Members Of The Tasmanian House Of Assembly, 1941–1946
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This is a list of 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 ...
between the 13 December 1941 election and the 23 November 1946 election. The term was elongated due to
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Notes

: Labor MHA for Bass, Thomas Davies, died on 11 September 1942. A recount on 23 September 1942 resulted in the election of Labor candidate John Quintal. Quintal was believed to be the first direct descendant of a ''Bounty'' mutineer to be elected to any Australian parliament. : Labor MHA for
Wilmot Wilmot may refer to: Places Australia *Division of Wilmot, an abolished Australian Electoral Division in Tasmania * Wilmot, Tasmania, a locality in the North-West Region Canada *Wilmot, Nova Scotia, an unincorporated rural community and former t ...
, David O'Keefe, died on 21 July 1943. A recount on 5 August 1943 resulted in the election of Labor candidate Peter Pike. : Labor MHA for Darwin,
Thomas d'Alton Thomas George De Largie d'Alton (8 December 1895 – 7 May 1968) was an Australian politician and diplomat. He was born in Warracknabeal in Victoria. In 1931 d'Alton was elected to the Tasmanian House of Assembly as a Labor member for Darw ...
, resigned in April 1944. A recount on 26 April 1944 resulted in the election of Labor candidate Michael Adye Smith. : Labor MHA for Bass, John McDonald, resigned on 16 April 1945. A recount on 26 April 1945 resulted in the election of Labor candidate Alan Welsh. : Labor MHA for Denison,
Edmund Dwyer-Gray Edmund John Chisholm Dwyer-Gray (2 April 18706 December 1945) was an Irish-Australian politician, who was the 29th Premier of Tasmania from 11 June to 18 December 1939. He was a member of the Australian Labor Party (ALP). Early life He was bo ...
, died on 6 December 1945. A recount on 20 December 1945 resulted in the election of Labor candidate and former MHA
Francis Heerey Francis Xavier Heerey (21 September 1891 – 15 March 1964) was an Australian politician. He was born in Beaconsfield, Tasmania. In 1937 he was elected to the Tasmanian House of Assembly as a Labor member for Denison. He served until his d ...
. : Nationalist MHA for Denison,
John Soundy Sir John Soundy (14 November 1878 – 25 October 1960) was an Australian politician. He was born in Dorchester, Dorset, England. In 1925 he was elected to the Tasmanian House of Assembly as a Nationalist Nationalism is an idea and ...
, resigned to stand for the
Hobart Hobart ( ; Nuennonne/Palawa kani: ''nipaluna'') is the capital and most populous city of the Australian island state of Tasmania. Home to almost half of all Tasmanians, it is the least-populated Australian state capital city, and second-small ...
seat in the Legislative Council. A recount on 19 April 1946 resulted in the election of Robert Harvey.


Sources

* * Parliament of Tasmania (2006)
The Parliament of Tasmania from 1856
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