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Tasmanian state election, 9 June 1934
House of Assembly
<< 1931–1937 >>

Enrolled voters 127,681
Votes cast 120,622 Turnout 94.47% –0.52%
Informal votes 3,885 Informal 3.20% –0.25%
Summary of votes by party
Party Primary votes % Swing Seats Change
  Nationalist 54,549 46.72% –9.68% 13 – 6
  Labor 53,454 45.78% +10.85% 14 + 4
  Independent 8,764 7.51% –1.17% 3 + 2
Total 116,767     30  

This is a list of House of Assembly results for the 1934 Tasmanian election.

Results by division

Bass

1934 Tasmanian state election: Bass
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Quota 3,335
Labor Thomas Davies (elected 1) 4,982 21.3 +10.5
Labor Victor Shaw (elected 2) 2,867 12.3 −1.8
Labor John Joseph McDonald (elected 6) 1,313 5.6 +5.6
Labor Charles Lamp 1,270 5.4 +5.4
Labor Frederick Hall 355 1.5 +1.5
Nationalist Allen Hollingsworth (elected 3) 3,138 13.4 +13.4
Nationalist Claude James (elected 4) 2,217 9.5 −0.4
Nationalist Robert Murphy 1,812 7.8 −6.0
Nationalist John Ockerby (elected 5) 1,671 7.2 −0.6
Nationalist Syd Jackson 1,346 5.8 +5.8
Nationalist Herbert Postle 825 3.5 −1.8
Nationalist Henry Thomson 650 2.8 −3.2
Nationalist Robert Wright 324 1.4 +1.4
Total formal votes 23,339 96.6 0.0
Informal votes 831 3.4 0.0
Turnout 24,170 94.6 −0.1
Party total votes
Labor 11,856 50.8 +13.6
Nationalist 11,483 49.2 −13.6

Darwin

1934 Tasmanian state election: Darwin
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Quota 3,403
Nationalist Frank Marriott (elected 3) 1,878 7.9 −4.4
Nationalist Frank Edwards (elected 5) 1,648 6.9 +6.9
Nationalist Jack Chamberlain (elected 4) 1,564 6.6 +6.6
Nationalist John Wright 1,491 6.3 +1.1
Nationalist Henry McFie 1,259 5.3 −3.3
Nationalist Thomas Butler 1,008 4.2 −21.5
Nationalist John Astell 865 3.6 +3.6
Nationalist Robert Hamilton 851 3.6 +3.6
Nationalist Ernest Fenton 769 3.2 +3.2
Nationalist Cyril Horne 767 3.2 +3.2
Nationalist Edward Hobbs 478 2.0 −5.3
Labor Thomas d'Alton (elected 1) 3,561 15.0 +3.3
Labor Philip Kelly (elected 2) 2,649 11.1 +1.5
Labor Joseph McGrath (elected 6) 1,382 5.8 +4.1
Labor James Belton 1,181 5.0 −1.7
Labor Henry Lane 956 4.0 +4.0
Independent Stephen Broad 1,512 6.3 +6.3
Total formal votes 23,819 97.0 +0.3
Informal votes 725 3.0 −0.3
Turnout 24,544 94.0 −1.2
Party total votes
Nationalist 12,578 52.8 −7.2
Labor 9,729 40.8 +9.4
Independent Stephen Broad 1,512 6.3 +6.3

Denison

1934 Tasmanian state election: Denison
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Quota 3,292
Labor Robert Cosgrove (elected 1) 3,661 15.9 +9.4
Labor Charles Culley (elected 3) 2,665 11.6 +11.6
Labor Edmund Dwyer-Gray (elected 4) 1,662 7.2 +0.4
Labor Gerald Mahoney 1,661 7.2 −4.1
Labor Walter Woods 770 3.3 −0.9
Labor Edgar Geer 422 1.8 +1.8
Labor Alfred White 381 1.7 +1.7
Nationalist John Soundy (elected 2) 3,489 15.1 +10.4
Nationalist Eric Johnson 1,534 6.7 +6.7
Nationalist Ernest Turner (elected 5) 1,419 6.2 −4.1
Nationalist D'Arcy Addison 1,001 4.3 +4.3
Nationalist Arndell Lewis 937 4.1 +0.6
Nationalist Trevor Young 328 1.4 +1.4
Social Credit George Carruthers (elected 6) 1,995 8.7 +8.7
Independent William Jarvis 491 2.1 +2.1
Independent Labor Thomas Jude 320 1.4 +1.4
Independent Lesley Murdoch 192 0.8 +0.8
Independent Robert Leitch 111 0.5 +0.5
Total formal votes 23,039 96.9 +0.3
Informal votes 736 3.1 −0.3
Turnout 23,775 95.1 −0.2
Party total votes
Labor 11,222 48.7 +8.4
Nationalist 8,708 37.8 −15.9
Social Credit George Carruthers 1,995 8.7 +8.7
Independent William Jarvis 491 2.1 +2.1
Independent Labor Thomas Jude 320 1.4 +1.4
Independent Lesley Murdoch 192 0.8 +0.8
Independent Robert Leitch 111 0.5 +0.5

Franklin

1934 Tasmanian state election: Franklin
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Quota 3,535
Labor Albert Ogilvie (elected 1) 6,295 25.4 +9.5
Labor John Dwyer (elected 2) 2,528 10.2 +3.4
Labor Edward Brooker (elected 6) 2,481 10.0 −7.3
Labor Charles Frost 1,538 6.2 +6.2
Nationalist Henry Baker (elected 3) 3,135 12.7 −7.7
Nationalist Alfred Seabrook 1,709 6.9 −0.3
Nationalist John Evans (elected 4) 1,614 6.5 −0.6
Nationalist Benjamin Watkins 1,326 5.4 +5.4
Nationalist George Harvey 902 3.6 +3.6
Nationalist Albert Beard 658 2.7 +2.7
Independent Benjamin Pearsall (elected 5) 1,790 7.2 0.0
Independent Peter Murdoch 768 3.1 −2.0
Total formal votes 24,744 97.3 +0.4
Informal votes 688 2.7 −0.4
Turnout 25,432 95.1 −0.4
Party total votes
Labor 12,842 51.9 +20.1
Nationalist 9,344 37.8 −6.1
Independent Benjamin Pearsall 1,790 7.2 0.0
Independent Peter Murdoch 768 3.1 −2.0

Wilmot

1934 Tasmanian state election: Wilmot
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Quota 3,119
Nationalist Walter Lee (elected 2) 3,112 14.3 +2.0
Nationalist Neil Campbell (elected 3) 2,550 11.7 −6.1
Nationalist Donald Cameron (elected 5) 1,239 5.7 +5.7
Nationalist Percy Best 1,180 5.4 −3.1
Nationalist Harold Lord 1,070 4.9 +4.9
Nationalist Llewellyn Atkinson 862 3.9 −8.2
Nationalist Francis Foster 844 3.9 +3.9
Nationalist Alfred Burbury 720 3.3 −8.2
Nationalist Henry Wilson 449 2.1 +2.1
Nationalist Peter Sattler 410 1.9 +1.9
Labor Eric Ogilvie (elected 1) 3,708 17.0 +6.1
Labor David O'Keefe (elected 4) 1,631 7.5 +7.5
Labor Lancelot Spurr 1,272 5.8 +5.8
Labor Francis Cosgrove 1,033 4.7 +4.7
Labor Charles Metz 161 0.7 +0.7
Independent Labor George Becker (elected 6) 1,585 7.3 +7.3
Total formal votes 21,826 96.1 +0.2
Informal votes 875 3.9 −0.2
Turnout 22,701 93.6 −0.6
Party total votes
Nationalist 12,436 57.0 −5.1
Labor 7,805 35.8 +1.6
Independent Labor George Becker 1,585 7.3 +7.3

See also

References

  1. "Assembly Elections, 1934". Tasmanian Parliamentary Library. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
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