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

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Tasmanian state election, 23 March 1916[1]
House of Assembly
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Enrolled voters 107,321
Votes cast 78,984 Turnout 73.60% +6.35%
Informal votes 4,470 Informal 5.66% +2.79%
Summary of votes by party
Party Primary votes % Swing Seats Change
  Liberal 35,939 48.23% –4.35% 15 + 1
  Labor 36,118 48.47% +2.47% 14 – 1
  Independent 2,457 3.30% +1.88% 1 ± 0
Total 74,514     30  

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

Results by division

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Bass

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1916 Tasmanian state election: Bass
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Quota 2,250
Labor George Becker (elected 2) 2,480 15.8 +1.0
Labor Charles Howroyd (elected 3) 2,199 14.0 +1.0
Labor Allan Guy (elected 6) 1,495 9.5 +1.3
Labor James McDonald 1,239 7.9 +7.9
Labor William Sheehan 970 6.2 +6.2
Liberal Alexander Marshall (elected 1) 3,101 19.7 +19.7
Liberal John Hayes (elected 4) 1,663 10.6 −1.3
Liberal Robert Sadler (elected 5) 1,501 9.5 +1.3
Liberal James Newton 869 5.5 +5.5
Independent Richard Russell 229 1.5 +1.5
Total formal votes 15,746 95.7 −1.8
Informal votes 716 4.3 +1.8
Turnout 16,462 71.7 +5.0
Party total votes
Labor 8,383 53.2 +2.9
Liberal 7,134 45.3 −4.4
Independent Richard Russell 229 1.5 +1.5

Darwin

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1916 Tasmanian state election: Darwin
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Quota 1,928
Labor James Belton (elected 1) 2,601 19.3 +5.5
Labor James Ogden (elected 2) 2,216 16.4 +2.5
Labor Benjamin Watkins (elected 3) 1,047 7.8 −3.5
Labor Leonard Bennett 978 7.2 +7.2
Liberal Herbert Payne (elected 4) 1,569 11.6 −0.2
Liberal Edward Hobbs (elected 6) 1,557 11.5 +11.5
Liberal Stephen Margetts 1,057 7.8 +7.8
Liberal George Pullen 1,039 7.7 −2.9
Independent Joshua Whitsitt (elected 5) 1,428 10.6 +10.6
Total formal votes 13,492 94.1 −2.8
Informal votes 851 5.9 +2.8
Turnout 14,343 73.9 +11.9
Party total votes
Labor 6,842 50.7 −0.4
Liberal 5,222 38.7 −10.2
Independent Joshua Whitsitt 1,428 10.6 +10.6

Denison

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1916 Tasmanian state election: Denison
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Quota 2,428
Liberal Elliott Lewis (elected 2) 2,709 15.9 +0.5
Liberal William Burgess (elected 4) 2,258 13.3 +13.3
Liberal William Fullerton (elected 6) 1,805 10.6 +1.7
Liberal John McPhee 1,793 10.6 +10.6
Labor William Sheridan (elected 1) 3,327 19.6 +12.7
Labor Walter Woods (elected 3) 2,190 12.9 +3.5
Labor John Cleary (elected 5) 1,194 7.0 +7.0
Labor John Lewis 935 5.5 +5.5
Labor Robert Cosgrove 784 4.6 +4.6
Total formal votes 16,995 94.4 −2.4
Informal votes 1,014 5.6 +2.4
Turnout 18,009 74.9 +6.1
Party total votes
Liberal 8,565 50.4 −1.6
Labor 8,430 49.6 +1.6

Franklin

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1916 Tasmanian state election: Franklin
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Quota 2,191
Liberal Frederick Burbury (elected 2) 2,819 18.4 +18.4
Liberal John Evans (elected 3) 2,277 14.8 +1.6
Liberal Alexander Hean (elected 6) 1,572 9.3 0.0
Liberal Arthur Cotton 1,270 8.3 −10.7
Labor John Earle (elected 1) 3,943 25.7 +4.5
Labor William Shoobridge (elected 4) 1,350 8.8 +8.8
Labor David Dicker (elected 5) 1,335 8.7 +2.7
Labor George Martin 769 5.0 −5.4
Total formal votes 15,335 93.4 −3.4
Informal votes 1,086 6.6 +3.4
Turnout 16,421 74.2 +3.0
Party total votes
Liberal 7,938 51.8 −4.4
Labor 7,397 48.2 +4.4

Wilmot

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1916 Tasmanian state election: Wilmot
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Quota 1,850
Liberal Walter Lee (elected 2) 2,631 20.3 +8.5
Liberal Ernest Blyth (elected 5) 1,477 11.4 +11.4
Liberal Herbert Hays (elected 4) 956 7.4 −4.8
Liberal Edward Mulcahy (elected 6) 926 7.1 −8.8
Liberal Edmund Hingston 522 4.0 +4.0
Liberal William Connell 292 2.2 +2.2
Liberal Alfred Stokes 276 2.1 +2.1
Labor Joseph Lyons (elected 1) 2,812 21.7 +3.8
Labor Michael O'Keefe (elected 3) 1,245 9.6 +1.8
Labor Henry McFie 516 4.0 +4.0
Labor John Heffernan 493 3.8 +3.8
Independent Norman Cameron 800 6.2 −1.8
Total formal votes 12,946 94.2 −3.4
Informal votes 803 5.8 +3.4
Turnout 13,749 73.1 +6.7
Party total votes
Liberal 7,080 54.7 −1.1
Labor 5,066 39.1 +2.9
Independent Norman Cameron 800 6.2 −1.8

See also

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References

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