Electoral results for the district of Beverley

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

Members for Beverley
MemberPartyTerm
  Charles Harper Ministerial 1890–1901
  Opposition 1901–1904
  Independent 1904–1905
  Edmund Smith Ministerial 1905–1908
  John Hopkins Ministerial 1908–1910
  Nat Harper Ministerial 1910–1911
  Frank Broun Liberal 1911–1914
  Charles Wansbrough Country 1914–1917
  Frank Broun Country 1917–1923
  Country (MCP) 1923–1924
  Charles Wansbrough Country (ECP) 1924–1930
  James Mann Country 1930–1949
  Independent 1949
  LCL 1949–1950

Election results

Elections in the 1940s
1947 Western Australian state election: Beverley[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country James Mann 2,260 76.0 +16.4
Independent John Wilkinson 713 24.0 +15.8
Total formal votes 2,973 98.3 -0.2
Informal votes 52 1.7 +0.2
Turnout 3,025 84.0 -2.1
Country hold SwingN/A
1943 Western Australian state election: Beverley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country James Mann 1,816 59.6 -40.4
Independent Labor Frank Durack 979 32.2 +32.2
Independent Labor John Wilkinson 250 8.2 +8.2
Total formal votes 3,045 98.5
Informal votes 47 1.5
Turnout 3,092 86.1
Country hold SwingN/A
  • Preferences were not distributed.

Elections in the 1930s
1939 Western Australian state election: Beverley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country James Mann unopposed
Country hold Swing
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 SwingN/A
1933 Western Australian state election: Beverley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country James Mann 2,164 63.3 +16.6
Country Charles Wansbrough 1,257 36.7 -0.2
Total formal votes 3,421 98.5 +0.1
Informal votes 52 1.5 -0.1
Turnout 3,473 84.6 +19.0
Country hold SwingN/A
1930 Western Australian state election: Beverley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country James Mann 1,276 46.7
Country Charles Wansbrough 1,008 36.9
Country John O'Dea 448 16.4
Total formal votes 2,732 98.4
Informal votes 45 1.6
Turnout 2,777 65.6
Two-candidate-preferred result
Country James Mann 1,514 55.4
Country Charles Wansbrough 1,218 44.6
Country hold Swing

Elections in the 1920s
1927 Western Australian state election: 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
1924 Western Australian state election: Beverley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country James Mann 506 44.2 -55.8
Executive Country Charles Wansbrough 469 41.0 +41.0
Executive Country Henry Clemens 170 14.8 +14.8
Total formal votes 1,145 98.7
Informal votes 15 1.3
Turnout 1,160 57.3
Two-party-preferred result
Executive Country Charles Wansbrough 580 50.7 +50.7
Country James Mann 565 49.3 -50.7
Executive Country gain from Country SwingN/A
1921 Western Australian state election: Beverley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Frank Broun unopposed
Country hold Swing

Elections in the 1910s
1917 Western Australian state election: Beverley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist Frank Broun 548 56.7 +56.7
Country Henry Stanistreet 418 43.3 –17.1
Total formal votes 966 99.7 +1.0
Informal votes 3 0.3 –1.0
Turnout 969 50.6 –6.3
Nationalist gain from Country Swing+56.7
1914 Western Australian state election: Beverley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Charles Wansbrough 809 60.4 +60.4
Labor Charles Kirkwood 289 21.6 +8.2
Liberal Richard White 242 18.1 -35.5
Total formal votes 1,340 98.7 +0.1
Informal votes 17 1.3 -0.1
Turnout 1,357 56.9 -11.5
Country gain from Liberal SwingN/A
1911 Western Australian state election: Beverley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Ministerial Frank Broun 617 53.6
Labor Charles Kirkwood 343 29.8
Ministerial Frank Broun 99 8.6
Ministerial Edward Powell 92 8.0
Total formal votes 1,151 98.6
Informal votes 16 1.4
Turnout 1,167 68.4
Ministerial hold Swing
  • Preferences were not distributed.
1910 Beverley state by-election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Ministerial Nat Harper 574 44.8
Ministerial Walter James 492 38.4
Ministerial Charles Naylor 216 16.8
Total formal votes 1,282 98.5 +1.1
Informal votes 20 1.5 -1.1
Turnout 1,302 48.6 -9.3
Two-candidate-preferred result
Ministerial Nat Harper 663 53.7
Ministerial Walter James 571 46.3
Ministerial hold Swing

Elections in the 1900s
1908 Western Australian state election: Beverley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Ministerial John Hopkins 501 32.3 +32.3
Ministerial Edmund Smith 431 27.7 -16.6
Ministerial George Ricks 297 19.1 -5.9
Labor Patrick Whiteley 166 10.7 +10.7
Ministerial Edmund Lennard 132 8.5 +8.5
Ministerial James Martin 14 0.9 +0.9
Ministerial Richard Smith 12 0.8 +0.8
Total formal votes 1,553 97.4 -1.9
Informal votes 42 2.6 +1.9
Turnout 1,595 57.9 +6.4
Two-candidate-preferred result
Ministerial John Hopkins 677 50.7
Ministerial Edmund Smith 659 49.3
Ministerial hold SwingN/A
1905 Western Australian state election: Beverley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Ministerial Edmund Smith 325 44.3 +44.3
Ministerial George Ricks 183 25.0 +25.0
Ministerial Francis McDonald 179 24.4 +24.4
Ministerial Hugh Edmiston 46 6.3 –40.3
Total formal votes 733 99.3 –0.1
Informal votes 5 0.7 +0.1
Turnout 738 51.5 +4.4
Ministerial gain from Independent SwingN/A
1904 Western Australian state election: Beverley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Charles Harper 376 53.4 +0.4
Ministerial Hugh Edmiston 328 46.6 –0.4
Total formal votes 704 99.4 +1.5
Informal votes 4 0.6 –1.5
Turnout 708 47.1 –10.5
Independent hold Swing–0.4
1901 Western Australian state election: Beverley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Ministerial Charles Harper 151 53.0 –10.4
Ministerial Hugh Edmiston 134 47.0 +47.0
Total formal votes 285 97.9 +1.3
Informal votes 6 2.1 –1.3
Turnout 291 57.6 +3.0
Ministerial hold SwingN/A

Elections in the 1890s
1897 Western Australian colonial election: Beverley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Ministerial Charles Harper 90 63.4
Opposition James Dempster 52 36.6
Total formal votes 142 96.6
Informal votes 5 3.4
Turnout 147 54.7
Ministerial hold Swing
1894 Western Australian colonial election: Beverley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
None Charles Harper 85 50.6 –49.4
None James Dempster 83 49.4 +49.4
1890 Western Australian colonial election: Beverley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
None Charles Harper unopposed

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.
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