Results of the Western Australian colonial election, 1897

Western Australian state election, 1897[1]
Legislative Assembly

Enrolled voters 17,114
Votes cast 9,016 Turnout 52.68%
Informal votes 279 Informal 3.09%
Summary of votes by party
Party Primary votes % Swing Seats Change
  Ministerial 4,351 49.80% 29 + 10
  Opposition 2,390 27.35% 8 – 5
  Independent 1,613 18.46% 6 + 5
  Labor 383 4.38% +4.38% 1 + 1
Total 8,737     44  

This is a list of electoral district results of the 1897 Western Australian election.

Results by Electoral district

Albany

Western Australian colonial election, 1897: Albany
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Opposition George Leake unopposed
Opposition hold Swing

Ashburton

Western Australian colonial election, 1897: Ashburton
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Ministerial Septimus Burt unopposed
Ministerial hold Swing

Beverley

Western Australian colonial election, 1897: Beverley
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Ministerial Charles Harper 90 63.4
Opposition James Dempster 52 36.6
Total formal votes 142 96.6
Informal votes 5 3.4
Turnout 147 54.7
Ministerial hold Swing

Bunbury

Western Australian colonial election, 1897: Bunbury
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Ministerial John Forrest unopposed
Ministerial hold Swing

Canning

Western Australian colonial election, 1897: Canning
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Opposition Frank Wilson 90 48.1
Ministerial William Gibbs 41 21.9
Ministerial Edward Rodoreda 29 15.5
Independent National William Stubbs 14 7.5
Opposition Marinus Canning 13 7.0
Total formal votes 187 93.5
Informal votes 13 6.5
Turnout 200 62.3
Opposition hold Swing

Central Murchison

Western Australian colonial election, 1897: Central Murchison
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Opposition Frederick Illingworth 182 59.7
Ministerial Joseph Thompson 97 31.8
Independent Daniel McIntosh 26 8.5
Total formal votes 305 97.8
Informal votes 7 2.2
Turnout 312 43.6
Opposition hold Swing

Coolgardie

Western Australian colonial election, 1897: Coolgardie
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Ministerial Alf Morgans 595 70.8
Opposition Alfred Hales 245 29.2
Total formal votes 840 97.8
Informal votes 19 2.2
Turnout 859 41.3
Ministerial hold Swing

De Grey

Western Australian colonial election, 1897: De Grey
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Ministerial Edward Hooley unopposed
Ministerial hold Swing

Dundas

Western Australian colonial election, 1897: Dundas
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Independent National John Conolly 85 41.7
Opposition Edward Harney 72 35.3
Independent Arthur Austin 47 23.0
Total formal votes 204 94.4
Informal votes 12 5.6
Turnout 216 74.0
Independent National hold Swing

East Coolgardie

Western Australian colonial election, 1897: East Coolgardie
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Ministerial Charles Moran 500 56.1
Independent James Wilkinson 309 34.7
Labour Robert Norman 82 9.2
Total formal votes 891 95.1
Informal votes 46 4.9
Turnout 937 63.1
Ministerial hold Swing

East Fremantle

Western Australian colonial election, 1897: East Fremantle
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Ministerial Joseph Holmes 182 50.8
Opposition Matthew Moss 176 49.2
Total formal votes 358 98.3
Informal votes 6 1.7
Turnout 364 68.0
Ministerial gain from Opposition Swing

East Kimberley

Western Australian colonial election, 1897: East Kimberley
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Ministerial Francis Connor unopposed
Ministerial hold Swing

East Perth

Western Australian colonial election, 1897: East Perth
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Opposition Walter James 246 71.1
Opposition Archibald Sanderson 65 18.8
Independent Nicholas Raven 35 10.1
Total formal votes 346 97.2
Informal votes 10 2.8
Turnout 356 37.5
Opposition hold Swing

Fremantle

Western Australian colonial election, 1897: Fremantle
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Ministerial John Higham unopposed
Ministerial hold Swing

Gascoyne

Western Australian colonial election, 1897: Gascoyne
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Ministerial George Hubble unopposed
Ministerial hold Swing

Geraldton

Western Australian colonial election, 1897: Geraldton
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Opposition George Simpson 146 55.7
Opposition Joseph Thomson 59 22.5
Ministerial Henry Spalding 54 20.6
Opposition James Simpson 3 1.2
Total formal votes 262 97.8
Informal votes 6 2.2
Turnout 268 50.0
Opposition hold Swing

Greenough

Western Australian colonial election, 1897: Greenough
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Independent National Richard Pennefather 73 52.9
Ministerial William Traylen 41 29.7
Ministerial Major Logue 24 17.4
Total formal votes 138 97.9
Informal votes 3 2.1
Turnout 141 78.3
Independent National gain from Ministerial Swing

Irwin

Western Australian colonial election, 1897: Irwin
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Ministerial Samuel J. Phillips unopposed
Ministerial hold Swing

Moore

Western Australian colonial election, 1897: Moore
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Ministerial Henry Lefroy 165 63.2
Ministerial Jeremiah Clune 96 36.8
Total formal votes 261 97.4
Informal votes 7 2.6
Turnout 268 81.5
Ministerial hold Swing

Murchison

Western Australian colonial election, 1897: Murchison
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Ministerial Samuel Mitchell unopposed
Ministerial hold Swing

Murray

Western Australian colonial election, 1897: Murray
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Independent William George 148 57.6
Ministerial William Paterson 109 42.4
Total formal votes 257 98.5
Informal votes 4 1.5
Turnout 261 67.1
Independent hold Swing

Nelson

Western Australian colonial election, 1897: Nelson
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Ministerial James George Lee-Steere unopposed
Ministerial hold Swing

North Coolgardie

Western Australian colonial election, 1897: North Coolgardie
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Independent Henry Gregory 288 54.6
Opposition Hugh Mahon 228 43.3
Independent William Kerr 11 2.1
Total formal votes 527 99.2
Informal votes 4 0.8
Turnout 531 68.8
Independent hold Swing

North Fremantle

Western Australian colonial election, 1897: North Fremantle
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Ministerial Denis Doherty 160 51.4
Opposition James King 84 27.0
Independent Robert Dearle 47 15.1
Independent Rowland Rees 20 6.4
Total formal votes 311 92.6
Informal votes 25 7.4
Turnout 336 33.6
Ministerial hold Swing

North Murchison

Western Australian colonial election, 1897: North Murchison
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Opposition Henry Kenny 52 53.1
Ministerial Frederick Moorhead 46 46.9
Total formal votes 98 98.0
Informal votes 2 2.0
Turnout 100 52.9
Opposition hold Swing

North Perth

Western Australian colonial election, 1897: North Perth
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Charles Oldham 73 30.2
Ministerial James Bennett 69 28.5
Ministerial Horace Stirling 47 19.4
Independent Michael Cavanagh 34 14.1
Independent John Phair 19 7.9
Total formal votes 242 92.7
Informal votes 19 7.3
Turnout 261 62.0
Labour gain from Ministerial Swing

North-East Coolgardie

Western Australian colonial election, 1897: North-East Coolgardie
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Opposition Frederick Vosper 236 43.0
Independent Nathaniel Harper 177 32.2
Opposition John Dwyer 69 12.6
Opposition Archibald Barclay 67 12.2
Total formal votes 549 94.8
Informal votes 30 5.2
Turnout 579 50.7
Opposition hold Swing

Northam

Western Australian colonial election, 1897: Northam
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Ministerial George Throssell unopposed
Ministerial hold Swing

Perth

Western Australian colonial election, 1897: Perth
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Ministerial Lyall Hall 268 50.5
Opposition Stephen Parker 263 49.5
Total formal votes 531 98.3
Informal votes 9 1.7
Turnout 540 45.7
Ministerial hold Swing

Pilbara

Western Australian colonial election, 1897: Pilbara
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Independent Walter Kingsmill 110 68.8
Independent Edward Edgecumbe 50 31.2
Total formal votes 160 98.2
Informal votes 3 1.8
Turnout 163 62.5
Independent hold Swing

Plantagenet

Western Australian colonial election, 1897: Plantagenet
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Ministerial Albert Hassell unopposed
Ministerial hold Swing

Roebourne

Western Australian colonial election, 1897: Roebourne
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Ministerial Horace Sholl unopposed
Ministerial hold Swing

South Fremantle

Western Australian colonial election, 1897: South Fremantle
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Independent Elias Solomon unopposed
Independent hold Swing

South Murchison

Western Australian colonial election, 1897: South Murchison
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Ministerial Cornthwaite Rason 87 40.8
Ministerial Frederick Trude 80 37.6
Independent Malcolm Reid 39 18.3
Opposition John Perryman 7 3.3
Total formal votes 213 98.6
Informal votes 3 1.4
Turnout 216 54.1
Ministerial hold Swing

Sussex

Western Australian colonial election, 1897: Sussex
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Ministerial Ernest Locke 100 43.1
Ministerial Frank Backhouse 71 30.6
Ministerial Joseph Cookworthy 61 26.3
Total formal votes 232 96.3
Informal votes 9 3.7
Turnout 241 81.4
Ministerial hold Swing

Swan

Western Australian colonial election, 1897: Swan
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Independent Norman Ewing 116 38.4
Ministerial William Johnson 91 30.1
Ministerial James Morrison 82 27.2
Ministerial James Huelin 13 4.3
Total formal votes 302 97.4
Informal votes 8 2.6
Turnout 310 51.5
Independent hold Swing

Toodyay

Western Australian colonial election, 1897: Toodyay
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Ministerial Timothy Quinlan 201 63.6
Ministerial Barnard Clarkson 115 36.4
Total formal votes 316 98.4
Informal votes 5 1.6
Turnout 321 82.1
Ministerial hold Swing

Wellington

Western Australian colonial election, 1897: Wellington
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Ministerial Harry Venn unopposed
Ministerial hold Swing

West Kimberley

Western Australian colonial election, 1897: West Kimberley
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Ministerial Alexander Forrest unopposed
Ministerial hold Swing

West Perth

Western Australian colonial election, 1897: West Perth
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Ministerial Barrington Wood 411 53.9
Ministerial Thomas Molloy 260 34.1
Opposition Robert Knox-Peden 91 11.9
Total formal votes 762 98.3
Informal votes 13 1.7
Turnout 775 44.5
Ministerial hold Swing

Williams

Western Australian colonial election, 1897: Williams
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Ministerial Frederick Piesse unopposed
Ministerial hold Swing

Yalgoo

Western Australian colonial election, 1897: Yalgoo
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Independent Frank Wallace 39 50.7
Opposition Henry Mills 35 45.4
Independent Solomon Lowns 3 3.9
Total formal votes 77 100.0
Informal votes 0 0.0
Turnout 77 56.6
Independent hold Swing

Yilgarn

Western Australian colonial election, 1897: Yilgarn
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Independent William Oats 115 50.9
Ministerial Isidor Cohn 89 39.4
Opposition George Leckie 22 9.7
Total formal votes 226 95.4
Informal votes 11 4.6
Turnout 237 47.5
Independent hold Swing

York

Western Australian colonial election, 1897: York
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Ministerial Frederick Monger unopposed
Ministerial hold Swing

See also

References

  1. ↑ Australian Politics and Elections Database, University of Western Australia.
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