# Results of the 1931 Tasmanian state election

Tasmanian state election, 9 May 1931 House of Assembly
<< 1928–1934 >> :
| Enrolled voters | Enrolled voters | 118,730 | | | | |
| Votes cast | Votes cast | 112,779 | | Turnout | 94.99% | +13.10% |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | 3,885 | | Informal | 3.44% | +0.20% |
| Summary of votes by party |||||||
| Party | Party | Primary votes | % | Swing | Seats | Change |
| | Nationalist | 61,414 | 56.40% | +14.20% | 19 | + 4 |
| | Labor | 38,030 | 34.92% | –12.23% | 10 | – 4 |
| | Independent | 9,450 | 8.68% | –2.07% | 1 | ± 0 |
| Total | Total | 108,894 | | | 30 | |
This is a list of House of Assembly results for the 1931 Tasmanian election.

## Results by division
### Bass

1931 Tasmanian state election: Bass :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Quota | Quota | Quota | 3,095 | | |
| | Nationalist | Howard Barber (elected 1) | 3,446 | 15.9 | +15.9 |
| | Nationalist | Robert Murphy (elected 2) | 2,989 | 13.8 | +6.9 |
| | Nationalist | Claude James (elected 4) | 2,155 | 9.9 | −0.3 |
| | Nationalist | John Ockerby (elected 6) | 1,684 | 7.8 | −2.4 |
| | Nationalist | Henry Thomson | 1,302 | 6.0 | −1.5 |
| | Nationalist | Herbert Postle | 1,145 | 5.3 | +5.3 |
| | Nationalist | Benjamin Saunders | 882 | 4.1 | +4.1 |
| | Labor | Victor Shaw (elected 3) | 3,064 | 14.1 | +4.8 |
| | Labor | Thomas Davies (elected 5) | 2,342 | 10.8 | +3.8 |
| | Labor | George Becker | 1,688 | 7.8 | −5.1 |
| | Labor | Alfred Higgins | 964 | 4.5 | +1.3 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 21,661 | 96.6 | 0.0 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 768 | 3.4 | 0.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 22,429 | 94.7 | +15.0 |
| Party total votes ||||||
| | Nationalist | | 13,603 | 62.8 | +17.4 |
| | Labor | | 8,058 | 37.2 | −17.4 |

### Darwin

1931 Tasmanian state election: Darwin :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Quota | Quota | Quota | 3,248 | | |
| | Nationalist | Thomas Butler (elected 1) | 5,846 | 25.7 | +25.7 |
| | Nationalist | Frank Marriott (elected 2) | 2,788 | 12.3 | −5.1 |
| | Nationalist | Henry McFie (elected 6) | 1,953 | 8.6 | −0.5 |
| | Nationalist | Edward Hobbs (elected 5) | 1,659 | 7.3 | −3.6 |
| | Nationalist | John Wright | 1,180 | 5.2 | +5.2 |
| | Nationalist | Colin Paul | 225 | 1.0 | +1.0 |
| | Labor | Thomas d'Alton (elected 3) | 2,660 | 11.7 | +11.7 |
| | Labor | Philip Kelly (elected 4) | 2,186 | 9.6 | −5.4 |
| | Labor | James Belton | 1,523 | 6.7 | −6.5 |
| | Labor | Joseph McGrath | 392 | 1.7 | +1.7 |
| | Labor | James Gray | 378 | 1.7 | +1.7 |
| | Independent | Fergus Medwin | 1,667 | 7.3 | +7.3 |
| | Independent | Daniel Brown | 274 | 1.2 | +1.2 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 22,731 | 96.7 | −0.1 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 768 | 3.3 | +0.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 23,499 | 95.2 | +11.0 |
| Party total votes ||||||
| | Nationalist | | 13,651 | 60.0 | +14.3 |
| | Labor | | 7,139 | 31.4 | −15.3 |
| | Independent | Fergus Medwin | 1,667 | 7.3 | +7.3 |
| | Independent | Daniel Brown | 274 | 1.2 | +1.2 |

### Denison

1931 Tasmanian state election: Denison :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Quota | Quota | Quota | 3,102 | | |
| | Nationalist | John McPhee (elected 1) | 5,068 | 23.3 | +7.7 |
| | Nationalist | Ernest Turner (elected 2) | 2,226 | 10.3 | +10.3 |
| | Nationalist | Charles Grant (elected 5) | 1,459 | 6.7 | −2.9 |
| | Nationalist | John Soundy (elected 6) | 1,026 | 4.7 | −3.0 |
| | Nationalist | Arndell Lewis | 754 | 3.5 | +3.5 |
| | Nationalist | George Gilmore | 384 | 1.8 | +1.8 |
| | Nationalist | Charles O'Conor | 336 | 1.5 | +1.5 |
| | Nationalist | Maurice Susman | 248 | 1.1 | +1.1 |
| | Nationalist | Alfred Richardson | 152 | 0.7 | +0.7 |
| | Labor | Gerald Mahoney (elected 3) | 2,463 | 11.3 | +11.3 |
| | Labor | Edmund Dwyer-Gray (elected 4) | 1,486 | 6.7 | −1.2 |
| | Labor | Robert Cosgrove | 1,405 | 6.5 | −0.5 |
| | Labor | Arthur Tyler | 1,328 | 6.1 | +6.1 |
| | Labor | Walter Woods | 909 | 4.2 | −3.9 |
| | Labor | Frederick Bates | 640 | 2.9 | +2.9 |
| | Labor | John Cleary | 508 | 2.3 | −0.9 |
| | Independent | James Counsel | 585 | 2.7 | +2.7 |
| | Independent | Archibald Park | 410 | 1.9 | +1.9 |
| | Independent | David Dicker | 322 | 1.5 | +1.5 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 21,709 | 96.6 | −0.7 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 775 | 3.4 | +0.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 22,484 | 95.3 | +11.7 |
| Party total votes ||||||
| | Nationalist | | 11,653 | 53.7 | +13.3 |
| | Labor | | 8,739 | 40.3 | −0.6 |
| | Independent | James Counsel | 585 | 2.7 | +2.7 |
| | Independent | Archibald Park | 410 | 1.9 | +1.9 |
| | Independent | David Dicker | 322 | 1.5 | +1.5 |

### Franklin

1931 Tasmanian state election: Franklin :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Quota | Quota | Quota | 3,210 | | |
| | Nationalist | Henry Baker (elected 1) | 4,583 | 20.4 | +10.3 |
| | Nationalist | Alfred Seabrook (elected 6) | 1,612 | 7.2 | +7.2 |
| | Nationalist | John Evans (elected 4) | 1,593 | 7.1 | −1.8 |
| | Nationalist | John Piggott | 1,303 | 5.8 | −8.4 |
| | Nationalist | Derrick Burgess | 532 | 2.4 | +2.4 |
| | Nationalist | Clarence Rennie | 252 | 1.1 | +1.1 |
| | Labor | Albert Ogilvie (elected 2) | 3,930 | 17.5 | −7.7 |
| | Labor | John Dwyer (elected 3) | 1,531 | 6.8 | +6.8 |
| | Labor | William McGann | 661 | 2.9 | +2.9 |
| | Labor | Edward Brooker | 612 | 2.7 | +2.7 |
| | Labor | John Hohne | 413 | 1.8 | −0.3 |
| | Independent | Benjamin Watkins (elected 5) | 2,276 | 10.1 | +10.1 |
| | Independent | Benjamin Pearsall | 1,626 | 7.2 | −0.5 |
| | Independent | Peter Murdoch | 1,156 | 5.1 | −0.7 |
| | Independent | George Collis | 389 | 1.7 | +1.7 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 22,469 | 96.9 | −0.3 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 707 | 3.1 | +0.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 23,176 | 95.5 | +14.3 |
| Party total votes ||||||
| | Nationalist | | 9,875 | 43.9 | +6.5 |
| | Labor | | 7,147 | 31.8 | −11.7 |
| | Independent | Benjamin Watkins | 2,276 | 10.1 | +10.1 |
| | Independent | Benjamin Pearsall | 1,626 | 7.2 | −0.5 |
| | Independent | Peter Murdoch | 1,156 | 5.1 | −0.7 |
| | Independent | George Collis | 389 | 1.7 | +1.7 |

### Wilmot

1931 Tasmanian state election: Wilmot :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Quota | Quota | Quota | 2,904 | | |
| | Nationalist | Neil Campbell (elected 1) | 3,611 | 17.8 | +3.2 |
| | Nationalist | Walter Lee (elected 6) | 2,495 | 12.3 | −2.4 |
| | Nationalist | Llewellyn Atkinson (elected 4) | 2,453 | 12.1 | +12.1 |
| | Nationalist | Alfred Burbury (elected 5) | 2,341 | 11.5 | +11.5 |
| | Nationalist | Percy Best | 1,732 | 8.5 | −3.3 |
| | Labor | Jens Jensen (elected 2) | 2,737 | 13.5 | +7.2 |
| | Labor | Eric Ogilvie (elected 3) | 2,214 | 10.9 | +6.8 |
| | Labor | Herbert Osborne | 1,040 | 5.1 | +0.3 |
| | Labor | William Shoobridge | 526 | 2.6 | +0.9 |
| | Labor | Henry Lane | 430 | 2.1 | +2.1 |
| | Independent | John Williams | 461 | 2.3 | +2.3 |
| | Independent | Benjamin Whitham | 284 | 1.4 | +1.4 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 20,324 | 95.9 | 0.0 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 867 | 4.1 | 0.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 21,191 | 94.2 | +13.6 |
| Party total votes ||||||
| | Nationalist | | 12,632 | 62.1 | +20.1 |
| | Labor | | 6,947 | 34.2 | −16.7 |
| | Independent | John Williams | 461 | 2.3 | +2.3 |
| | Independent | Benjamin Whitham | 284 | 1.4 | +1.4 |