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1916 Tasmanian state election

State election in Australia

Summary

State election in Australia

Field	Value
election_name	1916 Tasmanian state election
country	Tasmania
type	parliamentary
ongoing	no
previous_election	1913 Tasmanian state election
previous_year	1913
next_election	1919 Tasmanian state election
next_year	1919
seats_for_election	All 30 seats to the House of Assembly
election_date	25 March 1916
image1	[[File:Sir Walter Lee.jpg	149px]]
leader1	Walter Lee
leader_since1	September 1915
party1	Tasmanian Liberal League
leaders_seat1	Wilmot
last_election1	16 seats
seats1	15 seats
seat_change1	1
percentage1	48.23%
swing1	4.35
image2	[[File:John Earle (Australian politician).jpg	122px]]
leader2	John Earle
leader_since2	1906
party2	Australian Labor Party (Tasmanian Branch)
leaders_seat2	Franklin
last_election2	14 seats
seats2	14 seats
seat_change2	0
percentage2	48.47%
swing2	2.47
map_image	1916 Tasmanian state election.svg
map_size	350px
map_caption	Results of the election
title	Premier
posttitle	Resulting Premier
before_election	John Earle
before_party	Australian Labor Party (Tasmanian Branch)
after_election	Walter Lee
after_party	Tasmanian Liberal League

The 1916 Tasmanian state election was held on Saturday, 25 March 1916 in the Australian state of Tasmania to elect 30 members of the Tasmanian House of Assembly. The election used the Hare-Clark proportional representation system — six members were elected from each of five electorates.

Although the Liberals had won the 1913 election, a subsequent by-election had seen both parties holding 15 seats in the House of Assembly and Solomon losing government to Labor's John Earle. Earle's government had been appointed on the expectation that Earle would quickly call for a dissolution of the House of Assembly, which he refused to do, and successfully appealed to the Colonial Office.

At the election, Earle was the incumbent Premier of Tasmania and the Liberal Party was headed by Walter Lee. The Labor Party made no gains at the 1916 election. Joshua Whitsitt won as an Independent. The Liberals had no clear majority, winning 15 seats. Lee became Premier, as leader of the party with the most seats.

Results

Distribution of votes

Primary vote by division

Darwin	Denison	Franklin	Wilmot
Labor Party	53.2%	50.7%	49.6%	48.2%
Commonwealth Liberal	45.3%	38.7%	50.4%	51.8%
Other	1.5%	10.6%	–	–

Distribution of seats

Electorate	Seats won
	Bass	Commonwealth Liberal}}
	Darwin
	Denison
	Franklin
	Wilmot

	Independent

References

[http://www.parliament.tas.gov.au/tpl/Backg/HAElections.htm House of Assembly Elections], [[Parliament of Tasmania]].

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