Results of the Western Australian state election, 1927 (Legislative Assembly)

Western Australian state election, 26 March 1927[1]
Legislative Assembly
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Enrolled voters 194,087[1]
Votes cast 142,506 Turnout 73.42% +11.05%
Informal votes 2,000 Informal 1.40% +0.24%
Summary of votes by party
Party Primary votes % Swing Seats Change
  Labor 63,687 45.33% +4.94% 27 ± 0
  United Party 51,774 36.85% –1.71% 16 ± 0
  Country 22,439 15.97% +3.89% 7 + 1
  Independent 1,803 1.28% –3.23% 0 ± 0
  Other 803 0.57% * 0 ± 0
Total 140,506     50  

This is a list of electoral district results of the 1927 Western Australian election.

Results by Electoral district

Albany

Western Australian state election, 1927: Albany
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Arthur Wansbrough 2,321 56.9 +34.8
Country Archibald Booth 1,758 43.1 +43.1
Total formal votes 4,079 99.0 +1.1
Informal votes 40 1.0 -1.1
Turnout 4,119 77.0 +12.4
Labor hold Swing N/A

Avon

Western Australian state election, 1927: Avon
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Country Harry Griffiths 2,143 59.7 +35.1
Labor Patrick Coffey 1,449 40.3 -4.6
Total formal votes 3,565 99.2 +0.9
Informal votes 27 0.8 -0.9
Turnout 3,619 69.1 +8.1
Country hold Swing +9.2

Beverley

Western Australian state election, 1927: Beverley
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Country Charles Wansbrough 968 52.8 +11.8
Nationalist James Mann 866 47.2 +3.0
Total formal votes 1,834 99.2 +0.5
Informal votes 15 0.8 -0.5
Turnout 1,849 72.7 +15.4
Country hold Swing +2.1

Boulder

Western Australian state election, 1927: Boulder
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Philip Collier unopposed
Labor hold Swing

Brownhill-Ivanhoe

Western Australian state election, 1927: Brownhill-Ivanhoe
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor John Lutey unopposed
Labor hold Swing

Bunbury

Western Australian state election, 1927: Bunbury
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Frederick Withers 1,916 59.8 +13.0
Nationalist Les Craig 674 21.0 -17.2
Nationalist George Clarke 616 19.2 +19.2
Total formal votes 3,206 99.1 +0.7
Informal votes 30 0.9 -0.7
Turnout 3,236 87.6 +13.4
Labor hold Swing N/A

Canning

Western Australian state election, 1927: Canning
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Alexander Clydesdale 6,815 60.0 -9.8
Nationalist Herbert Wells 4,549 40.0 +9.8
Total formal votes 11,364 98.8 -0.5
Informal votes 138 1.2 +0.5
Turnout 11,502 66.3 +16.6
Labor hold Swing -9.8

Claremont

Western Australian state election, 1927: Claremont
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Nationalist Charles North 4,029 57.0 +23.1
Labor Theodore Morgan 3,036 43.0 +6.4
Total formal votes 7,065 99.3 +0.7
Informal votes 50 0.7 -0.7
Turnout 7,115 66.3 -1.7
Nationalist hold Swing -1.8

Collie

Western Australian state election, 1927: Collie
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Arthur Wilson unopposed
Labor hold Swing

Coolgardie

Western Australian state election, 1927: Coolgardie
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor George Lambert 477 69.9 -30.1
Nationalist William Vale 205 30.1 +30.1
Total formal votes 682 99.3
Informal votes 5 0.7
Turnout 687 72.4
Labor hold Swing N/A

Cue

Western Australian state election, 1927: Cue
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Thomas Chesson unopposed
Labor hold Swing

East Perth

Western Australian state election, 1927: East Perth
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor James Kenneally 3,197 53.5 -1.4
Nationalist Charles Bull 1,104 18.5 -10.5
Nationalist Thomas Ferguson 1,081 18.1 +1.9
Nationalist Gerald Hartrey 597 10.0 +10.0
Total formal votes 5,979 98.0 -0.8
Informal votes 124 2.0 +0.8
Turnout 6,103 75.8 +14.5
Labor hold Swing N/A

Forrest

Western Australian state election, 1927: Forrest
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor May Holman unopposed
Labor hold Swing

Fremantle

Western Australian state election, 1927: Fremantle
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Joseph Sleeman 1,867 64.3 +6.4
Nationalist Richard Rennie 608 20.9 -21.2
Nationalist Donald Sinclair 431 14.8 +14.8
Total formal votes 2,906 96.9 -1.5
Informal votes 94 3.1 +1.5
Turnout 3,000 79.1 +15.3
Labor hold Swing N/A

Gascoyne

Western Australian state election, 1927: Gascoyne
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Nationalist Edward Angelo 613 58.8 +3.2
Labor William Willesee 430 41.2 -3.2
Total formal votes 1,043 98.7 -0.6
Informal votes 14 1.3 +0.6
Turnout 1,057 76.2 +8.0
Nationalist hold Swing +3.2

Geraldton

Western Australian state election, 1927: Geraldton
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor John Willcock 1,513 69.2 -30.8
Country Charles Counsel 675 30.8 +30.8
Total formal votes 2,188 98.6
Informal votes 31 1.4
Turnout 2,219 77.4
Labor hold Swing N/A

Greenough

Western Australian state election, 1927: Greenough
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Maurice Kennedy 1,191 47.7 +3.6
Country Charles Smith 661 26.5 +6.7
Nationalist Henry Maley 646 25.9 -10.2
Total formal votes 2,498 98.4 -0.7
Informal votes 40 1.6 +0.7
Turnout 2,538 80.9 +13.8
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Maurice Kennedy 1,290 51.6 +1.0
Country Charles Smith 1,208 48.4 -1.0
Labor hold Swing +1.0

Guildford

Western Australian state election, 1927: Guildford
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor William Johnson 4,951 64.1 +8.3
Nationalist Hubert Parker 2,768 35.9 -8.3
Total formal votes 7,719 99.3 -0.2
Informal votes 55 0.7 +0.2
Turnout 7,774 71.9 +0.7
Labor hold Swing +8.3

Hannans

Western Australian state election, 1927: Hannans
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Selby Munsie 422 74.7 -25.3
Ind. Nationalist Branwell Saunders 143 25.3 +25.3
Total formal votes 565 99.1
Informal votes 5 0.9
Turnout 570 86.5
Labor hold Swing N/A

Irwin

Western Australian state election, 1927: Irwin
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Nationalist Charles Maley 1,327 55.4 +9.8
Country John Stratton 1,070 44.6 -9.8
Total formal votes 2,397 99.4 +1.2
Informal votes 15 0.6 -1.2
Turnout 2,412 64.2 +4.2
Nationalist hold Swing -5.9

Kalgoorlie

Western Australian state election, 1927: Kalgoorlie
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor James Cunningham 1,509 52.5 -10.2
Nationalist George Rainsford 898 31.3 +31.3
Independent James Cummins 466 16.2 +16.2
Total formal votes 2,873 98.7 -0.9
Informal votes 37 1.3 +0.9
Turnout 2,910 86.3 +21.5
Labor hold Swing N/A

Kanowna

Western Australian state election, 1927: Kanowna
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Thomas Walker unopposed
Labor hold Swing

Katanning

Western Australian state election, 1927: Katanning
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Country Alec Thomson 2,246 70.7 +5.5
Labor David Parker 931 29.3 -5.5
Total formal votes 3,177 99.1 -0.3
Informal votes 28 0.9 +0.3
Turnout 3,205 70.7 +6.6
Country hold Swing +5.5

Kimberley

Western Australian state election, 1927: Kimberley
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Aubrey Coverley 431 63.7 +30.2
Ind. Nationalist Arthur Male 144 21.3 +21.3
Ind. Nationalist Patrick Percy 102 15.1 +15.1
Total formal votes 677 98.1 -0.2
Informal votes 13 1.9 +0.2
Turnout 690 64.0 -3.5
Labor hold Swing N/A

Leederville

Western Australian state election, 1927: Leederville
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Harry Millington 5,000 55.4 +2.2
Nationalist John Scaddan 3,320 36.8 -10.0
Ind. Nationalist Christina Blake 711 7.9 +7.9
Total formal votes 9,031 97.4 -1.9
Informal votes 243 2.6 +1.9
Turnout 9,274 77.9 +20.2
Labor hold Swing N/A

Menzies

Western Australian state election, 1927: Menzies
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Alexander Panton 134 59.8 -0.5
Nationalist Dick Ardagh 57 25.5 +25.5
Nationalist Albert Faul 33 14.7 +14.7
Total formal votes 224 98.2 -1.6
Informal votes 4 1.8 +1.6
Turnout 228 86.0 -1.4
Labor hold Swing N/A

Moore

Western Australian state election, 1927: Moore
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Country Percy Ferguson 1,439 60.6 +21.9
Nationalist James Denton 935 39.4 -13.7
Total formal votes 2,344 98.7 +1.0
Informal votes 30 1.3 -1.0
Turnout 2,404 64.8 +10.8
Country gain from Nationalist Swing N/A

Mount Leonora

Western Australian state election, 1927: Mount Leonora
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Thomas Heron unopposed
Labor hold Swing

Mount Magnet

Western Australian state election, 1927: Mount Magnet
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Michael Troy unopposed
Labor hold Swing

Mount Margaret

Western Australian state election, 1927: Mount Margaret
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Nationalist George Taylor 212 55.1 +0.2
Labor Martin Hartigan 173 44.9 -0.2
Total formal votes 385 98.5 -1.2
Informal votes 6 1.5 +1.2
Turnout 391 80.1 +5.1
Nationalist hold Swing +0.2

Murchison

Western Australian state election, 1927: Murchison
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor William Marshall unopposed
Labor hold Swing

Murray-Wellington

Western Australian state election, 1927: Murray-Wellington
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Thomas Butler 1,540 42.2 -2.1
Nationalist William George 1,250 34.3 -11.5
Country Francis Becher 856 23.5 +13.7
Total formal votes 3,646 98.2 +0.2
Informal votes 68 1.8 -0.2
Turnout 3,714 72.5 +8.8
Two-party-preferred result
Nationalist William George 1,899 52.1 +1.1
Labor Thomas Butler 1,747 47.9 -1.1
Nationalist hold Swing +1.1

Nelson

Western Australian state election, 1927: Nelson
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Nationalist John Smith 2,055 50.2 -1.4
Labor Dennis Jones 1,211 29.6 -8.9
Country William Huggett 829 20.2 +20.2
Total formal votes 4,095 98.2 -0.4
Informal votes 75 1.8 +0.4
Turnout 4,170 74.0 +14.5
Nationalist hold Swing N/A

North Perth

Western Australian state election, 1927: North Perth
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Nationalist James Smith 3,321 52.7 +5.7
Labor Frank Darcey 2,985 47.3 +6.9
Total formal votes 6,306 98.9 +0.1
Informal votes 69 1.1 -0.1
Turnout 6,375 76.9 +20.4
Nationalist hold Swing -0.9

North-East Fremantle

Western Australian state election, 1927: North-East Fremantle
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Francis Rowe 4,009 72.5 -27.5
Nationalist Oliver Strang 1,518 27.5 +27.5
Total formal votes 5,527 98.3
Informal votes 93 1.7
Turnout 5,620 75.0
Labor hold Swing N/A

Northam

Western Australian state election, 1927: Northam
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Nationalist James Mitchell 1,546 53.6 +0.6
Labor Bill Hegney 1,337 46.4 -0.6
Total formal votes 2,883 99.2 0.0
Informal votes 23 0.8 0.0
Turnout 2,906 84.5 +9.0
Nationalist hold Swing +0.6

Perth

Western Australian state election, 1927: Perth
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Nationalist Harry Mann 1,656 50.0 -2.0
Labor Cyril Longmore 1,368 41.3 -6.7
Nationalist William Murray 285 8.6 +8.6
Total formal votes 3,309 96.6 -2.4
Informal votes 115 3.4 +2.4
Turnout 3,424 71.9 +23.7
Nationalist hold Swing N/A

Pilbara

Western Australian state election, 1927: Pilbara
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Alfred Lamond 223 55.2 +9.5
Nationalist Henry Underwood 149 36.9 -1.7
Independent Labor Edward Snell 32 7.9 +7.9
Total formal votes 404 98.3 +3.2
Informal votes 7 1.7 -3.2
Turnout 411 78.6 +22.3
Labor hold Swing N/A

Pingelly

Western Australian state election, 1927: Pingelly
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Country Henry Brown 1,084 61.4 +44.9
Country Joseph Watson 402 22.8 +6.5
Nationalist Joseph Keays 279 15.8 -13.2
Total formal votes 1,765 98.3 +0.6
Informal votes 31 1.7 -0.6
Turnout 1,796 64.4 +7.6
Country hold Swing N/A

Roebourne

Western Australian state election, 1927: Roebourne
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Nationalist Frederick Teesdale 252 57.8 -42.2
Labor Thomas McCarthy 184 42.2 +42.2
Total formal votes 436 99.8
Informal votes 1 0.2
Turnout 437 66.2
Nationalist hold Swing N/A

South Fremantle

Western Australian state election, 1927: South Fremantle
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Alick McCallum 3,028 78.9 -21.1
Nationalist Philip Jane 812 21.1 +21.1
Total formal votes 3,840 98.9
Informal votes 42 1.1
Turnout 3,882 76.9
Labor hold Swing N/A

Subiaco

Western Australian state election, 1927: Subiaco
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Nationalist Walter Richardson 4,489 55.1 +11.6
Labor John Leonard 3,653 44.9 +11.9
Total formal votes 8,142 99.0 +0.3
Informal votes 83 1.0 -0.3
Turnout 8,225 77.5 +13.7
Nationalist hold Swing -8.3

Sussex

Western Australian state election, 1927: Sussex
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Nationalist George Barnard 1,469 42.2 +0.5
Labor John Tonkin 1,226 35.3 +5.6
Country William Pickering 782 22.5 -6.1
Total formal votes 3,477 98.3 -0.3
Informal votes 59 1.7 +0.3
Turnout 3,536 77.3 +7.6
Two-party-preferred result
Nationalist George Barnard 2,052 59.0 +1.1
Labor John Tonkin 1,425 41.0 -1.1
Nationalist hold Swing +1.1

Swan

Western Australian state election, 1927: Swan
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Nationalist Richard Sampson 2,395 61.6 +3.7
Labor Charles Huntley 1,495 38.4 -3.7
Total formal votes 3,890 99.1 -0.1
Informal votes 35 0.9 +0.1
Turnout 3,925 71.7 +2.2
Nationalist hold Swing +3.7

Toodyay

Western Australian state election, 1927: Toodyay
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Country John Lindsay 1,762 61.1 +35.7
Country Ignatius Boyle 1,122 38.9 +21.2
Total formal votes 2,884 99.3 +1.5
Informal votes 20 0.7 -1.5
Turnout 2,904 60.7 +4.3
Country hold Swing N/A

Wagin

Western Australian state election, 1927: Wagin
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Nationalist Sydney Stubbs 1,432 59.2 -4.9
Country Adam Elder 689 28.5 -7.4
Country Phillip Toll 296 12.3 +12.3
Total formal votes 2,417 98.7 -0.5
Informal votes 31 1.3 +0.5
Turnout 2,448 75.8 +14.5
Nationalist hold Swing N/A

West Perth

Western Australian state election, 1927: West Perth
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Nationalist Thomas Davy 1,766 44.4 +9.6
Labor Alexander McDougall 1,405 35.4 +1.1
Womens' Electoral League Edith Cowan 803 20.2 +20.2
Total formal votes 3,974 97.5 -1.7
Informal votes 101 2.5 +1.7
Turnout 4,075 76.2 +11.4
Two-party-preferred result
Nationalist Thomas Davy 2,400 60.4 -0.4
Labor Alexander McDougall 1,574 39.6 +0.4
Nationalist hold Swing -0.4

Williams-Narrogin

Western Australian state election, 1927: Williams-Narrogin
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Country Edward Johnston 2,565 75.6 +3.2
Labor John Clunas 826 24.4 -3.2
Total formal votes 3,368 99.3 -0.3
Informal votes 23 0.7 +0.3
Turnout 3,414 70.9 +7.9
Country hold Swing +3.2

Yilgarn

Western Australian state election, 1927: Yilgarn
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

York

Western Australian state election, 1927: York
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Nationalist Charles Latham 1,736 55.1 -5.6
Labor Walter Butler 827 26.3 +26.3
Country Peter Ledsham 586 18.6 -20.7
Total formal votes 3,149 98.1 -1.3
Informal votes 62 1.9 +1.3
Turnout 3,211 72.7 +8.6
Nationalist hold Swing N/A

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Details of 1927 Election". Australian Politics and Elections Database. University of Western Australia.
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