Results of the 1908 Western Australian state election

Western Australian state election, 1908 Legislative Assembly
Enrolled voters		135,979[1]
Votes cast		75,855		Turnout	66.49%
Informal votes		926		Informal	1.22%	+0.21
Summary of votes by party
Party		Primary votes	%	Swing	Seats	Change
	Ministerialist	46,169	61.62%	+7.78	28	–5
	Labour	28,325	37.80%	+2.73	22	+8
	Independent Labour	435	0.58%	–3.55	0	–1
Total		74,929			50

This is a list of electoral district results of the 1908 Western Australian election.

Results by Electoral district

Albany

1908 Western Australian state election: Albany

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ministerialist	Edward Barnett	938	56.9	+1.8
	Labour	Edward Morgans	710	43.1	+43.1
Total formal votes			1,648	99.5	+0.4
Informal votes			9	0.5	−0.4
Turnout			1,657	69.4	+23.6
	Ministerialist hold		Swing	N/A

Balkatta

1908 Western Australian state election: Balkatta

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Frederick Gill	1,299	52.0	+7.4
	Ministerialist	John Veryard	1,197	48.0	−7.4
Total formal votes			2,496	98.8	−0.6
Informal votes			31	1.2	+0.6
Turnout			2,527	72.7	+15.0
	Labour gain from Ministerialist		Swing	+7.4

Beverley

1908 Western Australian state election: Beverley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ministerialist	John Hopkins	501	32.3	+32.3
	Ministerialist	Edmund Smith	431	27.7	−16.6
	Ministerialist	George Ricks	297	19.1	−5.9
	Labour	Patrick Whiteley	166	10.7	+10.7
	Ministerialist	Edmund Lennard	132	8.5	+8.5
	Ministerialist	James Martin	14	0.9	+0.9
	Ministerialist	Richard Smith	12	0.8	+0.8
Total formal votes			1,553	97.4	−1.9
Informal votes			42	2.6	+1.9
Turnout			1,595	57.9	+6.4
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Ministerialist	John Hopkins	677	50.7
	Ministerialist	Edmund Smith	659	49.3
	Ministerialist hold		Swing	N/A

Boulder

1908 Western Australian state election: Boulder

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Philip Collier	1,798	73.1	+26.3
	Ministerialist	James Johnston	661	26.9	−18.8
Total formal votes			2,459	97.2	−2.4
Informal votes			71	2.8	+2.4
Turnout			2,530	75.8	+6.7
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Brown Hill

1908 Western Australian state election: Brown Hill

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Thomas Bath	unopposed
	Labour hold		Swing

Bunbury

1908 Western Australian state election: Bunbury

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ministerialist	Newton Moore	unopposed
	Ministerialist hold		Swing

Canning

1908 Western Australian state election: Canning

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ministerialist	William Gordon	877	42.4	−8.2
	Ministerialist	James Clydesdale	625	30.2	+30.2
	Ministerialist	George Wilson	566	27.4	+27.4
Total formal votes			2,068	98.7	−1.2
Informal votes			28	1.3	+1.2
Turnout			2,096	73.9	+28.9
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Ministerialist	William Gordon	1,064	55.7
	Ministerialist	James Clydesdale	846	44.3
	Ministerialist hold		Swing	N/A

Claremont

1908 Western Australian state election: Claremont

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ministerialist	John Foulkes	1,427	49.4	−21.9
	Ministerialist	Thomas Briggs	825	28.6	+28.6
	Ministerialist	John Stuart	636	22.0	+22.0
Total formal votes			2,888	99.4	+0.1
Informal votes			17	0.6	−0.1
Turnout			2,905	74.2	+28.6
	Ministerialist hold		Swing	N/A

Collie

1908 Western Australian state election: Collie

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Arthur Wilson	1,039	51.3	+5.3
	Ministerialist	John Ewing	985	48.7	−5.3
Total formal votes			2,024	99.2	−0.7
Informal votes			17	0.8	+0.7
Turnout			2,041	71.3	+21.5
	Labour gain from Ministerialist		Swing	+5.3

Coolgardie

1908 Western Australian state election: Coolgardie

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Charles McDowall	1,010	60.1	+25.6
	Ministerialist	William Eddy	670	39.9	+3.9
Total formal votes			1,680	99.3	+3.0
Informal votes			12	0.7	−3.0
Turnout			1,692	89.7	+33.4
	Labour gain from Ministerialist		Swing	N/A

Cue

1908 Western Australian state election: Cue

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Edward Heitmann	1,415	68.8	+17.4
	Ministerialist	James Chesson	642	31.2	−17.4
Total formal votes			2,057	99.0	+0.1
Informal votes			21	1.0	−0.1
Turnout			2,078	69.0	+17.4
	Labour hold		Swing	+17.4

Dundas

1908 Western Australian state election: Dundas

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Charles Hudson	831	59.9	+21.6
	Independent	Albert Thomas	557	40.1	+3.0
Total formal votes			1,388	99.1	+0.4
Informal votes			12	0.9	−0.4
Turnout			1,400	79.6	+18.1
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

East Fremantle

1908 Western Australian state election: East Fremantle

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	William Angwin	unopposed
	Labour hold		Swing

East Perth

1908 Western Australian state election: East Perth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ministerialist	John Hardwick	887	39.1	−11.6
	Labour	John Curran	538	23.7	−5.2
	Ministerialist	Henry Mills	425	18.7	+18.7
	Ministerialist	Henry Braidwood	344	15.2	+15.2
	Ministerialist	Hugh McKernan	73	3.2	+3.2
Total formal votes			2,267	98.3	−0.7
Informal votes			38	1.7	+0.7
Turnout			2,305	63.0	+14.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Ministerialist	John Hardwick	1,182	61.0
	Labour	John Curran	755	39.0
	Ministerialist hold		Swing	N/A

Forrest

1908 Western Australian state election: Forrest

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Peter O'Loghlen	unopposed
	Labour hold		Swing

Fremantle

1908 Western Australian state election: Fremantle

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ministerialist	James Price	unopposed
	Ministerialist hold		Swing

Gascoyne

1908 Western Australian state election: Gascoyne

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ministerialist	William Butcher	unopposed
	Ministerialist hold		Swing

Geraldton

1908 Western Australian state election: Geraldton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ministerialist	Henry Carson	646	44.3	−6.8
	Labour	Thomas Brown	642	44.0	−4.9
	Ministerialist	Robert Cochrane	171	11.7	+11.7
Total formal votes			1,459	98.9	−0.1
Informal votes			16	1.1	+0.1
Turnout			1,475	76.0	+4.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Ministerialist	Henry Carson	710	51.7	+0.6
	Labour	Thomas Brown	663	48.3	−0.6
	Ministerialist hold		Swing	+0.6

Greenough

1908 Western Australian state election: Greenough

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ministerialist	John Nanson	567	62.4	+62.4
	Ministerialist	Patrick Stone	342	37.6	−7.4
Total formal votes			909	98.4	−0.2
Informal votes			15	1.6	+0.2
Turnout			924	58.4	+2.9
	Ministerialist hold		Swing	N/A

Guildford

1908 Western Australian state election: Guildford

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	William Johnson	1,980	69.6	+69.6
	Ministerialist	Hubert Gull	534	18.8	−81.2
	Ministerialist	George Lefroy	306	10.7	+10.7
	Ministerialist	Edward Stevens	26	0.9	+0.9
Total formal votes			2,846	98.3
Informal votes			49	1.7
Turnout			2,895	79.7
	Labour gain from Ministerialist		Swing

Hannans

1908 Western Australian state election: Hannans

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Francis Ware	2,254	71.4	−2.8
	Ministerialist	Mark Rosenberg	905	28.6	+2.8
Total formal votes			3,159	99.6	+1.0
Informal votes			12	0.4	−1.0
Turnout			3,171	65.5	+10.0
	Labour hold		Swing	−2.8

Irwin

1908 Western Australian state election: Irwin

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ministerialist	Samuel Moore	520	51.4	−48.6
	Ministerialist	James Huggins	297	29.4	+29.4
	Ministerialist	William Jose	194	19.2	+19.2
Total formal votes			1,011	97.9
Informal votes			22	2.1
Turnout			1,033	53.6
	Ministerialist hold		Swing	N/A

Ivanhoe

1908 Western Australian state election: Ivanhoe

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Scaddan	unopposed
	Labour hold		Swing

Kalgoorlie

1908 Western Australian state election: Kalgoorlie

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ministerialist	Norbert Keenan	1,614	58.3	−2.6
	Labour	George McLeod	1,153	41.7	+2.6
Total formal votes			2,767	99.6	+0.4
Informal votes			12	0.4	−0.4
Turnout			2,779	77.0	+4.1
	Ministerialist hold		Swing	−2.6

Kanowna

1908 Western Australian state election: Kanowna

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Thomas Walker	945	82.8	+13.9
	Ministerialist	Braidwood Evans	196	17.2	−13.9
Total formal votes			1,141	99.4	+0.3
Informal votes			7	0.6	−0.3
Turnout			1,148	56.0	+8.1
	Labour hold		Swing	+13.9

Katanning

1908 Western Australian state election: Katanning

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ministerialist	Frederick Piesse	1,045	71.6	−28.4
	Ministerialist	Alfred Fisher	414	28.4	+28.4
Total formal votes			1,459	99.7
Informal votes			4	0.3
Turnout			1,463	59.0
	Ministerialist hold		Swing	N/A

Kimberley

1908 Western Australian state election: Kimberley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ministerialist	Arthur Male	410	63.3	+7.8
	Ministerialist	Michael O'Donohue	238	36.7	+36.7
Total formal votes			648	97.4	−1.8
Informal votes			17	2.6	+1.8
Turnout			665	45.6	+3.1
	Ministerialist hold		Swing	N/A

Menzies

1908 Western Australian state election: Menzies

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Richard Buzacott	1,220	50.1	+2.6
	Ministerialist	Henry Gregory	1,213	49.9	−2.6
Total formal votes			2,433	99.1	−0.2
Informal votes			23	0.9	+0.2
Turnout			2,456	82.1	+15.0
	Labour gain from Ministerialist		Swing	+2.6

• This result was declared void and was contested again in the 1908 Menzies state by-election.

Mount Leonora

1908 Western Australian state election: Mount Leonora

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Hugh Gourley	767	42.0	−25.5
	Ministerialist	Joseph Semken	639	35.0	+2.5
	Labour	John Carr	422	23.1	+23.1
Total formal votes			1,828	98.9	+0.4
Informal votes			21	1.1	−0.4
Turnout			1,849	53.0	+25.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Labour	Hugh Gourley	1,079	62.0	−5.5
	Ministerialist	Joseph Semken	662	38.0	+5.5
	Labour hold		Swing	−5.5

Mount Magnet

1908 Western Australian state election: Mount Magnet

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Michael Troy	unopposed
	Labour hold		Swing

Mount Margaret

1908 Western Australian state election: Mount Margaret

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	George Taylor	1,085	71.6	+17.7
	Ministerialist	Andrew Faulds	431	28.3	+4.7
Total formal votes			1,516	99.4	+0.4
Informal votes			9	0.6	−0.4
Turnout			1,525	65.8	+36.1
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Murchison

1908 Western Australian state election: Murchison

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Holman	941	90.6	−9.4
	Ministerialist	Samuel Dyke	98	9.4	+9.4
Total formal votes			1,039	98.0
Informal votes			21	2.0
Turnout			1,060	50.1
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Murray

1908 Western Australian state election: Murray

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ministerialist	John McLarty	427	50.3	−22.5
	Ministerialist	William George	421	49.7	+49.7
Total formal votes			848	99.4	+1.0
Informal votes			5	0.6	−1.0
Turnout			853	58.0	+13.9
	Ministerialist hold		Swing	N/A

Nelson

1908 Western Australian state election: Nelson

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ministerialist	Charles Layman	1,075	64.7	+7.4
	Labour	William Spiers	586	35.3	+35.3
Total formal votes			1,661	97.8	−1.7
Informal votes			37	2.2	+1.7
Turnout			1,698	75.4	+3.2
	Ministerialist hold		Swing	N/A

North Fremantle

1908 Western Australian state election: North Fremantle

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

North Perth

1908 Western Australian state election: North Perth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Herbert Swan	1,534	30.6	−7.5
	Ministerialist	James Brebber	1,079	21.5	−40.4
	Ministerialist	James Franklin	1,004	20.0	+20.0
	Ministerialist	Edward Brady	586	11.7	+11.7
	Independent Labour	Cecil Le Mesurier	435	8.7	+8.7
	Ministerialist	Edward Hart	373	7.4	+7.4
Total formal votes			5,011	98.6	−0.4
Informal votes			73	1.4	+0.4
Turnout			5,084	65.8	+17.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Labour	Herbert Swan	2,094	51.8	+13.7
	Ministerialist	James Brebber	1,952	48.2	−13.7
	Labour gain from Ministerialist		Swing	+13.7

Northam

1908 Western Australian state election: Northam

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ministerialist	James Mitchell	1,372	54.5	−0.7
	Labour	Alfred Watts	1,147	45.5	+0.7
Total formal votes			2,519	97.8	−1.7
Informal votes			57	2.2	+1.7
Turnout			2,576	55.9	+2.8
	Ministerialist hold		Swing	−0.7

Perth

1908 Western Australian state election: Perth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ministerialist	Harry Brown	1,037	71.9	+18.9
	Ministerialist	Arthur O'Connor	405	28.1	+28.1
Total formal votes			1,442	98.7	+0.5
Informal votes			19	1.3	−0.5
Turnout			1,461	63.0	+0.6
	Ministerialist hold		Swing	N/A

Pilbara

1908 Western Australian state election: Pilbara

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Henry Underwood	468	58.1	+4.7
	Ministerialist	John Weir	338	41.9	−4.7
Total formal votes			806	99.1	+0.4
Informal votes			7	0.9	−0.4
Turnout			811	76.1	+37.2
	Labour hold		Swing	−4.7

Roebourne

1908 Western Australian state election: Roebourne

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ministerialist	Henry Osborn	185	52.7	−47.3
	Ministerialist	Albert Wilson	145	41.3	+41.3
	Ministerialist	William Withnell	21	6.0	+6.0
Total formal votes			351	93.6
Informal votes			24	6.4
Turnout			375	48.1
	Ministerialist hold		Swing	N/A

South Fremantle

1908 Western Australian state election: South Fremantle

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ministerialist	Arthur Davies	unopposed
	Ministerialist hold		Swing

Subiaco

1908 Western Australian state election: Subiaco

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ministerialist	Henry Daglish	2,527	61.1	+13.0
	Labour	Walter Richardson	1,606	38.9	+38.9
Total formal votes			4,133	99.0	+0.2
Informal votes			41	1.0	−0.2
Turnout			4,174	80.4	+18.7
	Ministerialist gain from Independent Labour		Swing	N/A

Sussex

1908 Western Australian state election: Sussex

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ministerialist	Frank Wilson	574	53.6	−22.9
	Labour	William Thomas	497	46.4	+46.4
Total formal votes			1,071	99.6	+2.6
Informal votes			4	0.4	−2.6
Turnout			1,075	88.1	+15.6
	Ministerialist hold		Swing	N/A

Swan

1908 Western Australian state election: Swan

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ministerialist	Mathieson Jacoby	677	40.0	−8.1
	Ministerialist	Arthur Gull	391	23.1	−28.8
	Ministerialist	Archibald Sanderson	328	19.4	+19.4
	Labour	Hugh Linnanne	297	17.5	+17.5
Total formal votes			1,693	99.0	−0.8
Informal votes			17	1.0	+0.8
Turnout			1,710	53.2	+18.8
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Ministerialist	Mathieson Jacoby	892	58.7	+10.6
	Ministerialist	Arthur Gull	627	41.2	−10.6
	Ministerialist hold		Swing	+10.6

Toodyay

1908 Western Australian state election: Toodyay

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ministerialist	Timothy Quinlan	740	68.5	−31.5
	Ministerialist	Fitzgerald Frazer	341	31.5	+31.5
Total formal votes			1,081	98.5
Informal votes			16	1.5
Turnout			1,097	57.7
	Ministerialist hold		Swing	N/A

Wellington

1908 Western Australian state election: Wellington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ministerialist	Thomas Hayward	666	51.5	−25.7
	Ministerialist	William Nairn	402	31.1	+31.1
	Ministerialist	Hugh McNeil	225	17.4	+17.4
Total formal votes			1,293	98.6	−0.9
Informal votes			18	1.4	+0.9
Turnout			1,311	63.5	+20.9
	Ministerialist hold		Swing	N/A

West Perth

1908 Western Australian state election: West Perth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ministerialist	Thomas Draper	1,401	54.7	−10.7
	Ministerialist	Walter Simpson	1,161	45.3	+45.3
Total formal votes			2,562	99.6	+1.2
Informal votes			9	0.4	−1.2
Turnout			2,571	66.0	+16.8
	Ministerialist hold		Swing	N/A

Williams

1908 Western Australian state election: Williams

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ministerialist	Frank Cowcher	1,323	61.8	−19.4
	Labour	Edward Hamersley	337	15.7	+15.7
	Ministerialist	William Moss	299	14.0	+14.0
	Ministerialist	William Rabbish	182	8.5	+8.5
Total formal votes			2,141	98.5	−0.1
Informal votes			32	1.5	+0.1
Turnout			2,173	51.1	+8.5
	Ministerialist hold		Swing	N/A

Yilgarn

1908 Western Australian state election: Yilgarn

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Austin Horan	676	90.5	+31.8
	Ministerialist	William Allen	71	9.5	+9.5
Total formal votes			747	99.2	+0.7
Informal votes			6	0.8	−0.7
Turnout			753	35.9	−7.5
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

York

1908 Western Australian state election: York

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ministerialist	Frederick Monger	633	51.5	−5.9
	Ministerialist	Edward Neville	418	34.0	+34.0
	Ministerialist	John Taylor	179	14.5	+14.5
Total formal votes			1,230	98.6	−1.0
Informal votes			18	1.4	+1.0
Total formal votes			1,248	65.7	+15.3
	Ministerialist hold		Swing	N/A

See also

• 1908 Western Australian state election
• Members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly, 1908–1911