Electoral results for the district of Yilgarn

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

Members for Yilgarn

Members		Party	Term
	Charles Moran	Non-aligned	1894–1897
	William Oats	Independent	1897–1904
	Austin Horan	Labor	1904–1911
		Independent	1911
	Charles Hudson	Labor	1911–1916
		National Labor	1916–1921
	Edwin Corboy	Labor	1921–1930

Election results

Elections in the 1920s

1927 Western Australian state election: Yilgarn ^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Edwin Corboy	607	54.5	−3.9
	Country	John Blake	394	35.4	+19.3
	Country	Arthur Brown	112	10.1	+10.1
Total formal votes			1,113	98.4	−1.2
Informal votes			18	1.6	+1.2
Turnout			1,131	81.4	+5.1
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

• Preferences were not distributed.

1924 Western Australian state election: Yilgarn

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Edwin Corboy	409	58.4	+10.4
	Nationalist	Austin Allom	134	19.1	+19.1
	Executive Country	Thomas Hamerston	113	16.1	+16.1
	Executive Country	Christian Andre	45	6.4	+6.4
Total formal votes			701	99.6	+2.5
Informal votes			3	0.4	−2.5
Turnout			704	76.3
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

• Preferences were not distributed.

1921 Western Australian state election: Yilgarn

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Edwin Corboy	358	48.0	+9.6
	National Labor	Charles Hudson	222	29.8	−4.5
	Country	Maurice Solomon	166	22.2	+22.2
Total formal votes			746	97.1	−1.5
Informal votes			22	2.9	+1.5
Turnout			768	72.1	−1.4
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Labor	Edwin Corboy	397	53.2	+9.5
	National Labor	Charles Hudson	349	46.8	−9.5
	Labor gain from National Labor		Swing	+9.5

Elections in the 1910s

1917 Western Australian state election: Yilgarn

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Alick McCallum	430	38.4	+38.4
	National Labor	Charles Hudson	384	34.3	–26.2
	Nationalist	Archibald McIntyre	244	21.8	–17.6
	Nationalist	John Dunstan	62	5.5	+5.5
Total formal votes			1,120	98.6	–0.4
Informal votes			16	1.4	+0.4
Turnout			1,136	73.5	+9.3
Two-party-preferred result
	National Labor	Charles Hudson	631	56.3	–4.3
	Labor	Alick McCallum	489	43.7	+43.7
	National Labor hold		Swing	N/A

1914 Western Australian state election: Yilgarn

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Charles Hudson	803	60.6	−2.0
	Liberal	Archibald McIntyre	523	39.4	+39.4
Total formal votes			1,326	99.0	−0.8
Informal votes			13	1.0	+0.8
Turnout			1,339	64.2	−2.8
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

1911 Western Australian state election: Yilgarn

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Charles Hudson	1,058	62.6
	Independent	Austin Horan	633	37.4
Total formal votes			1,691	99.8
Informal votes			3	0.2
Turnout			1,694	67.0
	Labor hold		Swing

Elections in the 1900s

1908 Western Australian state election: Yilgarn

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Austin Horan	676	90.5	+31.8
	Ministerialist	William Allen	71	9.5	+9.5
Total formal votes			747	99.2	+0.7
Informal votes			6	0.8	−0.7
Turnout			753	35.9	−7.5
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

1905 Western Australian state election: Yilgarn

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Austin Horan	517	58.7	–2.9
	Independent Labour	Fergie Reid	364	41.3	+41.3
Total formal votes			881	99.5	+0.6
Informal votes			13	0.5	–0.6
Turnout			894	43.4	+13.4
	Labour hold		Swing	–2.9

1904 Western Australian state election: Yilgarn

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Austin Horan	1,172	61.6	+30.2
	Ministerialist	William Hedges	732	38.4	+38.4
Total formal votes			1,904	98.9	–0.5
Informal votes			21	1.1	+0.5
Turnout			1,925	30.0	–17.6
	Labour gain from Opposition		Swing	+30.2

1901 Western Australian state election: Yilgarn

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Opposition	William Oats	186	39.7	–11.2
	Labour	Richard Sneddon	147	31.4	+31.4
	Ministerialist	Isidor Cohn	74	15.8	–23.6
	Independent	William Montgomery	61	13.0	+13.0
Total formal votes			468	99.4	+4.0
Informal votes			3	0.6	–4.0
Turnout			471	47.6	+0.1
	Opposition hold		Swing	N/A

Elections in the 1890s

1897 Western Australian colonial election: Yilgarn

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	William Oats	115	50.9
	Ministerialist	Isidor Cohn	89	39.4
	Opposition	George Leckie	22	9.7
Total formal votes			226	95.4
Informal votes			11	4.6
Turnout			237	47.5
	Independent 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.