Electoral results for the district of Williams (Western Australia)

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

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Members for Williams

Williams (1890–1911)
MemberPartyTerm
  Frederick Henry Piesse Ministerial1890–1904
  Frank Cowcher Ministerial1904–1911
Williams-Narrogin (1911–1950)
MemberPartyTerm
  Bertie Johnston Labor 1911–1915
  Independent 1916–1917
 Country1917–1923
 Country (ECP)1923–1924
 Country1924–1928
  Victor Doney Country1928–1950

Election results

Elections in the 1940s

1947 Western Australian state election: Williams-Narrogin [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Country Victor Doney 1,93970.5+3.9
Labor Moses Mowday81329.5−3.9
Total formal votes2,75299.2+0.6
Informal votes210.8−0.6
Turnout 2,77384.5−0.3
Country hold Swing +3.9
1943 Western Australian state election: Williams-Narrogin
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Country Victor Doney 1,74966.6−3.6
Labor Edward Dolan87733.4+3.6
Total formal votes2,62698.6−0.5
Informal votes371.4+0.5
Turnout 2,66384.8−4.7
Country hold Swing -3.6

Elections in the 1930s

1939 Western Australian state election: Williams-Narrogin
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Country Victor Doney 2,00970.2−29.8
Labor Harry Hyde85429.8+29.8
Total formal votes2,86399.1
Informal votes250.9
Turnout 2,88889.5
Country hold Swing N/A
1936 Western Australian state election: Williams-Narrogin
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Country Victor Doney unopposed
Country hold Swing
1933 Western Australian state election: Williams-Narrogin
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Country Victor Doney 1,96867.7−2.7
Independent Arthur McCormick94132.3+2.3
Total formal votes2,90998.5−1.0
Informal votes451.5+1.0
Turnout 2,95489.0+7.8
Country hold Swing N/A
1930 Western Australian state election: Williams-Narrogin
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Country Victor Doney 1,96670.4
Labor John McKenna82529.6
Total formal votes2,79199.5
Informal votes140.5
Turnout 2,80581.2
Country hold Swing

Elections in the 1920s

1928 Williams-Narrogin state by-election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Country Victor Doney 1,28442.5−33.1
Country Andrew Watson88229.2+29.2
Independent Edward Illingworth48816.1+16.1
Country Thomas Kiely37012.2+12.2
Total formal votes3,02498.3−1.0
Informal votes521.7+1.0
Turnout 3,07665.4−5.5
Two-candidate-preferred result
Country Victor Doney 1,77458.7−16.9
Country Andrew Watson1,25041.3+41.3
Country hold Swing N/A
1927 Western Australian state election: Williams-Narrogin
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Country Edward Johnston 2,56575.6+3.2
Labor John Clunas82624.4−3.2
Total formal votes3,36899.3−0.3
Informal votes230.7+0.3
Turnout 3,41470.9+7.9
Country hold Swing +3.2
1924 Western Australian state election: Williams-Narrogin
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Executive Country Edward Johnston 1,88172.4
Labor Cyril Longmore71727.6
Total formal votes2,59899.6
Informal votes90.4
Turnout 2,60763.0
Executive Country gain from Country Swing N/A
1921 Western Australian state election: Williams-Narrogin
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Country Edward Johnston unopposed
Country hold Swing

Elections in the 1910s

1917 Western Australian state election: Williams-Narrogin
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
National Country Bertie Johnston 1,70379.0–21.0
National Country William Rabbish45421.0+21.0
Total formal votes2,15799.4n/a
Informal votes140.6n/a
Turnout 2,17161.1n/a
National Country hold Swing –21.0
1916 Williams-Narrogin state by-election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Bertie Johnston unopposed
Member changed to Independent from Labor  
1914 Western Australian state election: Williams-Narrogin
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Bertie Johnston 1,94765.2+11.0
Country Solomon Fisher1,03834.8+34.8
Total formal votes2,98599.4+0.9
Informal votes190.6−0.9
Turnout 3,00462.1−15.7
Labor hold Swing N/A
1911 Western Australian state election: Williams-Narrogin
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Bertie Johnston 1,22954.2
Ministerialist Frank Cowcher 1,01844.9
Independent James Sale200.9
Total formal votes2,26798.5
Informal votes341.5
Turnout 2,30177.8
Labor gain from Ministerialist Swing

Elections in the 1900s

1908 Western Australian state election: Williams
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Ministerialist Frank Cowcher 1,32361.8−19.4
Labour Edward Hamersley33715.7+15.7
Ministerialist William Moss29914.0+14.0
Ministerialist William Rabbish1828.5+8.5
Total formal votes2,14198.5−0.1
Informal votes321.5+0.1
Turnout 2,17351.1+8.5
Ministerialist hold Swing N/A
1905 Western Australian state election: Williams
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Ministerialist Frank Cowcher 70381.2+36.2
Labour Peter Wedd16318.8–5.4
Total formal votes86698.6+0.1
Informal votes121.4–0.1
Turnout 87842.6–12.0
Ministerialist hold Swing +36.2
1904 Western Australian state election: Williams
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Frank Cowcher 53145.0+45.0
Labour Peter Wedd27423.2+23.2
Independent Richard Gell19816.8+16.8
Ministerialist Julius Nenke17614.9+14.9
Total formal votes1,17998.5n/a
Informal votes181.5n/a
Turnout 1,19754.6n/a
Independent gain from Ministerialist Swing +45.0
1901 Western Australian state election: Williams
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Ministerialist Frederick Henry Piesse unopposed
Ministerialist hold Swing

Elections in the 1890s

1897 Western Australian colonial election: Williams
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Ministerialist Frederick Piesse unopposed
Ministerialist hold Swing
1894 Western Australian colonial election: Williams
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
None Frederick Piesse 19682.0–18.0
None Wesley Maley 4318.0+18.0
1890 Western Australian colonial election: Williams
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
None Frederick Piesse unopposed
  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.

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