Electoral results for the district of South Murchison

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

Members for South Murchison

Member		Party	Term
	Cornthwaite Rason	Ministerial	1897–1901

1897 Western Australian colonial election: South Murchison^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Ministerialist	Cornthwaite Rason	87	40.8
	Ministerialist	Frederick Trude	80	37.6
	Independent	Malcolm Reid	39	18.3
	Opposition	John Perryman	7	3.3
Total formal votes			213	98.6
Informal votes			3	1.4
Turnout			216	54.1
	Ministerialist hold		Swing

^ 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.