Results of the Western Australian state election, 1947 (Legislative Assembly)

Western Australian state election, 15 March 1947
Legislative Assembly
<< 1943–1950 >>

Enrolled voters 194,270[1]
Votes cast 166,905 Turnout 85.91% –0.63%
Informal votes 3,415 Informal 2.05% –0.43%
Summary of votes by party
Party Primary votes % Swing Seats Change
  Labor 64,377 39.38% –3.90% 23 – 7
  Liberal 57,621 35.24% +10.96% 13 + 6
  Country 26,416 16.16% +3.74% 12 + 2
  Ind. Nat.[2] 2,321 1.42% 1 ± 0
  Communist 1,641 1.00% +0.60% 0 ± 0
  Progressive 701 0.48% +0.48% 0 ± 0
  Independent 10,324 6.31% –4.07% 1 ± 0
Total 163,490     50  

This is a list of electoral district results of the 1947 Western Australian election.

Results by Electoral district

Albany

Western Australian state election, 1947: Albany[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Country Leonard Hill 2,141 49.6 -5.0
Labor William Martin 2,090 48.4 +3.0
Progressive (WA) Egbert Shenton 89 2.1 +2.1
Total formal votes 4,320 99.2 +1.0
Informal votes 33 0.8 -1.0
Turnout 4,353 91.3 +7.7
Two-party-preferred result
Country Leonard Hill 2,195 50.8 -3.8
Labor William Martin 2,125 49.2 +3.8
Country hold Swing -3.8

Avon

Western Australian state election, 1947: Avon
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Country George Cornell 1,529 50.7 +1.0
Labor William Telfer 1,487 49.3 -1.0
Total formal votes 3,016 98.8 +1.0
Informal votes 38 1.2 -1.0
Turnout 3,054 85.7 -1.9
Country gain from Labor Swing +1.0

Beverley

Western Australian state election, 1947: Beverley
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Country James Mann 2,260 76.0 +16.4
Independent John Wilkinson 713 24.0 +15.8
Total formal votes 2,973 98.3 -0.2
Informal votes 52 1.7 +0.2
Turnout 3,025 84.0 -2.1
Country hold Swing N/A

Boulder

Western Australian state election, 1947: Boulder
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Philip Collier unopposed
Labor hold Swing

Brown Hill-Ivanhoe

Western Australian state election, 1947: Brown Hill-Ivanhoe
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Frederick Smith unopposed
Labor hold Swing

Bunbury

Western Australian state election, 1947: Bunbury
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor John Kirke 2,370 45.4 -10.1
Liberal James Murray 1,517 29.0 +29.0
Country Albert Scott 1,338 25.6 -18.9
Total formal votes 5,225 98.7 +0.5
Informal votes 69 1.3 -0.5
Turnout 5,294 90.9 +5.1
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal James Murray 2,658 50.9 +6.4
Labor John Kirke 2,567 49.1 -6.4
Liberal gain from Labor Swing +6.4

Canning

Western Australian state election, 1947: Canning
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal George Yates 7,278 56.0 +25.6
Labor Charles Cross 5,714 44.0 -6.1
Total formal votes 12,992 96.9 +0.2
Informal votes 388 3.1 -0.2
Turnout 13,380 87.1 -1.4
Liberal gain from Labor Swing N/A

Claremont

Western Australian state election, 1947: Claremont
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Charles North 5,092 65.0 +31.6
Labor William Carmody 2,736 35.0 +2.0
Total formal votes 7,828 98.6 +1.1
Informal votes 107 1.4 -1.1
Turnout 7,935 87.7 -4.1
Liberal hold Swing N/A

Collie

Western Australian state election, 1947: Collie
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Harry May unopposed
Labor hold Swing

East Perth

Western Australian state election, 1947: East Perth
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Herb Graham 3,731 57.8 -42.2
Independent Liberal James Collins 2,321 36.0 +36.0
Communist Henry Mountjoy 398 6.2 +6.2
Total formal votes 6,450 96.9
Informal votes 209 3.1
Turnout 6,659 86.9
Labor hold Swing N/A
  • Preferences were not distributed.

Forrest

Western Australian state election, 1947: Forrest
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Alfred Reynolds 1,572 48.9 -51.1
Liberal David Johnstone 1,209 37.6 +37.6
Country Keith Porteous 437 13.6 +13.6
Total formal votes 3,218 98.0
Informal votes 65 2.0
Turnout 3,283 81.8
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Alfred Reynolds 1,644 51.1 -48.9
Liberal David Johnstone 1,574 48.9 +48.9
Labor hold Swing N/A

Fremantle

Western Australian state election, 1947: Fremantle
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Joseph Sleeman unopposed
Labor hold Swing

Gascoyne

Western Australian state election, 1947: Gascoyne
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Frank Wise unopposed
Labor hold Swing

Geraldton

Western Australian state election, 1947: Geraldton
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Bill Sewell 1,874 47.7 -22.7
Country Edmund Hall 1,154 29.4 +29.4
Liberal Harold Daffen 903 23.0 +23.0
Total formal votes 3,931 99.2 +1.2
Informal votes 32 0.8 -1.2
Turnout 3,963 87.7 +0.9
Two-party-preferred result
Country Edmund Hall 1,971 50.1 +50.1
Labor Bill Sewell 1,960 49.9 -20.5
Country gain from Labor Swing N/A

Greenough

Western Australian state election, 1947: Greenough
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal David Brand 2,601 66.9 +66.9
Labor Thomas Shanahan 1,286 33.1 -19.7
Total formal votes 3,887 99.1 +0.5
Informal votes 34 0.9 -0.5
Turnout 3,921 82.6 +1.7
Liberal gain from Labor Swing +19.7
  • The Liberal candidate David Brand had won the seat from Labor at the Greenough state by-election, 1945.

Guildford-Midland

Western Australian state election, 1947: Guildford-Midland
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor William Johnson 3,058 46.5 -7.1
Liberal Arthur Thompson 2,272 34.6 +34.6
Communist Alexander Jolly 1,243 18.9 +18.9
Total formal votes 6,573 97.8 +0.1
Informal votes 150 2.2 -0.1
Turnout 6,723 86.8 -3.4
Two-party-preferred result
Labor William Johnson 3,826 58.2
Liberal Arthur Thompson 2,747 41.8
Labor hold Swing N/A

Hannans

Western Australian state election, 1947: Hannans
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor David Leahy unopposed
Labor hold Swing

Irwin-Moore

Western Australian state election, 1947: Irwin-Moore
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Country John Ackland 1,443 52.3 +38.6
Labor Luke Travers 660 23.9 +2.6
Independent Horace Berry 658 23.8 -31.9
Total formal votes 2,761 99.2 +0.8
Informal votes 23 0.8 -0.8
Turnout 2,784 80.3 -1.4
Country gain from Independent Swing N/A
  • Preferences were not distributed.

Kalgoorlie

Western Australian state election, 1947: Kalgoorlie
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Herbert Styants unopposed
Labor hold Swing

Kanowna

Western Australian state election, 1947: Kanowna
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Emil Nulsen unopposed
Labor hold Swing

Katanning

Western Australian state election, 1947: Katanning
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Country Arthur Watts 3,682 78.3 +6.2
Labor John Powell 1,018 21.7 +21.7
Total formal votes 4,700 98.7 +0.3
Informal votes 62 1.3 -0.3
Turnout 4,762 89.8 +4.9
Country hold Swing N/A

Kimberley

Western Australian state election, 1947: Kimberley
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Aubrey Coverley 389 65.3 -12.0
Independent Kimberley Durack 207 34.7 +34.7
Total formal votes 596 98.5 +0.8
Informal votes 9 1.5 -0.8
Turnout 605 70.2 -4.7
Labor hold Swing N/A

Leederville

Western Australian state election, 1947: Leederville
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Alexander Panton unopposed
Labor hold Swing

Maylands

Western Australian state election, 1947: Maylands
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Independent Liberal Harry Shearn unopposed
Independent Liberal hold Swing

Middle Swan

Western Australian state election, 1947: Middle Swan
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor James Hegney 4,933 47.1 -2.0
Liberal Bill Grayden 4,180 39.9 +12.6
Country Mary Hamersley 1,370 13.1 +13.1
Total formal votes 10,483 97.9 +0.6
Informal votes 220 2.1 -0.6
Turnout 10,703 85.1 +0.6
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Bill Grayden 5,267 50.2 +8.3
Labor James Hegney 5,216 49.8 -8.3
Liberal gain from Labor Swing +8.3

Mount Hawthorn

Western Australian state election, 1947: Mount Hawthorn
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Les Nimmo 5,594 45.3 +12.0
Labor William Beadle 5,400 43.8 -22.9
Independent Archibald Cruikshank 920 7.5 +7.5
Country Norman Hard 281 2.3 +2.3
Arthur West 145 1.2 +1.2
Total formal votes 12,340 96.3 -0.7
Informal votes 479 3.7 +0.7
Turnout 12,819 85.6 -3.1
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Les Nimmo 6,313 51.2 +17.9
Labor William Beadle 6,027 48.8 -17.9
Liberal gain from Labor Swing +17.9

Mount Magnet

Western Australian state election, 1947: Mount Magnet
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Lucien Triat unopposed
Labor hold Swing

Mount Marshall

Western Australian state election, 1947: Mount Marshall
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Country Hugh Leslie unopposed
Country hold Swing

Murchison

Western Australian state election, 1947: Murchison
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor William Marshall unopposed
Labor hold Swing

Murray-Wellington

Western Australian state election, 1947: Murray-Wellington
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Ross McLarty unopposed
Liberal hold Swing

Nedlands

Western Australian state election, 1947: Nedlands
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Norbert Keenan 9,210 73.5 +1.4
Independent Labor William Williams 3,318 26.5 +26.5
Total formal votes 12,528 97.9 +0.5
Informal votes 264 2.1 -0.5
Turnout 12,792 82.6 -1.9
Liberal hold Swing N/A

Nelson

Western Australian state election, 1947: Nelson
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Ernest Hoar 3,173 59.0 +8.8
Liberal Edward Cummins 2,204 41.0 -8.8
Total formal votes 5,377 98.9 +0.7
Informal votes 62 1.1 -0.7
Turnout 5,439 85.9 +2.3
Labor hold Swing +8.8

Northam

Western Australian state election, 1947: Northam
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Albert Hawke 2,245 56.2 -13.7
Country Norm Baxter 1,753 43.8 +13.7
Total formal votes 3,998 98.7 +0.3
Informal votes 53 1.3 -0.3
Turnout 4,051 80.0 -5.4
Labor hold Swing +13.7

North Perth

Western Australian state election, 1947: North Perth
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Arthur Abbott 3,308 60.0 +19.6
Labor William Deal 2,203 40.0 -2.5
Total formal votes 5,511 97.7 +0.8
Informal votes 127 2.3 -0.8
Turnout 5,638 87.3 -7.9
Liberal hold Swing +6.1

North-East Fremantle

Western Australian state election, 1947: North-East Fremantle
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor John Tonkin unopposed
Labor hold Swing

Perth

Western Australian state election, 1947: Perth
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Edward Needham 3,418 52.7 -6.7
Liberal Stanley Perry 2,507 38.7 +17.1
Independent Carlyle Ferguson 556 8.6 +8.6
Total formal votes 6,481 96.8 +0.4
Informal votes 214 3.2 -0.4
Turnout 6,695 86.1 -0.6
Labor hold Swing N/A
  • Preferences were not distributed.

Pilbara

Western Australian state election, 1947: Pilbara
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Bill Hegney 235* 50.1 -14.6
Independent Leonard Taplin 234 49.9 +49.9
Total formal votes 468 97.5 +0.8
Informal votes 12 2.5 -0.8
Turnout 480 73.6 -5.3
Labor hold Swing N/A
  • Includes the casting vote of the returning officer. The result was challenged and resulted in the Pilbara state by-election, 1947.

Pingelly

Western Australian state election, 1947: Pingelly
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Country Harrie Seward 2,108 70.2 +2.4
Independent Percy Munday 896 29.8 -2.4
Total formal votes 3,004 98.9 +0.2
Informal votes 34 1.1 -0.2
Turnout 3,038 77.6 -2.6
Country hold Swing +2.4

Roebourne

Western Australian state election, 1947: Roebourne
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Alec Rodoreda unopposed
Labor hold Swing

South Fremantle

Western Australian state election, 1947: South Fremantle
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Thomas Fox unopposed
Labor hold Swing

Subiaco

Western Australian state election, 1947: Subiaco
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Florence Cardell-Oliver 4,450 62.7 +4.0
Labor Percival Potter 2,651 37.3 -4.0
Total formal votes 7,101 98.2 +0.7
Informal votes 129 1.8 -0.7
Turnout 7,230 90.6 -3.2
Liberal hold Swing +4.0

Sussex

Western Australian state election, 1947: Sussex
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal William Willmott 2,531 64.3 +2.0
Labor Robert Hearne 1,407 35.7 -2.0
Total formal votes 3,938 98.9 +1.0
Informal votes 44 1.1 -1.0
Turnout 3,982 87.2 -0.1
Liberal hold Swing +2.0

Swan

Western Australian state election, 1947: Swan
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Gerald Wild 2,765 44.8 +44.8
Independent Ray Owen 2,653 43.0 +43.0
Country Edward Parker 751 12.2 -50.5
Total formal votes 6,169 97.0 +0.6
Informal votes 193 3.0 -0.6
Turnout 6,362 85.4 -7.6
Two-candidate-preferred result
Liberal Gerald Wild 3,135 50.8 +50.8
Independent Ray Owen 3,034 49.2 +49.2
Liberal gain from Country Swing N/A
  • Swan was won in a by-election by Independent candidate Ray Owen upon the death of sitting Country member Richard Sampson.

Toodyay

Western Australian state election, 1947: Toodyay
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Country Lindsay Thorn unopposed
Country hold Swing

Victoria Park

Western Australian state election, 1947: Victoria Park
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Independent William Read 4,939 55.1 +55.1
Labor Charles Johnson 4,024 44.9 -21.3
Total formal votes 8,963 98.1 +0.7
Informal votes 171 1.9 -0.7
Turnout 9,134 88.9 -2.4
Independent gain from Labor Swing N/A
  • Victoria Park was won by the Independent member William Read at the 1945 by-election upon the death of the sitting Labor member Howard Stirling.

Wagin

Western Australian state election, 1947: Wagin
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Country Crawford Nalder 928 26.6 +26.6
Labor Eric Kealley 882 25.3 +0.8
Country Archibald Irving 851 24.4 +24.4
Country Gerald Piesse 830 23.8 +1.5
Total formal votes 3,491 97.3 -0.7
Informal votes 96 2.7 +0.7
Turnout 3,587 86.0 -0.9
Two-candidate-preferred result
Country Crawford Nalder 1,953 55.9 +55.9
Country Archibald Irving 1,538 44.1 +44.1
Country hold Swing N/A

West Perth

Western Australian state election, 1947: West Perth
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Robert McDonald unopposed
Liberal hold Swing

Williams-Narrogin

Western Australian state election, 1947: Williams-Narrogin
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Country Victor Doney 1,939 70.5 +3.9
Labor Moses Mowday 813 29.5 -3.9
Total formal votes 2,752 99.2 +0.6
Informal votes 21 0.8 -0.6
Turnout 2,773 84.5 -0.3
Country hold Swing +3.9

Yilgarn-Coolgardie

Western Australian state election, 1947: Yilgarn-Coolgardie
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Lionel Kelly unopposed
Labor hold Swing

York

Western Australian state election, 1947: York
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Country Charles Perkins 1,621 67.1 +32.5
Labor Colin Thorn 794 32.9 +5.5
Total formal votes 2,415 99.0 +0.2
Informal votes 25 1.0 -0.2
Turnout 2,440 85.0 -6.2
Country hold Swing +8.9

See also

References

  1. ↑ Prescott, David Black with the assistance of 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.
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