Electoral results for the district of Leederville

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

Members for Leederville

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Member Party Term
  Frederick Gill Labor 1911–1914
  John Veryard Liberal 1914–1917
  Nationalist 1917–1921
  Lionel Carter Nationalist 1921–1924
  Harry Millington Labor 1924–1930
  Alexander Panton Labor 1930–1951
  Ted Johnson Labor 1952–1959
  Guy Henn LCL 1959–1962

Election results

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Elections in the 1950s

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1959 Western Australian state election: Leederville[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal and Country Guy Henn 3,991 46.5 −2.7
Labor Ted Johnson 3,497 40.8 −10.0
Democratic Labor John Antill 1,089 12.7 +12.7
Total formal votes 8,577 98.2 −0.1
Informal votes 158 1.8 +0.1
Turnout 8,735 94.3 +0.5
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal and Country Guy Henn 4,951 57.7 +8.5
Labor Ted Johnson 3,626 42.3 −8.5
Liberal and Country gain from Labor Swing +8.5
1956 Western Australian state election: Leederville
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Ted Johnson 4,353 50.8
Liberal and Country Les Nimmo 4,217 49.2
Total formal votes 8,570 98.3
Informal votes 144 1.7
Turnout 8,714 93.8
Labor hold Swing
1953 Western Australian state election: Leederville
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Ted Johnson 4,067 56.0 +3.9
Liberal and Country Jessie Robertson 3,193 44.0 −3.9
Total formal votes 7,260 98.2 +0.1
Informal votes 130 1.8 −0.1
Turnout 7,390 94.8 +3.4
Labor hold Swing +3.9
1952 Leederville state by-election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Ted Johnson 3,902 54.6 +2.5
Liberal and Country George Melville 3,247 45.4 −2.5
Total formal votes 7,149 98.7 +0.6
Informal votes 91 1.3 −0.6
Turnout 7,240 88.1 −3.3
Labor hold Swing +2.5
1950 Western Australian state election: Leederville
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Alexander Panton 3,997 52.1
Liberal and Country George Melville 3,675 47.9
Total formal votes 7,672 98.1
Informal votes 147 1.9
Turnout 7,819 91.4
Labor hold Swing

Elections in the 1940s

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1947 Western Australian state election: Leederville
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Alexander Panton unopposed
Labor hold Swing
1943 Western Australian state election: Leederville
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Alexander Panton 5,349 63.9 +12.0
Nationalist Charles Hammond 3,024 36.1 −1.1
Total formal votes 8,373 97.4 −0.9
Informal votes 222 2.6 +0.9
Turnout 8,595 86.7 −8.9
Labor hold Swing N/A

Elections in the 1930s

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1939 Western Australian state election: Leederville
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Alexander Panton 4,694 51.9 −16.1
Nationalist Walter Goodlet 3,362 37.2 +37.2
Independent James Kelly 991 10.9 +10.9
Total formal votes 9,047 98.3 +0.1
Informal votes 153 1.7 −0.1
Turnout 9,200 95.6 +13.6
Labor hold Swing N/A
1936 Western Australian state election: Leederville
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Alexander Panton 3,688 58.3 −0.1
Nationalist Charles Veryard 2,638 41.7 +20.1
Total formal votes 6,326 98.9 +1.2
Informal votes 67 1.1 −1.2
Turnout 6,393 69.4 −24.3
Labor hold Swing N/A
1933 Western Australian state election: Leederville
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Alexander Panton 4,846 58.4 +10.0
Nationalist Henry Simper 1,791 21.6 +5.8
Nationalist Ernest Caddy 1,660 20.0 +20.0
Total formal votes 8,297 97.7 −1.0
Informal votes 196 2.3 +1.0
Turnout 8,493 93.7 +21.9
Labor hold Swing N/A
  • Preferences were not distributed.
1930 Western Australian state election: Leederville
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Alexander Panton 3,242 48.4
Nationalist George Taylor 1,734 25.9
Nationalist Henry Simper 1,056 15.8
Nationalist Charles Hammond 665 9.9
Total formal votes 6,697 98.7
Informal votes 86 1.3
Turnout 6,783 71.8
After distribution of preferences
Labor Alexander Panton 3,379 50.4
Nationalist George Taylor 2,015 30.1
Nationalist Henry Simper 1,304 19.5
Labor hold Swing

Elections in the 1920s

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1927 Western Australian state election: Leederville
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Harry Millington 5,000 55.4 +2.2
Nationalist John Scaddan 3,320 36.8 −10.0
Ind. Nationalist Christina Blake 711 7.9 +7.9
Total formal votes 9,031 97.4 −1.9
Informal votes 243 2.6 +1.9
Turnout 9,274 77.9 +20.2
Labor hold Swing N/A
  • Preferences were not distributed.
1924 Western Australian state election: Leederville
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Harry Millington 3,177 53.2 +16.5
Nationalist Lionel Carter 2,793 46.8 +20.8
Total formal votes 5,970 99.3 +2.1
Informal votes 42 0.7 −2.1
Turnout 6,012 57.7 −4.6
Labor gain from Nationalist Swing +10.1
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

Elections in the 1910s

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1917 Western Australian state election: Leederville
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National Liberal John Veryard 2,129 55.2 +55.2
Nationalist Sidney Gibson 1,726 44.8 +44.8
Total formal votes 3,855 99.1 +0.8
Informal votes 33 0.9 –0.8
Turnout 3,888 49.9 –7.1
National Liberal hold Swing N/A
  • Veryard's designation at the 1914 election was simply "Liberal", rather than "National Liberal".
1914 Western Australian state election: Leederville
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Frederick Gill 2,326 46.9 −11.0
Liberal John Veryard 1,480 29.8 +2.9
Liberal Osmond Fry 1,153 23.2 +23.2
Total formal votes 4,959 98.3 +1.4
Informal votes 86 1.7 −1.4
Turnout 5,045 57.0 −24.7
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal John Veryard 2,520 50.8
Labor Frederick Gill 2,439 49.2
Liberal gain from Labor Swing N/A
1911 Western Australian state election: Leederville
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Frederick Gill 2,192 57.9
Ministerialist John Veryard 1,019 26.9
Ministerialist William Mitchell 531 14.0
Ministerialist Joseph Elliott 43 1.1
Total formal votes 3,785 96.9
Informal votes 119 3.1
Turnout 3,904 81.7
Labor hold Swing
  • Preferences were not distributed.

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.