Results of the 1921 Western Australian state election (Legislative Assembly)

Western Australian state election, 12 March 1921 [1] Legislative Assembly << 1917–1924 >>
Enrolled voters		146,948 [1]
Votes cast		98,958		Turnout	67.34%	+5.19%
Informal votes		1,620		Informal	1.64%	–0.05%
Summary of votes by party
Party		Primary votes	%	Swing	Seats	Change
	Labor	35,829	36.81%	+11.99%	17	+ 2
	Nationalist	26,995	27.73%	+6.68%	10	+ 2
	Country	17,311	17.78%	–1.28%	16	+ 4
	National Labor	9,809	10.08%	–6.77%	4	– 2
	Independent	7,394	7.60%	+1.86%	3	+ 2
Total		97,338			50

This is a list of electoral district results of the 1921 Western Australian election.

Results by electoral district

Albany

1921 Western Australian state election: Albany

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	John Scaddan	1,529	57.1	+57.1
	Labor	Arthur Wansbrough	1,149	42.9	+4.6
Total formal votes			2,678	99.2	−0.1
Informal votes			21	0.8	+0.1
Turnout			2,699	66.2	−5.2
	Country gain from Nationalist		Swing	N/A

Avon

1921 Western Australian state election: Avon

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Tom Harrison	1,028	49.5	+14.2
	Labor	Steven Donovan	943	45.5	+7.8
	Independent Country	Alma McCorry	104	5.0	+5.0
Total formal votes			2,075	98.1	+1.1
Informal votes			40	1.9	−1.1
Turnout			2,115	56.7	−1.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Country	Tom Harrison	1,093	52.7	−2.3
	Labor	Steven Donovan	982	47.3	+2.3
	Country hold		Swing	−2.3

Beverley

1921 Western Australian state election: Beverley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Frank Broun	unopposed
	Country hold		Swing

Boulder

1921 Western Australian state election: Boulder

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Philip Collier	1,833	54.5	−3.9
	National Labor	James Rogers	1,533	45.5	+3.9
Total formal votes			3,366	99.5	−0.1
Informal votes			16	0.5	+0.1
Turnout			3,382	84.4	+12.4
	Labor hold		Swing	−3.9

Brownhill-Ivanhoe

1921 Western Australian state election: Brownhill-Ivanhoe

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	John Lutey	1,490	56.7	+4.1
	National Labor	James Reed	1,140	43.3	−4.1
Total formal votes			2,630	99.3	−0.3
Informal votes			19	0.7	+0.3
Turnout			2,649	76.4	+1.7
	Labor hold		Swing	+4.1

Bunbury

1921 Western Australian state election: Bunbury

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	Griffin Money	1,143	50.8	+17.4
	Labor	Frederick Withers	1,108	49.2	+23.0
Total formal votes			2,251	99.5	+1.2
Informal votes			12	0.5	−1.2
Turnout			2,263	68.2	−8.1
	Nationalist hold		Swing	N/A

Canning

1921 Western Australian state election: Canning

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Alexander Clydesdale	3,213	47.9	+17.7
	Nationalist	Robert Robinson	2,571	38.3	−31.5
	Independent	Ada Butler	563	8.4	+8.4
	Independent	Duncan Munro	364	5.4	+5.4
Total formal votes			6,711	98.0	−0.6
Informal votes			138	2.0	+0.6
Turnout			6,849	69.7	+17.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Alexander Clydesdale	3,687	54.9	+24.7
	Nationalist	Robert Robinson	3,024	45.1	−24.7
	Labor gain from Nationalist		Swing	+24.7

Claremont

1921 Western Australian state election: Claremont

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	John Thomson	1,662	30.1	−5.5
	Independent	Ada Bromham	1,289	23.3	+23.3
	Labor	George Dennis	1,191	21.6	+21.6
	Nationalist	Karl Drake-Brockman	721	13.0	+13.0
	Nationalist	William Montgomery	332	6.0	+6.0
	Nationalist	William Rolfe	332	6.0	+6.0
Total formal votes			5,527	98.0	−0.2
Informal votes			111	2.0	+0.2
Turnout			5,638	78.4	+15.2
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Nationalist	John Thomson	3,120	56.4
	Independent	Ada Bromham	2,407	43.6
	Nationalist hold		Swing	N/A

Collie

1921 Western Australian state election: Collie

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Arthur Wilson	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

Coolgardie

1921 Western Australian state election: Coolgardie

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	George Lambert	565	60.8	+6.9
	National Labor	Peter Wedd	222	23.9	−9.0
	Independent	William Faahan	143	15.4	+15.4
Total formal votes			930	97.5	−0.5
Informal votes			24	2.5	+0.5
Turnout			954	66.3	−5.6
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

• Preferences were not distributed.

Cue

1921 Western Australian state election: Cue

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Thomas Chesson	359	68.3	−31.7
	Country	George Ellemor	167	31.7	+31.7
Total formal votes			526	100
Informal votes			0	0
Turnout			526	69.4
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

East Perth

1921 Western Australian state election: East Perth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Jack Simons	2,182	47.8	+6.8
	Nationalist	Charles Heppingstone	866	19.0	+3.0
	National Labor	Thomas Ferguson	740	16.2	+3.7
	Nationalist	John Hardwick	666	14.6	−5.3
	Nationalist	William Henderson	112	2.4	+2.4
Total formal votes			4,566	98.0	+1.7
Informal votes			93	2.0	−1.7
Turnout			4,659	70.5	+10.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Jack Simons	2,363	51.8	+3.2
	Nationalist	Charles Heppingstone	2,203	48.2	−3.2
	Labor gain from Nationalist		Swing	+3.2

Forrest

1921 Western Australian state election: Forrest

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Peter O'Loghlen	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

Fremantle

1921 Western Australian state election: Fremantle

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Walter Jones	1,399	45.1	−13.1
	Nationalist	Frank Gibson	1,119	36.0	+36.0
	Nationalist	Joseph Allen	586	18.9	+18.9
Total formal votes			3,104	97.2	−2.5
Informal votes			88	2.8	+2.5
Turnout			3,192	76.6	+11.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Nationalist	Frank Gibson	1,667	53.7	+53.7
	Labor	Walter Jones	1,437	46.3	−11.9
	Nationalist gain from Labor		Swing	N/A

Gascoyne

1921 Western Australian state election: Gascoyne

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Edward Angelo	412	60.7	+60.7
	Labor	George Jones	180	26.5	+26.5
	Independent	Edmund Holden	87	12.8	+12.8
Total formal votes			679	99.0	−1.0
Informal votes			7	1.0	+1.0
Turnout			686	60.9	+7.6
	Country gain from Nationalist		Swing	N/A

Geraldton

1921 Western Australian state election: Geraldton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	John Willcock	1,265	66.1	+18.5
	Country	Ebenezer Bartlett	648	33.9	+33.9
Total formal votes			1,913	99.2	+1.3
Informal votes			15	0.8	−1.3
Turnout			1,928	80.0	+4.3
	Labor hold		Swing	+15.3

Greenough

1921 Western Australian state election: Greenough

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Henry Maley	968	61.9	+38.4
	Labor	Patrick Moy	595	38.1	+4.3
Total formal votes			1,563	99.4	+2.6
Informal votes			10	0.6	−2.6
Turnout			1,573	69.4	+8.3
	Country hold		Swing	+4.1

Guildford

1921 Western Australian state election: Guildford

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National Labor	Joseph Davies	2,621	49.2	+17.3
	Labor	William Johnson	2,454	46.0	+2.9
	National Labor	Henry Berry	256	4.8	+4.8
Total formal votes			5,331	98.2	+0.3
Informal votes			98	1.8	−0.3
Turnout			5,429	69.9	+4.1
Two-candidate-preferred result
	National Labor	Joseph Davies	2,819	52.9	−2.5
	Labor	William Johnson	2,512	47.1	+2.5
	National Labor hold		Swing	−2.5

Hannans

1921 Western Australian state election: Hannans

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Selby Munsie	792	67.0	+7.2
	National Labor	Walter Openshaw	390	33.0	−3.3
Total formal votes			1,182	99.1	+1.4
Informal votes			11	0.9	−1.4
Turnout			1,193	73.2	+5.3
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Irwin

1921 Western Australian state election: Irwin

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Charles Maley	304	28.3	−71.7
	Country	William Mitchell	296	27.6	+27.6
	Country	Henry Carson	143	13.3	+13.3
	Country	Frederick Gill	116	10.8	+10.8
	Independent	William Clarke	80	7.5	+7.5
	Country	Edward Lang	74	6.9	+6.9
	Country	Henry Carr	60	5.6	+5.6
Total formal votes			1,073	96.4
Informal votes			40	3.6
Turnout			1,113	47.7
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Country	Charles Maley	571	53.2	−46.8
	Country	William Mitchell	502	46.8	+46.8
	Country hold		Swing	N/A

Kalgoorlie

1921 Western Australian state election: Kalgoorlie

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Albert Green	1,597	46.2	−4.3
	Ind. Nationalist	John Boyland	1,268	36.7	+36.7
	Nationalist	Charles Cutbush	423	12.2	+12.2
	National Labor	Walter Close	169	4.9	+4.9
Total formal votes			3,457	99.3	+0.8
Informal votes			25	0.7	−0.8
Turnout			3,482	75.7	+9.1
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Ind. Nationalist	John Boyland	1,831	53.0
	Labor	Albert Green	1,626	47.0
	Ind. Nationalist gain from Labor		Swing	N/A

Kanowna

1921 Western Australian state election: Kanowna

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Thomas Walker	470	63.3	+5.2
	Nationalist	Frederick Campbell	273	36.7	+30.1
Total formal votes			743	99.7	+2.6
Informal votes			2	0.3	−2.6
Turnout			745	60.0	+6.6
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Katanning

1921 Western Australian state election: Katanning

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Alec Thomson	1,258	74.6	+8.3
	Labor	Washington Mather	428	25.4	+25.4
Total formal votes			1,686	99.6	+1.9
Informal votes			6	0.6	−1.9
Turnout			1,692	55.0	−7.0
	Country hold		Swing	N/A

Kimberley

1921 Western Australian state election: Kimberley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Michael Durack	378	51.0	−21.5
	Labor	Charles Cornish	247	33.3	+15.1
	Independent	William Willesee	116	15.7	+15.7
Total formal votes			741	99.3	+2.1
Informal votes			5	0.7	−2.1
Turnout			746	65.2	+12.9
	Country gain from Nationalist		Swing	N/A

Leederville

1921 Western Australian state election: Leederville

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Harry Millington	1,995	36.7	+36.7
	Nationalist	Lionel Carter	1,415	26.0	−29.2
	Nationalist	Fred Gulley	1,165	21.4	+21.4
	Nationalist	John Selby	470	8.6	+8.6
	National Labor	John Slocombe	198	3.6	+3.6
	Independent Labor	Herman Lehmann	193	3.6	+3.6
Total formal votes			5,436	97.2	−1.9
Informal votes			156	2.8	+1.9
Turnout			5,592	62.3	+12.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Nationalist	Lionel Carter	3,092	56.9	+1.7
	Labor	Harry Millington	2,344	43.1	+43.1
	Nationalist hold		Swing	N/A

Menzies

1921 Western Australian state election: Menzies

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National Labor	John Mullany	298	52.0	−10.4
	Labor	Edward Gaynor	275	48.0	+10.4
Total formal votes			573	99.0	+0.1
Informal votes			6	1.0	−0.1
Turnout			579	79.4	+2.9
	National Labor hold		Swing	−10.4

Moore

1921 Western Australian state election: Moore

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	James Denton	561	46.9	+46.9
	Country	Henry Lefroy	376	31.4	−68.6
	Country	Victor Spencer	260	21.7	+21.7
Total formal votes			1,197	97.3
Informal votes			33	2.7
Turnout			1,230	45.9
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Country	James Denton	707	59.1	+59.1
	Country	Henry Lefroy	490	40.9	−59.1
	Country gain from Nationalist		Swing	N/A

Mount Leonora

1921 Western Australian state election: Mount Leonora

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Thomas Heron	465	57.9	+19.4
	National Labor	Sydney Fowler	338	42.1	−19.4
Total formal votes			803	99.4	−0.3
Informal votes			5	0.6	+0.3
Turnout			808	79.2	−4.7
	Labor gain from National Labor		Swing	+19.4

Mount Magnet

1921 Western Australian state election: Mount Magnet

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Michael Troy	710	80.1	−19.9
	Nationalist	William Woodgate	114	12.8	+12.8
	Country	Louis Dewar	63	7.1	+7.1
Total formal votes			887	98.7
Informal votes			12	1.3
Turnout			899	72.4
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

• Preferences were not distributed.

Mount Margaret

1921 Western Australian state election: Mount Margaret

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National Labor	George Taylor	unopposed
	National Labor hold		Swing

Murchison

1921 Western Australian state election: Murchison

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	William Marshall	455	55.2	−8.7
	Nationalist	Joseph Bryant	198	24.0	+24.0
	Country	James Chesson	171	20.7	+20.7
Total formal votes			824	97.7	−1.6
Informal votes			19	2.3	+1.6
Turnout			843	73.0	+14.7
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

• Preferences were not distributed.

Murray-Wellington

1921 Western Australian state election: Murray-Wellington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	William George	881	56.3	−3.7
	Country	James Paterson	380	24.3	−15.7
	Independent	Caleb Joyce	303	19.4	+19.4
Total formal votes			1,564	98.4	−1.1
Informal votes			26	1.6	+1.1
Turnout			1,590	60.0	−5.3
	Nationalist hold		Swing	N/A

• Preferences were not distributed.

Nelson

1921 Western Australian state election: Nelson

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Francis Willmott	823	40.7	−12.4
	Independent Country	John Smith	709	35.1	−11.8
	Labor	Thomas Ryan	488	24.2	+24.2
Total formal votes			2,020	97.8	−1.7
Informal votes			45	2.2	+1.7
Turnout			2,065	63.1	−1.6
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Independent Country	John Smith	1,130	55.9	+9.0
	Country	Francis Willmott	890	44.1	−9.0
	Independent Country gain from Country		Swing	N/A

North Perth

1921 Western Australian state election: North Perth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	James Smith	2,349	57.5	−3.7
	Labor	Ted Needham	1,734	42.5	+42.5
Total formal votes			4,083	98.6	+0.7
Informal votes			56	1.4	−0.7
Turnout			4,139	64.0	+15.5
	Nationalist hold		Swing	N/A

North-East Fremantle

1921 Western Australian state election: North-East Fremantle

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	William Angwin	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

Northam

1921 Western Australian state election: Northam

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	James Mitchell	1,051	58.1	−41.9
	Labor	Louis Grieve	758	41.9	+41.9
Total formal votes			1,809	99.2
Informal votes			14	0.8
Turnout			1,823	73.2
	Nationalist hold		Swing	N/A

Perth

1921 Western Australian state election: Perth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	Harry Mann	1,356	49.7	−6.9
	Labor	Herbert Swan	805	29.5	−3.6
	Independent	Percy Brunton	293	10.7	+10.7
	Independent	Thomas Molloy	273	10.0	+10.0
Total formal votes			2,727	97.1	+0.5
Informal votes			82	2.9	−0.5
Turnout			2,809	62.9	+8.5
After distribution of preferences
	Nationalist	Harry Mann	1,504	55.1
	Labor	Herbert Swan	872	32.0
	Independent	Percy Brunton	351	12.9
	Nationalist hold		Swing	N/A

Pilbara

1921 Western Australian state election: Pilbara

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Henry Underwood	241	64.4	−35.6
	Labor	Arthur Edwards	133	35.6	+35.6
Total formal votes			374	98.7
Informal votes			5	98.7
Turnout			379	58.1
	Independent gain from National Labor		Swing	N/A

Pingelly

1921 Western Australian state election: Pingelly

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Henry Hickmott	816	69.0	−35.7
	Country	Harrie Seward	207	17.5	+17.5
	Country	Harry Gayfer	159	13.4	+13.4
Total formal votes			1,182	98.2	+1.8
Informal votes			22	1.8	−1.8
Turnout			1,204	52.7	−9.1
	Country hold		Swing	N/A

• Preferences were not distributed.

Roebourne

1921 Western Australian state election: Roebourne

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	Frederick Teesdale	246	74.8	−3.1
	Labor	Thomas Daley	47	14.3	−7.8
	Independent	Richard Hancock	36	10.9	+10.9
Total formal votes			329	98.5	−1.2
Informal votes			5	1.5	+1.2
Turnout			334	57.6	+8.9
	Nationalist hold		Swing	N/A

• Preferences were not distributed.

South Fremantle

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

Subiaco

1921 Western Australian state election: Subiaco

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National Labor	Walter Richardson	2,020	41.0	+41.0
	Labor	Arthur Ramsbottom	1,686	34.2	−65.8
	Nationalist	Samuel Brown	1,218	24.7	+24.7
Total formal votes			4,924	98.5
Informal votes			73	1.5
Turnout			4,997	63.8
Two-party-preferred result
	National Labor	Walter Richardson	2,985	60.6	+60.6
	Labor	Arthur Ramsbottom	1,939	39.4	−60.6
	National Labor gain from Labor		Swing	N/A

Sussex

1921 Western Australian state election: Sussex

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	William Pickering	572	39.9	−10.3
	Nationalist	George William Barnard	350	24.4	−25.4
	Country	Benjamin Prowse	222	15.5	+15.5
	Country	Arthur Heppingstone	152	10.6	+10.6
	Nationalist	Valentine Mitchell	113	7.9	+7.9
	Independent	Walter Finlayson	26	1.8	+1.8
Total formal votes			1,435	98.1	−1.2
Informal votes			27	1.9	+1.2
Turnout			1,462	78.4	+9.3
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Country	William Pickering	798	55.6	+5.4
	Nationalist	George Barnard	637	44.4	−5.4
	Country hold		Swing	+5.4

Swan

1921 Western Australian state election: Swan

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Richard Sampson	725	30.3	+30.3
	Labor	John Holman	719	30.0	+30.0
	Nationalist	Caryl Molyneux	301	12.6	−34.0
	Country	George Wilson	268	11.2	+11.2
	Independent	Miss. Nell Dungey	327	3.7	+3.7
	Nationalist	Fred Serisier	53	2.2	+2.2
Total formal votes			2,393	97.7	−1.8
Informal votes			56	2.3	+1.8
Turnout			2,449	67.7	+9.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Country	Richard Sampson	1,409	58.9	+58.9
	Labor	John Holman	984	41.1	+41.1
	Country gain from Nationalist		Swing	N/A

Toodyay

1921 Western Australian state election: Toodyay

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Alfred Piesse	959	59.7	+18.6
	Independent Country	Henry Clarkson	647	40.3	+27.6
Total formal votes			1,606	97.7	0.0
Informal votes			37	2.3	0.0
Turnout			1,643	50.4	+5.2
	Country hold		Swing	+0.9

Wagin

1921 Western Australian state election: Wagin

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Sydney Stubbs	990	67.6	+16.0
	Country	John Gettingby	474	32.4	+32.4
Informal votes			1,464	99.5	+0.5
Informal votes			7	0.5	−0.5
Turnout			1,471	58.1	−11.8
	Country hold		Swing	N/A

West Perth

1921 Western Australian state election: West Perth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	Edith Cowan	1,164	38.3	+38.3
	Nationalist	Thomas Draper	1,109	36.5	−16.8
	Nationalist	Ebenezer Allen	767	25.2	+25.2
Total formal votes			3,040	98.5	+3.1
Informal votes			45	1.5	−3.1
Turnout			3,085	69.3	+8.0
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Nationalist	Edith Cowan	1,543	50.8
	Nationalist	Thomas Draper	1,497	49.2
	Nationalist hold		Swing	N/A

Williams-Narrogin

1921 Western Australian state election: Williams-Narrogin

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Edward Johnston	unopposed
	Country hold		Swing

Yilgarn

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

York

1921 Western Australian state election: York

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Charles Latham	859	54.2	−1.8
	Country	William Burges	727	45.8	+45.8
Total formal votes			1,586	99.5	+0.1
Informal votes			8	0.5	−0.1
Turnout			1,594	57.1	+3.4
	Country hold		Swing	N/A

See also

• 1921 Western Australian state election
• Candidates of the 1921 Western Australian state election
• Members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly, 1921–1924

References

1. "Details of 1921 Election". Australian Politics and Elections Database. University of Western Australia.