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Electoral results for the district of Nelson

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

Members for Nelson

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Member Party Term
  James George Lee-Steere Independent 1890–1897
  Ministerial 1897–1903
  John Walter Ministerial 1903–1904
  Charles Layman Independent 1904–1905
  Ministerial 1905–1911
  Liberal 1911–1914
  Francis Willmott Country 1914–1921
  John Henry Smith Independent 1921–1922
  Country 1922–1923
  Country (MCP) 1923–1924
  Nationalist 1924–1936
  Clarence Doust Independent 1936–1939
  John Henry Smith Nationalist 1939–1943
  Ernest Hoar Labor 1943–1950

Election results

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Elections in the 1940s

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1947 Western Australian state election: Nelson[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Ernest Hoar 3,173 59.0 +8.8
Liberal Edward Cummins 2,204 41.0 −8.8
Total formal votes 5,377 98.9 +0.7
Informal votes 62 1.1 −0.7
Turnout 5,439 85.9 +2.3
Labor hold Swing +8.8
1943 Western Australian state election: Nelson
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Ernest Hoar 2,359 50.2 +21.0
Nationalist John Smith 2,342 49.8 +25.3
Total formal votes 4,701 98.2 +0.6
Informal votes 87 1.8 −0.6
Turnout 4,788 83.6 −8.8
Labor gain from Nationalist Swing +2.6

Elections in the 1930s

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1939 Western Australian state election: Nelson
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Roy Pearce 1,527 29.2 +5.0
Nationalist John Smith 1,278 24.5 −13.1
Independent Clarence Doust 1,119 21.4 −16.8
Country William Scott 822 15.7 +15.7
Ind. Nationalist Guy Thomson 479 9.2 +9.2
Total formal votes 5,225 97.6 −1.4
Informal votes 128 2.4 +1.4
Turnout 5,353 92.4 +14.4
Two-party-preferred result
Nationalist John Smith 2,737 52.4 +9.5
Labor Roy Pearce 2,488 47.6 +47.6
Nationalist gain from Independent Swing N/A
1936 Western Australian state election: Nelson
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Clarence Doust 1,609 38.2 +38.2
Nationalist John Smith 1,585 37.6 −1.2
Labor Thomas Ladhams 1,018 24.2 −13.2
Total formal votes 4,212 99.0 +1.4
Informal votes 44 1.0 −1.4
Turnout 4,256 78.0 −11.0
Two-party-preferred result
Independent Clarence Doust 2,406 57.1 +57.1
Nationalist John Smith 1,806 42.9 −12.8
Independent gain from Nationalist Swing N/A
1933 Western Australian state election: Nelson
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist John Smith 1,814 38.8 −27.9
Labor Walter Toyer 1,748 37.4 +4.1
Country William Huggett 569 12.2 +12.2
Country Frederick Knapp 549 11.7 +11.7
Total formal votes 4,680 97.6 −1.5
Informal votes 115 2.4 +1.5
Turnout 4,795 89.0 +7.3
Two-party-preferred result
Nationalist John Smith 2,607 55.7 −11.0
Labor Walter Toyer 2,073 44.3 +11.0
Nationalist hold Swing −11.0
1930 Western Australian state election: Nelson
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist John Smith 2,716 66.7
Labor Walter Toyer 1,358 33.3
Total formal votes 4,037 99.1
Informal votes 37 0.9
Turnout 4,111 81.7
Nationalist hold Swing

Elections in the 1920s

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1927 Western Australian state election: Nelson
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist John Smith 2,055 50.2 −1.4
Labor Dennis Jones 1,211 29.6 −8.9
Country William Huggett 829 20.2 +20.2
Total formal votes 4,095 98.2 −0.4
Informal votes 75 1.8 +0.4
Turnout 4,170 74.0 +14.5
Nationalist hold Swing N/A
  • Preferences were not distributed.
1924 Western Australian state election: Nelson
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country John Smith 1,322 51.6 +16.5
Labor Thomas Anthony 986 38.5 +14.3
Ind. Nationalist Edwin Ellis 144 5.6 +5.6
Independent Thomas Ladhams 112 4.4 +4.4
Total formal votes 2,564 98.6 +0.8
Informal votes 35 1.4 −0.8
Turnout 2,599 59.5 −3.6
Country gain from Independent Country Swing N/A
1921 Western Australian state election: Nelson
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Francis Willmott 823 40.7 −12.4
Independent Country John Smith 709 35.1 −11.8
Labor Thomas Ryan 488 24.2 +24.2
Total formal votes 2,020 97.8 −1.7
Informal votes 45 2.2 +1.7
Turnout 2,065 63.1 −1.6
Two-candidate-preferred result
Independent Country John Smith 1,130 55.9 +9.0
Country Francis Willmott 890 44.1 −9.0
Independent Country gain from Country Swing N/A

Elections in the 1910s

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1917 Western Australian state election: Nelson
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National Country Francis Willmott 1,104 53.1 –1.1
Independent Labor John Henry Smith 974 46.9 +46.9
Total formal votes 2,078 99.5 +0.1
Informal votes 10 0.5 –0.1
Turnout 2,088 64.7 –3.9
National Country hold Swing –1.1
  • Willmott's designation at the 1914 election was simply "Country", rather than "National Country".
1914 Western Australian state election: Nelson
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Francis Willmott 1,593 54.2 +54.2
Labor Roger Ryan 1,347 45.8 −2.2
Total formal votes 2,940 99.4 +0.1
Informal votes 19 0.6 −0.1
Turnout 2,959 68.6 −7.6
Country gain from Liberal Swing N/A
1911 Western Australian state election: Nelson
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Ministerialist Charles Layman 1,113 49.8
Labor William Johnston 1,073 48.0
Ministerialist Robert Uphill 48 2.2
Total formal votes 2,234 99.3
Informal votes 16 0.7
Turnout 2,250 76.2
Two-party-preferred result
Ministerialist Charles Layman 1,144 51.2
Labor William Johnston 1,090 48.8
Ministerialist hold Swing

Elections in the 1900s

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1908 Western Australian state election: Nelson
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Ministerialist Charles Layman 1,075 64.7 +7.4
Labour William Spiers 586 35.3 +35.3
Total formal votes 1,661 97.8 −1.7
Informal votes 37 2.2 +1.7
Turnout 1,698 75.4 +3.2
Ministerialist hold Swing N/A
1905 Western Australian state election: Nelson
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Ministerialist Charles Layman 556 57.3 +10.7
Ministerialist John Walter 414 42.7 +42.7
Total formal votes 970 99.5 +0.4
Informal votes 5 0.5 –0.4
Turnout 986 72.2 +6.7
Ministerialist hold Swing N/A
1904 Western Australian state election: Nelson
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Charles Layman 558 46.6 +46.6
Labour Joseph Barraclough 320 26.7 +26.7
Ministerialist John Clarke 320 26.7 +26.7
Total formal votes 1,198 99.1 n/a
Informal votes 11 0.9 n/a
Turnout 1,209 65.5 n/a
Independent gain from Ministerialist Swing +46.6
1903 Nelson state by-election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Ministerialist John Walter unopposed
Ministerialist hold Swing
1901 Western Australian state election: Nelson
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Ministerialist Sir James Lee-Steere unopposed
Ministerialist hold Swing

Elections in the 1890s

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1897 Western Australian colonial election: Nelson
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Ministerialist James George Lee-Steere unopposed
Ministerialist hold Swing
1894 Western Australian colonial election: Nelson
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
None Sir James Lee-Steere unopposed
1890 Western Australian colonial election: Nelson
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
None Sir James Lee-Steere unopposed

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.