Electoral results for the district of Hannans

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

Members for Hannans

Member		Party	Term
	John Reside	Labour	1901–1902
	Thomas Bath	Labour	1902–1904
	Wallace Nelson	Labour	1904–1905
	Francis Ware	Labour	1905–1911
	Selby Munsie	Labor	1911–1938
	David Leahy	Labor	1938–1948
	Harry McCulloch	Labor	1948–1956

Election results

Elections in the 1950s

1953 Western Australian state election: Hannans

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Herbert McCulloch	2,210	60.3	−1.2
	Independent	Harold Illingworth	1,453	39.7	+39.7
Total formal votes			3,663	97.4	−0.5
Informal votes			98	2.6	+0.5
Turnout			3,761	91.0	0.0
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

1950 Western Australian state election: Hannans

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Herbert McCulloch	2,487	61.5
	Liberal and Country	Frederick Hicks	1,560	38.5
Total formal votes			4,047	97.9
Informal votes			87	2.1
Turnout			4,134	91.0
	Labor hold		Swing

Elections in the 1940s

1949 Hannans state by-election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Harry McCulloch	1,512	57.4	N/A
	Liberal	Fred Hicks	1,124	42.6	+42.6
Total formal votes			2,636	98.7
Informal votes			35	1.3
Turnout			2,671	79.4
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

1947 Western Australian state election: Hannans

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	David Leahy	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

1943 Western Australian state election: Hannans

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	David Leahy	1,519	63.1	+1.4
	Country	Jack Guise	890	36.9	+36.9
Total formal votes			2,409	97.4	−0.4
Informal votes			64	2.6	+0.4
Turnout			2,473	71.8	−22.8
	Labor hold		Swing	+1.4

Elections in the 1930s

1939 Western Australian state election: Hannans

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	David Leahy	1,708	61.7	−38.3
	Nationalist	Keith Burton	1,060	38.3	+38.3
Total formal votes			2,768	97.8
Informal votes			61	2.2
Turnout			2,829	94.6
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

1938 Hannans state by-election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	David Leahy	1,034	49.5	N/A
	Nationalist	Richard Moore	618	29.6	+29.6
	Nationalist	Keith Burton	243	11.6	+11.6
	Western Australia Democratic League	Joseph D'Almeida	174	8.3	+8.3
	Independent	George Walker	20	1.0	+1.0
Total formal votes			2,089	98.3
Informal votes			35	1.7
Turnout			2,124	83.4
After distribution of preferences
	Labor	David Leahy	1,094	52.4	N/A
	Nationalist	Richard Moore	691	33.1	N/A
	Nationalist	Keith Burton	304	14.5	N/A

• Preferences were not distributed to completion.

1936 Western Australian state election: Hannans

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Selby Munsie	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

1933 Western Australian state election: Hannans

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Selby Munsie	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

1930 Western Australian state election: Hannans

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Selby Munsie	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

Elections in the 1920s

1927 Western Australian state election: Hannans

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Selby Munsie	422	74.7	−25.3
	Ind. Nationalist	Branwell Saunders	143	25.3	+25.3
Total formal votes			565	99.1
Informal votes			5	0.9
Turnout			570	86.5
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

1924 Western Australian state election: Hannans

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Selby Munsie	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

1921 Western Australian state election: Hannans

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Selby Munsie	792	67.0	+7.2
	National Labor	Walter Openshaw	390	33.0	−3.3
Total formal votes			1,182	99.1	+1.4
Informal votes			11	0.9	−1.4
Turnout			1,193	73.2	+5.3
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Elections in the 1910s

1917 Western Australian state election: Hannans

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Selby Munsie	856	59.8	–40.2
	National Labor	Walter Close	520	36.3	+36.3
	Nationalist	Richard Jordan	56	3.9	+3.9
Total formal votes			1,432	97.7	n/a
Informal votes			34	2.3	n/a
Turnout			1,466	67.9	n/a
	Labor hold		Swing	–40.2

1914 Western Australian state election: Hannans

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Selby Munsie	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

1911 Western Australian state election: Hannans

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Selby Munsie	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

Elections in the 1900s

1908 Western Australian state election: Hannans

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Francis Ware	2,254	71.4	−2.8
	Ministerialist	Mark Rosenberg	905	28.6	+2.8
Total formal votes			3,159	99.6	+1.0
Informal votes			12	0.4	−1.0
Turnout			3,171	65.5	+10.0
	Labour hold		Swing	−2.8

1905 Western Australian state election: Hannans

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Francis Ware	1,519	74.2	+8.8
	Ministerialist	Robert Boylen	529	25.8	+25.8
Total formal votes			2,041	98.6	–1.2
Informal votes			29	1.4	+1.2
Turnout			2,070	55.5	+9.2
	Labour hold		Swing	+8.8

1904 Western Australian state election: Hannans

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Wallace Nelson	1,292	63.4	–36.6
	Independent	John Marshall	746	36.6	+36.6
Total formal votes			2,038	99.8	n/a
Informal votes			5	0.2	n/a
Turnout			2,043	46.3	n/a
	Labour hold		Swing	–36.6

1902 Hannans state by-election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Thomas Bath	unopposed
	Labour hold		Swing

1901 Western Australian state election: Hannans

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Reside	1,870	68.3	+68.3
	Opposition	James Wilkinson	857	31.3	+31.3
	Independent	Morgan Field	9	0.3	+0.3
Total formal votes			2,736	96.2	n/a
Informal votes			109	3.8	n/a
Turnout			2,845	40.5	n/a
	Labour win		(new seat)