Electoral results for the district of Kanowna

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

Members for Kanowna

Members		Party	Term
	Robert Hastie	Labour	1901–1905
	Thomas Walker	Labor	1905–1932
	Emil Nulsen	Labor	1932–1950

Election results

Elections in the 1940s

1947 Western Australian state election: Kanowna

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Emil Nulsen	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

1943 Western Australian state election: Kanowna

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Emil Nulsen	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

Elections in the 1930s

1939 Western Australian state election: Kanowna

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Emil Nulsen	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

1936 Western Australian state election: Kanowna

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Emil Nulsen	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

1933 Western Australian state election: Kanowna

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Emil Nulsen	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

1932 Kanowna state by-election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Emil Nulsen	823	62.6	−10.3
	Nationalist	William Greenard	312	23.7	+23.7
	Liberation League	Edward White	179	13.6	+13.6
Total formal votes			1,314	99.1	0.0
Informal votes			12	0.9	0.0
Turnout			1,326	71.6	+12.1
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

• Preferences were not distributed.

1930 Western Australian state election: Kanowna

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Thomas Walker	782	72.9
	Country	Sydney Hayes	291	27.1
Total formal votes			1,073	99.1
Informal votes			10	0.9
Turnout			1,083	59.5
	Labor hold		Swing

Elections in the 1920s

1927 Western Australian state election: Kanowna

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Thomas Walker	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

1924 Western Australian state election: Kanowna

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Thomas Walker	700	72.3	+9.0
	Executive Country	Neville Heenan	174	18.0	+18.0
	Nationalist	Charles Dempster	94	9.7	−27.0
Total formal votes			700	98.6	−1.1
Informal votes			14	1.4	+1.1
Turnout			982	69.3	+9.3
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

1921 Western Australian state election: Kanowna

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Thomas Walker	470	63.3	+5.2
	Nationalist	Frederick Campbell	273	36.7	+30.1
Total formal votes			743	99.7	+2.6
Informal votes			2	0.3	−2.6
Turnout			745	60.0	+6.6
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Elections in the 1910s

1917 Western Australian state election: Kanowna

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Thomas Walker	598	58.1	–41.9
	National Labor	John Eastmon	363	35.3	+35.3
	Nationalist	John Keegan	68	6.6	+6.6
Total formal votes			1,029	97.1	n/a
Informal votes			31	2.9	n/a
Turnout			1,060	53.4	n/a
	Labor hold		Swing	–41.9

1914 Western Australian state election: Kanowna

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Thomas Walker	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

1911 Western Australian state election: Kanowna

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Thomas Walker	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

Elections in the 1900s

1908 Western Australian state election: Kanowna

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Thomas Walker	945	82.8	+13.9
	Ministerialist	Braidwood Evans	196	17.2	−13.9
Total formal votes			1,141	99.4	+0.3
Informal votes			7	0.6	−0.3
Turnout			1,148	56.0	+8.1
	Labour hold		Swing	+13.9

1905 Western Australian state election: Kanowna

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Thomas Walker	965	68.9	–31.1
	Ministerialist	Henry Field	435	31.1	+31.1
Total formal votes			1,400	99.1	n/a
Informal votes			13	0.9	n/a
Turnout			1,413	47.9	n/a
	Labour hold		Swing	–31.1

1904 Western Australian state election: Kanowna

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Robert Hastie	unopposed
	Labour hold		Swing

1901 Western Australian state election: Kanowna

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Robert Hastie	912	60.0	+60.0
	Opposition	Charles Mann	155	10.2	+10.2
	Opposition	John Auldjo	143	9.4	+9.4
	Opposition	Alfred McKenzie	139	9.1	+9.1
	Opposition	William McMeikan	118	7.8	+7.8
	Opposition	Frederick Hancey	53	3.5	+3.5
Total formal votes			1,520	94.1	n/a
Informal votes			95	5.9	n/a
Turnout			1,615	27.8	n/a
	Labour win		(new seat)