Electoral results for the district of Nelson

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

Members for Nelson

1947 Western Australian state election: Nelson^[1]
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

1943 Western Australian state election: Nelson
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Ernest Hoar	2,359	50.2	+21.0
	Nationalist	John Smith	2,342	49.8	+25.3
Total formal votes			4,701	98.2	+0.6
Informal votes			87	1.8	−0.6
Turnout			4,788	83.6	−8.8
	Labor gain from Nationalist		Swing	+2.6

1939 Western Australian state election: Nelson
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Roy Pearce	1,527	29.2	+5.0
	Nationalist	John Smith	1,278	24.5	−13.1
	Independent	Clarence Doust	1,119	21.4	−16.8
	Country	William Scott	822	15.7	+15.7
	Ind. Nationalist	Guy Thomson	479	9.2	+9.2
Total formal votes			5,225	97.6	−1.4
Informal votes			128	2.4	+1.4
Turnout			5,353	92.4	+14.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Nationalist	John Smith	2,737	52.4	+9.5
	Labor	Roy Pearce	2,488	47.6	+47.6
	Nationalist gain from Independent		Swing	N/A

1936 Western Australian state election: Nelson
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Clarence Doust	1,609	38.2	+38.2
	Nationalist	John Smith	1,585	37.6	−1.2
	Labor	Thomas Ladhams	1,018	24.2	−13.2
Total formal votes			4,212	99.0	+1.4
Informal votes			44	1.0	−1.4
Turnout			4,256	78.0	−11.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Independent	Clarence Doust	2,406	57.1	+57.1
	Nationalist	John Smith	1,806	42.9	−12.8
	Independent gain from Nationalist		Swing	N/A

1933 Western Australian state election: Nelson
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	John Smith	1,814	38.8	−27.9
	Labor	Walter Toyer	1,748	37.4	+4.1
	Country	William Huggett	569	12.2	+12.2
	Country	Frederick Knapp	549	11.7	+11.7
Total formal votes			4,680	97.6	−1.5
Informal votes			115	2.4	+1.5
Turnout			4,795	89.0	+7.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Nationalist	John Smith	2,607	55.7	−11.0
	Labor	Walter Toyer	2,073	44.3	+11.0
	Nationalist hold		Swing	−11.0

1930 Western Australian state election: Nelson
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Nationalist	John Smith	2,716	66.7
	Labor	Walter Toyer	1,358	33.3
Total formal votes			4,037	99.1
Informal votes			37	0.9
Turnout			4,111	81.7
	Nationalist hold		Swing

1927 Western Australian state election: Nelson
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	John Smith	2,055	50.2	−1.4
	Labor	Dennis Jones	1,211	29.6	−8.9
	Country	William Huggett	829	20.2	+20.2
Total formal votes			4,095	98.2	−0.4
Informal votes			75	1.8	+0.4
Turnout			4,170	74.0	+14.5
	Nationalist hold		Swing	N/A

1924 Western Australian state election: Nelson
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	John Smith	1,322	51.6	+16.5
	Labor	Thomas Anthony	986	38.5	+14.3
	Ind. Nationalist	Edwin Ellis	144	5.6	+5.6
	Independent	Thomas Ladhams	112	4.4	+4.4
Total formal votes			2,564	98.6	+0.8
Informal votes			35	1.4	−0.8
Turnout			2,599	59.5	−3.6
	Country gain from Independent Country		Swing	N/A

1921 Western Australian state election: Nelson
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Francis Willmott	823	40.7	−12.4
	Independent Country	John Smith	709	35.1	−11.8
	Labor	Thomas Ryan	488	24.2	+24.2
Total formal votes			2,020	97.8	−1.7
Informal votes			45	2.2	+1.7
Turnout			2,065	63.1	−1.6
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Independent Country	John Smith	1,130	55.9	+9.0
	Country	Francis Willmott	890	44.1	−9.0
	Independent Country gain from Country		Swing	N/A

1917 Western Australian state election: Nelson
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National Country	Francis Willmott	1,104	53.1	–1.1
	Independent Labor	John Henry Smith	974	46.9	+46.9
Total formal votes			2,078	99.5	+0.1
Informal votes			10	0.5	–0.1
Turnout			2,088	64.7	–3.9
	National Country hold		Swing	–1.1

Willmott's designation at the 1914 election was simply "Country", rather than "National Country".

1914 Western Australian state election: Nelson
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Francis Willmott	1,593	54.2	+54.2
	Labor	Roger Ryan	1,347	45.8	−2.2
Total formal votes			2,940	99.4	+0.1
Informal votes			19	0.6	−0.1
Turnout			2,959	68.6	−7.6
	Country gain from Liberal		Swing	N/A

1911 Western Australian state election: Nelson
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Ministerialist	Charles Layman	1,113	49.8
	Labor	William Johnston	1,073	48.0
	Ministerialist	Robert Uphill	48	2.2
Total formal votes			2,234	99.3
Informal votes			16	0.7
Turnout			2,250	76.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Ministerialist	Charles Layman	1,144	51.2
	Labor	William Johnston	1,090	48.8
	Ministerialist hold		Swing

1908 Western Australian state election: Nelson
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ministerialist	Charles Layman	1,075	64.7	+7.4
	Labour	William Spiers	586	35.3	+35.3
Total formal votes			1,661	97.8	−1.7
Informal votes			37	2.2	+1.7
Turnout			1,698	75.4	+3.2
	Ministerialist hold		Swing	N/A

1905 Western Australian state election: Nelson
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ministerialist	Charles Layman	556	57.3	+10.7
	Ministerialist	John Walter	414	42.7	+42.7
Total formal votes			970	99.5	+0.4
Informal votes			5	0.5	–0.4
Turnout			986	72.2	+6.7
	Ministerialist hold		Swing	N/A

1904 Western Australian state election: Nelson
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Charles Layman	558	46.6	+46.6
	Labour	Joseph Barraclough	320	26.7	+26.7
	Ministerialist	John Clarke	320	26.7	+26.7
Total formal votes			1,198	99.1	n/a
Informal votes			11	0.9	n/a
Turnout			1,209	65.5	n/a
	Independent gain from Ministerialist		Swing	+46.6

1903 Nelson state by-election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ministerialist	John Walter	unopposed
	Ministerialist hold		Swing

1901 Western Australian state election: Nelson
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ministerialist	Sir James Lee-Steere	unopposed
	Ministerialist hold		Swing

1897 Western Australian colonial election: Nelson
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ministerialist	James George Lee-Steere	unopposed
	Ministerialist hold		Swing

1894 Western Australian colonial election: Nelson
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	None	Sir James Lee-Steere	unopposed

1890 Western Australian colonial election: Nelson
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	None	Sir James Lee-Steere	unopposed

^ 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.