The 1903 Tasmanian state election was held on 2 April 1903 in the
Australian state
The states and territories are federated administrative divisions in Australia, ruled by regional governments that constitute the second level of governance between the federal government and local governments. States are self-governing ...
of
Tasmania
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to elect 35 members of the
Tasmanian House of Assembly
The House of Assembly, or Lower House, is one of the two chambers of the Parliament of Tasmania in Australia. The other is the Legislative Council or Upper House. It sits in Parliament House in the state capital, Hobart.
The Assembly has 25 m ...
. Women got the right to vote at the election.
Elliott Lewis, leader of the Ministerial group, entered the election as the incumbent
Premier of Tasmania
The premier of Tasmania is the head of the executive government in the Australian state of Tasmania. By convention, the leader of the party or political grouping which has majority support in the House of Assembly is invited by the governor of ...
. At the election, the group lost 10 seats and Lewis lost his seat. The Opposition led by
William Propsting
William Bispham Propsting, CMG (4 June 1861 – 3 December 1937) was an Australian politician and member of the Tasmanian House of Assembly, who served as Premier of Tasmania from 9 April 1903 to 11 July 1904.
Early life
Propsting was born in ...
won government. The Workers' Political League (the future
Australian Labor Party
The Australian Labor Party (ALP), also simply known as Labor, is the major centre-left political party in Australia, one of two major parties in Australian politics, along with the centre-right Liberal Party of Australia. The party forms t ...
) fielded candidates for the first time, winning three seats.
John Earle became leader of the parliamentary party in 1906.
Results
See also
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Members of the Tasmanian House of Assembly, 1903–1906
This is a list of members of the Tasmanian House of Assembly between the 2 April 1903 election and the 29 March 1906 election.
The Hare-Clark system being trialled in Hobart and Launceston came to an end at the 1903 election, and several seat ...
References
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1903
Events January
* January 1 – Edward VII is proclaimed Emperor of India.
* January 19 – The first west–east transatlantic radio broadcast is made from the United States to England (the first east–west broadcast having bee ...
1903 elections in Australia
1900s in Tasmania