Results of the 1931 Tasmanian state election

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Tasmanian state election, 9 May 1931 [1]
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Enrolled voters118,730
Votes cast112,779 Turnout 94.99%+13.10%
Informal votes3,885Informal3.44%+0.20%
Summary of votes by party
PartyPrimary votes %SwingSeatsChange
  Nationalist 61,41456.40%+14.20%19+ 4
  Labor 38,03034.92%–12.23%10– 4
  Independent 9,4508.68%–2.07%1± 0
Total108,894  30 

This is a list of House of Assembly results for the 1931 Tasmanian election.

Results by division

Bass

1931 Tasmanian state election: Bass
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Quota 3,095
Nationalist Howard Barber (elected 1)3,44615.9+15.9
Nationalist Robert Murphy (elected 2)2,98913.8+6.9
Nationalist Claude James (elected 4)2,1559.9-0.3
Nationalist John Ockerby (elected 6)1,6847.8-2.4
Nationalist Henry Thomson 1,3026.0-1.5
Nationalist Herbert Postle 1,1455.3+5.3
Nationalist Benjamin Saunders8824.1+4.1
Labor Victor Shaw (elected 3)3,06414.1+4.8
Labor Thomas Davies (elected 5)2,34210.8+3.8
Labor George Becker 1,6887.8-5.1
Labor Alfred Higgins9644.5+1.3
Total formal votes21,66196.60.0
Informal votes7683.40.0
Turnout 22,42994.7+15.0
Party total votes
Nationalist 13,60362.8+17.4
Labor 8,05837.2-17.4

Darwin

1931 Tasmanian state election: Darwin
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Quota 3,248
Nationalist Thomas Butler (elected 1)5,84625.7+25.7
Nationalist Frank Marriott (elected 2)2,78812.3-5.1
Nationalist Henry McFie (elected 6)1,9538.6-0.5
Nationalist Edward Hobbs (elected 5)1,6597.3-3.6
Nationalist John Wright 1,1805.2+5.2
Nationalist Colin Paul2251.0+1.0
Labor Thomas d'Alton (elected 3)2,66011.7+11.7
Labor Philip Kelly (elected 4)2,1869.6-5.4
Labor James Belton 1,5236.7-6.5
Labor Joseph McGrath 3921.7+1.7
Labor James Gray3781.7+1.7
Independent Fergus Medwin 1,6677.3+7.3
Independent Daniel Brown2741.2+1.2
Total formal votes22,73196.7-0.1
Informal votes7683.3+0.1
Turnout 23,49995.2+11.0
Party total votes
Nationalist 13,65160.0+14.3
Labor 7,13931.4-15.3
Independent Fergus Medwin 1,6677.3+7.3
Independent Daniel Brown2741.2+1.2

Denison

1931 Tasmanian state election: Denison
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Quota 3,102
Nationalist John McPhee (elected 1)5,06823.3+7.7
Nationalist Ernest Turner (elected 2)2,22610.3+10.3
Nationalist Charles Grant (elected 5)1,4596.7-2.9
Nationalist John Soundy (elected 6)1,0264.7-3.0
Nationalist Arndell Lewis 7543.5+3.5
Nationalist George Gilmore 3841.8+1.8
Nationalist Charles O'Conor3361.5+1.5
Nationalist Maurice Susman2481.1+1.1
Nationalist Alfred Richardson1520.7+0.7
Labor Gerald Mahoney (elected 3)2,46311.3+11.3
Labor Edmund Dwyer-Gray (elected 4)1,4866.7-1.2
Labor Robert Cosgrove 1,4056.5-0.5
Labor Arthur Tyler 1,3286.1+6.1
Labor Walter Woods 9094.2-3.9
Labor Frederick Bates6402.9+2.9
Labor John Cleary 5082.3-0.9
Independent James Counsel5852.7+2.7
Independent Archibald Park 4101.9+1.9
Independent David Dicker 3221.5+1.5
Total formal votes21,70996.6-0.7
Informal votes7753.4+0.7
Turnout 22,48495.3+11.7
Party total votes
Nationalist 11,65353.7+13.3
Labor 8,73940.3-0.6
Independent James Counsel5852.7+2.7
Independent Archibald Park 4101.9+1.9
Independent David Dicker 3221.5+1.5

Franklin

1931 Tasmanian state election: Franklin
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Quota 3,210
Nationalist Henry Baker (elected 1)4,58320.4+10.3
Nationalist Alfred Seabrook (elected 6)1,6127.2+7.2
Nationalist John Evans (elected 4)1,5937.1-1.8
Nationalist John Piggott 1,3035.8-8.4
Nationalist Derrick Burgess5322.4+2.4
Nationalist Clarence Rennie2521.1+1.1
Labor Albert Ogilvie (elected 2)3,93017.5-7.7
Labor John Dwyer (elected 3)1,5316.8+6.8
Labor William McGann6612.9+2.9
Labor Edward Brooker 6122.7+2.7
Labor John Hohne4131.8-0.3
Independent Benjamin Watkins (elected 5)2,27610.1+10.1
Independent Benjamin Pearsall 1,6267.2-0.5
Independent Peter Murdoch 1,1565.1-0.7
Independent George Collis3891.7+1.7
Total formal votes22,46996.9-0.3
Informal votes7073.1+0.3
Turnout 23,17695.5+14.3
Party total votes
Nationalist 9,87543.9+6.5
Labor 7,14731.8-11.7
Independent Benjamin Watkins 2,27610.1+10.1
Independent Benjamin Pearsall 1,6267.2-0.5
Independent Peter Murdoch 1,1565.1-0.7
Independent George Collis3891.7+1.7

Wilmot

1931 Tasmanian state election: Wilmot
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Quota 2,904
Nationalist Neil Campbell (elected 1)3,61117.8+3.2
Nationalist Walter Lee (elected 6)2,49512.3-2.4
Nationalist Llewellyn Atkinson (elected 4)2,45312.1+12.1
Nationalist Alfred Burbury (elected 5)2,34111.5+11.5
Nationalist Percy Best 1,7328.5-3.3
Labor Jens Jensen (elected 2)2,73713.5+7.2
Labor Eric Ogilvie (elected 3)2,21410.9+6.8
Labor Herbert Osborne1,0405.1+0.3
Labor William Shoobridge 5262.6+0.9
Labor Henry Lane 4302.1+2.1
Independent John Williams4612.3+2.3
Independent Benjamin Whitham2841.4+1.4
Total formal votes20,32495.90.0
Informal votes8674.10.0
Turnout 21,19194.2+13.6
Party total votes
Nationalist 12,63262.1+20.1
Labor 6,94734.2-16.7
Independent John Williams4612.3+2.3
Independent Benjamin Whitham2841.4+1.4

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  1. ↑ "Assembly Elections, 1931". Tasmanian Parliamentary Library. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
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