1925 Tasmanian state election
The 1925 Tasmanian state election was held on Wednesday, 3 June 1925 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.
Image: Joseph Lyons
Image: Edward Hobbs
Image: Sir Walter Lee
Joseph Aloysius Lyons was an Australian politician who was the tenth prime minister of Australia, in office from 1932 until his death in 1939. He began his career in the Australian Labor Party (ALP), but became the founding leader of the United Australia Party (UAP) after the Australian Labor Party split of 1931. He had earlier been 26th premier of Tasmania from 1923 to 1928.
Lyons in the 1930s
Lyons as an adult standing outside his birthplace and childhood home in Stanley, Tasmania
Lyons as a state government minister (c. 1914–16)
Caricature of Lyons as premier