This is a list of electoral results for the Electoral district of East Perth in Western Australian state elections.
Member | Party | Term | |
---|---|---|---|
Alfred Canning | Unaligned | 1890–1894 | |
Walter James | Opposition | 1894–1904 | |
John Hardwick | Ministerial | 1904–1911 | |
Titus Lander | Labor | 1911–1914 | |
John Hardwick | Liberal | 1914–1917 | |
Nationalist | 1917–1921 | ||
Jack Simons | Labor | 1921–1922 | |
Independent | 1922 | ||
Nationalist | 1922 | ||
Thomas Hughes | Labor | 1922–1926 | |
Ind. Labor | 1926–1927 | ||
James Kenneally | Labor | 1927–1936 | |
Thomas Hughes | Ind. Labor | 1936–1943 | |
Herb Graham | Labor | 1943–1962 | |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Herb Graham | 3,557 | 49.6 | -16.2 | |
Liberal and Country | John Martin | 2,835 | 39.6 | +5.4 | |
Democratic Labor | John Deane | 773 | 10.8 | +10.8 | |
Total formal votes | 7,165 | 97.8 | 0.0 | ||
Informal votes | 163 | 2.2 | 0.0 | ||
Turnout | 7,328 | 89.2 | -0.2 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Herb Graham | 3,818 | 53.3 | -12.5 | |
Liberal and Country | John Martin | 3,347 | 46.7 | +12.5 | |
Labor hold | Swing | -12.5 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Herb Graham | 5,273 | 65.8 | ||
Liberal and Country | Edmund Madigan | 2,739 | 34.2 | ||
Total formal votes | 8,012 | 97.8 | |||
Informal votes | 180 | 2.2 | |||
Turnout | 8,192 | 89.4 | |||
Labor hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Herb Graham | unopposed | |||
Labor hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Herb Graham | 5,592 | 63.9 | ||
Liberal and Country | Fred Book | 3,160 | 36.1 | ||
Total formal votes | 8,752 | 98.4 | |||
Informal votes | 140 | 1.6 | |||
Turnout | 8,892 | 89.1 | |||
Labor hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Herb Graham | 3,731 | 57.8 | -42.2 | |
Independent Liberal | James Collins | 2,321 | 36.0 | +36.0 | |
Communist | Henry Mountjoy | 398 | 6.2 | +6.2 | |
Total formal votes | 6,450 | 96.9 | |||
Informal votes | 209 | 3.1 | |||
Turnout | 6,659 | 86.9 | |||
Labor hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Herb Graham | unopposed | |||
Labor hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Herb Graham | 3,206 | 66.9 | +20.7 | |
Nationalist | Andrew Paterson | 1,094 | 22.8 | +22.8 | |
Independent | Harold Callaghan | 493 | 10.3 | +10.3 | |
Total formal votes | 4,793 | 98.0 | -0.4 | ||
Informal votes | 99 | 2.0 | +0.4 | ||
Turnout | 4,892 | 73.0 | -13.8 | ||
Labor gain from Independent | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Robert Higgins | 3,011 | 46.2 | +9.4 | |
Independent | Thomas Hughes | 2,994 | 45.9 | -17.3 | |
Ind. Nationalist | Herbert Wells | 511 | 7.8 | +7.8 | |
Total formal votes | 6,516 | 98.4 | -0.7 | ||
Informal votes | 108 | 1.6 | +0.7 | ||
Turnout | 6,624 | 86.8 | +15.8 | ||
Two-candidate-preferred result | |||||
Independent | Thomas Hughes | 3,408 | 52.3 | -10.9 | |
Labor | Robert Higgins | 3,108 | 47.7 | +10.9 | |
Independent hold | Swing | -10.9 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Thomas Hughes | 3,361 | 63.2 | +22.1 | |
Labor | James Kenneally | 1,957 | 36.8 | -9.0 | |
Total formal votes | 5,318 | 99.1 | +1.0 | ||
Informal votes | 49 | 0.9 | -1.0 | ||
Turnout | 5,367 | 71.0 | +6.4 | ||
Independent hold | Swing | +11.1 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | James Kenneally | 2,136 | 45.8 | -15.8 | |
Independent Labor | Thomas Hughes | 1,919 | 41.1 | +41.1 | |
Independent | Felix Hughes | 494 | 10.6 | +10.6 | |
Communist | Wilfred Mountjoy | 118 | 2.5 | +2.5 | |
Total formal votes | 4,667 | 98.1 | +1.7 | ||
Informal votes | 92 | 1.9 | -1.7 | ||
Turnout | 4,759 | 64.6 | -23.1 | ||
Two-candidate-preferred result | |||||
Independent Labor | Thomas Hughes | 2,433 | 52.1 | ||
Labor | James Kenneally | 2,234 | 47.9 | ||
Independent Labor gain from Labor | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | James Kenneally | 3,843 | 61.6 | +1.5 | |
Nationalist | William Murray | 1,961 | 31.4 | +31.4 | |
Independent | Carlyle Ferguson | 440 | 7.1 | +7.1 | |
Total formal votes | 6,244 | 96.4 | -2.2 | ||
Informal votes | 232 | 3.6 | +2.2 | ||
Turnout | 6,476 | 87.7 | +25.7 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | James Kenneally | 2,580 | 60.1 | ||
Independent Labor | Thomas Hughes | 1,714 | 39.9 | ||
Total formal votes | 4,294 | 98.6 | |||
Informal votes | 60 | 1.4 | |||
Turnout | 4,354 | 62.0 | |||
Labor hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | James Kenneally | 3,197 | 53.5 | -1.4 | |
Nationalist | Charles Bull | 1,104 | 18.5 | -10.5 | |
Nationalist | Thomas Ferguson | 1,081 | 18.1 | +1.9 | |
Nationalist | Gerald Hartrey | 597 | 10.0 | +10.0 | |
Total formal votes | 5,979 | 98.0 | -0.8 | ||
Informal votes | 124 | 2.0 | +0.8 | ||
Turnout | 6,103 | 75.8 | +14.5 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Thomas Hughes | 2,528 | 54.9 | +7.1 | |
Nationalist | Jack Simons | 1,335 | 29.0 | +10.0 | |
Nationalist | Thomas Ferguson | 746 | 16.2 | 0.0 | |
Total formal votes | 4,609 | 98.8 | +0.8 | ||
Informal votes | 54 | 1.2 | -0.8 | ||
Turnout | 4,663 | 61.3 | -9.2 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Thomas Hughes | 1,354 | 36.0 | -11.8 | |
Nationalist | Jack Simons | 1,177 | 31.3 | +12.3 | |
National Liberal | Charles Heppingstone | 627 | 16.7 | +16.7 | |
Nationalist | James Franklin | 599 | 15.9 | +15.9 | |
Total formal votes | 3,757 | 98.2 | +0.2 | ||
Informal votes | 68 | 1.8 | -0.2 | ||
Turnout | 3,825 | 54.1 | -16.4 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Thomas Hughes | 2,057 | 54.8 | +3.0 | |
Nationalist | Jack Simons | 1,700 | 45.2 | -3.0 | |
Labor hold | Swing | +3.0 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Jack Simons | 2,182 | 47.8 | +6.8 | |
Nationalist | Charles Heppingstone | 866 | 19.0 | +3.0 | |
National Labor | Thomas Ferguson | 740 | 16.2 | +3.7 | |
Nationalist | John Hardwick | 666 | 14.6 | -5.3 | |
Nationalist | William Henderson | 112 | 2.4 | +2.4 | |
Total formal votes | 4,566 | 98.0 | +1.7 | ||
Informal votes | 93 | 2.0 | -1.7 | ||
Turnout | 4,659 | 70.5 | +10.6 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Jack Simons | 2,363 | 51.8 | +3.2 | |
Nationalist | Charles Heppingstone | 2,203 | 48.2 | -3.2 | |
Labor gain from Nationalist | Swing | +3.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Jack Simons | 1,435 | 41.0 | –18.0 | |
National Liberal | John Hardwick | 696 | 19.9 | +2.3 | |
Nationalist | Alfred Sims | 558 | 16.0 | +16.0 | |
National Labor | Thomas Dunne | 438 | 12.5 | +12.5 | |
Democratic | John Powell | 370 | 10.6 | +10.6 | |
Total formal votes | 3,497 | 96.3 | –1.8 | ||
Informal votes | 135 | 3.7 | +1.8 | ||
Turnout | 3,632 | 59.9 | +10.0 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
National Liberal | John Hardwick | 1,796 | 51.4 | –1.3 | |
Labor | Jack Simons | 1,701 | 48.6 | +1.3 | |
National Liberal hold | Swing | –1.3 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Titus Lander | 1,949 | 44.3 | -18.1 | |
Liberal | Lewis Butt | 812 | 18.4 | +18.4 | |
Liberal | John Hardwick | 773 | 17.6 | +17.6 | |
Liberal | Henry Mills | 647 | 14.7 | -22.9 | |
Liberal | Albert Keeley | 221 | 5.0 | +5.0 | |
Total formal votes | 4,402 | 98.1 | -0.6 | ||
Informal votes | 87 | 1.9 | +0.6 | ||
Turnout | 4,489 | 49.9 | -24.0 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | John Hardwick | 2,321 | 52.7 | +15.1 | |
Labor | Titus Lander | 2,081 | 47.3 | -15.1 | |
Liberal gain from Labor | Swing | +15.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Titus Lander | 2,282 | 62.4 | ||
Ministerial | Henry Mills | 1,375 | 37.6 | ||
Total formal votes | 3,657 | 98.7 | |||
Informal votes | 47 | 1.3 | |||
Turnout | 3,704 | 73.9 | |||
Labor gain from Ministerial | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ministerial | John Hardwick | 887 | 39.1 | -11.6 | |
Labour | John Curran | 538 | 23.7 | -5.2 | |
Ministerial | Henry Mills | 425 | 18.7 | +18.7 | |
Ministerial | Henry Braidwood | 344 | 15.2 | +15.2 | |
Ministerial | Hugh McKernan | 73 | 3.2 | +3.2 | |
Total formal votes | 2,267 | 98.3 | -0.7 | ||
Informal votes | 38 | 1.7 | +0.7 | ||
Turnout | 2,305 | 63.0 | +14.4 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Ministerial | John Hardwick | 1,182 | 61.0 | ||
Labour | John Curran | 755 | 39.0 | ||
Ministerial hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ministerial | John Hardwick | 1,090 | 50.7 | –4.6 | |
Labour | Joseph Fabre | 621 | 28.9 | –15.8 | |
Ministerial | Frank Smalpage | 437 | 20.3 | +20.3 | |
Total formal votes | 2,148 | 99.0 | ±0.0 | ||
Informal votes | 22 | 1.0 | ±0.0 | ||
Turnout | 2,170 | 48.6 | +15.8 | ||
Ministerial hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Opposition | John Hardwick | 1,251 | 55.3 | N/A | |
Labor | John Curran | 1,013 | 44.7 | -2.6 | |
Total formal votes | 2,264 | 99.0 | +0.6 | ||
Informal votes | 22 | 1.0 | -0.6 | ||
Turnout | 2,286 | 32.8 | -5.9 | ||
Opposition gain from Ministerial | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ministerial | Walter James | 1,396 | 52.7 | –10.0 | |
Labour | Edward Casson | 1,253 | 47.3 | +47.3 | |
Total formal votes | 2,649 | 98.4 | –0.7 | ||
Informal votes | 42 | 1.6 | +0.7 | ||
Turnout | 2,695 | 38.7 | –0.9 | ||
Ministerial hold | Swing | –10.0 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Opposition | Walter James | 614 | 62.7 | –8.4 | |
Opposition | Arthur Short | 366 | 37.3 | +37.3 | |
Total formal votes | 980 | 99.1 | +1.9 | ||
Informal votes | 9 | 0.9 | –1.9 | ||
Turnout | 989 | 39.6 | +2.1 | ||
Opposition hold | Swing | –8.4 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Opposition | Walter James | 246 | 71.1 | ||
Opposition | Archibald Sanderson | 65 | 18.8 | ||
Independent | Nicholas Raven | 35 | 10.1 | ||
Total formal votes | 346 | 97.2 | |||
Informal votes | 10 | 2.8 | |||
Turnout | 356 | 37.5 | |||
Opposition hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
National Education | Walter James | 522 | 71.1 | +71.1 | |
Education Defence | Alfred Canning | 212 | 28.9 | –19.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
None | Alfred Canning | 179 | 48.8 | n/a | |
None | Henry Saunders | 163 | 44.4 | n/a | |
None | William Nicholson | 25 | 6.8 | n/a |
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