1909 Tasmanian state election

The 1909 Tasmanian state election was held on Friday, 30 April 1909 in the Australian state of Tasmania to elect 30 members of the Tasmanian House of Assembly. This was the first general election in the British Empire to elect all members through a form of proportional representation, the single transferable vote.

1909 Tasmanian state election
30 April 1909
All 30 seats to the House of Assembly
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader John Evans John Earle
Party Anti-Socialist Labor Liberal Democrat
Leader since 12 July 1904 1906
Leader's seat Franklin Franklin
Last election 22 seats 7 seats 6 seats
Seats won 17 seats 12 seats 1 seat
Seat change 5 5 5
Percentage 50.61% 38.94% 9.70%
Swing 8.81 18.82 4.38
Results of the election
Premier before election

John Evans
Anti-Socialist

 Resulting Premier

John Evans
Anti-Socialist

At the 1909 election there was a reduction in the number of members from 35 to 30 and the first statewide use of the Hare-Clark electoral system.

Six members were elected from each of five electorates.

The election saw an increase in Labour seats from 7 to 12, at the expense of the Anti-Socialist Party.

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