Members of the Tasmanian House of Assembly, 1919–1922

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This is a list of members of the Tasmanian House of Assembly between the 31 May 1919 election and the 10 June 1922 election. Nationalist MHA Walter Lee was the Premier of Tasmania throughout the term. In 1922, shortly before the election, a new Country Party emerged with several sitting Nationalist MPs joining it.

NamePartyDivisionYears in office
George Becker Labor Bass 1912–1931; 1934–1941
James Belton Labor Darwin 1909–1931
Ernest Blyth Nationalist/Country Wilmot 1913–1925
John Cleary Labor Denison 1916–1928
Robert Cosgrove LaborDenison1919–1922; 1925–1931;
1934–1958
David Dicker Labor/Independent Franklin 1909–1922
William Dixon Nationalist/CountryFranklin1919–1922
John Evans NationalistFranklin1897–1937
Allan Guy LaborBass1916–1929
John Hayes NationalistBass1913–1923
Herbert Hays NationalistWilmot1911–1922
Alexander Hean NationalistFranklin1903–1913; 1916–1925
Edward Hobbs Nationalist/CountryDarwin1916–1934
James Hurst LaborDarwin1910–1912; 1919–1926
Walter Lee NationalistWilmot1909–1946
Elliott Lewis NationalistDenison1886–1903; 1909–1922
Joseph Lyons [1] LaborWilmot1909–1929
John McPhee NationalistDenison1919–1934; 1941–1946
Alexander Marshall NationalistBass1914–1925
James Newton NationalistBass1917–1928
James Ogden LaborDarwin1906–1922
Albert Ogilvie LaborFranklin1919–1939
Michael O'Keefe LaborWilmot1912–1926
Herbert Payne [2] NationalistDarwin1903–1920
Percy Pollard [2] NationalistDarwin1917–1919; 1920–1922
George Pullen NationalistWilmot1912–1916; 1919–1922
Robert Sadler NationalistBass1900–1912; 1913–1922
William Sheridan LaborDenison1909–1913; 1914–1928
Robert Snowden NationalistDenison1919–1924
Benjamin Watkins LaborFranklin1906–1917; 1919–1922;
1925–1934
Joshua Whitsitt Independent/CountryDarwin1909–1922

Notes

1 Labor MHA for Wilmot, Joseph Lyons, resigned to contest the federal seat of Darwin at the 13 December 1919 election, and was unsuccessful. He was re-elected at the Wilmot by-election on 10 January 1920.
2 Nationalist MHA for Darwin, Herbert Payne, resigned in January 1920 to contest a vacancy on the Australian Senate. Nationalist candidate Percy Pollard was elected on 29 January 1920.

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