# Results of the 1928 Tasmanian state election

Tasmanian state election, 30 May 1928 House of Assembly
<< 1925–1931 >> :
| Enrolled voters | Enrolled voters | 111,956 | | | | |
| Votes cast | Votes cast | 91,679 | | Turnout | 81.89% | +14.63% |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | 2,973 | | Informal | 3.24% | +1.02% |
| Summary of votes by party |||||||
| Party | Party | Primary votes | % | Swing | Seats | Change |
| | Labor | 41,829 | 47.15% | –1.32% | 14 | – 2 |
| | Nationalist | 37,432 | 42.20% | +2.83% | 15 | + 4 |
| | Independent Labor TAS | 1,982 | 2.23% | –1.22% | 0 | ± 0 |
| | Independent | 7,461 | 8.41% | –0.30% | 1 | – 2 |
| Total | Total | 88,706 | | | 30 | |
This is a list of House of Assembly results for the 1928 Tasmanian election.

## Results by division
### Bass

1928 Tasmanian state election: Bass :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Quota | Quota | Quota | 2,452 | | |
| | Labor | Allan Guy (elected 1) | 2,963 | 17.3 | −4.2 |
| | Labor | George Becker (elected 2) | 2,210 | 12.9 | +1.7 |
| | Labor | Victor Shaw (elected 3) | 2,088 | 12.2 | +3.7 |
| | Labor | Thomas Davies | 1,201 | 7.0 | +7.0 |
| | Labor | Alfred Higgins | 549 | 3.2 | +3.2 |
| | Labor | Harold Holmes | 357 | 2.1 | −0.8 |
| | Nationalist | John Ockerby (elected 5) | 1,749 | 10.2 | +10.2 |
| | Nationalist | Claude James (elected 4) | 1,745 | 10.2 | −3.2 |
| | Nationalist | Henry Thomson (elected 6) | 1,284 | 7.5 | +0.6 |
| | Nationalist | Robert Murphy | 1,183 | 6.9 | +2.9 |
| | Nationalist | William Salisbury | 805 | 4.7 | +4.7 |
| | Nationalist | Harold Brumby | 454 | 2.6 | +2.6 |
| | Nationalist | James Lefevre | 431 | 2.5 | +2.5 |
| | Nationalist | John Kidd | 144 | 0.8 | +0.8 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 17,163 | 96.6 | −1.6 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 601 | 3.4 | +1.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 17,764 | 79.7 | +11.7 |
| Party total votes ||||||
| | Labor | | 9,368 | 54.6 | +10.6 |
| | Nationalist | | 7,795 | 45.4 | +30.2 |

### Darwin

1928 Tasmanian state election: Darwin :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Quota | Quota | Quota | 2,678 | | |
| | Labor | Philip Kelly (elected 2) | 2,805 | 15.0 | −16.3 |
| | Labor | James Belton (elected 3) | 2,477 | 13.2 | −4.4 |
| | Labor | Fergus Medwin (elected 6) | 1,171 | 6.2 | +6.2 |
| | Labor | Henry Lane | 954 | 5.1 | +0.2 |
| | Labor | Robert Steel | 677 | 3.6 | +3.6 |
| | Labor | John O'Donnell | 674 | 3.6 | +3.6 |
| | Nationalist | Frank Marriott (elected 1) | 3,266 | 17.4 | +5.7 |
| | Nationalist | Edward Hobbs (elected 4) | 2,041 | 10.9 | +2.3 |
| | Nationalist | Henry McFie (elected 5) | 1,703 | 9.1 | −0.5 |
| | Nationalist | Richard Parsons | 785 | 4.2 | +4.2 |
| | Nationalist | Duncan McInnes | 779 | 4.2 | +4.2 |
| | Independent | Joshua Whitsitt | 1,413 | 7.5 | +7.5 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 18,745 | 96.8 | −0.7 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 628 | 3.2 | +0.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 19,373 | 84.2 | +13.7 |
| Party total votes ||||||
| | Labor | | 8,758 | 46.7 | +4.8 |
| | Nationalist | | 8,574 | 45.7 | +10.1 |
| | Independent | Joshua Whitsitt | 1,413 | 7.5 | +7.5 |

### Denison

1928 Tasmanian state election: Denison :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Quota | Quota | Quota | 2,634 | | |
| | Labor | Walter Woods (elected 4) | 1,493 | 8.1 | −0.8 |
| | Labor | Edmund Dwyer-Gray (elected 6) | 1,461 | 7.9 | +7.9 |
| | Labor | Robert Cosgrove (elected 5) | 1,285 | 7.0 | −2.7 |
| | Labor | John Brown | 977 | 5.3 | +5.3 |
| | Labor | Charles Culley | 939 | 5.1 | −5.9 |
| | Labor | John Cleary | 595 | 3.2 | −4.1 |
| | Labor | William Lloyd | 502 | 2.7 | +2.7 |
| | Labor | George Phillips | 293 | 1.6 | +1.6 |
| | Nationalist | John McPhee (elected 1) | 2,872 | 15.6 | +7.0 |
| | Nationalist | Charles Grant (elected 2) | 1,774 | 9.6 | +0.5 |
| | Nationalist | John Soundy (elected 3) | 1,423 | 7.7 | −4.2 |
| | Nationalist | Horace Walch | 1,258 | 6.8 | +6.8 |
| | Nationalist | George Davis | 121 | 0.7 | +0.7 |
| | Independent Labor | Gerald Mahoney | 1,982 | 10.8 | +3.1 |
| | Independent | William McHugo | 1,057 | 5.7 | +5.7 |
| | Independent | Richard Stamford | 223 | 1.2 | +1.2 |
| | Independent | John Graham | 176 | 1.0 | +1.0 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 18,431 | 97.3 | −0.6 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 519 | 2.7 | +0.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 18,950 | 83.6 | +14.6 |
| Party total votes ||||||
| | Labor | | 7,545 | 40.9 | −8.5 |
| | Nationalist | | 7,448 | 40.4 | −0.3 |
| | Independent Labor | Gerald Mahoney | 1,982 | 10.8 | +3.1 |
| | Independent | William McHugo | 1,057 | 5.7 | +5.7 |
| | Independent | Richard Stamford | 223 | 1.2 | +1.2 |
| | Independent | John Graham | 176 | 1.0 | +1.0 |

### Franklin

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1928 Tasmanian state election: Franklin :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Quota | Quota | Quota | 2,589 | | |
| | Labor | Albert Ogilvie (elected 1) | 4,570 | 25.2 | −3.0 |
| | Labor | Benjamin Watkins (elected 3) | 1,231 | 6.8 | +1.6 |
| | Labor | William Sheridan | 489 | 2.7 | −4.1 |
| | Labor | Charles Frost | 417 | 2.3 | +2.3 |
| | Labor | John Hohne | 377 | 2.1 | +2.1 |
| | Labor | Samuel Lyden | 372 | 2.1 | +2.1 |
| | Labor | Will Reece | 286 | 1.6 | +1.6 |
| | Labor | William Michael | 144 | 0.8 | +0.8 |
| | Nationalist | John Piggott (elected 2) | 2,564 | 14.2 | +6.7 |
| | Nationalist | Henry Baker (elected 5) | 1,833 | 10.1 | +10.1 |
| | Nationalist | John Evans (elected 4) | 1,606 | 8.9 | −6.0 |
| | Nationalist | George Cummins | 780 | 4.3 | −4.4 |
| | Independent | Benjamin Pearsall (elected 6) | 1,391 | 7.7 | +0.4 |
| | Independent | Peter Murdoch | 1,043 | 5.8 | −2.9 |
| | Independent | John Earle | 910 | 5.0 | +5.0 |
| | Independent | Winston Triffitt | 106 | 0.6 | +0.6 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 18,119 | 97.2 | −1.0 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 527 | 2.8 | +1.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 18,646 | 81.2 | +17.3 |
| Party total votes ||||||
| | Labor | | 7,886 | 43.5 | −7.4 |
| | Nationalist | | 6,783 | 37.4 | +11.8 |
| | Independent | Benjamin Pearsall | 1,391 | 7.7 | +0.4 |
| | Independent | Peter Murdoch | 1,043 | 5.8 | −2.9 |
| | Independent | John Earle | 910 | 5.0 | +5.0 |
| | Independent | Winston Triffitt | 106 | 0.6 | +0.6 |

### Wilmot

1928 Tasmanian state election: Wilmot :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Quota | Quota | Quota | 2,322 | | |
| | Labor | Joseph Lyons (elected 1) | 4,709 | 29.0 | −1.6 |
| | Labor | Jens Jensen (elected 5) | 1,027 | 6.3 | +6.3 |
| | Labor | Herbert Osborne | 781 | 4.8 | +2.4 |
| | Labor | Leonard Bennett | 673 | 4.1 | +4.1 |
| | Labor | Eric Ogilvie (elected 6) | 661 | 4.1 | +4.1 |
| | Labor | William Shoobridge | 282 | 1.7 | −0.4 |
| | Labor | John Palamountain | 141 | 0.9 | −0.6 |
| | Nationalist | Walter Lee (elected 2) | 2,394 | 14.7 | +4.9 |
| | Nationalist | Neil Campbell (elected 3) | 2,374 | 14.6 | +3.5 |
| | Nationalist | Percy Best (elected 4) | 1,911 | 11.8 | +5.7 |
| | Nationalist | George Rowell | 153 | 0.9 | +0.9 |
| | Independent | Norman Cameron | 723 | 4.4 | −6.8 |
| | Independent | Walter McShane | 419 | 2.6 | +2.6 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 16,248 | 95.9 | −1.7 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 698 | 4.1 | +1.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 16,946 | 80.6 | +16.0 |
| Party total votes ||||||
| | Labor | | 8,274 | 50.9 | +4.8 |
| | Nationalist | | 6,832 | 42.0 | +15.3 |
| | Independent | Norman Cameron | 723 | 4.4 | −6.8 |
| | Independent | Walter McShane | 419 | 2.6 | +2.6 |