Electoral results for the district of Northam

This is a list of electoral results for the Electoral district of Northam in Western Australian state elections.

Members for Northam

Member		Party	Term
	George Throssell	Ministerial	1890–1904
	Alfred Watts	Labor	1904–1905
	James Mitchell	Ministerial	1905–1911
		Liberal (WA)	1911–1917
		Nationalist	1917–1933
	Albert Hawke	Labor	1933–1968
	Ken McIver	Labor	1968–1974

Election results

Elections in the 1970s

1971 Western Australian state election: Northam ^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Ken McIver	3,516	60.9	+12.1
	Independent	Claude Roediger	2,103	36.4	+36.4
	Democratic Labor	John Van der Zanden	159	2.3	+2.3
Total formal votes			5,778	97.3	−1.6
Informal votes			161	2.7	+1.6
Turnout			5,939	93.0	−0.6
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Labor	Ken McIver	3,540	61.3	+7.7
	Independent	Claude Roediger	2,238	38.7	+38.7
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Elections in the 1960s

1968 Western Australian state election: Northam

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Ken McIver	2,674	48.8
	Liberal and Country	Claude Roediger	1,808	33.0
	Country	Maurice Armstrong	1,003	18.3
Total formal votes			5,485	98.9
Informal votes			60	1.1
Turnout			5,545	93.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Ken McIver	2,942	53.6
	Liberal and Country	Claude Roediger	2,543	46.4
	Labor hold		Swing

1965 Western Australian state election: Northam

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Albert Hawke	3,078	57.9	−42.1
	Liberal and Country	Claude Roediger	2,240	42.1	+42.1
Total formal votes			5,318	99.2
Informal votes			43	0.8
Turnout			5,361	92.7
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

1962 Western Australian state election: Northam

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Albert Hawke	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

Elections in the 1950s

1959 Western Australian state election: Northam

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Albert Hawke	2,911	57.6	−18.8
	Liberal and Country	Lawrence Solomon	1,860	36.8	+36.8
	Democratic Labor	Brian McGinty	285	5.6	+5.6
Total formal votes			5,056	99.2	+1.3
Informal votes			43	0.8	−1.3
Turnout			5,099	94.3	+2.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Albert Hawke		58.4	−18.0
	Liberal and Country	Lawrence Solomon		41.6	+41.6
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

• Two party preferred vote was estimated.

1956 Western Australian state election: Northam

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Albert Hawke	3,483	76.4
	Independent Liberal	James Collins	1,075	23.6
Total formal votes			4,558	97.9
Informal votes			96	2.1
Turnout			4,654	91.5
	Labor hold		Swing

1953 Western Australian state election: Northam

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Albert Hawke	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

1950 Western Australian state election: Northam

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Albert Hawke	3,123	65.6
	Country	Thomas Letch	1,635	34.4
Total formal votes			4,758	98.7
Informal votes			63	1.3
Turnout			4,821	92.4
	Labor hold		Swing

Elections in the 1940s

1947 Western Australian state election: Northam

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Albert Hawke	2,245	56.2	−13.7
	Country	Norm Baxter	1,753	43.8	+13.7
Total formal votes			3,998	98.7	+0.3
Informal votes			53	1.3	−0.3
Turnout			4,051	80.0	−5.4
	Labor hold		Swing	+13.7

1943 Western Australian state election: Northam

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Albert Hawke	2,828	69.9	+7.1
	Country	Hurtle Prater	1,217	30.1	+30.1
Total formal votes			4,045	98.4	−0.4
Informal votes			64	1.6	+0.4
Turnout			4,109	85.4	−8.2
	Labor hold		Swing	+7.1

Elections in the 1930s

1939 Western Australian state election: Northam

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Albert Hawke	2,670	62.8	−1.5
	Nationalist	John Safe	1,579	37.2	+1.5
Total formal votes			4,249	98.8	−0.4
Informal votes			53	1.2	+0.4
Turnout			4,302	93.6	+7.8
	Labor hold		Swing	-1.5

1936 Western Australian state election: Northam

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Albert Hawke	2,537	64.3	+8.9
	Nationalist	Hal C.S. Colebatch	1,407	35.7	−1.1
Total formal votes			3,944	99.2	+0.4
Informal votes			30	0.8	−0.4
Turnout			3,974	85.8	−9.5
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

1933 Western Australian state election: Northam

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Albert Hawke	2,369	55.4	+8.8
	Nationalist	James Mitchell	1,575	36.8	−16.6
	Country	Thomas Peterson	334	7.8	+7.8
Total formal votes			4,278	98.8	−0.4
Informal votes			52	1.2	+0.4
Turnout			4,330	95.3	+14.3
	Labor gain from Nationalist		Swing	N/A

• Preferences were not distributed.

1930 Western Australian state election: Northam

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	James Mitchell	1,982	53.4
	Labor	Patrick Coffey	1,726	46.6
Total formal votes			3,708	99.2
Informal votes			31	0.8
Turnout			3,739	81.0
	Nationalist hold		Swing

Elections in the 1920s

1927 Western Australian state election: Northam

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	James Mitchell	1,546	53.6	+0.6
	Labor	Bill Hegney	1,337	46.4	−0.6
Total formal votes			2,883	99.2	0.0
Informal votes			23	0.8	0.0
Turnout			2,906	84.5	+9.0
	Nationalist hold		Swing	+0.6

1924 Western Australian state election: Northam

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	James Mitchell	1,296	53.0	−5.1
	Labor	Louis Grieve	1,149	47.0	+5.1
Total formal votes			2,445	99.2	0.0
Informal votes			20	0.8	0.0
Turnout			2,465	75.5	+2.3
	Nationalist hold		Swing	-5.1

1921 Western Australian state election: Northam

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	James Mitchell	1,051	58.1	−41.9
	Labor	Louis Grieve	758	41.9	+41.9
Total formal votes			1,809	99.2
Informal votes			14	0.8
Turnout			1,823	73.2
	Nationalist hold		Swing	N/A

Elections in the 1910s

1917 Western Australian state election: Northam

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National Liberal	James Mitchell	unopposed
	National Liberal hold		Swing

1914 Western Australian state election: Northam

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	James Mitchell	1,085	50.9	−0.1
	Labor	James Kenneally	878	41.2	−7.8
	Country	Oscar Bernard	167	7.8	+7.8
Total formal votes			2,130	98.4	−0.9
Informal votes			35	1.6	+0.9
Turnout			2,165	66.1	−5.9
	Liberal hold		Swing	N/A

• Preferences were not distributed.

1911 Western Australian state election: Northam

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ministerialist	James Mitchell	1,037	51.0
	Labor	Alfred Watts	995	49.0
Total formal votes			2,032	99.3
Informal votes			14	0.7
Turnout			2,046	72.0
	Ministerialist hold		Swing

Elections in the 1900s

1908 Western Australian state election: Northam

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ministerialist	James Mitchell	1,372	54.5	−0.7
	Labour	Alfred Watts	1,147	45.5	+0.7
Total formal votes			2,519	97.8	−1.7
Informal votes			57	2.2	+1.7
Turnout			2,576	55.9	+2.8
	Ministerialist hold		Swing	-0.7

1905 Western Australian state election: Northam

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ministerialist	James Mitchell	984	55.2	+11.9
	Labour	Alfred Watts	800	44.8	–11.9
Total formal votes			1,784	99.5	+0.4
Informal votes			8	0.5	–0.4
Turnout			1,790	53.1	+6.3
	Ministerialist gain from Labour		Swing	+11.9

1904 Western Australian state election: Northam

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alfred Watts	1,033	56.7	+56.7
	Ministerialist	Charles Knight	788	43.3	+43.3
Total formal votes			1,821	99.1	n/a
Informal votes			17	0.9	n/a
Turnout			1,847	46.8	n/a
	Labour gain from Ministerialist		Swing	+56.7

1901 Western Australian state election: Northam

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ministerialist	George Throssell	unopposed
	Ministerialist hold		Swing

Elections in the 1890s

1897 Western Australian colonial election: Northam

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ministerialist	George Throssell	unopposed
	Ministerialist hold		Swing

1894 Western Australian colonial election: Northam

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	None	George Throssell	163	73.4	–26.6
	None	Henry Cooke	59	26.6	+26.6

1890 Western Australian colonial election: Northam

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	None	George Throssell	unopposed

References

1. Prescott, David Black with the assistance of Valerie (1997). Election statistics : Legislative Assembly of Western Australia, 1890-1996. Perth, [W.A.]: Western Australian Parliamentary History Project and Western Australian Electoral Commission. ISBN   0730984095.