Results_of_the_Western_Australian_state_election,_1921_(Legislative_Assembly)

Results of the 1921 Western Australian state election (Legislative Assembly)

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This is a list of electoral district results of the 1921 Western Australian election.

Western Australian state election, 12 March 1921^[1] Legislative Assembly << 1917–1924 >>
Enrolled voters		146,948^[1]
Votes cast		98,958		Turnout	67.34%	+5.19%
Informal votes		1,620		Informal	1.64%	–0.05%
Summary of votes by party
Party		Primary votes	%	Swing	Seats	Change
	Labor	35,829	36.81%	+11.99%	17	+ 2
	Nationalist	26,995	27.73%	+6.68%	10	+ 2
	Country	17,311	17.78%	–1.28%	16	+ 4
	National Labor	9,809	10.08%	–6.77%	4	– 2
	Independent	7,394	7.60%	+1.86%	3	+ 2
Total		97,338			50

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"Details of 1921 Election". Australian Politics and Elections Database. University of Western Australia.

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	John Scaddan	1,529	57.1	+57.1
	Labor	Arthur Wansbrough	1,149	42.9	+4.6
Total formal votes			2,678	99.2	-0.1
Informal votes			21	0.8	+0.1
Turnout			2,699	66.2	-5.2
	Country gain from Nationalist		Swing	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Tom Harrison	1,028	49.5	+14.2
	Labor	Steven Donovan	943	45.5	+7.8
	Independent Country	Alma McCorry	104	5.0	+5.0
Total formal votes			2,075	98.1	+1.1
Informal votes			40	1.9	-1.1
Turnout			2,115	56.7	-1.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Country	Tom Harrison	1,093	52.7	-2.3
	Labor	Steven Donovan	982	47.3	+2.3
	Country hold		Swing	-2.3

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Frank Broun	unopposed
	Country hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Philip Collier	1,833	54.5	-3.9
	National Labor	James Rogers	1,533	45.5	+3.9
Total formal votes			3,366	99.5	-0.1
Informal votes			16	0.5	+0.1
Turnout			3,382	84.4	+12.4
	Labor hold		Swing	-3.9

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	John Lutey	1,490	56.7	+4.1
	National Labor	James Reed	1,140	43.3	-4.1
Total formal votes			2,630	99.3	-0.3
Informal votes			19	0.7	+0.3
Turnout			2,649	76.4	+1.7
	Labor hold		Swing	+4.1

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	Griffin Money	1,143	50.8	+17.4
	Labor	Frederick Withers	1,108	49.2	+23.0
Total formal votes			2,251	99.5	+1.2
Informal votes			12	0.5	-1.2
Turnout			2,263	68.2	-8.1
	Nationalist hold		Swing	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Alexander Clydesdale	3,213	47.9	+17.7
	Nationalist	Robert Robinson	2,571	38.3	-31.5
	Independent	Ada Butler	563	8.4	+8.4
	Independent	Duncan Munro	364	5.4	+5.4
Total formal votes			6,711	98.0	-0.6
Informal votes			138	2.0	+0.6
Turnout			6,849	69.7	+17.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Alexander Clydesdale	3,687	54.9	+24.7
	Nationalist	Robert Robinson	3,024	45.1	-24.7
	Labor gain from Nationalist		Swing	+24.7

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	John Thomson	1,662	30.1	-5.5
	Independent	Ada Bromham	1,289	23.3	+23.3
	Labor	George Dennis	1,191	21.6	+21.6
	Nationalist	Karl Drake-Brockman	721	13.0	+13.0
	Nationalist	William Montgomery	332	6.0	+6.0
	Nationalist	William Rolfe	332	6.0	+6.0
Total formal votes			5,527	98.0	-0.2
Informal votes			111	2.0	+0.2
Turnout			5,638	78.4	+15.2
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Nationalist	John Thomson	3,120	56.4
	Independent	Ada Bromham	2,407	43.6
	Nationalist hold		Swing	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	George Lambert	565	60.8	+6.9
	National Labor	Peter Wedd	222	23.9	-9.0
	Independent	William Faahan	143	15.4	+15.4
Total formal votes			930	97.5	-0.5
Informal votes			24	2.5	+0.5
Turnout			954	66.3	-5.6
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Thomas Chesson	359	68.3	-31.7
	Country	George Ellemor	167	31.7	+31.7
Total formal votes			526	100
Informal votes			0	0
Turnout			526	69.4
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Jack Simons	2,182	47.8	+6.8
	Nationalist	Charles Heppingstone	866	19.0	+3.0
	National Labor	Thomas Ferguson	740	16.2	+3.7
	Nationalist	John Hardwick	666	14.6	-5.3
	Nationalist	William Henderson	112	2.4	+2.4
Total formal votes			4,566	98.0	+1.7
Informal votes			93	2.0	-1.7
Turnout			4,659	70.5	+10.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Jack Simons	2,363	51.8	+3.2
	Nationalist	Charles Heppingstone	2,203	48.2	-3.2
	Labor gain from Nationalist		Swing	+3.2

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Walter Jones	1,399	45.1	-13.1
	Nationalist	Frank Gibson	1,119	36.0	+36.0
	Nationalist	Joseph Allen	586	18.9	+18.9
Total formal votes			3,104	97.2	-2.5
Informal votes			88	2.8	+2.5
Turnout			3,192	76.6	+11.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Nationalist	Frank Gibson	1,667	53.7	+53.7
	Labor	Walter Jones	1,437	46.3	-11.9
	Nationalist gain from Labor		Swing	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Edward Angelo	412	60.7	+60.7
	Labor	George Jones	180	26.5	+26.5
	Independent	Edmund Holden	87	12.8	+12.8
Total formal votes			679	99.0	-1.0
Informal votes			7	1.0	+1.0
Turnout			686	60.9	+7.6
	Country gain from Nationalist		Swing	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	John Willcock	1,265	66.1	+18.5
	Country	Ebenezer Bartlett	648	33.9	+33.9
Total formal votes			1,913	99.2	+1.3
Informal votes			15	0.8	-1.3
Turnout			1,928	80.0	+4.3
	Labor hold		Swing	+15.3

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Henry Maley	968	61.9	+38.4
	Labor	Patrick Moy	595	38.1	+4.3
Total formal votes			1,563	99.4	+2.6
Informal votes			10	0.6	-2.6
Turnout			1,573	69.4	+8.3
	Country hold		Swing	+4.1

1921 Western Australian state election: Kalgoorlie
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Albert Green	1,597	46.2	-4.3
	Ind. Nationalist	John Boyland	1,268	36.7	+36.7
	Nationalist	Charles Cutbush	423	12.2	+12.2
	National Labor	Walter Close	169	4.9	+4.9
Total formal votes			3,457	99.3	+0.8
Informal votes			25	0.7	-0.8
Turnout			3,482	75.7	+9.1
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Ind. Nationalist	John Boyland	1,831	53.0
	Labor	Albert Green	1,626	47.0
	Ind. Nationalist gain from Labor		Swing	N/A

1921 Western Australian state election: Leederville
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Harry Millington	1,995	36.7	+36.7
	Nationalist	Lionel Carter	1,415	26.0	-29.2
	Nationalist	Fred Gulley	1,165	21.4	+21.4
	Nationalist	John Selby	470	8.6	+8.6
	National Labor	John Slocombe	198	3.6	+3.6
	Independent Labor	Herman Lehmann	193	3.6	+3.6
Total formal votes			5,436	97.2	-1.9
Informal votes			156	2.8	+1.9
Turnout			5,592	62.3	+12.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Nationalist	Lionel Carter	3,092	56.9	+1.7
	Labor	Harry Millington	2,344	43.1	+43.1
	Nationalist hold		Swing	N/A

1921 Western Australian state election: North Perth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	James Smith	2,349	57.5	-3.7
	Labor	Ted Needham	1,734	42.5	+42.5
Total formal votes			4,083	98.6	+0.7
Informal votes			56	1.4	-0.7
Turnout			4,139	64.0	+15.5
	Nationalist hold		Swing	N/A

1921 Western Australian state election: Perth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	Harry Mann	1,356	49.7	-6.9
	Labor	Herbert Swan	805	29.5	-3.6
	Independent	Percy Brunton	293	10.7	+10.7
	Independent	Thomas Molloy	273	10.0	+10.0
Total formal votes			2,727	97.1	+0.5
Informal votes			82	2.9	-0.5
Turnout			2,809	62.9	+8.5
After distribution of preferences
	Nationalist	Harry Mann	1,504	55.1
	Labor	Herbert Swan	872	32.0
	Independent	Percy Brunton	351	12.9
	Nationalist hold		Swing	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National Labor	Joseph Davies	2,621	49.2	+17.3
	Labor	William Johnson	2,454	46.0	+2.9
	National Labor	Henry Berry	256	4.8	+4.8
Total formal votes			5,331	98.2	+0.3
Informal votes			98	1.8	-0.3
Turnout			5,429	69.9	+4.1
Two-candidate-preferred result
	National Labor	Joseph Davies	2,819	52.9	-2.5
	Labor	William Johnson	2,512	47.1	+2.5
	National Labor hold		Swing	-2.5

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Selby Munsie	792	67.0	+7.2
	National Labor	Walter Openshaw	390	33.0	-3.3
Total formal votes			1,182	99.1	+1.4
Informal votes			11	0.9	-1.4
Turnout			1,193	73.2	+5.3
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Charles Maley	304	28.3	-71.7
	Country	William Mitchell	296	27.6	+27.6
	Country	Henry Carson	143	13.3	+13.3
	Country	Frederick Gill	116	10.8	+10.8
	Independent	William Clarke	80	7.5	+7.5
	Country	Edward Lang	74	6.9	+6.9
	Country	Henry Carr	60	5.6	+5.6
Total formal votes			1,073	96.4
Informal votes			40	3.6
Turnout			1,113	47.7
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Country	Charles Maley	571	53.2	-46.8
	Country	William Mitchell	502	46.8	+46.8
	Country hold		Swing	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Thomas Walker	470	63.3	+5.2
	Nationalist	Frederick Campbell	273	36.7	+30.1
Total formal votes			743	99.7	+2.6
Informal votes			2	0.3	-2.6
Turnout			745	60.0	+6.6
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Alec Thomson	1,258	74.6	+8.3
	Labor	Washington Mather	428	25.4	+25.4
Total formal votes			1,686	99.6	+1.9
Informal votes			6	0.6	-1.9
Turnout			1,692	55.0	-7.0
	Country hold		Swing	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Michael Durack	378	51.0	-21.5
	Labor	Charles Cornish	247	33.3	+15.1
	Independent	William Willesee	116	15.7	+15.7
Total formal votes			741	99.3	+2.1
Informal votes			5	0.7	-2.1
Turnout			746	65.2	+12.9
	Country gain from Nationalist		Swing	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National Labor	John Mullany	298	52.0	-10.4
	Labor	Edward Gaynor	275	48.0	+10.4
Total formal votes			573	99.0	+0.1
Informal votes			6	1.0	-0.1
Turnout			579	79.4	+2.9
	National Labor hold		Swing	-10.4

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	James Denton	561	46.9	+46.9
	Country	Henry Lefroy	376	31.4	-68.6
	Country	Victor Spencer	260	21.7	+21.7
Total formal votes			1,197	97.3
Informal votes			33	2.7
Turnout			1,230	45.9
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Country	James Denton	707	59.1	+59.1
	Country	Henry Lefroy	490	40.9	-59.1
	Country gain from Nationalist		Swing	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Thomas Heron	465	57.9	+19.4
	National Labor	Sydney Fowler	338	42.1	-19.4
Total formal votes			803	99.4	-0.3
Informal votes			5	0.6	+0.3
Turnout			808	79.2	-4.7
	Labor gain from National Labor		Swing	+19.4

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Michael Troy	710	80.1	-19.9
	Nationalist	William Woodgate	114	12.8	+12.8
	Country	Louis Dewar	63	7.1	+7.1
Total formal votes			887	98.7
Informal votes			12	1.3
Turnout			899	72.4
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Results_of_the_Western_Australian_state_election,_1921_(Legislative_Assembly)

Results by Electoral district

Albany

Avon

Beverley

Boulder

Brownhill-Ivanhoe

Bunbury

Canning

Claremont

Collie

Coolgardie

Cue

East Perth

Forrest

Fremantle

Gascoyne

Geraldton

Greenough

Guildford

Hannans

Irwin

Kalgoorlie

Kanowna

Katanning

Kimberley

Leederville

Menzies

Moore

Mount Leonora

Mount Magnet

Mount Margaret

Murchison

Murray-Wellington

Nelson

North Perth

North-East Fremantle

Northam

Perth

Pilbara

Pingelly

Roebourne

South Fremantle

Subiaco

Sussex

Swan

Toodyay

Wagin

West Perth

Williams-Narrogin

Yilgarn

York

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National Labor	George Taylor	unopposed
	National Labor hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	William Marshall	455	55.2	-8.7
	Nationalist	Joseph Bryant	198	24.0	+24.0
	Country	James Chesson	171	20.7	+20.7
Total formal votes			824	97.7	-1.6
Informal votes			19	2.3	+1.6
Turnout			843	73.0	+14.7
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	William George	881	56.3	-3.7
	Country	James Paterson	380	24.3	-15.7
	Independent	Caleb Joyce	303	19.4	+19.4
Total formal votes			1,564	98.4	-1.1
Informal votes			26	1.6	+1.1
Turnout			1,590	60.0	-5.3
	Nationalist hold		Swing	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Francis Willmott	823	40.7	-12.4
	Independent Country	John Smith	709	35.1	-11.8
	Labor	Thomas Ryan	488	24.2	+24.2
Total formal votes			2,020	97.8	-1.7
Informal votes			45	2.2	+1.7
Turnout			2,065	63.1	-1.6
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Independent Country	John Smith	1,130	55.9	+9.0
	Country	Francis Willmott	890	44.1	-9.0
	Independent Country gain from Country		Swing	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	James Mitchell	1,051	58.1	-41.9
	Labor	Louis Grieve	758	41.9	+41.9
Total formal votes			1,809	99.2
Informal votes			14	0.8
Turnout			1,823	73.2
	Nationalist hold		Swing	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Henry Underwood	241	64.4	-35.6
	Labor	Arthur Edwards	133	35.6	+35.6
Total formal votes			374	98.7
Informal votes			5	98.7
Turnout			379	58.1
	Independent gain from National Labor		Swing	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Henry Hickmott	816	69.0	-35.7
	Country	Harrie Seward	207	17.5	+17.5
	Country	Harry Gayfer	159	13.4	+13.4
Total formal votes			1,182	98.2	+1.8
Informal votes			22	1.8	-1.8
Turnout			1,204	52.7	-9.1
	Country hold		Swing	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	Frederick Teesdale	246	74.8	-3.1
	Labor	Thomas Daley	47	14.3	-7.8
	Independent	Richard Hancock	36	10.9	+10.9
Total formal votes			329	98.5	-1.2
Informal votes			5	1.5	+1.2
Turnout			334	57.6	+8.9
	Nationalist hold		Swing	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Alick McCallum	1,741	48.3	+48.3
	Nationalist	William Watson	1,531	42.5	+42.5
	Independent Labor	Samuel Rocke	332	9.2	–40.9
Total formal votes			3,604	97.9	–0.6
Informal votes			78	2.1	+0.6
Turnout			3,682	78.9	+13.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Alick McCallum	1,849	51.3	+51.3
	Nationalist	William Watson	1,755	48.7	+48.7
	Labor gain from Independent Labor		Swing	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National Labor	Walter Richardson	2,020	41.0	+41.0
	Labor	Arthur Ramsbottom	1,686	34.2	-65.8
	Nationalist	Samuel Brown	1,218	24.7	+24.7
Total formal votes			4,924	98.5
Informal votes			73	1.5
Turnout			4,997	63.8
Two-party-preferred result
	National Labor	Walter Richardson	2,985	60.6	+60.6
	Labor	Arthur Ramsbottom	1,939	39.4	-60.6
	National Labor gain from Labor		Swing	N/A