Electoral results for the district of South Fremantle

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

Members for South Fremantle

Member		Party	Term
	David Symon	Non-aligned	1890–1892
	Elias Solomon	Independent	1892–1901
	Arthur Diamond	Independent	1901–1904
		Ministerial	1904–1906
	Arthur Davies	Ministerial	1906–1911
	Harry Bolton	Labor	1911–1917
		National Labor	1917
	Samuel Rocke	Ind. Labor	1917–1921
	Alick McCallum	Labor	1922–1935
	Thomas Fox	Labor	1935–1951
	Dick Lawrence	Labor	1951–1960
	Henry Curran	Labor	1960–1962

Election results

Elections in the 1960s

1960 South Fremantle state by-election ^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Henry Curran	5,266	52.5	-35.0
	Independent Labor	William Hughes	4,767	47.5	+47.5
Total formal votes			10,033	96.5	+5.9
Informal votes			359	3.5	-5.9
Turnout			10,392	88.7	-1.1
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Elections in the 1950s

1959 Western Australian state election: South Fremantle

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Dick Lawrence	8,186	87.5	+11.2
	Communist	George Kendrick	1,173	12.5	+12.5
Total formal votes			9,359	90.6	-5.6
Informal votes			973	9.4	+5.6
Turnout			10,332	89.8	-0.6
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

1956 Western Australian state election: South Fremantle

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Dick Lawrence	7,042	76.3
	Independent Labor	Michael Robson	2,191	23.7
Total formal votes			9,233	96.2
Informal votes			369	3.8
Turnout			9,602	90.4
	Labor hold		Swing

1953 Western Australian state election: South Fremantle

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Dick Lawrence	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

1951 South Fremantle state by-election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Dick Lawrence	4,631	61.5	N/A
	All Parties Association	Carlyle Ferguson	1,391	18.5	+18.5
	Independent	Henry Miller	1,144	15.2	+15.2
	Communist	Patrick Troy	365	4.9	+4.9
Total formal votes			7,531	97.6
Informal votes			185	2.4
Turnout			7,716	84.2
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

• Preferences were not distributed.

1950 Western Australian state election: South Fremantle

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Thomas Fox	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

Elections in the 1940s

1947 Western Australian state election: South Fremantle

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Thomas Fox	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

1943 Western Australian state election: South Fremantle

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Tom Fox	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

Elections in the 1930s

1939 Western Australian state election: South Fremantle

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Thomas Fox	4,425	62.4	-5.7
	Nationalist	Ashbury Gartrell	2,065	29.1	+29.1
	Independent	Arthur Ambrose	605	8.5	+8.5
Total formal votes			7,095	97.4	-1.5
Informal votes			189	2.6	+1.5
Turnout			7,284	95.9	+35.8
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

1936 Western Australian state election: South Fremantle

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Thomas Fox	2,955	68.1	-10.4
	Social Credit	David Byers	1,385	31.9	+31.9
Total formal votes			4,340	98.9	+2.1
Informal votes			49	1.1	-2.1
Turnout			4,389	60.1	-34.6
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

1935 South Fremantle state election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Thomas Fox	2,282	59.6	-18.9
	Nationalist	Alexander Bracks	1,544	40.4	+40.4
Total formal votes			3,826	98.8	+2.0
Informal votes			47	1.2	-2.0
Turnout			3,873	53.8	-40.9
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

1933 Western Australian state election: South Fremantle

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Alick McCallum	5,384	78.5	-21.5
	Ind. Nationalist	Joshua Warner	1,305	19.0	+19.0
	Communist	Gregory Collins	168	2.5	+2.5
Total formal votes			6,857	96.8
Informal votes			224	3.2
Turnout			7,081	94.7
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

• Preferences were not distributed.

1930 Western Australian state election: South Fremantle

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Alick McCallum	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

Elections in the 1920s

1927 Western Australian state election: South Fremantle

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Alick McCallum	3,028	78.9	-21.1
	Nationalist	Philip Jane	812	21.1	+21.1
Total formal votes			3,840	98.9
Informal votes			42	1.1
Turnout			3,882	76.9
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

1924 Western Australian state election: South Fremantle

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Alick McCallum	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

1921 Western Australian state election: South Fremantle

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Alick McCallum	1,741	48.3	+48.3
	Nationalist	William Watson	1,531	42.5	+42.5
	Independent Labor	Samuel Rocke	332	9.2	–40.9
Total formal votes			3,604	97.9	–0.6
Informal votes			78	2.1	+0.6
Turnout			3,682	78.9	+13.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Alick McCallum	1,849	51.3	+51.3
	Nationalist	William Watson	1,755	48.7	+48.7
	Labor gain from Independent Labor		Swing	N/A

Elections in the 1910s

1917 Western Australian state election: South Fremantle

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent Labor	Samuel Rocke	1,481	50.1	+50.1
	National Labor	Harry Bolton	1,475	49.9	–5.9
Total formal votes			2,956	98.5	–1.1
Informal votes			45	1.5	+1.1
Turnout			3,001	65.3	–0.3
	Independent Labor gain from National Labor		Swing	+50.1

1914 Western Australian state election: South Fremantle

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Harry Bolton	2,018	55.8	-11.0
	Liberal	William Watson	1,600	44.2	+14.8
Total formal votes			3,618	99.6	+0.8
Informal votes			16	0.4	-0.8
Turnout			3,634	65.6	-17.7
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

1911 Western Australian state election: South Fremantle

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Harry Bolton	2,113	66.8
	Ministerial	John Cooke	929	29.4
	Ministerial	John Brennan	121	3.8
Total formal votes			3,163	98.8
Informal votes			38	1.2
Turnout			3,201	83.3
	Labor gain from Ministerial		Swing

• Preferences were not distributed.

Elections in the 1900s

1908 Western Australian state election: South Fremantle

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ministerial	Arthur Davies	unopposed
	Ministerial hold		Swing

1906 South Fremantle state by-election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ministerial	Arthur Davies	1,509	66.9	+10.9
	Labour	Joseph Dale	748	33.1	-10.9
Total formal votes			2,257	98.6	-0.2
Informal votes			33	1.4	+0.2
Turnout			2,290	51.5	+0.1
	Ministerial hold		Swing	+10.9

1905 Western Australian state election: South Fremantle

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ministerial	Arthur Diamond	1,116	56.0	–2.5
	Labour	Alick McCallum	878	44.0	+2.5
Total formal votes			1,994	98.8	–0.6
Informal votes			24	1.2	+0.6
Turnout			2,018	51.4	+12.2
	Ministerial hold		Swing	–2.5

1904 Western Australian state election: South Fremantle

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ministerial	Arthur Diamond	1,357	58.5	+21.6
	Labour	Edward Gilleland	964	41.5	+11.8
Total formal votes			2,321	99.4	+0.7
Informal votes			15	0.6	–0.7
Turnout			2,336	39.2	–1.7
	Ministerial hold		Swing	+21.6

1901 Western Australian state election: South Fremantle

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Arthur Diamond	492	36.9	+36.9
	Labour	William Guilfoyle	396	29.7	+29.7
	Independent	William Forsythe	296	22.2	+22.2
	Opposition	Walter Mortess	151	11.3	+11.3
Total formal votes			1,335	98.7	n/a
Informal votes			17	1.3	n/a
Turnout			1,352	40.9	n/a
	Independent hold		Swing	N/A

Elections in the 1890s

1897 Western Australian colonial election: South Fremantle

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Elias Solomon	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

1894 Western Australian colonial election: South Fremantle

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	None	Elias Solomon	unopposed

1892 South Fremantle colonial by-election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	None	Elias Solomon	161	51.1
	None	William Wray	154	48.9

1890 Western Australian colonial election: South Fremantle

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	None	David Symon	203	57.8	n/a
	None	Daniel Congdon	148	42.2	n/a

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.