Results of the 1914 Western Australian state election

Western Australian state election, 21 October 1914^[1] Legislative Assembly << 1911–1917 >>
Enrolled voters		168,546^[1]
Votes cast		96,605		Turnout	57.32	–17.56
Informal votes		1,127		Informal	1.17	–0.24
Summary of votes by party
Party		Primary votes	%	Swing	Seats	Change
	Labor	40,205	42.12	–10.42	26^[1]	– 8
	Liberal	41,929	43.91	–0.89	16	± 0
	Country	13,344	13.98	+13.98	8	+ 8
Total		95,478			50

This is a list of electoral district results of the 1914 Western Australian election.

Results by Electoral district

Albany

1914 Western Australian state election: Albany
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	William Price	1,560	51.0	−4.1
	Liberal	Ernest McKenzie	1,497	49.0	+25.6
Total formal votes			2,705	99.3	+0.7
Informal votes			21	0.7	−0.7
Turnout			3,078	66.2	−17.7
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Avon

1914 Western Australian state election: Avon
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Tom Harrison	1,318	54.3	+54.3
	Labor	Fred Membrey	1,110	45.7	−7.1
Total formal votes			2,428	99.7	+0.1
Informal votes			8	0.3	−0.1
Turnout			2,436	57.7	+12.1
	Country gain from Labor		Swing	N/A

Beverley

1914 Western Australian state election: Beverley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Charles Wansbrough	809	60.4	+60.4
	Labor	Charles Kirkwood	289	21.6	+8.2
	Liberal	Richard White	242	18.1	−35.5
Total formal votes			1,340	98.7	+0.1
Informal votes			17	1.3	−0.1
Turnout			1,357	56.9	−11.5
	Country gain from Liberal		Swing	N/A

Boulder

1914 Western Australian state election: Boulder
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Philip Collier	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

Brownhill-Ivanhoe

1914 Western Australian state election: Brownhill-Ivanhoe
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	John Scaddan	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

Bunbury

1914 Western Australian state election: Bunbury
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	William Thomas	1,397	51.6	−3.3
	Liberal	Griffin Money	1,309	48.4	+3.3
Total formal votes			2,706	99.4	−0.3
Informal votes			16	0.6	+0.3
Turnout			2,722	68.0	−24.0
	Labor hold		Swing	−3.3

Canning

1914 Western Australian state election: Canning
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Charles Lewis	2,365	46.1	−6.1
	Liberal	Robert Robinson	1,578	30.7	+12.5
	Liberal	George Wilson	841	16.4	+1.1
	Liberal	Arthur Gull	347	6.8	+6.8
Total formal votes			5,131	99.0	−0.1
Informal votes			54	1.0	+0.1
Turnout			5,185	66.7	−15.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Robert Robinson	2,624	51.1
	Labor	Charles Lewis	2,507	48.9
	Liberal gain from Labor		Swing	N/A

Claremont

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

Collie

1914 Western Australian state election: Collie
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Arthur Wilson	1,632	70.4	−29.6
	Liberal	Herbert Wells	685	29.6	+29.6
Total formal votes			2,317	99.1
Informal votes			21	0.9
Turnout			2,338	46.8
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Coolgardie

1914 Western Australian state election: Coolgardie
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Charles McDowall	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

Cue

1914 Western Australian state election: Cue
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Thomas Chesson	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

East Perth

1914 Western Australian state election: East Perth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Titus Lander	1,949	44.3	−18.1
	Liberal	Lewis Butt	812	18.4	+18.4
	Liberal	John Hardwick	773	17.6	+17.6
	Liberal	Henry Mills	647	14.7	−22.9
	Liberal	Albert Keeley	221	5.0	+5.0
Total formal votes			4,402	98.1	−0.6
Informal votes			87	1.9	+0.6
Turnout			4,489	49.9	−24.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	John Hardwick	2,321	52.7	+15.1
	Labor	Titus Lander	2,081	47.3	−15.1
	Liberal gain from Labor		Swing	+15.1

Forrest

1914 Western Australian state election: Forrest
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Peter O'Loghlen	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

Fremantle

1914 Western Australian state election: Fremantle
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	William Carpenter	1,716	53.8	−6.9
	Liberal	John Stewart	938	29.4	−9.9
	Liberal	Frederick McLaren	537	16.8	+16.8
Total formal votes			3,191	97.3	−1.3
Informal votes			90	2.7	+1.3
Turnout			3,281	58.6	−22.3
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Preferences were not distributed.

Gascoyne

1914 Western Australian state election: Gascoyne
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Archibald Gilchrist	435	59.7	+13.3
	Labor	Edward Pearson	294	40.3	−13.3
Total formal votes			729	99.6	+0.2
Informal votes			3	0.4	−0.2
Turnout			732	63.4	+14.9
	Liberal gain from Labor		Swing	+13.3

Geraldton

1914 Western Australian state election: Geraldton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Edward Heitmann	1,370	56.4	+11.2
	Liberal	Samuel Elliott	1,060	43.6	+6.9
Total formal votes			2,430	99.0	+0.3
Informal votes			25	1.0	−0.3
Turnout			2,455	63.3	−16.3
	Labor hold		Swing	+3.8

Greenough

1914 Western Australian state election: Greenough
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	John Cunningham	986	77.0	+77.0
	Liberal	Ernest Udy	294	23.0	−28.0
Total formal votes			1,280	98.8	−0.6
Informal votes			16	1.2	+0.6
Turnout			1,296	36.9	−33.6
	Country gain from Liberal		Swing	N/A

Guildford

1914 Western Australian state election: Guildford
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	William Johnson	3,119	69.5	+2.8
	Liberal	Harold Tuckfield	1,372	30.5	+13.8
Total formal votes			4,491	99.0	+0.3
Informal votes			46	1.0	−0.3
Turnout			4,537	54.8	−27.8
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Hannans

1914 Western Australian state election: Hannans
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Selby Munsie	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

Irwin

1914 Western Australian state election: Irwin
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	James Gardiner	728	59.7	+59.7
	Liberal	Samuel Moore	492	40.3	−2.7
Total formal votes			1,220	99.8	+1.0
Informal votes			2	0.2	−1.0
Turnout			1,222	44.2	−25.3
	Country gain from Liberal		Swing	N/A

Kalgoorlie

1914 Western Australian state election: Kalgoorlie
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Albert Green	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

Kanowna

1914 Western Australian state election: Kanowna
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Thomas Walker	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

Katanning

1914 Western Australian state election: Katanning
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Alec Thomson	1,226	55.8	−21.6
	Country	Norman Macrae	969	44.2	+44.2
Total formal votes			2,195	99.9	+0.6
Informal votes			3	0.1	−0.6
Turnout			2,198	53.4	−15.5
	Liberal hold		Swing	N/A

Kimberley

1914 Western Australian state election: Kimberley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Arthur Male	unopposed
	Liberal hold		Swing

Leederville

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

Menzies

1914 Western Australian state election: Menzies
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	John Mullany	600	69.2	+4.3
	Liberal	William McMeikan	267	30.8	−4.3
Total formal votes			867	99.2	−0.4
Informal votes			7	0.8	+0.4
Turnout			874	64.9	−22.6
	Labor hold		Swing	+4.3

Moore

1914 Western Australian state election: Moore
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Henry Lefroy	687	53.0	+19.1
	Country	Duncan Munro	609	47.0	+47.0
Total formal votes			1,296	99.7	+1.6
Informal votes			4	0.3	−1.6
Turnout			1,300	37.9	−25.4
	Liberal hold		Swing	N/A

Mount Leonora

1914 Western Australian state election: Mount Leonora
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	George Foley	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

Mount Magnet

1914 Western Australian state election: Mount Magnet
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Michael Troy	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

Mount Margaret

1914 Western Australian state election: Mount Margaret
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	George Taylor	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

Murchison

1914 Western Australian state election: Murchison
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	John Holman	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

Murray-Wellington

1914 Western Australian state election: Murray-Wellington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	William George	1,381	71.5	+21.3
	Labor	James Shanahan	550	28.5	−7.6
Total formal votes			1,931	99.4	+0.3
Informal votes			11	0.6	−0.3
Turnout			1,942	64.6	−12.3
	Liberal hold		Swing	N/A

Nelson

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

North Perth

1914 Western Australian state election: North Perth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	James Smith	1,835	38.9	+12.9
	Labor	Herbert Swan	993	21.1	−35.3
	Labor	Sidney Gibson	643	13.7	+13.7
	Liberal	James George	456	9.7	+9.7
	Labor	Peter Wedd	366	7.8	+7.8
	Liberal	Arthur Wasley	242	5.1	+5.1
	Liberal	Charles Galwey	176	3.7	+3.7
Total formal votes			4,711	95.9	−3.0
Informal votes			203	4.1	+3.0
Turnout			4,914	57.1	−26.3
After distribution of preferences
	Liberal	James Smith	2,595	55.1
	Labor	Herbert Swan	1,202	25.5
	Labor	Sidney Gibson	914	19.4
	Liberal gain from Labor		Swing	N/A

Preferences were not distributed to completion.

North-East Fremantle

1914 Western Australian state election: North-East Fremantle
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	William Angwin	2,784	68.8	−5.9
	Liberal	Samuel Thomson	1,260	31.2	+12.4
Total formal votes			4,044	99.3	+0.4
Informal votes			27	0.7	−0.4
Turnout			4,071	63.0	−23.9
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Northam

1914 Western Australian state election: Northam
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	James Mitchell	1,085	50.9	−0.1
	Labor	James Kenneally	878	41.2	−7.8
	Country	Oscar Bernard	167	7.8	+7.8
Total formal votes			2,130	98.4	−0.9
Informal votes			35	1.6	+0.9
Turnout			2,165	66.1	−5.9
	Liberal hold		Swing	N/A

Preferences were not distributed.

Perth

1914 Western Australian state election: Perth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Walter Dwyer	1,507	43.0	−10.3
	Liberal	James Connolly	1,340	38.2	−8.5
	Liberal	Arthur Berryman	661	18.8	+18.8
Total formal votes			3,508	97.9	−0.8
Informal votes			76	2.1	+0.8
Turnout			3,584	41.8	−36.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	James Connolly	1,941	55.3	+8.6
	Labor	Walter Dwyer	1,567	44.7	−8.6
	Liberal gain from Labor		Swing	+8.6

Pilbara

1914 Western Australian state election: Pilbara
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Henry Underwood	352	52.9	−1.1
	Liberal	Michael Corbett	314	47.1	+1.1
Total formal votes			666	99.7	+0.9
Informal votes			2	0.3	−0.9
Turnout			668	66.5	−1.9
	Labor hold		Swing	−1.1

Pingelly

1914 Western Australian state election: Pingelly
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Henry Hickmott	889	57.5	+57.5
	Liberal	Nat Harper	657	42.5	−22.7
Total formal votes			1,546	97.9	−1.2
Informal votes			33	2.1	+1.2
Turnout			1,579	57.2	−15.8
	Country gain from Liberal		Swing	N/A

Roebourne

1914 Western Australian state election: Roebourne
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Joseph Gardiner	324	54.4	−11.9
	Liberal	Frederick Teesdale	272	45.6	+28.6
Total formal votes			596	97.5	+1.7
Informal votes			15	2.5	−1.7
Turnout			611	54.1	−0.4
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

South Fremantle

1914 Western Australian state election: South Fremantle
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Harry Bolton	2,018	55.8	−11.0
	Liberal	William Watson	1,600	44.2	+14.8
Total formal votes			3,618	99.6	+0.8
Informal votes			16	0.4	−0.8
Turnout			3,634	65.6	−17.7
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Subiaco

1914 Western Australian state election: Subiaco
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Bartholomew Stubbs	2,763	50.4	−0.4
	Liberal	Henry Daglish	2,717	49.6	+0.4
Total formal votes			5,480	99.5	+7.5
Informal votes			29	0.5	−7.5
Turnout			5,509	63.6	−14.8
	Labor hold		Swing	−0.4

Sussex

1914 Western Australian state election: Sussex
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Frank Wilson	763	43.4	−16.2
	Labor	John Blair	709	40.4	0.0
	Country	William Pickering	285	16.2	+16.2
Total formal votes			1,757	98.0	−1.5
Informal votes			36	2.0	+1.5
Turnout			1,793	66.6	−3.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Frank Wilson	999	56.9	−2.7
	Labor	John Blair	758	43.1	+2.7
	Liberal hold		Swing	−2.7

Swan

1914 Western Australian state election: Swan
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Philip Turvey	1,186	44.3	−6.9
	Liberal	William Nairn	1,100	41.1	−7.7
	Independent	Thomas Ilbery	392	14.6	+14.6
Total formal votes			2,678	98.4	−1.2
Informal votes			44	1.6	+1.2
Turnout			2,722	67.5	−10.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	William Nairn	1,433	53.5	+4.7
	Labor	Philip Turvey	1,245	46.5	−4.7
	Liberal gain from Labor		Swing	+4.7

Toodyay

1914 Western Australian state election: Toodyay
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Alfred Piesse	unopposed
	Country gain from Liberal		Swing	N/A

Wagin

1914 Western Australian state election: Wagin
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Sydney Stubbs	1,071	53.0	−15.7
	Country	Ernest Absolon	948	47.0	+47.0
Total formal votes			2,019	99.4	+1.0
Informal votes			12	0.6	−1.0
Turnout			2,031	66.6	−6.7
	Liberal hold		Swing	N/A

West Perth

1914 Western Australian state election: West Perth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Eben Allen	2,288	63.6	+30.2
	Labor	James Doland	1,308	36.4	−7.6
Total formal votes			3,596	99.7	+1.1
Informal votes			9	0.3	−1.1
Turnout			3,605	48.3	−33.9
	Liberal hold		Swing	+9.1

Williams-Narrogin

1914 Western Australian state election: Williams-Narrogin
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Edward Johnston	1,947	65.2	+11.0
	Country	Solomon Fisher	1,038	34.8	+34.8
Total formal votes			2,985	99.4	+0.9
Informal votes			19	0.6	−0.9
Turnout			3,004	62.1	−15.7
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Yilgarn

1914 Western Australian state election: Yilgarn
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Charles Hudson	803	60.6	−2.0
	Liberal	Archibald McIntyre	523	39.4	+39.4
Total formal votes			1,326	99.0	−0.8
Informal votes			13	1.0	+0.8
Turnout			1,339	64.2	−2.8
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

York

1914 Western Australian state election: York
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Harry Griffiths	1,116	57.5	+57.5
	Liberal	Frederick Monger	826	42.5	−4.0
Total formal votes			1,942	99.6	+1.4
Informal votes			7	0.4	−1.4
Turnout			1,949	50.4	−14.1
	Country gain from Liberal		Swing	N/A

References

^ "Details of 1914 Election". Australian Politics and Elections Database. University of Western Australia.

[1] "Details of 1914 Election". Australian Politics and Elections Database. University of Western Australia.

[1]

Results of the 1914 Western Australian state election

Results by Electoral district

Albany

Avon

Beverley

Boulder

Brownhill-Ivanhoe

Bunbury

Canning

Claremont

Collie

Coolgardie

Cue

East Perth

Forrest

Fremantle

Gascoyne

Geraldton

Greenough

Guildford

Hannans

Irwin

Kalgoorlie

Kanowna

Katanning

Kimberley

Leederville

Menzies

Moore

Mount Leonora

Mount Magnet

Mount Margaret

Murchison

Murray-Wellington

Nelson

North Perth

North-East Fremantle

Northam

Perth

Pilbara

Pingelly

Roebourne

South Fremantle

Subiaco

Sussex

Swan

Toodyay

Wagin

West Perth

Williams-Narrogin

Yilgarn

York

See also

References