Electoral results for the district of West Perth

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

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Members for West Perth

MemberPartyTerm
  Timothy Quinlan Non-aligned1890–1894
  Barrington Wood Ministerialist 1894–1901
  George Leake Oppositionist 1901–1902
  Charles Moran Independent1902–1905
  Frederick Illingworth Ministerialist1905–1907
  Thomas Draper Ministerialist1907–1911
  Eben Allen Liberal 1911–1917
 Thomas Draper Nationalist 1917–1921
  Edith Cowan Nationalist1921–1924
  Thomas Davy Nationalist1924–1933
  Robert Ross McDonald Nationalist1933–1945
  Liberal 1945–1949
  Liberal Country League 1949–1950
  Joseph Totterdell Liberal Country League1950–1953
  Stanley Heal Labor 1953–1962

Election results

Elections in the 1950s

1959 Western Australian state election: West Perth [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Stanley Heal 3,42150.7−7.1
Liberal and Country Raymond Nowland3,32249.3+7.1
Total formal votes6,74397.9+0.6
Informal votes1452.1−0.6
Turnout 6,88887.9−0.8
Labor hold Swing -7.1
1956 Western Australian state election: West Perth
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Stanley Heal 4,38557.8
Liberal and Country Raymond Nowland3,20642.2
Total formal votes7,59197.3
Informal votes2122.7
Turnout 7,80388.7
Labor hold Swing
1953 Western Australian state election: West Perth
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Stanley Heal 3,66552.4+10.8
Liberal and Country Joseph Totterdell 3,33347.6−5.3
Total formal votes6,99898.1+0.7
Informal votes1321.9−0.7
Turnout 7,13091.9+3.5
Labor gain from Liberal and Country Swing +8.1
1950 Western Australian state election: West Perth
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal and Country Joseph Totterdell 4,35552.9
Labor Lucien Triat 3,42541.6
Independent Frederick Swaine4485.4
Total formal votes8,22897.4
Informal votes2162.6
Turnout 8,44488.4
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal and Country Joseph Totterdell 55.7
Labor Lucien Triat44.3
Liberal and Country hold Swing

Elections in the 1940s

1947 Western Australian state election: West Perth
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Robert McDonald unopposed
Liberal hold Swing
1943 Western Australian state election: West Perth
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Nationalist Robert McDonald 3,16853.8−9.0
Labor William Beadle2,72346.2+9.0
Total formal votes5,89197.7−0.2
Informal votes1392.3+0.2
Turnout 6,03084.0−5.4
Nationalist hold Swing -9.0

Elections in the 1930s

1939 Western Australian state election: West Perth
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Nationalist Robert McDonald 3,69162.8+7.8
Labor Roy Nevile2,18337.2−7.8
Total formal votes5,87497.9−1.2
Informal votes1262.1+1.2
Turnout 6,00089.4+20.0
Nationalist hold Swing +7.8
1936 Western Australian state election: West Perth
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Nationalist Robert McDonald 2,59555.0+15.7
Labor William Beadle2,12245.0−0.8
Total formal votes4,71799.1+1.0
Informal votes450.9−1.0
Turnout 4,76269.4−21.7
Nationalist hold Swing +4.2
1933 Western Australian state election: West Perth
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor John Blair2,73845.8+1.7
Nationalist Robert McDonald 2,34939.3−16.6
Ind. Nationalist Leonard Goold5499.2+9.2
Ind. Nationalist Frank Cato3455.8+5.8
Total formal votes5,98198.1−1.0
Informal votes1171.9+1.0
Turnout 6,09891.1+13.0
Two-party-preferred result
Nationalist Robert McDonald 3,04150.8−5.1
Labor John Blair2,94049.2+5.1
Nationalist hold Swing -5.1
1930 Western Australian state election: West Perth
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Nationalist Thomas Davy 2,88455.9
Labor Frank Darcey2,27744.1
Total formal votes5,11499.1
Informal votes470.9
Turnout 5,20878.1
Nationalist hold Swing

Elections in the 1920s

1927 Western Australian state election: West Perth
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Nationalist Thomas Davy 1,76644.4+9.6
Labor Alexander McDougall1,40535.4+1.1
Women's Electoral League Edith Cowan 80320.2+20.2
Total formal votes3,97497.5−1.7
Informal votes1012.5+1.7
Turnout 4,07576.2+11.4
Two-party-preferred result
Nationalist Thomas Davy 2,40060.4−0.4
Labor Alexander McDougall1,57439.6+0.4
Nationalist hold Swing -0.4
1924 Western Australian state election: West Perth
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Nationalist Thomas Davy 1,25034.8+34.8
Labor Alexander McDougall1,23334.3+34.3
Nationalist Edith Cowan 1,10830.8−7.5
Total formal votes3,56199.2+0.7
Informal votes300.8−0.7
Turnout 3,62164.8−4.5
Two-party-preferred result
Nationalist Thomas Davy 2,18260.8
Labor Alexander McDougall1,40939.2
Nationalist hold Swing N/A
1921 Western Australian state election: West Perth
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Nationalist Edith Cowan 1,16438.3+38.3
Nationalist Thomas Draper 1,10936.5−16.8
Nationalist Ebenezer Allen 76725.2+25.2
Total formal votes3,04098.5+3.1
Informal votes451.5−3.1
Turnout 3,08569.3+8.0
Two-candidate-preferred result
Nationalist Edith Cowan 1,54350.8
Nationalist Thomas Draper 1,49749.2
Nationalist hold Swing N/A

Elections in the 1910s

1917 Western Australian state election: West Perth
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Nationalist Thomas Draper 1,52553.3+53.3
National Liberal Ebenezer Allen 1,15940.5–23.1
National LiberalJoseph East1786.2+6.2
Total formal votes2,86295.4–4.3
Informal votes1394.6+4.3
Turnout 3,00161.3+13.0
Nationalist hold Swing N/A
1914 Western Australian state election: West Perth
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Eben Allen 2,28863.6+30.2
Labor James Doland1,30836.4−7.6
Total formal votes3,59699.7+1.1
Informal votes90.3−1.1
Turnout 3,60548.3−33.9
Liberal hold Swing +9.1
1911 Western Australian state election: West Perth
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Walter Simpson1,60844.0
Ministerialist Eben Allen 1,21933.4
Ministerialist Richard Vincent82522.6
Total formal votes3,65298.6
Informal votes521.4
Turnout 3,70482.2
Two-party-preferred result
Ministerialist Eben Allen 1,99154.5
Labor Walter Simpson1,66145.5
Ministerialist hold Swing

Elections in the 1900s

1908 Western Australian state election: West Perth
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Ministerialist Thomas Draper 1,40154.7−10.7
Ministerialist Walter Simpson1,16145.3+45.3
Total formal votes2,56299.6+1.2
Informal votes90.4−1.2
Turnout 2,57166.0+16.8
Ministerialist hold Swing N/A
1907 West Perth state by-election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
National Political League Thomas Draper 1,43357.4+57.4
Ministerialist Walter Simpson1,06442.6+42.6
Total formal votes2,49799.4+1.0
Informal votes160.6−1.0
Turnout 2,51365.4+16.2
National Political League hold Swing N/A
1905 Western Australian state election: West Perth
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Ministerialist Frederick Illingworth 1,27665.4+65.4
Ministerialist James Speed 65533.6+33.6
Labour Robert Norman211.1–23.1
Total formal votes1,95298.4±0
Informal votes321.6±0
Turnout 1,98449.2+9.7
Ministerialist hold Swing N/A
1904 Western Australian state election: West Perth
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Charles Moran 1,06438.2+6.4
Labour Robert Norman1,04937.6+11.7
Ministerialist Walter Simpson67624.2+24.2
Total formal votes2,78998.4+1.5
Informal votes441.6–1.5
Turnout 2,83339.5n/a
Independent hold Swing +6.4
1902 West Perth state by-election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Charles Moran 49531.9+31.9
Labour Fred Gill40225.9+25.9
Independent John Phair26316.9+16.9
Opposition Alfred Russell16910.9+10.9
Anti Early Closing AssociationThomas Molloy1539.9+9.9
Opposition John Brickhill714.6+4.6
Total formal votes1,55396.9−1.4
Informal votes503.1+1.4
Turnout 1,603N/AN/A
Independent gain from Opposition Swing N/A
1901 Western Australian state election: West Perth
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Opposition George Leake 88651.7+51.7
Ministerialist Barrington Wood 82848.3–5.6
Total formal votes1,71498.7+0.4
Informal votes221.3–0.4
Turnout 1,73646.8+2.3
Opposition gain from Ministerialist Swing +51.7

Elections in the 1890s

1897 Western Australian colonial election: West Perth
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Ministerialist Barrington Wood 41153.9
Ministerialist Thomas Molloy26034.1
Opposition Robert Knox-Peden9111.9
Total formal votes76298.3
Informal votes131.7
Turnout 77544.5
Ministerialist hold Swing
1894 Western Australian colonial election: West Perth
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
National Education Barrington Wood 39842.1+42.1
Education Defence Timothy Quinlan 37940.1–11.7
None Richard Haynes 16917.9–29.3
1890 Western Australian colonial election: West Perth
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
None Timothy Quinlan 24952.8n/a
None Richard Haynes 22347.2n/a

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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.