Tasmanian state election, 1912

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30 April 1912

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	First party	Second party

Leader	Elliott Lewis	John Earle
Party	Commonwealth Liberal	Labour
Leader since	1909	1906
Leader's seat	Denison	Franklin
Last election	18 seats	12 seats
Seats won	16 seats	14 seats
Seat change	2	2
Percentage	54.48%	45.54%
Swing	3.87	6.58

Premier before election

Elliott Lewis
Commonwealth Liberal

Elected Premier

Elliott Lewis
Commonwealth Liberal

The 1912 Tasmanian state election was held on Tuesday, 30 April 1912 in the Australian state of Tasmania to elect 30 members of the Tasmanian House of Assembly. The election used the Hare-Clark proportional representation system — six members were elected from each of five electorates.

Elliott Lewis was elected as an Anti-Socialist at the 1909 election, and was Premier of Tasmania from 27 October 1909. He was urged by his predecessor, John Evans (premier from 11 July 1904 to 19 June 1909), to organise anti-Labour forces against a resurgent Labour Party (which won 12 seats at the 1909 election) and to support the formation of the Tasmanian Liberal League (not directly related to the modern Liberal Party of Australia). The new anti-Labour party was the Commonwealth Liberal Party, with Lewis as its leader.

Lewis was the incumbent Premier at the 1912 election, and John Earle was Labour Party leader. The election saw an increase in Labour seats from 12 to 14, just short of a House of Assembly majority. The Liberal Party won the election, with a two-seat majority. Despite leading the Liberals to victory, Lewis was criticised within the party, and resigned the leadership to Albert Solomon on 14 June the same year.

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