Results of the 1936 Western Australian state election (Legislative Assembly)
This is a list of electoral district results of the 1936 Western Australian election.
Western Australian state election, 15 February 1936[1] | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 |
Results by Electoral district
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
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
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
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Philip Collier | unopposed | |||
Labor hold | Swing | ||||
Brown Hill-Ivanhoe
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Frederick Smith | unopposed | |||
Labor hold | Swing | ||||
Bunbury
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Frederick Withers | 2,136 | 60.2 | +4.8 | |
Nationalist | Robert 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
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
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
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Arthur Wilson | unopposed | |||
Labor hold | Swing | ||||
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
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | May Holman | unopposed | |||
Labor hold | Swing | ||||
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
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
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
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
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | William Johnson | unopposed | |||
Labor hold | Swing | ||||
Hannans
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Selby Munsie | unopposed | |||
Labor hold | Swing | ||||
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
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
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Emil Nulsen | unopposed | |||
Labor hold | Swing | ||||
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
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
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
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
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
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
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Michael Troy | unopposed | |||
Labor hold | Swing | ||||
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
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | William Marshall | unopposed | |||
Labor hold | Swing | ||||
Murray-Wellington
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nationalist | Ross McLarty | unopposed | |||
Nationalist hold | Swing | ||||
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
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
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
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
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Albert Hawke | 2,537 | 64.3 | +8.9 | |
Nationalist | Hal 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
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
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
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
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Alec Rodoreda | unopposed | |||
Labor hold | Swing | ||||
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
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
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
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Country | Richard Sampson | unopposed | |||
Country hold | Swing | ||||
Toodyay
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Country | Lindsay Thorn | unopposed | |||
Country hold | Swing | ||||
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
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Country | Sydney Stubbs | unopposed | |||
Country hold | Swing | ||||
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
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Country | Victor Doney | unopposed | |||
Country hold | Swing | ||||
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
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
References
- 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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