Candidates of the 1916 Tasmanian state election

The 1916 Tasmanian state election was held on 23 March 1916.

Retiring Members

Labor

• Vincent Barker MHA (Denison)
• Lyndhurst Giblin MHA (Denison)

Liberal

• Daniel Ryan MHA (Franklin)

House of Assembly

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

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

Labor candidates	Liberal candidates	Independent candidates
George Becker* Allan Guy* Charles Howroyd* James McDonald William Sheehan	John Hayes* Alexander Marshall* James Newton Robert Sadler*	Richard Russell

Darwin

Six seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending three seats. The Liberal Party was defending three seats, although Joshua Whitsitt was running as an independent.

Labor candidates	Liberal candidates	Independent candidates
James Belton* Leonard Bennett James Ogden* Benjamin Watkins*	Edward Hobbs* Stephen Margetts Herbert Payne* George Pullen	Joshua Whitsitt*

Denison

Six seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending four seats. The Liberal Party was defending two seats.

Labor candidates	Liberal candidates
John Cleary* Robert Cosgrove John Lewis William Sheridan* Walter Woods*	William Burgess* William Fullerton* Sir Elliott Lewis* John McPhee

Franklin

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

Labor candidates	Liberal candidates
David Dicker* John Earle* George Martin William Shoobridge*	Frederick Burbury* Arthur Cotton John Evans* Alexander Hean*

Wilmot

Six seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending two seats. The Liberal Party was defending four seats.

Labor candidates	Liberal candidates	Independent candidates
John Heffernan Joseph Lyons* Henry McFie Michael O'Keefe*	Ernest Blyth* William Connell Herbert Hays* Edmund Hingston Walter Lee* Edward Mulcahy* Alfred Stokes	Norman Cameron

See also

• Members of the Tasmanian House of Assembly, 1913–1916
• Members of the Tasmanian House of Assembly, 1916–1919

References

• Tasmanian Parliamentary Library