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{{Infobox election
| election_name = 1928 Tasmanian state election
| country = Tasmania
| type = parliamentary
| ongoing = no
| previous_election = 1925 Tasmanian state election
| previous_year = 1925
| next_election = 1931 Tasmanian state election
| next_year = 1931
| seats_for_election = All 30 seats to the [[Tasmanian House of Assembly|House of Assembly]]
| election_date = 30 May 1928

<!--      Nationalist     -->
| image1 = [[File:Sir John McPhee.jpg|125px]]
| leader1 = [[John McPhee (politician)|John McPhee]]
| leader_since1 = July 1925
| party1 = Nationalist Party (Australia)
| leaders_seat1 = [[Division of Denison (state)|Denison]]
| last_election1 = 11 seats
| seats1 = 15 seats
| seat_change1 = {{increase}}4
| percentage1 = 42.20%
| swing1 = {{increase}}2.83

<!--      Labor      -->
| image2 = [[File:Joseph Lyons.jpg|145px]]
| leader2 = [[Joseph Lyons]]
| leader_since2 = November 1916
| party2 = Australian Labor Party (Tasmanian Branch)
| leaders_seat2 = [[Division of Wilmot (state)|Wilmot]]
| last_election2 = 16 seats
| seats2 = 14 seats
| seat_change2 = {{decrease}}2
| percentage2 = 47.15%
| swing2 = {{decrease}}1.32

| map_image = 1928 Tasmanian state election.svg
| map_size = 350px
| map_caption = Results of the election

| title = [[Premier of Tasmania|Premier]]
| posttitle = Resulting Premier
| before_election = [[Joseph Lyons]]
| before_party = Australian Labor Party (Tasmanian Branch)
| after_election = [[John McPhee (politician)|John McPhee]]
| after_party = Nationalist Party (Australia)
}}
The '''1928 Tasmanian state election''' was held on Wednesday, 30 May 1928 in the [[States and territories of Australia|Australian state]] of [[Tasmania]] to elect 30 members of the [[Tasmanian House of Assembly]]. The election used the [[Single transferable vote|Hare-Clark]] [[proportional representation]] system<ref>[http://www.parliament.tas.gov.au/tpl/Backg/HAElections.htm House of Assembly Elections], [[Parliament of Tasmania]].</ref> — six members were elected from each of five electorates.

Labor had won the [[1925 Tasmanian state election|1925 election]] in a landslide, with the Nationalist Party losing five seats in the House of Assembly. In 1928, leading up to the election, the Nationalists reverted to "hard politics", criticising Labor [[Premier of Tasmania|Premier]] [[Joseph Lyons]] for an increasing [[unemployment]] problem and [[economic stagnation]]. This shift was much to the chagrin of Lyons, who had encouraged cordial relations with the Nationalists, and referred to their leader [[John McPhee (politician)|John McPhee]] as a "colleague and mate".<ref name="adb-lyons">P. R. Hart, C. J. Lloyd, [http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A100181b.htm Lyons, Joseph Aloysius (1879 - 1939)], ''[[Australian Dictionary of Biography]]'', Volume 10, Melbourne University Press, 1986, pp 184-189.</ref>

The Labor Party won a slim majority of the vote in the 1928 election, but only fourteen seats. As the Nationalist Party held half the seats in the House of Assembly and had the support of one Independent, Nationalist leader McPhee became [[Premier of Tasmania]], and praised Lyons for his statesmanship.<ref name="adb-lyons" />

Lyons stood for the federal seat of [[Division of Wilmot|Wilmot]] in 1929, and he became [[Prime Minister of Australia]] in 1932.<ref name="adb-lyons" />

==Results==
{{see also|Results of the Tasmanian state election, 1928}}

{{Election results
|image=[[File:1928 TAS House of Assembly.svg]]
|electorate=111956
|invalid=2973
|turnoutsw={{increase}} 14.63
|invalidsw={{increase}} 1.02

|colour1=#f00011
|party1=[[Tasmanian Labor Party|Labor]]
|votes1=41829
|sw1={{decrease}} 1.32
|seats1=14
|sc1={{decrease}} 2

|party2=[[Nationalist Party (Australia)|Nationalist]]{{ref label|Nat|a|a}}
|votes2=37432
|sw2={{increase}} 2.83
|seats2=15
|sc2={{increase}} 4

|party3=[[Independent politician|Independents]]
|votes3=7461
|sw3={{decrease}} 0.30
|seats3=1
|sc3={{decrease}} 2

|colour4=#ed6e6e
|party4=[[Independent Labor (Australia)|Independent Labor]]
|votes4=1982
|sw4={{decrease}} 1.22
|seats4=0
|sc4={{steady}}
}}

{{bar box|title=Popular vote|titlebar=#ddd|width=600px|barwidth=410px|bars=
{{bar percent|Labor|{{party color|Australian Labor Party}}|47.15}}
{{bar percent|Nationalist|#6495ED|42.20}}
{{bar percent|Independents|{{party color|Independent}}|10.65}}
}}

{{bar box|title=Seats|titlebar=#ddd|width=600px|barwidth=410px|bars=
{{bar percent|Nationalist|#6495ED|50.00}}
{{bar percent|Labor|{{party color|Australian Labor Party}}|46.67}}
{{bar percent|Independents|{{party color|Independent}}|3.33}}
}}

:{{note label|Nat|a|a}} Prior to the 1925 election, the Nationalist Party had split with a number of candidates, including former Premier [[Walter Lee (Australian politician)|Walter Lee]], contesting the election under a "Liberal" banner. The grouping subsequently reunited with the Nationalists.

==Distribution of votes==
===Primary vote by division===
{| class="wikitable"
|- style="background:#ccc;"
! 
! Bass 
! Darwin 
! Denison 
! Franklin 
! Wilmot
|-
|| [[Australian Labor Party (Tasmanian Branch)|Labor Party]] ||  54.6% || 46.7% || 40.9% || 43.5% || 50.9%
|-
|| [[Nationalist Party of Australia|Nationalist]] ||  45.4% || 45.7% || 40.4% || 37.4% || 42.0%
|-
|| Other ||  – || 7.5% || 18.7% || 19.1% || 7.0%
|}

===Distribution of seats===
{{col-begin|width=auto}}
{{col-break}}
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Electorate
! colspan=7| Seats won
|-
|| [[Division of Bass (state)|Bass]]
| width=20 {{Australian party style|Labor}} | &nbsp;
| width=20 {{Australian party style|Labor}} | &nbsp;
| width=20 {{Australian party style|Labor}} | &nbsp;
| width=20 {{Australian party style|Nationalist}} | &nbsp;
| width=20 {{Australian party style|Nationalist}} | &nbsp;
| width=20 {{Australian party style|Nationalist}} | &nbsp;
|-
|| [[Division of Darwin (state)|Darwin]]
| {{Australian party style|Labor}} | &nbsp;
| {{Australian party style|Labor}} | &nbsp;
| {{Australian party style|Labor}} | &nbsp;
| {{Australian party style|Nationalist}} | &nbsp;
| {{Australian party style|Nationalist}} | &nbsp;
| {{Australian party style|Nationalist}} | &nbsp;
|-
|| [[Division of Denison (state)|Denison]]
| {{Australian party style|Labor}} | &nbsp;
| {{Australian party style|Labor}} | &nbsp;
| {{Australian party style|Labor}} | &nbsp;
| {{Australian party style|Nationalist}} | &nbsp;
| {{Australian party style|Nationalist}} | &nbsp;
| {{Australian party style|Nationalist}} | &nbsp;
|-
|| [[Division of Franklin (state)|Franklin]]
| {{Australian party style|Labor}} | &nbsp;
| {{Australian party style|Labor}} | &nbsp;
| bgcolor="#C0C0C0"  | &nbsp;
| {{Australian party style|Nationalist}} | &nbsp;
| {{Australian party style|Nationalist}} | &nbsp;
| {{Australian party style|Nationalist}} | &nbsp;
|-
|| [[Division of Wilmot (state)|Wilmot]] 
| {{Australian party style|Labor}} | &nbsp;
| {{Australian party style|Labor}} | &nbsp;
| {{Australian party style|Labor}} | &nbsp;
| {{Australian party style|Nationalist}} | &nbsp;
| {{Australian party style|Nationalist}} | &nbsp;
| {{Australian party style|Nationalist}} | &nbsp;
|-
|}
{{col-break|gap=5em}}
{| style="margin-top:1em"
|-
| width=20 {{Australian party style|Labor}} | &nbsp;
| Labor
|-
| {{Australian party style|Nationalist}} | &nbsp;
| Nationalist
|-
| bgcolor="#C0C0C0"  | &nbsp;
| Independent
|}
{{col-end}}

==See also==
* [[Members of the Tasmanian House of Assembly, 1928–1931]]
* [[Candidates of the 1928 Tasmanian state election]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.parliament.tas.gov.au/tpl/Elections/e1928.htm Assembly Election Results, 1928], [[Parliament of Tasmania]].
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20080720025100/http://www.electoral.tas.gov.au/pages/ElectoralInformation/Election%20Reports/1928.pdf Report on General Election, 1928], Tasmanian Electoral Commission, 24 September 1928.

{{Tasmanian elections}}

[[Category:Elections in Tasmania]]
[[Category:1928 elections in Australia]]
[[Category:1920s in Tasmania]]
[[Category:May 1928 events]]