1936_Western_Australian_state_election

1936 Western Australian state election

1936 Western Australian state election

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Elections were held in the state of Western Australia on 15 February 1936 to elect all 50 members to the Legislative Assembly. The Labor Party, led by Premier Philip Collier, won a second term in office against the Country and Nationalist parties, led by Opposition Leader Charles Latham and Norbert Keenan respectively.

Quick Facts All 50 seats in the Western Australian Legislative Assembly, First party ...

No sitting MLA's retired at this election. This was one of the few elections in which the Labor party allowed more than one candidate to run against a sitting MP, namely in the seat of Kalgoorlie. James Cunningham was defeated by fellow Labor candidate Herbert Styants, and Cunningham transferred to the Australian Senate the following year.

Results

See also: Results of the Western Australian state election, 1936 (Legislative Assembly)

At the election, 5 sitting members (four Labor and one Nationalist) were defeated—three of them by independents. In Maylands, one-term MLA Robert Clothier (Labor) was defeated by independent Nationalist Harry Shearn, who won with preferences from two endorsed nationalists. In East Perth, Minister for Employment and Labour James Kenneally was defeated by former Labor member Thomas Hughes, and the Nationalist member for Nelson, John Henry Smith, was defeated by independent Clarence Doust. The remaining seats, Subiaco and Albany, were lost by Labor to the Nationalist and Country parties respectively.

Western Australian state election, 15 February 1936
Legislative Assembly
<< 1933–1939 >>

Enrolled voters 194,354[1]
Votes cast 136,309 Turnout 70.13% –20.47%
Informal votes 1,518 Informal 1.11% –1.12%
Summary of votes by party
Party Primary votes  % Swing Seats Change
  Labor 57,055 42.33% –3.15% 26 – 4
  Nationalist 43,619 32.36% +1.83% 8 ± 0
  Country 19,685 14.60% +0.32% 13 + 1
  Ind. Nat. 3,418 2.54% +1.33% 1 + 1
  Social Credit 1,385 1.03% +1.03% 0 ± 0
  Communist 118 0.09% –0.16% 0 ± 0
  Independent 9,431 7.00% –1.21% 2 + 2
Total 134,791     50  
1 247,465 electors were enrolled to vote at the election, but 15 of the 50 seats were uncontested—10 Labor seats representing 33,038 enrolled voters, 1 Nationalist seat representing 3,933 voters and 4 Country seats representing 16,284 voters.

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