Electoral results for the district of North Murchison
Appearance
This is a list of electoral results for the Electoral district of North Murchison in Western Australian state elections.
Members for North Murchison
[edit]Member | Party | Term | |
---|---|---|---|
Henry Kenny | Opposition | 1897–1899 | |
Frederick Moorhead | Ministerial | 1899–1901 | |
John Holman | Labour | 1901–1904 |
Election results
[edit]Elections in the 1900s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Holman | 188 | 55.6 | +32.8 | |
Ministerialist | Frederick Moorhead | 150 | 44.4 | −32.8 | |
Total formal votes | 338 | 98.3 | +0.2 | ||
Informal votes | 6 | 1.7 | −0.2 | ||
Turnout | 344 | 40.8 | +1.7 | ||
Labour gain from Ministerialist | Swing | +32.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Opposition | Frederick Moorhead | 233 | 77.2 | –22.8 | |
Labour | George Carlton | 69 | 22.8 | +22.8 | |
Total formal votes | 302 | 98.1 | n/a | ||
Informal votes | 6 | 1.9 | n/a | ||
Turnout | 308 | 39.1 | n/a | ||
Opposition hold | Swing | N/A |
- Moorhead had been elected unopposed at the previous election (a ministerial by-election in 1899).
Elections in the 1890s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Ministerialist | Frederick Moorhead | 118 | 56.2 | +9.3 | |
Opposition | Joseph Thomson | 92 | 43.8 | −9.3 | |
Total formal votes | 210 | 98.6 | +0.6 | ||
Informal votes | 3 | 1.4 | −0.6 | ||
Turnout | 213 | 69.4 | +16.5 | ||
Ministerialist gain from Opposition | Swing | +9.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Opposition | Henry Kenny | 52 | 53.1 | ||
Ministerialist | Frederick Moorhead | 46 | 46.9 | ||
Total formal votes | 98 | 98.0 | |||
Informal votes | 2 | 2.0 | |||
Turnout | 100 | 52.9 | |||
Opposition hold | Swing |
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.