Candidates of the 1925 Tasmanian state election

The 1925 Tasmanian state election was held on 3 June 1925. Since the last election, the Nationalist Party had split, with some supporting former leader Sir Walter Lee's "Liberal" grouping. The Tasmanian branch of the Country Party had also ceased to exist, with its members scattering to the Nationalists, Liberals or independents.

## Retiring Members

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### Nationalist

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These members were elected in 1922 as members of the Nationalist or Country parties; their designation for 1925 (Nationalist, Liberal or Independent) is not clear.

* Richard Franks MHA (Darwin)
* Alexander Hean MHA (Franklin)

## House of Assembly

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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

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Six seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending three seats. The Nationalist Party was defending three seats, although one sitting member ran as a Liberal and another as an independent. Independent Labor MHA Jens Jensen was defending one seat.

Labor candidates  | Nationalist candidates  | Liberal candidates  | Independent candidates

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George Becker*
Allan Guy*
Harold Holmes
Victor Shaw*

Robert Murphy
George Pullen
George Shields
James Sullivan
Henry Thomson*

Luke Bryant
Robert Coplestone
Claude James*
James Newton*
Leslie Procter
William Rose

Jens Jensen (Ind Lab)
Alexander Marshall

### Darwin

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Six seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending three seats. The Nationalist Party was defending three seats, two of which had been won by the Country Party at the last election.

Labor candidates  | Nationalist candidates  | Liberal candidates

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James Belton*
Eliza Burnell
James Hurst*
Philip Kelly*
Henry Lane
William Treanor

Harold Ireland
David Jones
Frank Marriott*
Henry McFie*
Hubert Nichols
Herbert Vertigan

James Charleston
Edward Hobbs*

### Denison

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

Labor candidates  | Nationalist candidates  | Independent candidates

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John Cleary*
Robert Cosgrove*
Charles Culley*
Enid Lyons
Charles Metz
Eric Ogilvie
Walter Woods*

Charles Grant
William Hammond
William Jarvis
John McPhee*
Leslie Payne
John Soundy*
Frederick Wilson

Gerald Mahoney (Ind Lab)
Edith Waterworth

### Franklin

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Six seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending two seats. The Nationalist Party was defending three seats, although Nationalist MHA Peter Murdoch was running as an independent. Country Party MHA John Piggott was also running as an independent.

Labor candidates  | Nationalist candidates  | Independent candidates

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John Lewis
Samuel Lyden
Albert Ogilvie*
William Sheridan*
Douglas Thompson
Winston Triffitt
Benjamin Watkins*

George Cummins
John Evans*
Richard Johnson

Peter Murdoch*
Benjamin Pearsall
John Piggott*

### Wilmot

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Six seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending two seats. The Nationalist Party was defending four seats, two of which had been held by the Country Party.

Labor candidates  | Nationalist candidates  | Liberal candidates  | Independent candidates

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Joseph Lyons*
Michael O'Keefe*
Herbert Osborne
John Palamountain
Will Reece
William Shoobridge*

Albert Bendall
Percy Best
Ernest Blyth
Neil Campbell*

Sir Walter Lee*
John Peters

Norman Cameron*
John Newman

## See also

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* Members of the Tasmanian House of Assembly, 1922–1925
* Members of the Tasmanian House of Assembly, 1925–1928

## References

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* Tasmanian Parliamentary Library