The 1919 Tasmanian state election was held on 31 May 1919 in the

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to elect 30 members of the

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. The election used the Hare-Clark

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system — six members were elected from each of five electorates. By the 1919 election, the Liberal Party had regrouped and been renamed as the Nationalist Party. The

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, Walter Lee, had led the party for a relatively untroubled three years, despite the Liberals' one-seat majority over Labor and the uncertainty of

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, 1986, pp 52-53. The Labor Party in Tasmania went into the 1919 election led by

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. Lee led the Nationalist Party to victory, with a 14% margin over Labor, although they only won 16 of the 30 seats in the House of Assembly. Independent

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retained his seat.

Results

Distribution of votes

Primary vote by division

Distribution of seats

References

External links

Assembly Election Results, 1919

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Report on General Election, 1916
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