Results of the 1936 Western Australian state election (Legislative Assembly)

Western Australian state election, 15 February 1936 [1] Legislative Assembly << 1933–1939 >>
Enrolled voters		194,354 [1]
Votes cast		136,309		Turnout	70.13%	–20.47%
Informal votes		1,518		Informal	1.11%	–1.12%
Summary of votes by party
Party		Primary votes	%	Swing	Seats	Change
	Labor	57,055	42.33%	–3.15%	26	– 4
	Nationalist	43,619	32.36%	+1.83%	8	± 0
	Country	19,685	14.60%	+0.32%	13	+ 1
	Ind. Nat.	3,418	2.54%	+1.33%	1	+ 1
	Social Credit	1,385	1.03%	+1.03%	0	± 0
	Communist	118	0.09%	–0.16%	0	± 0
	Independent	9,431	7.00%	–1.21%	2	+ 2
Total		134,791			50

This is a list of electoral district results of the 1936 Western Australian election.

Results by Electoral district

Albany

1936 Western Australian state election: Albany

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Arthur Wansbrough	1,285	38.7	−12.8
	Country	Leonard Hill	1,260	37.9	+13.3
	Independent	Charles Bolt	780	23.5	+23.5
Total formal votes			3,325	99.2	+0.4
Informal votes			26	0.8	−0.4
Turnout			3,351	75.9	−16.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Country	Leonard Hill	1,917	57.6
	Labor	Arthur Wansbrough	1,408	42.4
	Country gain from Labor		Swing	N/A

Avon

1936 Western Australian state election: Avon

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Ignatius Boyle	1,301	52.9	+11.3
	Country	Hugh Harling	1,160	47.1	+47.1
Total formal votes			2,461	98.0	+0.3
Informal votes			51	2.0	−0.3
Turnout			2,512	67.6	−24.2
	Country hold		Swing	N/A

Beverley

1936 Western Australian state election: Beverley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	James Mann	1,514	54.6	−8.7
	Country	Thomas Retalic	596	21.5	+21.5
	Country	George Weaver	384	13.8	+13.8
	Independent Country	John O'Dea	281	10.1	+10.1
Total formal votes			2,775	98.9	+0.4
Informal votes			31	1.1	−0.4
Turnout			2,806	72.1	−12.5
	Country hold		Swing	N/A

Boulder

1936 Western Australian state election: Boulder

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Philip Collier	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

Brown Hill-Ivanhoe

1936 Western Australian state election: Brown Hill-Ivanhoe

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Frederick Smith	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

Bunbury

1936 Western Australian state election: Bunbury

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Frederick Withers	2,136	60.2	+4.8
	Nationalist	Cuthbert Butler	1,410	39.8	−4.8
Total formal votes			3,546	98.9	−0.1
Informal votes			38	1.1	+0.1
Turnout			3,584	71.8	−23.7
	Labor hold		Swing	+4.8

Canning

1936 Western Australian state election: Canning

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Charles Cross	3,299	48.6	+3.5
	Nationalist	Herbert Wells	1,567	23.1	+0.6
	Nationalist	Thomas Willsmore	988	14.6	+14.6
	Independent	Carlyle Ferguson	728	10.7	+10.7
	Ind. Nationalist	Oliver Strang	201	3.0	+3.0
Total formal votes			6,783	98.2	+1.5
Informal votes			125	1.8	−1.5
Turnout			6,908	71.2	−21.1
After distribution of preferences
	Labor	Charles Cross	3,507	51.9
	Nationalist	Herbert Wells	1,938	28.7
	Nationalist	Thomas Willsmore	1,312	19.4
	Labor hold		Swing

• Preferences were not distributed to completion.

Claremont

1936 Western Australian state election: Claremont

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	Charles North	2,118	51.0	+8.5
	Nationalist	Donald Cleland	2,039	49.0	+19.6
Total formal votes			4,157	98.6	+2.9
Informal votes			59	1.4	−2.9
Turnout			4,216	63.6	−28.0
	Nationalist hold		Swing	N/A

Collie

1936 Western Australian state election: Collie

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

East Perth

1936 Western Australian state election: East Perth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	James Kenneally	2,136	45.8	−15.8
	Independent Labor	Thomas Hughes	1,919	41.1	+41.1
	Independent	Felix Hughes	494	10.6	+10.6
	Communist	Wilfred Mountjoy	118	2.5	+2.5
Total formal votes			4,667	98.1	+1.7
Informal votes			92	1.9	−1.7
Turnout			4,759	64.6	−23.1
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Independent Labor	Thomas Hughes	2,433	52.1
	Labor	James Kenneally	2,234	47.9
	Independent Labor gain from Labor		Swing	N/A

Forrest

1936 Western Australian state election: Forrest

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	May Holman	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

Fremantle

1936 Western Australian state election: Fremantle

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Joseph Sleeman	3,429	74.0	−26.0
	Nationalist	Aidan Bryan	1,204	26.0	+26.0
Total formal votes			4,633	98.7
Informal votes			59	1.3
Turnout			4,692	61.6
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Gascoyne

1936 Western Australian state election: Gascoyne

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Frank Wise	683	81.4	+19.0
	Country	Jack Pericles	156	18.6	+18.6
Total formal votes			839	99.5	+0.4
Informal votes			4	0.5	−0.4
Turnout			843	71.5	−11.9
	Labor hold		Swing	+19.0

Geraldton

1936 Western Australian state election: Geraldton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	John Willcock	1,933	60.6	−39.4
	Country	Alfred Curlewis	1,256	39.4	+39.4
Total formal votes			3,189	99.4
Informal votes			19	0.6
Turnout			3,208	80.4
	Labor hold		Swing

Greenough

1936 Western Australian state election: Greenough

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	William Patrick	1,727	51.4	+13.3
	Independent Labor	John Garland	1,356	40.3	+40.3
	Independent	Henry Carson	279	8.3	+8.3
Total formal votes			3,362	99.1	+0.7
Informal votes			32	0.9	−0.7
Turnout			3,394	61.7	−21.8
	Country hold		Swing	N/A

• Preferences were not distributed.

Guildford-Midland

1936 Western Australian state election: Guildford-Midland

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

Hannans

1936 Western Australian state election: Hannans

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Selby Munsie	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

Irwin-Moore

1936 Western Australian state election: Irwin-Moore

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Percy Ferguson	1,506	71.4	+17.3
	Independent	Cyril Rodoreda	602	28.6	+28.6
Total formal votes			2,108	98.9	+0.7
Informal votes			23	1.1	−0.7
Turnout			2,131	64.6	−21.2
	Country hold		Swing	N/A

Kalgoorlie

1936 Western Australian state election: Kalgoorlie

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Herbert Styants	1,108	45.8	+45.8
	Labor	James Cunningham	845	35.0	−30.2
	Labor	Robert Elliott	465	19.2	+19.2
Total formal votes			2,418	98.7	+1.2
Informal votes			31	1.3	−1.2
Turnout			2,449	57.6	−31.8
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Labor	Herbert Styants	1,356	56.1
	Labor	James Cunningham	1,062	43.9
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Kanowna

1936 Western Australian state election: Kanowna

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Emil Nulsen	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

Katanning

1936 Western Australian state election: Katanning

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Arthur Watts	1,970	53.3	+40.4
	Independent Country	Nelson Lemmon	1,726	46.7	+46.7
Total formal votes			3,696	98.9	+1.3
Informal votes			42	1.1	−1.3
Turnout			3,738	74.4	−17.7
	Country hold		Swing	N/A

Kimberley

1936 Western Australian state election: Kimberley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Aubrey Coverley	496	84.5	+32.2
	Country	Ronald Herrin	91	15.5	+15.5
Total formal votes			587	99.0	+0.7
Informal votes			6	1.0	−0.7
Turnout			593	62.5	−16.1
	Labor hold		Swing	+32.2

Leederville

1936 Western Australian state election: Leederville

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Alexander Panton	3,688	58.3	−0.1
	Nationalist	Charles Veryard	2,638	41.7	+20.1
Total formal votes			6,326	98.9	+1.2
Informal votes			67	1.1	−1.2
Turnout			6,393	69.4	−24.3
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Maylands

1936 Western Australian state election: Maylands

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Robert Clothier	2,214	39.4	−3.4
	Ind. Nationalist	Harry Shearn	1,630	29.0	+29.0
	Nationalist	Tom Hartrey	921	16.4	+16.4
	Nationalist	Arthur Daley	861	15.3	+15.3
Total formal votes			5,626	99.1	+1.0
Informal votes			52	0.9	−1.0
Turnout			5,678	74.1	−17.1
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Ind. Nationalist	Harry Shearn	3,158	56.1	+56.1
	Labor	Robert Clothier	2,468	43.9	−11.2
	Ind. Nationalist gain from Labor		Swing	N/A

Middle Swan

1936 Western Australian state election: Middle Swan

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	James Hegney	3,061	58.8	−0.6
	Nationalist	David Pyvis	2,148	41.2	+22.5
Total formal votes			5,209	98.7	+2.4
Informal votes			70	1.3	−2.4
Turnout			5,279	62.4	−27.9
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Mount Hawthorn

1936 Western Australian state election: Mount Hawthorn

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Harry Millington	2,751	54.0	−8.5
	Nationalist	Arthur Abbott	2,345	46.0	+8.5
Total formal votes			5,096	99.1	+1.2
Informal votes			46	0.9	−1.2
Turnout			5,142	72.9	−21.4
	Labor hold		Swing	-8.5

Mount Magnet

1936 Western Australian state election: Mount Magnet

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Michael Troy	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

Mount Marshall

1936 Western Australian state election: Mount Marshall

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Frederick Warner	1,933	73.6	+18.8
	Country	Joseph Diver	694	26.4	+26.4
Total formal votes			2,627	99.4	+0.4
Informal votes			17	0.6	−0.4
Turnout			2,644	62.2	−23.0
	Country hold		Swing	N/A

Murchison

1936 Western Australian state election: Murchison

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

Murray-Wellington

1936 Western Australian state election: Murray-Wellington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	Ross McLarty	unopposed
	Nationalist hold		Swing

Nedlands

1936 Western Australian state election: Nedlands

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	Norbert Keenan	3,966	59.1	+4.0
	Labor	Dorothy Tangney	2,739	40.9	−4.0
Total formal votes			6,705	99.4	+0.7
Informal votes			41	0.6	−0.7
Turnout			6,746	68.8	−23.1
	Nationalist hold		Swing	+4.0

Nelson

1936 Western Australian state election: Nelson

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Clarence Doust	1,609	38.2	+38.2
	Nationalist	John Smith	1,585	37.6	−1.2
	Labor	Thomas Ladhams	1,018	24.2	−13.2
Total formal votes			4,212	99.0	+1.4
Informal votes			44	1.0	−1.4
Turnout			4,256	78.0	−11.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Independent	Clarence Doust	2,406	57.1	+57.1
	Nationalist	John Smith	1,806	42.9	−12.8
	Independent gain from Nationalist		Swing	N/A

North Perth

1936 Western Australian state election: North Perth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	James MacCallum Smith	1,559	32.7	−29.6
	Labor	Edward Holman	1,462	30.7	+30.7
	Nationalist	Reginald Miller	1,010	21.2	+21.2
	Nationalist	Karl Drake-Brockman	730	15.3	+15.3
Total formal votes			4,761	99.0	+1.2
Informal votes			49	1.0	−1.2
Turnout			4,810	75.8	−16.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Nationalist	James MacCallum Smith	2,779	58.4	−3.9
	Labor	Edward Holman	1,982	41.6	+3.9
	Nationalist hold		Swing	-3.9

North-East Fremantle

1936 Western Australian state election: North-East Fremantle

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	John Tonkin	2,689	52.8	−7.1
	Nationalist	Eric Isaachsen	2,407	47.2	+7.1
Total formal votes			5,096	98.9	−0.3
Informal votes			56	1.1	+0.3
Turnout			5,152	76.4	−19.1
	Labor hold		Swing	-7.1

Northam

1936 Western Australian state election: Northam

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Albert Hawke	2,537	64.3	+8.9
	Nationalist	Hal C.S. Colebatch	1,407	35.7	−1.1
Total formal votes			3,944	99.2	+0.4
Informal votes			30	0.8	−0.4
Turnout			3,974	85.8	−9.5
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Perth

1936 Western Australian state election: Perth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Ted Needham	2,806	53.9	−4.5
	Nationalist	Harry Mann	1,554	29.8	−11.8
	Nationalist	William Murray	847	16.3	+16.3
Total formal votes			5,207	98.1	+0.4
Informal votes			100	1.9	−0.4
Turnout			5,307	68.3	−20.3
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

• Preferences were not distributed.

Pilbara

1936 Western Australian state election: Pilbara

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	Frank Welsh	358	59.4	+1.5
	Labor	Donald Bennett	245	40.6	−1.5
Total formal votes			603	99.2	+2.9
Informal votes			5	0.8	−2.9
Turnout			608	83.8	−3.8
	Nationalist hold		Swing	+1.5

Pingelly

1936 Western Australian state election: Pingelly

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Harrie Seward	1,743	65.7	+20.9
	Country	Cecil Elsegood	909	34.3	+34.3
Total formal votes			2,652	99.4	+1.0
Informal votes			15	0.6	−1.0
Turnout			2,667	70.7	−14.7
	Country hold		Swing	N/A

Roebourne

1936 Western Australian state election: Roebourne

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Alec Rodoreda	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

South Fremantle

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

Subiaco

1936 Western Australian state election: Subiaco

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	John Moloney	2,320	38.5	−5.1
	Nationalist	Florence Cardell-Oliver	1,442	23.9	−13.3
	Nationalist	Walter Richardson	1,392	23.1	+23.1
	Nationalist	Harry Downe	877	14.5	+14.5
Total formal votes			6,031	99.2	+1.6
Informal votes			47	0.8	−1.6
Turnout			6,078	80.6	−12.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Nationalist	Florence Cardell-Oliver	3,364	55.8	+8.3
	Labor	John Moloney	2,667	44.2	−8.3
	Nationalist gain from Labor		Swing	+8.3

Sussex

1936 Western Australian state election: Sussex

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	Edmund Brockman	2,014	70.1	+45.0
	Ind. Nationalist	Robert Falkingham	514	17.9	+2.2
	Ind. Nationalist	Percy Bignell	345	12.0	+12.0
Total formal votes			2,873	98.7	+0.5
Informal votes			37	1.3	−0.5
Turnout			2,910	84.4	−10.5
	Nationalist hold		Swing	N/A

• Preferences were not distributed.

Swan

1936 Western Australian state election: Swan

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Richard Sampson	unopposed
	Country hold		Swing

Toodyay

1936 Western Australian state election: Toodyay

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Lindsay Thorn	unopposed
	Country hold		Swing

Victoria Park

1936 Western Australian state election: Victoria Park

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Howard Raphael	4,158	71.8	+2.2
	Nationalist	George Mann	1,637	28.2	+8.2
Total formal votes			5,795	98.9	+1.5
Informal votes			63	1.1	−1.5
Turnout			5,858	72.8	−20.1
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Wagin

1936 Western Australian state election: Wagin

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Sydney Stubbs	unopposed
	Country hold		Swing

West Perth

1936 Western Australian state election: West Perth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	Robert McDonald	2,595	55.0	+15.7
	Labor	William Beadle	2,122	45.0	−0.8
Total formal votes			4,717	99.1	+1.0
Informal votes			45	0.9	−1.0
Turnout			4,762	69.4	−21.7
	Nationalist hold		Swing	+4.2

Williams-Narrogin

1936 Western Australian state election: Williams-Narrogin

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Victor Doney	unopposed
	Country hold		Swing

Yilgarn-Coolgardie

1936 Western Australian state election: Yilgarn-Coolgardie

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	George Lambert	1,199	54.0	−7.9
	Independent Country	Max Dynes	1,021	46.0	+46.0
Total formal votes			2,220	98.7	+1.1
Informal votes			30	1.3	−1.1
Turnout			2,250	58.3	−29.4
	Labor hold		Swing	-7.9

York

1936 Western Australian state election: York

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Charles Latham	1,485	67.3	+7.9
	Independent	John Keast	720	32.7	+32.7
Total formal votes			2,205	99.2	+0.8
Informal votes			17	0.8	−0.8
Turnout			2,222	77.1	−13.5
	Country hold		Swing	N/A

See also

• Candidates of the 1936 Western Australian state election
• 1936 Western Australian state election
• Members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly, 1936–1939

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.