Members of the Tasmanian House of Assembly, 1919–1922

This is a list of members of the Tasmanian House of Assembly between the 31 May 1919 election and the 10 June 1922 election. Nationalist MHA Walter Lee was the Premier of Tasmania throughout the term. In 1922, shortly before the election, a new Country Party emerged with several sitting Nationalist MPs joining it.

Name Party Division Years in office
George Becker Labor Bass 1912–1931; 1934–1941
James Belton Labor Darwin 1909–1931
Ernest Blyth Nationalist/Country Wilmot 1913–1925
John Cleary Labor Denison 1916–1928
Robert Cosgrove Labor Denison 1919–1922; 1925–1931;
1934–1958
David Dicker Labor/Independent Franklin 1909–1922
William Dixon Nationalist/Country Franklin 1919–1922
John Evans Nationalist Franklin 1897–1937
Allan Guy Labor Bass 1916–1929
John Hayes Nationalist Bass 1913–1923
Herbert Hays Nationalist Wilmot 1911–1922
Alexander Hean Nationalist Franklin 1903–1913; 1916–1925
Edward Hobbs Nationalist/Country Darwin 1916–1934
James Hurst Labor Darwin 1910–1912; 1919–1926
Walter Lee Nationalist Wilmot 1909–1946
Elliott Lewis Nationalist Denison 1886–1903; 1909–1922
Joseph Lyons[1] Labor Wilmot 1909–1929
John McPhee Nationalist Denison 1919–1934; 1941–1946
Alexander Marshall Nationalist Bass 1914–1925
James Newton Nationalist Bass 1917–1928
James Ogden Labor Darwin 1906–1922
Albert Ogilvie Labor Franklin 1919–1939
Michael O'Keefe Labor Wilmot 1912–1926
Herbert Payne[2] Nationalist Darwin 1903–1920
Percy Pollard[2] Nationalist Darwin 1917–1919; 1920–1922
George Pullen Nationalist Wilmot 1912–1916; 1919–1922
Robert Sadler Nationalist Bass 1900–1912; 1913–1922
William Sheridan Labor Denison 1909–1913; 1914–1928
Robert Snowden Nationalist Denison 1919–1924
Benjamin Watkins Labor Franklin 1906–1917; 1919–1922;
1925–1934
Joshua Whitsitt Independent/Country Darwin 1909–1922

Notes

1 Labor MHA for Wilmot, Joseph Lyons, resigned to contest the federal seat of Darwin at the 13 December 1919 election, and was unsuccessful. He was re-elected at the Wilmot by-election on 10 January 1920.
2 Nationalist MHA for Darwin, Herbert Payne, resigned in January 1920 to contest a vacancy on the Australian Senate. Nationalist candidate Percy Pollard was elected on 29 January 1920.

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