Candidates of the 1928 Tasmanian state election

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The 1928 Tasmanian state election was held on 30 May 1928. Since the last election, members of Sir Walter Lee's dissident Liberal grouping had rejoined the Nationalist Party.

Retiring Members

Nationalist

House of Assembly

Sitting members are shown in bold text. Tickets that elected at least one MHA are highlighted in the relevant colour. Successful candidates are indicated by an asterisk (*).

Bass

Six seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending three seats. The Nationalist Party was defending three seats (two Liberals and one Nationalist).

Labor candidates Nationalist candidates

George Becker*
Thomas Davies
Allan Guy*
Alfred Higgins
Harold Holmes
Victor Shaw*

Harold Brumby
Claude James*
John Kidd
James Lefevre
Robert Murphy
John Ockerby*
William Salisbury
Henry Thomson*

Darwin

Six seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending three seats. The Nationalist Party was defending three seats (two Nationalists and one Liberal).

Labor candidates Nationalist candidates Independent candidates

James Belton*
Philip Kelly*
Henry Lane
Fergus Medwin*
John O'Donnell
Robert Steel

Edward Hobbs*
Henry McFie*
Duncan McInnes
Frank Marriott*
Richard Parsons

Joshua Whitsitt

Denison

Six seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending four seats. The Nationalist Party was defending two seats.

Labor candidates Nationalist candidates Independent candidates

John Brown
John Cleary
Robert Cosgrove*
Charles Culley
Edmund Dwyer-Gray*
William Lloyd
George Phillips
Walter Woods*

George Davis
Charles Grant*
John McPhee*
John Soundy*
Horace Walch

John Graham
Gerald Mahoney (Ind Lab)
William McHugo
Richard Stamford

Franklin

Six seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending three seats. The Nationalist Party was defending one seat, although independent MHA John Piggott had joined the Nationalists. Independent MHA Peter Murdoch was defending one seat.

Labor candidates Nationalist candidates Independent candidates

Charles Frost
John Hohne
Samuel Lyden
William Michael
Albert Ogilvie*
Will Reece
William Sheridan
Benjamin Watkins*

Henry Baker*
George Cummins
Sir John Evans*
John Piggott*

John Earle
Peter Murdoch
Benjamin Pearsall*
Winston Triffitt

Wilmot

Six seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending three seats. The Nationalist Party was defending two seats (one Nationalist, one Liberal). Independent MHA Norman Cameron was defending one seat.

Labor candidates Nationalist candidates Independent candidates

Leonard Bennett
Jens Jensen*
Joseph Lyons*
Eric Ogilvie*
Herbert Osborne
John Palamountain
William Shoobridge

Percy Best*
Neil Campbell*
Sir Walter Lee*
George Rowell

Norman Cameron
Walter McShane

See also

References

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