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Electoral results for the district of Coolgardie

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

Members for Coolgardie

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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

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Elections in the 1920s

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1927 Western Australian state election: Coolgardie[1]
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
1924 Western Australian state election: Coolgardie
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor George Lambert unopposed
Labor hold Swing
1921 Western Australian state election: Coolgardie
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

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1917 Western Australian state election: Coolgardie
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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.
1916 Coolgardie state by-election
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
1914 Western Australian state election: Coolgardie
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Charles McDowall unopposed
Labor hold Swing
1911 Western Australian state election: Coolgardie
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

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1908 Western Australian state election: Coolgardie
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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
1906 Coolgardie state by-election
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
1905 Western Australian state election: Coolgardie
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
1904 Western Australian state election: Coolgardie
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
1901 Western Australian state election: Coolgardie
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

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1897 Western Australian colonial election: Coolgardie
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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

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  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.