Electoral results for the district of Forrest
This is a list of electoral results for the Electoral district of Forrest in Western Australian state elections.
Members for Forrest
[edit]| Member | Party | Term | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Albert Wilson | Labor | 1904–1906 | |
| Independent | 1906–1908 | ||
| Peter O'Loghlen | Labor | 1908–1910 | |
| Dennis Jones | Labor | 1910 | |
| Peter O'Loghlen | Labor | 1910–1913 | |
| Thomas Moore | Labor | 1913 | |
| Peter O'Loghlen | Labor | 1913–1923 | |
| John Holman | Labor | 1923–1925 | |
| May Holman | Labor | 1925–1939 | |
| Edward Holman | Labor | 1939–1947 | |
| Alfred Reynolds | Labor | 1947–1950 | |
Election results
[edit]Elections in the 1940s
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labor | Alfred Reynolds | 1,572 | 48.9 | −51.1 | |
| Liberal | David Johnstone | 1,209 | 37.6 | +37.6 | |
| Country | Keith Porteous | 437 | 13.6 | +13.6 | |
| Total formal votes | 3,218 | 98.0 | |||
| Informal votes | 65 | 2.0 | |||
| Turnout | 3,283 | 81.8 | |||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| Labor | Alfred Reynolds | 1,644 | 51.1 | −48.9 | |
| Liberal | David Johnstone | 1,574 | 48.9 | +48.9 | |
| Labor hold | Swing | N/A | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labor | Edward Holman | unopposed | |||
| Labor hold | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 1930s
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labor | Edward Holman | 2,155 | 63.6 | −3.0 | |
| Independent | Carlyle Ferguson | 1,231 | 36.4 | +3.0 | |
| Total formal votes | 3,386 | 98.6 | −0.4 | ||
| Informal votes | 47 | 1.4 | +0.4 | ||
| Turnout | 3,433 | 85.4 | −3.6 | ||
| Labor hold | Swing | −3.0 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labor | May Holman | 2,318 | 66.6 | −33.4 | |
| Nationalist | Percy Rettallack | 1,161 | 33.4 | +33.4 | |
| Total formal votes | 3,479 | 99.0 | |||
| Informal votes | 36 | 1.0 | |||
| Turnout | 3,515 | 89.0 | |||
| Labor hold | Swing | N/A | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labor | May Holman | unopposed | |||
| Labor hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labor | May Holman | 2,480 | 72.7 | +6.9 | |
| Country | William Hollingsworth | 933 | 27.3 | +8.5 | |
| Total formal votes | 3,281 | 96.3 | −3.0 | ||
| Informal votes | 132 | 3.7 | +3.0 | ||
| Turnout | 3,545 | 85.4 | +9.4 | ||
| Labor hold | Swing | N/A | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labor | May Holman | 2,216 | 65.8 | ||
| Country | James Egan | 634 | 18.8 | ||
| Nationalist | Frank George | 517 | 15.4 | ||
| Total formal votes | 3,367 | 99.3 | |||
| Informal votes | 23 | 0.7 | |||
| Turnout | 3,390 | 76.0 | |||
| Labor hold | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 1920s
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labor | May Holman | unopposed | |||
| Labor hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labor | May Holman | unopposed | |||
| Labor hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labor | John Holman | unopposed | |||
| Labor hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labor | John Holman | 603 | 66.1 | N/A | |
| Independent | John Brosnan | 200 | 21.9 | +21.9 | |
| Independent | Dennis Jones | 110 | 12.0 | +12.0 | |
| Total formal votes | 913 | 98.0 | |||
| Informal votes | 19 | 2.0 | |||
| Turnout | 932 | 38.5 | |||
- Preferences were not distributed.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labor | Peter O'Loghlen | unopposed | |||
| Labor hold | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 1910s
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labor | Peter O'Loghlen | unopposed | |||
| Labor hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labor | Peter O'Loghlen | unopposed | |||
| Labor hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labor | Peter O'Loghlen | 1,257 | 81.9 | N/A | |
| Liberal | Harold Tuckfield | 277 | 18.1 | +18.1 | |
| Total formal votes | 1,534 | 98.8 | |||
| Informal votes | 18 | 1.2 | |||
| Turnout | 1,552 | 44.3 | |||
| Labor hold | Swing | N/A | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labor | Thomas Moore | unopposed | |||
| Labor hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labor | Peter O'Loghlen | unopposed | |||
| Labor hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labor | Peter O'Loghlen | 834 | 86.0 | N/A | |
| Ministerialist | Albert Wilson | 136 | 14.0 | +14.0 | |
| Total formal votes | 970 | 98.8 | |||
| Informal votes | 12 | 1.2 | |||
| Turnout | 982 | 35.5 | |||
| Labor hold | Swing | N/A | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labor | Dennis Jones | unopposed | |||
| Labor hold | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 1900s
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Peter O'Loghlen | unopposed | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Albert Wilson | unopposed | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Albert Wilson | 751 | 77.5 | +77.5 | |
| Independent | George Baxter | 218 | 22.5 | +22.5 | |
| Total formal votes | 969 | 99.8 | n/a | ||
| Informal votes | 2 | 0.2 | n/a | ||
| Turnout | 971 | 40.0 | n/a | ||
| Labour win | (new seat) | ||||
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.