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Electoral results for the district of North Fremantle

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

Members for North Fremantle

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Member Party Term
  William Silas Pearse Non-aligned 1890–1895
  Matthew Moss Non-aligned 1895–1897
  Denis Doherty Ministerial 1897–1903
  John Ferguson Opposition 1903–1904
  Harry Bolton Labor 1904–1911

Election results

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Elections in the 1900s

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1908 Western Australian state election: North Fremantle[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Harry Bolton 942 59.7 −2.8
Ministerialist Patrick Hevron 635 40.3 +2.8
Total formal votes 1,577 99.6 0.0
Informal votes 7 0.4 0.0
Turnout 1,584 88.0 +21.3
Labour hold Swing −2.8
1905 Western Australian state election: North Fremantle
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Harry Bolton 894 62.5 +3.6
Ministerialist Patrick Hevron 537 37.5 –3.6
Total formal votes 1,431 99.6 +0.4
Informal votes 6 0.4 –0.4
Turnout 1,437 66.7 +11.5
Labour hold Swing +3.6
1904 Western Australian state election: North Fremantle
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Harry Bolton 1,055 58.9 +18.1
Ministerialist John Ferguson 735 41.0 –0.4
Total formal votes 1,790 99.2 +0.8
Informal votes 15 0.8 –0.8
Turnout 1,805 55.2 +1.6
Labour gain from Ministerialist Swing +18.1
1903 North Fremantle state by-election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Opposition John Ferguson 412 41.4 +41.4
Labour James Ives 406 40.8 +40.8
Ministerialist Walter Raleigh 136 13.7 +13.7
Independent Thomas Parker 41 4.1 +4.1
Total formal votes 995 98.4 −0.7
Informal votes 16 1.6 +0.7
Turnout 1,011 53.6 −2.2
Opposition gain from Ministerialist Swing N/A
1901 Western Australian state election: North Fremantle
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Ministerialist Denis Doherty 433 39.0 –12.4
Ministerialist Thomas Cartwright 345 31.1 +31.1
Independent Henry Passmore 332 29.9 +29.9
Total formal votes 1,110 99.1 +6.6
Informal votes 10 0.9 –6.6
Turnout 1,120 55.8 +22.2
Ministerialist hold Swing N/A

Elections in the 1890s

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1897 Western Australian colonial election: North Fremantle
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Ministerialist Denis Doherty 160 51.4
Opposition James King 84 27.0
Independent Robert Dearle 47 15.1
Independent Rowland Rees 20 6.4
Total formal votes 311 92.6
Informal votes 25 7.4
Turnout 336 33.6
Ministerialist hold Swing
1895 North Fremantle colonial by-election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
None Matthew Moss 297 54.6 +28.1
None Denis Doherty 147 27.0 +27.0
None George Baker 100 18.4 −9.5
Total formal votes 544 98.2 +1.4
Informal votes 10 1.8 −1.4
Turnout 554 61.0 −5.8
1894 Western Australian colonial election: North Fremantle
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
None William Pearse 236 45.6 –9.9
PPL George Baker 144 27.9 +27.9
None Matthew Moss 137 26.5 +26.5
1890 Western Australian colonial election: North Fremantle
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
None William Pearse 151 55.5 n/a
None Adam Jameson 121 44.5 n/a

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.