Electoral results for the district of Coolgardie
Appearance
This is a list of electoral results for the Electoral district of Coolgardie in Western Australian state elections.
Members for Coolgardie
[edit]Members | Party | Term | |
---|---|---|---|
Alf Morgans | Ministerial | 1897–1904 | |
Henry Ellis | Labor | 1904–1905 | |
Independent Labor | 1905 | ||
William Eddy | Ministerial | 1905–1908 | |
Charles McDowall | Labor | 1908–1916 | |
George Lambert | Labor | 1916–1930 |
Election results
[edit]Elections in the 1920s
[edit]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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | George Lambert | unopposed | |||
Labor hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | George Lambert | 565 | 60.8 | +6.9 | |
National Labor | Peter Wedd | 222 | 23.9 | −9.0 | |
Independent | William Faahan | 143 | 15.4 | +15.4 | |
Total formal votes | 930 | 97.5 | −0.5 | ||
Informal votes | 24 | 2.5 | +0.5 | ||
Turnout | 954 | 66.3 | −5.6 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | N/A |
- Preferences were not distributed.
Elections in the 1910s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | George Lambert | 744 | 53.9 | –46.1 | |
National Labor | Albert Pascoe | 455 | 33.0 | +33.0 | |
National Labor | Samuel Scotson | 182 | 13.2 | +13.2 | |
Total formal votes | 1,381 | 98.0 | n/a | ||
Informal votes | 28 | 2.0 | n/a | ||
Turnout | 1,409 | 71.9 | n/a | ||
Labor hold | Swing | –46.1 |
- The previous Labor candidate, Charles McDowall, had been elected unopposed in 1914.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | George Lambert | 1,164 | 71.9 | N/A | |
Independent | Donald MacPherson | 340 | 21.0 | +21.0 | |
Independent | John Boileau | 115 | 7.1 | +7.1 | |
Total formal votes | 1,619 | N/A | N/A | ||
Informal votes | N/A | N/A | N/A | ||
Turnout | N/A | N/A | N/A | ||
Labor hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Charles McDowall | unopposed | |||
Labor hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Charles McDowall | 1,348 | 62.7 | ||
Independent | Henry Ellis | 802 | 37.3 | ||
Total formal votes | 2,150 | 99.6 | |||
Informal votes | 9 | 0.4 | |||
Turnout | 2,159 | 71.9 | |||
Labor hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1900s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Charles McDowall | 1,010 | 60.1 | +25.6 | |
Ministerialist | William Eddy | 670 | 39.9 | +3.9 | |
Total formal votes | 1,680 | 99.3 | +3.0 | ||
Informal votes | 12 | 0.7 | −3.0 | ||
Turnout | 1,692 | 89.7 | +33.4 | ||
Labour gain from Ministerialist | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ministerialist | William Eddy | 1,051 | 52.5 | +16.5 | |
Labor | Charles McDowall | 951 | 47.5 | +13.0 | |
Total formal votes | 2,002 | 99.2 | +2.9 | ||
Informal votes | 17 | 0.8 | −2.9 | ||
Turnout | 2,019 | 73.4 | +17.1 | ||
Ministerialist hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ministerialist | William Eddy | 544 | 36.0 | –5.5 | |
Labour | Charles McDowall | 521 | 34.5 | –24.0 | |
Independent Labour | Henry Ellis | 446 | 29.5 | +29.5 | |
Total formal votes | 1,511 | 96.3 | –2.9 | ||
Informal votes | 58 | 0.8 | +2.9 | ||
Turnout | 1,569 | 56.3 | –3.4 | ||
Ministerialist gain from Independent Labour | Swing | –5.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Henry Ellis | 1,159 | 58.5 | +58.5 | |
Ministerialist | William Eddy | 821 | 41.5 | +41.5 | |
Total formal votes | 1,980 | 99.2 | –0.7 | ||
Informal votes | 15 | 0.8 | +0.7 | ||
Turnout | 1,995 | 59.7 | +19.6 | ||
Labour gain from Ministerialist | Swing | +58.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ministerialist | Alfred Morgans | 811 | 50.8 | –20.0 | |
Labour | Peter Wedd | 414 | 25.9 | +25.9 | |
Opposition | James MacCallum Smith | 372 | 23.3 | +23.3 | |
Total formal votes | 1,597 | 99.2 | +1.4 | ||
Informal votes | 13 | 0.8 | –1.4 | ||
Turnout | 1,610 | 43.2 | +1.9 | ||
Ministerialist hold | Swing | –20.0 |
Elections in the 1890s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Ministerialist | Alf Morgans | 595 | 70.8 | ||
Opposition | Alfred Hales | 245 | 29.2 | ||
Total formal votes | 840 | 97.8 | |||
Informal votes | 19 | 2.2 | |||
Turnout | 859 | 41.3 | |||
Ministerialist hold | Swing |
References
[edit]- ^ 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.