Electoral results for the district of Roebourne

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

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Members for Roebourne

MemberPartyTerm
  George Leake Non-aligned1890
  Horace Sholl Ministerial1891–1901
  John Sydney Hicks Ministerial1901–1908
  Henry Osborn Ministerial1908–1911
  Joseph Gardiner Labor 1911–1915
  William Butcher Liberal 1915–1917
  Nationalist 1917
  Frederick Teesdale Nationalist1917–1932
  John Church Nationalist1932–1933
  Aloysius Rodoreda Labor1933–1950

Election results

Elections in the 1940s

1947 Western Australian state election: Roebourne [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Alec Rodoreda unopposed
Labor hold Swing
1943 Western Australian state election: Roebourne
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Alec Rodoreda 22169.5+7.4
Country George Monger9730.5+30.5
Total formal votes31898.8−0.8
Informal votes41.2+0.8
Turnout 32265.5−19.3
Labor hold Swing +7.4

Elections in the 1930s

1939 Western Australian state election: Roebourne
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Alec Rodoreda 35562.1−37.9
Nationalist Alexander Angelo21737.9+37.9
Total formal votes57299.6
Informal votes20.4
Turnout 57484.8
Labor hold Swing N/A
1936 Western Australian state election: Roebourne
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Alec Rodoreda unopposed
Labor hold Swing
1933 Western Australian state election: Roebourne
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Alec Rodoreda 26152.3+22.4
Nationalist John Church 23847.7−22.4
Total formal votes49998.6−1.0
Informal votes71.4+1.0
Turnout 50686.4+12.2
Labor gain from Nationalist Swing +22.4
1932 Roebourne state by-election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Nationalist John Church 10828.9n/a
Labor John Archer6818.2–11.7
Independent Harold Cornish6116.3+16.3
Independent Ernest Foulkes-Taylor5414.4+14.4
Nationalist Richard Sleeman5013.4n/a
Country Charles Ferguson338.8+8.8
Total formal votes37496.9–2.7
Informal votes123.1+2.7
Turnout 38683.9+9.7
Two-candidate-preferred result
Nationalist John Church 21156.4–13.7
Independent Harold Cornish16343.5+43.6
Nationalist hold Swing N/A
1930 Western Australian state election: Roebourne
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Nationalist Frederick Teesdale 31770.1
Labor Arthur Orr13529.9
Total formal votes45299.6
Informal votes20.4
Turnout 45474.2
Nationalist hold Swing

Elections in the 1920s

1927 Western Australian state election: Roebourne
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Nationalist Frederick Teesdale 25257.8−42.2
Labor Thomas McCarthy18442.2+42.2
Total formal votes43699.8
Informal votes10.2
Turnout 43766.2
Nationalist hold Swing N/A
1924 Western Australian state election: Roebourne
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Nationalist Frederick Teesdale unopposed
Nationalist hold Swing
1921 Western Australian state election: Roebourne
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Nationalist Frederick Teesdale 24674.8−3.1
Labor Thomas Daley4714.3−7.8
Independent Richard Hancock3610.9+10.9
Total formal votes32998.5−1.2
Informal votes51.5+1.2
Turnout 33457.6+8.9
Nationalist hold Swing N/A

Elections in the 1910s

1917 Western Australian state election: Roebourne
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Nationalist Frederick Teesdale 27177.9+77.9
Labor John Haughey7722.1–25.1
Total formal votes34899.7+1.4
Informal votes10.3–1.4
Turnout 34948.7n/a
Nationalist hold Swing N/A
1915 Roebourne state by-election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal William Butcher 25453.8+8.2
Labor William Waugh21846.2−8.2
Total formal votes47298.3+0.8
Informal votes81.7−0.8
Turnout 480N/A
Liberal gain from Labor Swing +8.2
1914 Western Australian state election: Roebourne
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Joseph Gardiner 32454.4−11.9
Liberal Frederick Teesdale27245.6+28.6
Total formal votes59697.5+1.7
Informal votes152.5−1.7
Turnout 61154.1−0.4
Labor hold Swing N/A
1911 Western Australian state election: Roebourne
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Joseph Gardiner 37966.3
Ministerialist Albert Wilson9717.0
Ministerialist Henry Osborn 9616.8
Total formal votes57295.8
Informal votes254.2
Turnout 59754.5
Labor gain from Ministerialist Swing

Elections in the 1900s

1908 Western Australian state election: Roebourne
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Ministerialist Henry Osborn 18552.7−47.3
Ministerialist Albert Wilson14541.3+41.3
Ministerialist William Withnell216.0+6.0
Total formal votes35193.6
Informal votes246.4
Turnout 37548.1
Ministerialist hold Swing N/A
1905 Western Australian state election: Roebourne
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Ministerialist John Sydney Hicks unopposed
Ministerialist hold Swing
1904 Western Australian state election: Roebourne
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Ministerialist John Sydney Hicks unopposed
Ministerialist hold Swing
1901 Western Australian state election: Roebourne
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent John Sydney Hicks unopposed
Independent hold Swing

Elections in the 1890s

1897 Western Australian colonial election: Roebourne
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Ministerialist Horace Sholl unopposed
Ministerialist hold Swing
1894 Western Australian colonial election: Roebourne
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
None Horace Sholl unopposed
1891 Roebourne colonial by-election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
None Horace Sholl unopposed
1890 Western Australian colonial election: Roebourne
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
None George Leake unopposed

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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.