Electoral results for the district of Kanowna

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

Members for Kanowna

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Members Party Term
  Robert Hastie Labour 1901–1905
  Thomas Walker Labor 1905–1932
  Emil Nulsen Labor 1932–1950

Election results

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Elections in the 1940s

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1947 Western Australian state election: Kanowna[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Emil Nulsen unopposed
Labor hold Swing
1943 Western Australian state election: Kanowna
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Emil Nulsen unopposed
Labor hold Swing

Elections in the 1930s

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1939 Western Australian state election: Kanowna
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Emil Nulsen unopposed
Labor hold Swing
1936 Western Australian state election: Kanowna
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Emil Nulsen unopposed
Labor hold Swing
1933 Western Australian state election: Kanowna
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Emil Nulsen unopposed
Labor hold Swing
1932 Kanowna state by-election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Emil Nulsen 823 62.6 −10.3
Nationalist William Greenard 312 23.7 +23.7
Liberation League Edward White 179 13.6 +13.6
Total formal votes 1,314 99.1 0.0
Informal votes 12 0.9 0.0
Turnout 1,326 71.6 +12.1
Labor hold Swing N/A
  • Preferences were not distributed.
1930 Western Australian state election: Kanowna
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Thomas Walker 782 72.9
Country Sydney Hayes 291 27.1
Total formal votes 1,073 99.1
Informal votes 10 0.9
Turnout 1,083 59.5
Labor hold Swing

Elections in the 1920s

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1927 Western Australian state election: Kanowna
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Thomas Walker unopposed
Labor hold Swing
1924 Western Australian state election: Kanowna
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Thomas Walker 700 72.3 +9.0
Executive Country Neville Heenan 174 18.0 +18.0
Nationalist Charles Dempster 94 9.7 −27.0
Total formal votes 700 98.6 −1.1
Informal votes 14 1.4 +1.1
Turnout 982 69.3 +9.3
Labor hold Swing N/A
1921 Western Australian state election: Kanowna
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

Elections in the 1910s

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1917 Western Australian state election: Kanowna
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Thomas Walker 598 58.1 –41.9
National Labor John Eastmon 363 35.3 +35.3
Nationalist John Keegan 68 6.6 +6.6
Total formal votes 1,029 97.1 n/a
Informal votes 31 2.9 n/a
Turnout 1,060 53.4 n/a
Labor hold Swing –41.9
1914 Western Australian state election: Kanowna
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Thomas Walker unopposed
Labor hold Swing
1911 Western Australian state election: Kanowna
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Thomas Walker unopposed
Labor hold Swing

Elections in the 1900s

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1908 Western Australian state election: Kanowna
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Thomas Walker 945 82.8 +13.9
Ministerialist Braidwood Evans 196 17.2 −13.9
Total formal votes 1,141 99.4 +0.3
Informal votes 7 0.6 −0.3
Turnout 1,148 56.0 +8.1
Labour hold Swing +13.9
1905 Western Australian state election: Kanowna
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Thomas Walker 965 68.9 –31.1
Ministerialist Henry Field 435 31.1 +31.1
Total formal votes 1,400 99.1 n/a
Informal votes 13 0.9 n/a
Turnout 1,413 47.9 n/a
Labour hold Swing –31.1
1904 Western Australian state election: Kanowna
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Robert Hastie unopposed
Labour hold Swing
1901 Western Australian state election: Kanowna
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Robert Hastie 912 60.0 +60.0
Opposition Charles Mann 155 10.2 +10.2
Opposition John Auldjo 143 9.4 +9.4
Opposition Alfred McKenzie 139 9.1 +9.1
Opposition William McMeikan 118 7.8 +7.8
Opposition Frederick Hancey 53 3.5 +3.5
Total formal votes 1,520 94.1 n/a
Informal votes 95 5.9 n/a
Turnout 1,615 27.8 n/a
Labour win (new seat)

References

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  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.