Electoral results for the district of Mount Margaret

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

Members for Mount Margaret

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Members Party Term
  George Taylor Labor 1901–1917
  National Labor 1917–1924
  Nationalist 1924–1930

Election results

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Elections in the 1920s

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1927 Western Australian state election: Mount Margaret[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist George Taylor 212 55.1 +0.2
Labor Martin Hartigan 173 44.9 −0.2
Total formal votes 385 98.5 −1.2
Informal votes 6 1.5 +1.2
Turnout 391 80.1 +5.1
Nationalist hold Swing +0.2
1924 Western Australian state election: Mount Margaret
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National Labor George Taylor 207 54.9 −45.1
Labor Patrick Maher 170 45.1 +45.1
Total formal votes 377 99.7
Informal votes 1 0.3
Turnout 378 75.0
National Labor hold Swing N/A
1921 Western Australian state election: Mount Margaret
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National Labor George Taylor unopposed
National Labor hold Swing

Elections in the 1910s

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1917 Western Australian state election: Mount Margaret
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National Labor George Taylor 513 63.3 –36.7
Labor George McLeod 298 36.7 +36.7
Total formal votes 811 99.1 n/a
Informal votes 7 0.9 n/a
Turnout 818 75.2 n/a
National Labor hold Swing –36.7
  • Taylor had been elected unopposed at the 1914 election.
1914 Western Australian state election: Mount Margaret
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor George Taylor unopposed
Labor hold Swing
1911 Western Australian state election: Mount Margaret
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor George Taylor unopposed
Labor hold Swing

Elections in the 1900s

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1908 Western Australian state election: Mount Margaret
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour George Taylor 1,085 71.6 +17.7
Ministerialist Andrew Faulds 431 28.3 +4.7
Total formal votes 1,516 99.4 +0.4
Informal votes 9 0.6 −0.4
Turnout 1,525 65.8 +36.1
Labour hold Swing N/A
1905 Western Australian state election: Mount Margaret
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour George Taylor 738 53.9 –46.1
Ministerialist John Smith 323 23.6 +23.6
Labour Thomas Campbell 309 22.5 +22.5
Total formal votes 1,370 99.0 n/a
Informal votes 14 1.0 n/a
Turnout 1,384 29.7 n/a
Labour hold Swing –46.1
1904 Western Australian state election: Mount Margaret
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour George Taylor unopposed
Labour hold Swing
1901 Western Australian state election: Mount Margaret
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour George Taylor 771 52.1 +52.1
Opposition George Hall 709 47.9 +47.9
Total formal votes 1,480 99.1 n/a
Informal votes 14 0.9 n/a
Turnout 1,494 54.9 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.