Electoral results for the district of Claremont

This is a list of electoral results for the Electoral district of Claremont in Western Australian state elections.

Members for Claremont

Member		Party	Term
	William Sayer	Ministerial	1901–1902
	John Foulkes	Ministerial	1902–1911
	Evan Wisdom	Liberal	1911–1917
	John Stewart	Nationalist	1917–1918
	Thomas Duff	Nationalist	1918–1921
	John Thomson	Nationalist	1921–1924
		Ind. Nationalist	1924
	Charles North	Nationalist	1924–1945
		Liberal	1945–1949
		LCL	1949–1956
	Bill Crommelin	LCL	1956–1968

Election results

Elections in the 1960s

1965 Western Australian state election: Claremont

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal and Country	Harold Crommelin	7,171	77.0	+8.8
	Labor	John Henshaw	2,141	23.0	+23.0
Total formal votes			9,312	97.2	−0.4
Informal votes			265	2.8	+0.4
Turnout			9,577	91.1	−0.1
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing	+8.8

1962 Western Australian state election: Claremont

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal and Country	Harold Crommelin	6,243	68.2
	Independent Liberal	John Smith	2,908	31.8
Total formal votes			9,151	97.6
Informal votes			229	2.4
Turnout			9,380	91.2
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing

Elections in the 1950s

1959 Western Australian state election: Claremont

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal and Country	Harold Crommelin	unopposed
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing

1956 Western Australian state election: Claremont

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal and Country	Harold Crommelin	3,239	41.5
	Liberal and Country	Laurence Snook	2,618	33.5
	Liberal and Country	Charles North	1,948	25.0
Total formal votes			7,805	93.5
Informal votes			541	6.5
Turnout			8,346	91.2
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Liberal and Country	Harold Crommelin	4,295	55.0
	Liberal and Country	Laurence Snook	3,510	45.0
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing

1953 Western Australian state election: Claremont

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal and Country	Charles North	5,636	63.9	−36.1
	Labor	Clifton Scott	3,185	36.1	+36.1
Total formal votes			8,821	98.9
Informal votes			98	1.1
Turnout			8,919	92.9
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing	N/A

1950 Western Australian state election: Claremont

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal and Country	Charles North	unopposed
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing

Elections in the 1940s

1947 Western Australian state election: 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

1943 Western Australian state election: Claremont

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	Eric Gillett	2,409	33.6	+33.6
	Nationalist	Charles North	2,398	33.4	−66.6
	Labor	John Vivian	2,372	33.0	+33.0
Total formal votes			7,179	97.5
Informal votes			182	2.5
Turnout			7,361	91.8
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Nationalist	Charles North	4,062	56.6	−43.4
	Nationalist	Eric Gillett	3,117	43.4	+43.4
	Nationalist hold		Swing	N/A

Elections in the 1930s

1939 Western Australian state election: Claremont

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	Charles North	unopposed
	Nationalist hold		Swing

1936 Western Australian state election: Claremont

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	Charles North	2,118	51.0	+8.5
	Nationalist	Donald Cleland	2,039	49.0	+19.6
Total formal votes			4,157	98.6	+2.9
Informal votes			59	1.4	−2.9
Turnout			4,216	63.6	−28.0
	Nationalist hold		Swing	N/A

1933 Western Australian state election: Claremont

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	Charles North	2,448	42.5	−17.4
	Nationalist	Donald Cleland	1,697	29.4	+29.4
	Nationalist	Clarence Briggs	1,619	28.1	+28.1
Total formal votes			5,764	95.7	−3.5
Informal votes			258	4.3	+3.5
Turnout			6,022	91.6	+31.4
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Nationalist	Charles North	3,071	53.3
	Nationalist	Donald Cleland	2,693	46.7
	Nationalist hold		Swing	N/A

1930 Western Australian state election: Claremont

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	Charles North	2,309	59.9
	Independent	Ada Bromham	1,548	40.1
Total formal votes			3,857	99.2
Informal votes			31	0.8
Turnout			3,888	60.2
	Nationalist hold		Swing

Elections in the 1920s

1927 Western Australian state election: Claremont

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	Charles North	4,029	57.0	+23.1
	Labor	Theodore Morgan	3,036	43.0	+6.4
Total formal votes			7,065	99.3	+0.7
Informal votes			50	0.7	−0.7
Turnout			7,115	66.3	−1.7
	Nationalist hold		Swing	−1.8

1924 Western Australian state election: Claremont

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	George Dennis	2,086	36.6	+15.0
	Nationalist	Charles North	1,933	33.9	+3.8
	Ind. Nationalist	John Thomson	1,686	29.5	+29.5
Total formal votes			5,705	98.6	+0.6
Informal votes			78	1.4	−0.6
Turnout			5,783	68.0	−10.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Nationalist	Charles North	3,356	58.8	+2.4
	Labor	George Dennis	2,349	41.2	−2.4
	Nationalist hold		Swing	+2.4

1921 Western Australian state election: Claremont

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

Elections in the 1910s

1918 Claremont state by-election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	Thomas Duff	1,279	37.5
	Independent	Joseph Langsford	852	25.0
	Independent	George Stevens	796	23.3
	Independent	Percy Brunton	253	7.4
	Independent	Harold Tuckfield	230	6.7
Total formal votes			3,410	96.8	−1.3
Informal votes			113	3.2	+1.3
Turnout			3,523	53.6	−9.6
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Nationalist	Thomas Duff	1,852	54.3
	Independent	Joseph Langsford	1,558	45.7
	Nationalist hold		Swing	N/A

1917 Western Australian state election: Claremont

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	Samuel MacAulay	1,471	36.6	+36.6
	Nationalist	John Stewart	1,431	35.6	+35.6
	Nationalist	George Stevens	678	16.9	+16.9
	Nationalist	Thomas Briggs	444	11.0	+11.0
Total formal votes			4,024	98.1	–1.5
Informal votes			74	1.8	+1.5
Turnout			4,098	63.2	+8.0
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Nationalist	John Stewart	2,013	50.0	+50.0
	Nationalist	Samuel MacAulay	2,011	50.0	+50.0
	Nationalist hold		Swing	N/A

1914 Western Australian state election: Claremont

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Evan Wisdom	2,261	57.0	+28.4
	Liberal	Joseph Langsford	1,705	43.0	+16.5
Total formal votes			3,966	99.6	+0.3
Informal votes			15	0.4	−0.3
Turnout			3,981	55.2	−28.3
	Liberal hold		Swing	N/A

1911 Western Australian state election: Claremont

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Reginald Burchell	1,648	44.9
	Ministerialist	Evan Wisdom	1,050	28.6
	Ministerialist	Joseph Langsford	975	26.5
Total formal votes			3,673	99.3
Informal votes			24	0.7
Turnout			3,697	83.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Ministerialist	Evan Wisdom	1,867	50.8
	Labor	Reginald Burchell	1,806	49.2
	Ministerialist hold		Swing

Elections in the 1900s

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

1905 Western Australian state election: Claremont

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ministerialist	John Foulkes	1,064	71.3	–11.1
	Ministerialist	James Weir	428	28.7	+28.7
Total formal votes			1,492	99.3	+2.0
Informal votes			10	0.7	–2.0
Turnout			1,502	45.6	–13.9
	Ministerialist hold		Swing	N/A

1904 Western Australian state election: Claremont

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ministerialist	John Foulkes	1,553	82.4	+41.0
	Labour	Walter Abbott	331	17.6	+17.6
Total formal votes			1,884	97.3	–1.4
Informal votes			53	2.7	+1.4
Turnout			1,937	59.5	+8.7
	Ministerialist hold		Swing	N/A

1902 Claremont state by-election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Opposition	John Foulkes	634	41.4	+41.4
	Ministerialist	Frank Wilson	318	20.8	+20.8
	Opposition	Joseph Langsford	297	19.4	–15.0
	Opposition	Richard Pennefather	182	11.9	+11.9
	Ministerialist	George Temple-Poole	99	6.5	+6.5
Total formal votes			1,530	98.7	–0.5
Informal votes			20	1.3	+0.5
Turnout			1,550	50.8	–2.1
	Opposition hold		Swing	N/A

1901 Western Australian state election: Claremont

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ministerialist	William Sayer	551	38.1	+38.1
	Opposition	Joseph Langsford	497	34.4	+34.4
	Opposition	Andrew Henning	397	27.5	+27.5
Total formal votes			1,445	99.2	n/a
Informal votes			11	0.8	n/a
Turnout			1,456	52.9	n/a
	Ministerialist win		(new seat)