Electoral district of Mount Leonora

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Mount Leonora
Western AustraliaLegislative Assembly
State Western Australia
Dates current1904–1930
Namesake Mount Leonora

Mount Leonora was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia from 1904 to 1930.

The district was located in the Goldfields region, and was based in the town of Leonora. It was generally a Labor seat, although sitting member George Foley sided with the conscriptionists in the Labor split during World War I. Foley was re-elected was a National Labor Party candidate at the 1917 state election before resigning his seat to stand as the Nationalist candidate at the 1920 by-election for the federal seat of Kalgoorlie; a contest he won.

Members

MembersPartyTerm
  Patrick Lynch Labor 1904–1906
  Julian Stuart Labor1906–1908
  Hugh Gourley Labor1908–1911
  George Foley Labor1911–1917
  National Labor 1917–1920
  Thomas Heron Labor1920–1928
  Ernest Cowan Labor1928–1930

Election results


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