8
Nationalist 8,57445.7+10.1
Independent Joshua Whitsitt 1,4137.5+7.5

Denison

1928 Tasmanian state election: Denison
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Quota 2,634
Labor Walter Woods (elected 4)1,4938.1-0.8
Labor Edmund Dwyer-Gray (elected 6)1,4617.9+7.9
Labor Robert Cosgrove (elected 5)1,2857.0-2.7
Labor John Brown 9775.3+5.3
Labor Charles Culley 9395.1-5.9
Labor John Cleary 5953.2-4.1
Labor William Lloyd5022.7+2.7
Labor George Phillips2931.6+1.6
Nationalist John McPhee (elected 1)2,87215.6+7.0
Nationalist Charles Grant (elected 2)1,7749.6+0.5
Nationalist John Soundy (elected 3)1,4237.7-4.2
Nationalist Horace Walch1,2586.8+6.8
Nationalist George Davis1210.7+0.7
Independent Labor Gerald Mahoney 1,98210.8+3.1
Independent William McHugo1,0575.7+5.7
Independent Richard Stamford2231.2+1.2
Independent John Graham1761.0+1.0
Total formal votes18,43197.3-0.6
Informal votes5192.7+0.6
Turnout 18,95083.6+14.6
Party total votes
Labor 7,54540.9-8.5
Nationalist 7,44840.4-0.3
Independent Labor Gerald Mahoney 1,98210.8+3.1
Independent William McHugo1,0575.7+5.7
Independent Richard Stamford2231.2+1.2
Independent John Graham1761.0+1.0

Franklin

14668

1928 Tasmanian state election: Franklin
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Quota 2,589
Labor Albert Ogilvie (elected 1)4,57025.2-3.0
Labor Benjamin Watkins (elected 3)1,2316.8+1.6
Labor William Sheridan 4892.7-4.1
Labor Charles Frost 4172.3+2.3
Labor John Hohne3772.1+2.1
Labor Samuel Lyden3722.1+2.1
Labor Will Reece2861.6+1.6
Labor William Michael1440.8+0.8
Nationalist John Piggott (elected 2)2,56414.2+6.7
Nationalist Henry Baker (elected 5)1,83310.1+10.1
Nationalist John Evans (elected 4)1,6068.9-6.0
Nationalist George Cummins7804.3-4.4
Independent Benjamin Pearsall (elected 6)1,3917.7+0.4
Independent Peter Murdoch 1,0435.8-2.9
Independent John Earle 9105.0+5.0
Independent Winston Triffitt1060.6+0.6
Total formal votes18,11997.2-1.0
Informal votes5272.8+1.0
Turnout 18,64681.2+17.3
Party total votes
Labor 7,88643.5-7.4
Nationalist 6,78337.4+11.8
Independent Benjamin Pearsall 1,3917.7+0.4
Independent Peter Murdoch 1,0435.8-2.9
Independent John Earle 9105.0+5.0
Independent Winston Triffitt1060.6+0.6

Wilmot

1928 Tasmanian state election: Wilmot
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Quota 2,322
Labor Joseph Lyons (elected 1)4,70929.0-1.6
Labor Jens Jensen (elected 5)1,0276.3+6.3
Labor Herbert Osborne7814.8+2.4
Labor Leonard Bennett6734.1+4.1
Labor Eric Ogilvie (elected 6)6614.1+4.1
Labor William Shoobridge 2821.7-0.4
Labor John Palamountain 1410.9-0.6
Nationalist Walter Lee (elected 2)2,39414.7+4.9
Nationalist Neil Campbell (elected 3)2,37414.6+3.5
Nationalist Percy Best (elected 4)1,91111.8+5.7
Nationalist George Rowell1530.9+0.9
Independent Norman Cameron 7234.4-6.8
Independent Walter McShane4192.6+2.6
Total formal votes16,24895.9-1.7
Informal votes6984.1+1.7
Turnout 16,94680.6+16.0
Party total votes
Labor 8,27450.9+4.8
Nationalist 6,83242.0+15.3
Independent Norman Cameron 7234.4-6.8
Independent Walter McShane4192.6+2.6

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  1. ↑ "Assembly Elections, 1928". Tasmanian Parliamentary Library. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
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