Electoral results for the district of Guildford
Appearance
This is a list of electoral results for the Electoral district of Guildford in Western Australian state elections.
Members for Guildford
[edit]Guildford (1901–1930) | |||
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Member | Party | Term | |
Hector Rason | Opposition | 1901–1904 | |
Ministerial | 1904–1906 | ||
William Johnson | Labor | 1906–1917 | |
Joseph Davies | National Labor | 1917–1924 | |
William Johnson | Labor | 1924–1930 | |
Guildford-Midland (1930–1962) | |||
William Johnson | Labor | 1930–1948 | |
John Brady | Labor | 1948–1962 |
Election results
[edit]Elections in the 1950s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | John Brady | 7,689 | 94.0 | 0.0 | |
Communist | John Gandini | 493 | 6.0 | 0.0 | |
Total formal votes | 8,182 | 90.8 | −4.5 | ||
Informal votes | 824 | 9.2 | +4.5 | ||
Turnout | 9,006 | 92.6 | +0.5 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | 0.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | John Brady | 8,108 | 94.0 | ||
Communist | Albert Marks | 516 | 6.0 | ||
Total formal votes | 8,624 | 95.3 | |||
Informal votes | 429 | 4.7 | |||
Turnout | 9,053 | 92.1 | |||
Labor hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | John Brady | 7,910 | 92.8 | +34.3 | |
Communist | Albert Marks | 614 | 7.2 | −0.3 | |
Total formal votes | 8,524 | 93.8 | −4.4 | ||
Informal votes | 562 | 6.2 | +4.4 | ||
Turnout | 9,086 | 94.0 | −1.1 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | John Brady | 4,931 | 58.5 | ||
Liberal and Country | Irene Seaton | 2,869 | 34.0 | ||
Communist | Alexander Jolly | 633 | 7.5 | ||
Total formal votes | 8,433 | 98.2 | |||
Informal votes | 152 | 1.8 | |||
Turnout | 8,585 | 92.9 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | John Brady | 65.2 | |||
Liberal and Country | Irene Seaton | 34.8 | |||
Labor hold | Swing |
- Two party preferred vote was estimated.
Elections in the 1940s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | John Brady | 2,465 | 37.6 | –9.8 | |
Liberal | David Grayden | 2,189 | 33.4 | –1.2 | |
Communist | Alexander Jolly | 1,264 | 19.3 | +0.4 | |
Independent Liberal | Charles Plunkett | 269 | 4.1 | +4.1 | |
Country | Walter Chamberlain | 243 | 3.7 | +3.7 | |
Independent | Joseph Davies | 60 | 0.9 | +0.9 | |
Independent Liberal | James Collins | 60 | 0.9 | +0.9 | |
Total formal votes | 6,550 | 96.5 | –1.3 | ||
Informal votes | 269 | 3.5 | +1.3 | ||
Turnout | 6,787 | 90.0 | +3.2 | ||
Two-candidate-preferred result | |||||
Labor | John Brady | 3,515 | 53.7 | –4.5 | |
Liberal | David Grayden | 3,035 | 46.3 | +4.5 | |
Labor hold | Swing | –4.5 |
- Collins and Davies recorded the same number of first-preference votes, but Collins' preferences were distributed first.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | William Johnson | 3,058 | 46.5 | −7.1 | |
Liberal | Arthur Thompson | 2,272 | 34.6 | +34.6 | |
Communist | Alexander Jolly | 1,243 | 18.9 | +18.9 | |
Total formal votes | 6,573 | 97.8 | +0.1 | ||
Informal votes | 150 | 2.2 | −0.1 | ||
Turnout | 6,723 | 86.8 | −3.4 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | William Johnson | 3,826 | 58.2 | ||
Liberal | Arthur Thompson | 2,747 | 41.8 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | William Johnson | 3,218 | 53.6 | −11.3 | |
Independent Labor | Francis Tuohy | 1,834 | 30.5 | +30.5 | |
Ind. Nationalist | Leonard Seaton | 955 | 13.9 | +13.9 | |
Total formal votes | 6,007 | 97.7 | −0.5 | ||
Informal votes | 140 | 2.3 | +0.5 | ||
Turnout | 6,147 | 90.2 | −3.3 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | N/A |
- Preferences were not distributed.
Elections in the 1930s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | William Johnson | 3,797 | 64.9 | −35.1 | |
Independent | Joseph Batkin | 2,054 | 35.1 | +35.1 | |
Total formal votes | 5,851 | 98.2 | |||
Informal votes | 109 | 1.8 | |||
Turnout | 5,960 | 93.5 | |||
Labor hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | William Johnson | unopposed | |||
Labor hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | William Johnson | 3,930 | 70.8 | −29.2 | |
Nationalist | Robert Crowther | 1,624 | 29.2 | +29.2 | |
Total formal votes | 5,554 | 98.2 | |||
Informal votes | 100 | 1.8 | |||
Turnout | 5,654 | 93.1 | |||
Labor hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | William Johnson | unopposed | |||
Labor hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1920s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | William Johnson | 4,951 | 64.1 | +8.3 | |
Nationalist | Hubert Parker | 2,768 | 35.9 | −8.3 | |
Total formal votes | 7,719 | 99.3 | −0.2 | ||
Informal votes | 55 | 0.7 | +0.2 | ||
Turnout | 7,774 | 71.9 | +0.7 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | +8.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | William Johnson | 3,552 | 55.8 | +9.8 | |
National Labor | Joseph Davies | 2,814 | 44.2 | −5.0 | |
Total formal votes | 6,366 | 99.5 | +1.3 | ||
Informal votes | 32 | 0.5 | −1.3 | ||
Turnout | 6,398 | 71.2 | +1.3 | ||
Labor gain from National Labor | Swing | +8.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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National Labor | Joseph Davies | 2,621 | 49.2 | +17.3 | |
Labor | William Johnson | 2,454 | 46.0 | +2.9 | |
National Labor | Henry Berry | 256 | 4.8 | +4.8 | |
Total formal votes | 5,331 | 98.2 | +0.3 | ||
Informal votes | 98 | 1.8 | −0.3 | ||
Turnout | 5,429 | 69.9 | +4.1 | ||
Two-candidate-preferred result | |||||
National Labor | Joseph Davies | 2,819 | 52.9 | −2.5 | |
Labor | William Johnson | 2,512 | 47.1 | +2.5 | |
National Labor hold | Swing | −2.5 |
Elections in the 1910s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | William Johnson | 2,055 | 43.1 | –26.4 | |
National Labor | Joseph Davies | 1,522 | 32.0 | +32.0 | |
Nationalist | George Hiscox | 539 | 11.3 | +11.3 | |
Nationalist | William Crosbie | 397 | 8.3 | +8.3 | |
Nationalist | Ernest Kerruish | 251 | 5.3 | +5.3 | |
Total formal votes | 4,764 | 97.9 | –1.1 | ||
Informal votes | 104 | 2.1 | +1.1 | ||
Turnout | 4,868 | 65.8 | +11.0 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
National Labor | Joseph Davies | 2,639 | 55.4 | +55.4 | |
Labor | William Johnson | 2,125 | 44.6 | –24.9 | |
National Labor gain from Labor | Swing | +55.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | William Johnson | 3,119 | 69.5 | +2.8 | |
Liberal | Harold Tuckfield | 1,372 | 30.5 | +13.8 | |
Total formal votes | 4,491 | 99.0 | +0.3 | ||
Informal votes | 46 | 1.0 | −0.3 | ||
Turnout | 4,537 | 54.8 | −27.8 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | William Johnson | 2,682 | 66.7 | ||
Ministerialist | Frederick Percy | 672 | 16.7 | ||
Ministerialist | Percival Robinson | 554 | 13.8 | ||
Ministerialist | Peter Gugeri | 114 | 2.8 | ||
Total formal votes | 4,022 | 98.7 | |||
Informal votes | 51 | 1.3 | |||
Turnout | 4,073 | 82.6 | |||
Labor hold | Swing |
- Preferences were not distributed.
Elections in the 1900s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | William Johnson | 1,980 | 69.6 | +69.6 | |
Ministerialist | Hubert Gull | 534 | 18.8 | −81.2 | |
Ministerialist | George Lefroy | 306 | 10.7 | +10.7 | |
Ministerialist | Edward Stevens | 26 | 0.9 | +0.9 | |
Total formal votes | 2,846 | 98.3 | |||
Informal votes | 49 | 1.7 | |||
Turnout | 2,895 | 79.7 | |||
Labour gain from Ministerialist | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | William Johnson | 1,747 | 68.3 | +68.3 | |
Ministerialist | Ferdinand Farrall | 811 | 31.7 | N/A | |
Total formal votes | 2,558 | 99.6 | |||
Informal votes | 10 | 0.4 | |||
Turnout | 2,568 | 47.5 | |||
Labor gain from Ministerialist | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Ministerialist | Hector Rason | unopposed | |||
Ministerialist hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Ministerialist | Hector Rason | 1,343 | 69.0 | +2.9 | |
Labour | Samuel Jackson | 604 | 31.0 | +31.0 | |
Total formal votes | 1,947 | 99.2 | +0.8 | ||
Informal votes | 15 | 0.8 | –0.8 | ||
Turnout | 1,962 | 48.5 | n/a | ||
Ministerialist hold | Swing | +2.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Ministerialist | Hector Rason | 241 | 29.9 | +29.9 | |
Independent | Arthur Gull | 339 | 28.4 | +28.4 | |
Opposition | Henry Downing | 180 | 22.3 | +22.3 | |
Ministerialist | Alexander Watt | 157 | 19.4 | +19.4 | |
Total formal votes | 807 | 99.1 | n/a | ||
Informal votes | 7 | 0.9 | n/a | ||
Turnout | 814 | 57.6 | n/a | ||
Ministerialist 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.