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Electoral results for the district of Yilgarn-Coolgardie

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

Members for Yilgarn-Coolgardie

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Members Party Term
  Edwin Corboy Labor 1930–1933
  George Lambert Labor 1933–1941
  Lionel Kelly Independent Country 1941–1943
  Independent 1943–1946
  Labor 1946–1950

Election results

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Elections in the 1940s

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1947 Western Australian state election: Yilgarn-Coolgardie[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Lionel Kelly unopposed
Labor hold Swing
1943 Western Australian state election: Yilgarn-Coolgardie
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Lionel Kelly 1,269 59.9 +20.5
Labor Francis Bennett 849 40.1 +5.1
Total formal votes 2,118 97.2 −1.0
Informal votes 60 2.8 +1.0
Turnout 2,178 81.5 +13.6
Independent hold Swing +6.3
1941 Yilgarn-Coolgardie state by-election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Country Lionel Kelly 1,015 39.4 +17.7
Labor Cornelius Kenneally 902 35.0 -7.5
Independent Labor James Dinan 660 25.6 +25.6
Total formal votes 2,577 98.2 +1.7
Informal votes 47 1.8 −1.7
Turnout 2,624 67.9 −20.9
Two-candidate-preferred result
Independent Country Lionel Kelly 1,380 53.6 N/A
Labor Cornelius Kenneally 1,197 46.4 - 8.8
Independent Country gain from Labor Swing N/A

Elections in the 1930s

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1939 Western Australian state election: Yilgarn-Coolgardie
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor George Lambert 1,422 42.5 -11.5
Independent Labor Lionel Kelly 728 21.8 +21.8
Country Arthur Richards 648 19.4 +19.4
Independent Daniel O'Leary 549 16.4 +16.4
Total formal votes 3,347 96.5 −2.2
Informal votes 123 3.5 +2.2
Turnout 3,470 88.5 +30.2
Two-party-preferred result
Labor George Lambert 1,849 55.2 +1.2
Country Arthur Richards 1,498 44.8 +44.8
Labor hold Swing +1.2
1936 Western Australian state election: Yilgarn-Coolgardie
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor George Lambert 1,199 54.0 -7.9
Independent Country Max Dynes 1,021 46.0 +46.0
Total formal votes 2,220 98.7 +1.1
Informal votes 30 1.3 −1.1
Turnout 2,250 58.3 −29.4
Labor hold Swing -7.9
1933 Western Australian state election: Yilgarn-Coolgardie
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor George Lambert 1,742 61.9 +31.3
Independent Country Jim Keightly 1,072 38.1 +38.1
Total formal votes 2,814 97.6 −1.4
Informal votes 69 2.4 +1.4
Turnout 2,883 87.7 +8.3
Labor hold Swing N/A
1930 Western Australian state election: Yilgarn-Coolgardie
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country William Price 848 38.5
Labor Edwin Corboy 678 30.8
Labor George Lambert 674 30.6
Total formal votes 2,200 99.0
Informal votes 22 1.0
Turnout 2,222 79.4
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Edwin Corboy 1,262 57.4
Country William Price 938 42.6
Labor hold Swing

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.