Results of the 1901 Western Australian state election

This is a list of the results of the 1901 state election in Western Australia, listed by electoral district.

Results by electoral district

Albany

1901 Western Australian state election: Albany

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Opposition	James Gardiner	590	69.2	+21.1
	Opposition	William Nutting	263	30.8	+30.8
Total formal votes			853	99.3	+0.4
Informal votes			6	0.7	–0.4
Turnout			859	51.5	+0.8
	Opposition hold		Swing	N/A

Beverley

1901 Western Australian state election: Beverley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ministerialist	Charles Harper	151	53.0	–10.4
	Ministerialist	Hugh Edmiston	134	47.0	+47.0
Total formal votes			285	97.9	+1.3
Informal votes			6	2.1	–1.3
Turnout			291	57.6	+3.0
	Ministerialist hold		Swing	N/A

Boulder

1901 Western Australian state election: Boulder

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Opposition	John Hopkins	628	56.2	+56.2
	Labour	George Wiles	414	37.0	+37.0
	Opposition	John Keegan	76	6.8	+6.8
Total formal votes			1,118	99.0	n/a
Informal votes			11	1.0	n/a
Turnout			1,129	55.9	n/a
	Opposition win		(new seat)

Bunbury

1901 Western Australian state election: Bunbury

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ministerialist	Thomas Hayward	459	50.9	+50.9
	Ministerialist	Newton Moore	409	45.3	+45.3
	Opposition	James Port	34	3.8	+3.8
Total formal votes			902	98.5	n/a
Informal votes			14	1.5	n/a
Turnout			916	63.5	n/a
	Ministerialist hold		Swing	N/A

Claremont

1901 Western Australian state election: Claremont

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ministerialist	William Sayer	551	38.1	+38.1
	Opposition	Joseph Langsford	497	34.4	+34.4
	Opposition	Andrew Henning	397	27.5	+27.5
Total formal votes			1,445	99.2	n/a
Informal votes			11	0.8	n/a
Turnout			1,456	52.9	n/a
	Ministerialist win		(new seat)

Cockburn Sound

1901 Western Australian state election: Cockburn Sound

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Opposition	Francis McDonald	290	44.3	+44.3
	Opposition	Henry Barker	174	26.6	+26.6
	Labour	Alexander McDougall	127	19.4	+19.4
	Independent	Richard Birch	58	8.9	+8.9
	Independent	James Simpson	6	0.9	+0.9
Total formal votes			655	97.9	n/a
Informal votes			14	2.1	n/a
Turnout			669	49.2	n/a
	Opposition win		(new seat)

Coolgardie

1901 Western Australian state election: Coolgardie

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ministerialist	Alfred Morgans	811	50.8	–20.0
	Labour	Peter Wedd	414	25.9	+25.9
	Opposition	James MacCallum Smith	372	23.3	+23.3
Total formal votes			1,597	99.2	+1.4
Informal votes			13	0.8	–1.4
Turnout			1,610	43.2	+1.9
	Ministerialist hold		Swing	–20.0

Cue

1901 Western Australian state election: Cue

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Opposition	Frederick Illingworth	407	56.3	+56.3
	Opposition	William Patrick	316	43.7	+43.7
Total formal votes			723	99.2	n/a
Informal votes			6	0.8	n/a
Turnout			729	43.4	n/a
	Opposition win		(new seat)

Dundas

1901 Western Australian state election: Dundas

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Albert Thomas	348	42.3	+42.3
	Independent	Robert Stewart	209	25.4	+25.4
	Labour	Thomas Beattie	194	23.5	+23.5
	Opposition	Cyrus McFarlane	73	8.9	+8.9
Total formal votes			824	95.8	+1.4
Informal votes			36	4.2	–1.4
Turnout			860	54.9	–19.1
	Independent hold		Swing	N/A

East Fremantle

1901 Western Australian state election: East Fremantle

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Opposition	Joseph Holmes	1,054	73.0	+22.2
	Labour	William Angwin	389	27.0	+27.0
Total formal votes			1,443	99.0	+0.6
Informal votes			15	1.0	–0.6
Turnout			1,458	48.3	–19.7
	Opposition hold		Swing	+22.2

East Kimberley

1901 Western Australian state election: East Kimberley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ministerialist	Francis Connor	33	50.8	–49.2
	Opposition	William Stretch	32	49.2	+49.2
Total formal votes			65	98.5	n/a
Informal votes			1	1.5	n/a
Turnout			66	61.1	n/a
	Ministerialist hold		Swing	–49.2

• Connor had held the seat unopposed in 1897.

East Perth

1901 Western Australian state election: East Perth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Opposition	Walter James	614	62.7	–8.4
	Opposition	Arthur Short	366	37.3	+37.3
Total formal votes			980	99.1	+1.9
Informal votes			9	0.9	–1.9
Turnout			989	39.6	+2.1
	Opposition hold		Swing	–8.4

Fremantle

1901 Western Australian state election: Fremantle

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ministerialist	John Higham	194	65.1	–34.9
	Opposition	George Bricknell	104	34.9	+34.9
Total formal votes			298	98.3	n/a
Informal votes			5	1.7	n/a
Turnout			303	22.6	n/a
	Ministerialist hold		Swing	–34.9

• Higham had held the seat unopposed in 1897.

Gascoyne

1901 Western Australian state election: Gascoyne

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Opposition	William Butcher	126	66.0	+66.0
	Ministerialist	David Forrest	65	34.0	–66.0
Total formal votes			191	99.5	n/a
Informal votes			1	0.5	n/a
Turnout			192	47.6	n/a
	Opposition gain from Ministerialist		Swing	+66.0

• George Hubble, the sitting Ministerialist member, had held the seat unopposed in 1897.

Geraldton

1901 Western Australian state election: Geraldton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Opposition	Robert Hutchinson	unopposed
	Opposition hold		Swing

Greenough

1901 Western Australian state election: Greenough

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ministerialist	Patrick Stone	113	35.5	+35.5
	Ministerialist	John Morrell	102	32.1	+32.1
	Ministerialist	Joseph Dreyer	80	25.2	+25.2
	Opposition	Charles Cheeseborough	23	7.2	+7.2
Total formal votes			318	98.1	+0.2
Informal votes			6	1.9	–0.2
Turnout			324	67.2	–11.1
	Ministerialist hold		Swing	N/A

Guildford

1901 Western Australian state election: Guildford

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ministerialist	Hector Rason	241	29.9	+29.9
	Independent	Arthur Gull	339	28.4	+28.4
	Opposition	Henry Downing	180	22.3	+22.3
	Ministerialist	Alexander Watt	157	19.4	+19.4
Total formal votes			807	99.1	n/a
Informal votes			7	0.9	n/a
Turnout			814	57.6	n/a
	Ministerialist win		(new seat)

Hannans

1901 Western Australian state election: Hannans

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Reside	1,870	68.3	+68.3
	Opposition	James Wilkinson	857	31.3	+31.3
	Independent	Morgan Field	9	0.3	+0.3
Total formal votes			2,736	96.2	n/a
Informal votes			109	3.8	n/a
Turnout			2,845	40.5	n/a
	Labour win		(new seat)

Irwin

1901 Western Australian state election: Irwin

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ministerialist	Samuel Phillips	unopposed
	Ministerialist hold		Swing

Kalgoorlie

1901 Western Australian state election: Kalgoorlie

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	William Johnson	606	31.7	+31.7
	Ministerialist	Charles Moran	506	26.5	+26.5
	Opposition	William Burton	495	25.9	+25.9
	Opposition	Alfred Shaw	301	15.7	+15.7
	Independent	John Stuart	4	0.2	+0.2
Total formal votes			1,912	92.5	n/a
Informal votes			156	7.5	n/a
Turnout			2,068	50.1	n/a
	Labour win		(new seat)

Kanowna

1901 Western Australian state election: Kanowna

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Robert Hastie	912	60.0	+60.0
	Opposition	Charles Mann	155	10.2	+10.2
	Opposition	John Auldjo	143	9.4	+9.4
	Opposition	Alfred McKenzie	139	9.1	+9.1
	Opposition	William McMeikan	118	7.8	+7.8
	Opposition	Frederick Hancey	53	3.5	+3.5
Total formal votes			1,520	94.1	n/a
Informal votes			95	5.9	n/a
Turnout			1,615	27.8	n/a
	Labour win		(new seat)

Menzies

1901 Western Australian state election: Menzies

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Opposition	Henry Gregory	unopposed
	Opposition win		(new seat)

Moore

1901 Western Australian state election: Moore

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ministerialist	Michael O'Connor	266	62.9	+62.9
	Opposition	William Loton	157	37.1	+37.1
Total formal votes			423	98.8	+1.4
Informal votes			5	1.2	–1.4
Turnout			428	64.4	–17.1
	Ministerialist hold		Swing	N/A

Mount Burges

1901 Western Australian state election: Mount Burges

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Fergie Reid	586	69.0	+69.0
	Opposition	Charles McDowall	261	30.7	+30.7
	Independent	J. Thompson	2	0.2	+0.2
Total formal votes			849	98.4	n/a
Informal votes			14	1.6	n/a
Turnout			863	33.6	n/a
	Labour win		(new seat)

• J. (Joseph?) Thompson withdrew from the race after the close of nominations, and his name consequently remained on the ballot paper.

Mount Magnet

1901 Western Australian state election: Mount Magnet

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Opposition	Frank Wallace	265	41.1	+41.1
	Labour	John Holman	211	32.8	+32.8
	Ministerialist	Alec Clydesdale	168	26.1	+26.1
Total formal votes			644	99.7	n/a
Informal votes			2	0.3	n/a
Turnout			646	48.2	n/a
	Opposition win		(new seat)

Mount Margaret

1901 Western Australian state election: Mount Margaret

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	George Taylor	771	52.1	+52.1
	Opposition	George Hall	709	47.9	+47.9
Total formal votes			1,480	99.1	n/a
Informal votes			14	0.9	n/a
Turnout			1,494	54.9	n/a
	Labour win		(new seat)

Murchison

1901 Western Australian state election: Murchison

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Opposition	John Nanson	153	50.2	+50.2
	Ministerialist	Samuel Mitchell	152	49.8	–50.2
Total formal votes			305	98.4	n/a
Informal votes			5	1.6	n/a
Turnout			310	68.1	n/a
	Opposition gain from Ministerialist		Swing	+50.2

• Mitchell had held the seat unopposed in 1897.

Murray

1901 Western Australian state election: Murray

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Opposition	William George	491	61.4	+3.8
	Labour	Albert Wilson	309	38.6	+38.6
Total formal votes			800	99.4	+0.9
Informal votes			5	0.6	–0.9
Turnout			805	49.0	–18.1
	Opposition hold		Swing	N/A

Nelson

1901 Western Australian state election: Nelson

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ministerialist	Sir James Lee-Steere	unopposed
	Ministerialist hold		Swing

Northam

1901 Western Australian state election: Northam

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ministerialist	George Throssell	unopposed
	Ministerialist hold		Swing

North Fremantle

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

North Murchison

1901 Western Australian state election: North Murchison

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).

North Perth

1901 Western Australian state election: North Perth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Richard Speight	1,125	62.9	+62.9
	Opposition	Edgar Zollner	360	20.1	+20.1
	Labour	Joseph Diver	303	16.9	+16.9
Total formal votes			1,788	99.4	+6.7
Informal votes			11	0.6	–6.7
Turnout			1,799	37.4	+24.6
	Independent gain from Opposition		Swing	+62.9

Perth

1901 Western Australian state election: Perth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Opposition	Frank Wilson	691	65.4	+65.4
	Ministerialist	Thomas Molloy	366	34.6	+34.6
Total formal votes			1,057	99.2	+0.9
Informal votes			9	0.8	–0.9
Turnout			1,066	38.8	–6.9
	Opposition gain from Ministerialist		Swing	+62.9

Pilbara

1901 Western Australian state election: Pilbara

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Opposition	Walter Kingsmill	unopposed
	Opposition hold		Swing

Plantagenet

1901 Western Australian state election: Plantagenet

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Opposition	Albert Hassell	346	53.9	–46.1
	Labour	Alfred Mather	296	46.1	+46.1
Total formal votes			642	98.1	n/a
Informal votes			6	1.9	n/a
Turnout			308	39.1	n/a
	Opposition hold		Swing	N/A

Roebourne

1901 Western Australian state election: Roebourne

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	John Sydney Hicks	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

South Fremantle

1901 Western Australian state election: South Fremantle

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Arthur Diamond	492	36.9	+36.9
	Labour	William Guilfoyle	396	29.7	+29.7
	Independent	William Forsythe	296	22.2	+22.2
	Opposition	Walter Mortess	151	11.3	+11.3
Total formal votes			1,335	98.7	n/a
Informal votes			17	1.3	n/a
Turnout			1,352	40.9	n/a
	Independent hold		Swing	N/A

South Perth

1901 Western Australian state election: South Perth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ministerialist	William Gordon	258	28.4	+28.4
	Opposition	Alfred Russell	226	24.9	+24.9
	Independent	James Clydesdale	210	23.2	+23.2
	Independent	Thomas Tate	164	18.1	+18.1
	Opposition	Thomas Shafto	49	5.4	+5.4
Total formal votes			907	97.3	n/a
Informal votes			25	2.7	n/a
Turnout			932	42.4	n/a
	Ministerialist win		(new seat)

South West Mining

1901 Western Australian state election: South West Mining

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Opposition	John Ewing	394	53.2	+53.2
	Labour	George Henderson	205	27.7	+27.7
	Opposition	Harry Courtney	142	19.2	+19.2
Total formal votes			741	99.3	n/a
Informal votes			5	0.7	n/a
Turnout			746	60.7	n/a
	Opposition win		(new seat)

Subiaco

1901 Western Australian state election: Subiaco

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Henry Daglish	828	49.6	+49.6
	Independent	Samuel Brown	535	32.1	+32.1
	Independent	John Brickhill	180	10.8	+10.8
	Independent	Richard Sparrow	126	7.5	+7.5
Total formal votes			1,669	97.4	n/a
Informal votes			44	2.6	n/a
Turnout			1,713	56.5	n/a
	Labour win		(new seat)

Sussex

1901 Western Australian state election: Sussex

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ministerialist	Henry Yelverton	249	43.6	+43.6
	Ministerialist	Ernest Locke	200	35.0	–8.1
	Opposition	Henry Mills	122	21.4	+21.4
Total formal votes			571	99.5	+3.2
Informal votes			3	0.5	–3.2
Turnout			574	63.4	–18.0
	Ministerialist hold		Swing	N/A

Swan

1901 Western Australian state election: Swan

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Opposition	Mathieson Jacoby	249	44.7	+44.7
	Ministerialist	Robert Wolfe	128	23.0	+23.0
	Labour	George Hogarth	115	20.6	+20.6
	Independent	William Thomas	44	7.9	+7.9
	Ministerialist	Hugh McKernan	21	3.8	+3.8
Total formal votes			557	97.4	±0.0
Informal votes			15	2.6	±0.0
Turnout			572	45.0	–6.5
	Opposition gain from Independent		Swing	+44.7

Toodyay

1901 Western Australian state election: Toodyay

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ministerialist	Timothy Quinlan	351	66.1	+2.5
	Independent	Vernon Hamersley	180	33.9	+33.9
Total formal votes			531	97.4	–1.0
Informal votes			14	2.6	+1.0
Turnout			545	76.0	–6.1
	Ministerialist hold		Swing	N/A

Wellington

1901 Western Australian state election: Wellington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Henry Teesdale Smith	300	48.1	+48.1
	Labour	Charles Burke	151	24.2	+24.2
	Independent	John Wellard	95	15.2	+15.2
	Ministerialist	William Reading	78	12.5	+12.5
Total formal votes			624	97.3	n/a
Informal votes			17	2.7	n/a
Turnout			641	57.6	n/a
	Independent gain from Ministerialist		Swing	+48.1

West Kimberley

1901 Western Australian state election: West Kimberley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ministerialist	Alexander Forrest	105	78.4	–21.6
	Opposition	Frank Biddles	29	21.6	+21.6
Total formal votes			134	99.3	n/a
Informal votes			1	0.7	n/a
Turnout			135	53.8	n/a
	Ministerialist hold		Swing	N/A

West Perth

1901 Western Australian state election: West Perth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Opposition	George Leake	886	51.7	+51.7
	Ministerialist	Barrington Wood	828	48.3	–5.6
Total formal votes			1,714	98.7	+0.4
Informal votes			22	1.3	–0.4
Turnout			1,736	46.8	+2.3
	Opposition gain from Ministerialist		Swing	+51.7

Williams

1901 Western Australian state election: Williams

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ministerialist	Frederick Henry Piesse	unopposed
	Ministerialist hold		Swing

Yilgarn

1901 Western Australian state election: Yilgarn

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Opposition	William Oats	186	39.7	–11.2
	Labour	Richard Sneddon	147	31.4	+31.4
	Ministerialist	Isidor Cohn	74	15.8	–23.6
	Independent	William Montgomery	61	13.0	+13.0
Total formal votes			468	99.4	+4.0
Informal votes			3	0.6	–4.0
Turnout			471	47.6	+0.1
	Opposition hold		Swing	N/A

York

1901 Western Australian state election: York

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ministerialist	Frederick Monger	unopposed
	Ministerialist hold		Swing

See also

• Members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly, 1897–1901
• Members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly, 1901–1904

References

• Black, David; Prescott, 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.