Electoral results for the district of Pingelly

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

Members for Pingelly

Member		Party	Term
	Nat Harper	Liberal	1911–1914
	Henry Hickmott	Country	1914–1923
		Country (ECP)	1923–1924
	Henry Brown	Country	1924–1933
	Harrie Seward	Country	1933–1950

Election results

Elections in the 1940s

1947 Western Australian state election: Pingelly ^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Harrie Seward	2,108	70.2	+2.4
	Independent	Percy Munday	896	29.8	−2.4
Total formal votes			3,004	98.9	+0.2
Informal votes			34	1.1	−0.2
Turnout			3,038	77.6	−2.6
	Country hold		Swing	+2.4

1943 Western Australian state election: Pingelly

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Harrie Seward	1,970	67.8	−32.2
	Independent	Percy Munday	935	32.2	+32.2
Total formal votes			2,905	98.7
Informal votes			39	1.3
Turnout			2,944	80.2
	Country hold		Swing	N/A

Elections in the 1930s

1939 Western Australian state election: Pingelly

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Harrie Seward	unopposed
	Country hold		Swing

1936 Western Australian state election: Pingelly

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Harrie Seward	1,743	65.7	+20.9
	Country	Cecil Elsegood	909	34.3	+34.3
Total formal votes			2,652	99.4	+1.0
Informal votes			15	0.6	−1.0
Turnout			2,667	70.7	−14.7
	Country hold		Swing	N/A

1933 Western Australian state election: Pingelly

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Harrie Seward	1,510	44.8	+6.3
	Independent	Cecil Elsegood	1,115	33.1	+33.1
	Labor	Keith Growden	745	22.1	−0.7
Total formal votes			3,370	98.4	+0.7
Informal votes			54	1.6	−0.7
Turnout			3,424	85.4	+11.6
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Country	Harrie Seward	1,738	51.6	+3.3
	Independent	Cecil Elsegood	1,632	48.4	+48.4
	Country hold		Swing	N/A

1930 Western Australian state election: Pingelly

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Henry Brown	1,142	38.7
	Country	Harrie Seward	1,136	38.5
	Labor	William Carmody	671	22.8
Total formal votes			2,949	97.7
Informal votes			69	2.3
Turnout			3,018	73.8
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Country	Henry Brown	1,526	51.7
	Country	Harrie Seward	1,423	48.3
	Country hold		Swing

Elections in the 1920s

1927 Western Australian state election: Pingelly

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Henry Brown	1,084	61.4	+44.9
	Country	Joseph Watson	402	22.8	+6.5
	Nationalist	Joseph Keays	279	15.8	−13.2
Total formal votes			1,765	98.3	+0.6
Informal votes			31	1.7	−0.6
Turnout			1,796	64.4	+7.6
	Country hold		Swing	N/A

• Preferences were not distributed.

1924 Western Australian state election: Pingelly

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Henry Hickmott	425	29.0	−40.0
	Executive Country	Henry Brown	242	16.5	+16.5
	Executive Country	Joseph Watson	239	16.3	+16.3
	Executive Country	Francis Wake	194	13.2	+13.2
	Executive Country	Edwin Corby	157	10.7	+10.7
	Executive Country	William Vinicombe	134	9.1	+9.1
	Executive Country	Johnson Kennard	76	5.2	+5.2
Total formal votes			1,467	97.7	−0.5
Informal votes			34	2.3	+0.5
Turnout			1,501	56.8	+4.1
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Executive Country	Henry Brown	846	57.7
	Country	Henry Hickmott	621	42.3
	Executive Country gain from Country		Swing	N/A

1921 Western Australian state election: Pingelly

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Henry Hickmott	816	69.0	−35.7
	Country	Harrie Seward	207	17.5	+17.5
	Country	Harry Gayfer	159	13.4	+13.4
Total formal votes			1,182	98.2	+1.8
Informal votes			22	1.8	−1.8
Turnout			1,204	52.7	−9.1
	Country hold		Swing	N/A

• Preferences were not distributed.

Elections in the 1910s

1917 Western Australian state election: Pingelly

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	Richard Johnson	488	34.3	+34.3
	National Country	Henry Hickmott	484	33.3	–24.2
	National Country	Francis Wake	253	17.8	+17.8
	National Country	William Martin	157	11.0	+11.0
	National Country	Thomas James	52	3.7	+3.7
Total formal votes			1,424	96.4	–1.5
Informal votes			53	3.6	+1.5
Turnout			1,477	61.8	+4.6
Two-party-preferred result
	National Country	Henry Hickmott	825	57.9	+0.4
	Nationalist	Richard Johnson	599	42.1	+42.1
	National Country hold		Swing	+0.4

1914 Western Australian state election: Pingelly

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Henry Hickmott	889	57.5	+57.5
	Liberal	Nat Harper	657	42.5	−22.7
Total formal votes			1,546	97.9	−1.2
Informal votes			33	2.1	+1.2
Turnout			1,579	57.2	−15.8
	Country gain from Liberal		Swing	N/A

1911 Western Australian state election: Pingelly

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ministerialist	Nat Harper	1,034	65.2
	Labor	Matthew Bodey	552	34.8
Total formal votes			1,586	99.1
Informal votes			15	0.9
Turnout			1,601	73.0
	Ministerialist hold		Swing

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.