Results of the 1917 Western Australian state election

Western Australian state election, 29 September 1917 Legislative Assembly
Enrolled voters		138,115[1]
Votes cast		85,620		Turnout	61.99%	+4.67%
Informal votes		1,447		Informal	1.69%	+0.50%
Summary of votes by party
Party		Primary votes	%	Swing	Seats	Change
	Labor	20,867	24.79%		15	+ 1
	Nationalist	18,087	21.49%		8	+ 3
	National Liberal	11,242	13.36%		8	– 3
	Country	15,560	18.49%		12	+ 1
	National Labor	13,186	15.67%		6	– 3
	Independent Labor WA	2,490	2.96%		1	+ 1
	Independent	2,709	3.22%		0	± 0
Total		84,173			50

This is a list of the results of the 1917 state election in Western Australia, listed by electoral district.

Results by electoral district

Albany

1917 Western Australian state election: Albany

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National Labor	John Scaddan	793	26.9	+26.9
	Labor	Francis Knowles	760	25.8	–25.2
	Nationalist	Herbert Robinson	722	24.5	+24.5
	National Country	Ernest McKenzie	376	12.8	+12.8
	National Country	Stephen Johnson	298	10.1	+10.1
Total formal votes			2,949	98.8	–0.5
Informal votes			35	1.2	+0.5
Turnout			2,984	73.7	+7.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Nationalist	Herbert Robinson	1,645	55.8	+55.8
	National Labor	John Scaddan	1,304	44.2	+44.2
	Nationalist gain from Labor		Swing	+55.8

Avon

1917 Western Australian state election: Avon

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Patrick Coffey	843	37.7	–8.0
	National Country	Thomas Harrison	789	35.3	–19.0
	Nationalist	Thomas Duff	314	14.1	+14.1
	Country	William Carroll	288	12.9	+12.9
Total formal votes			2,234	97.0	–2.7
Informal votes			68	3.0	+2.7
Turnout			2,302	58.1	+0.3
Two-party-preferred result
	National Country	Thomas Harrison	1,228	55.0	+0.7
	Labor	Patrick Coffey	1,006	45.0	–0.7
	National Country hold		Swing	+0.7

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

Beverley

1917 Western Australian state election: Beverley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	Frank Broun	548	56.7	+56.7
	Country	Henry Stanistreet	418	43.3	–17.1
Total formal votes			966	99.7	+1.0
Informal votes			3	0.3	–1.0
Turnout			969	50.6	–6.3
	Nationalist gain from Country		Swing	+56.7

Boulder

1917 Western Australian state election: Boulder

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Philip Collier	2,013	58.4	–41.6
	National Labor	James Reed	1,435	41.6	+41.6
Total formal votes			3,448	99.7	n/a
Informal votes			12	0.3	n/a
Turnout			3,460	72.0	n/a
	Labor hold		Swing	–41.6

• Collier won Boulder unopposed at the 1914 election.

Brownhill-Ivanhoe

1917 Western Australian state election: Brownhill-Ivanhoe

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	John Lutey	1,788	52.6	–0.5
	National Labor	John Boyland	1,613	47.4	+0.5
Total formal votes			3,401	99.6	–0.3
Informal votes			12	0.4	+0.3
Turnout			3,413	74.7	+2.7
	Labor hold		Swing	–0.5

Bunbury

1917 Western Australian state election: Bunbury

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National Labor	William Thomas	898	40.4	+40.4
	Nationalist	Griffin Money	742	33.4	+33.4
	Labor	Philip McKenna	583	26.2	–25.0
Total formal votes			2,223	98.3	–1.1
Informal votes			39	1.7	+1.1
Turnout			2,262	76.3	+8.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Nationalist	Griffin Money	1,222	55.0	+55.0
	National Labor	William Thomas	1,001	45.0	+45.0
	Nationalist gain from National Labor		Swing	+0.7

Canning

1917 Western Australian state election: Canning

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National Liberal	Robert Robinson	2,685	69.8	+16.0
	Labor	Donald Cameron	1,161	30.2	–16.0
Total formal votes			3,846	98.6	–1.0
Informal votes			56	1.4	+1.0
Turnout			3,902	52.6	–26.9
	National Liberal hold		Swing	+16.0

Claremont

1917 Western Australian state election: Claremont

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	Samuel MacAulay	1,471	36.6	+36.6
	Nationalist	John Stewart	1,431	35.6	+35.6
	Nationalist	George Stevens	678	16.9	+16.9
	Nationalist	Thomas Briggs	444	11.0	+11.0
Total formal votes			4,024	98.1	–1.5
Informal votes			74	1.8	+1.5
Turnout			4,098	63.2	+8.0
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Nationalist	John Stewart	2,013	50.0	+50.0
	Nationalist	Samuel MacAulay	2,011	50.0	+50.0
	Nationalist hold		Swing	N/A

Collie

1917 Western Australian state election: Collie

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Arthur Wilson	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

Coolgardie

1917 Western Australian state election: Coolgardie

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	George Lambert	744	53.9	–46.1
	National Labor	Albert Pascoe	455	33.0	+33.0
	National Labor	Samuel Scotson	182	13.2	+13.2
Total formal votes			1,381	98.0	n/a
Informal votes			28	2.0	n/a
Turnout			1,409	71.9	n/a
	Labor hold		Swing	–46.1

• The previous Labor candidate, Charles McDowall, had been elected unopposed in 1914.

Cue

1917 Western Australian state election: Cue

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Thomas Chesson	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

East Perth

1917 Western Australian state election: East Perth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Jack Simons	1,435	41.0	–18.0
	National Liberal	John Hardwick	696	19.9	+2.3
	Nationalist	Alfred Sims	558	16.0	+16.0
	National Labor	Thomas Dunne	438	12.5	+12.5
	Democratic	John Powell	370	10.6	+10.6
Total formal votes			3,497	96.3	–1.8
Informal votes			135	3.7	+1.8
Turnout			3,632	59.9	+10.0
Two-party-preferred result
	National Liberal	John Hardwick	1,796	51.4	–1.3
	Labor	Jack Simons	1,701	48.6	+1.3
	National Liberal hold		Swing	–1.3

Forrest

1917 Western Australian state election: Forrest

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Peter O'Loghlen	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

Fremantle

1917 Western Australian state election: Fremantle

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Walter Jones	1,654	58.2	+4.4
	National Labor	William Carpenter	1,189	41.8	+41.8
Total formal votes			2,843	99.7	+2.4
Informal votes			9	0.3	–2.4
Turnout			2,852	65.0	+6.4
	Labor gain from National Labor		Swing	N/A

Gascoyne

1917 Western Australian state election: Gascoyne

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	Edward Angelo	313	65.2	+65.2
	National Liberal	Archibald Gilchrist	167	34.8	–24.9
Total formal votes			480	100.0	+0.4
Informal votes			0	0.0	–0.4
Turnout			480	53.3	–10.1
	Nationalist gain from National Liberal		Swing	+65.2

• Gilchrist's designation at the 1914 election was simply "Liberal", rather than "National Liberal".

Geraldton

1917 Western Australian state election: Geraldton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	John Willcock	904	47.6	–1.6
	Nationalist	Samuel Elliott	596	31.4	–19.4
	Nationalist	William Fallowfield	399	21.0	+21.0
Total formal votes			1,899	97.9	–1.1
Informal votes			40	2.1	+1.1
Turnout			1,939	75.7	n/a
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	John Willcock	965	50.8	+1.6
	Nationalist	Samuel Elliott	934	49.2	–1.6
	Labor gain from Nationalist		Swing	+1.6

Greenough

1917 Western Australian state election: Greenough

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Patrick Moy	499	33.8	+33.8
	National Country	John Cunningham	390	26.4	–50.6
	National Country	Henry Maley	347	23.5	+23.5
	Nationalist	Sydney Hosken	242	16.4	+16.4
Total formal votes			1,478	96.9	–1.9
Informal votes			48	3.1	+1.9
Turnout			1,526	61.1	+24.2
Two-party-preferred result
	National Country	Henry Maley	854	57.8	+57.8
	Labor	Patrick Moy	624	42.2	+42.2
	National Country hold		Swing	N/A

Guildford

1917 Western Australian state election: Guildford

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	William Johnson	2,055	43.1	–26.4
	National Labor	Joseph Davies	1,522	32.0	+32.0
	Nationalist	George Hiscox	539	11.3	+11.3
	Nationalist	William Crosbie	397	8.3	+8.3
	Nationalist	Ernest Kerruish	251	5.3	+5.3
Total formal votes			4,764	97.9	–1.1
Informal votes			104	2.1	+1.1
Turnout			4,868	65.8	+11.0
Two-party-preferred result
	National Labor	Joseph Davies	2,639	55.4	+55.4
	Labor	William Johnson	2,125	44.6	–24.9
	National Labor gain from Labor		Swing	+55.4

Hannans

1917 Western Australian state election: Hannans

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Selby Munsie	856	59.8	–40.2
	National Labor	Walter Close	520	36.3	+36.3
	Nationalist	Richard Jordan	56	3.9	+3.9
Total formal votes			1,432	97.7	n/a
Informal votes			34	2.3	n/a
Turnout			1,466	67.9	n/a
	Labor hold		Swing	–40.2

Irwin

1917 Western Australian state election: Irwin

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National Country	James Gardiner	unopposed
	National Country hold		Swing

Kalgoorlie

1917 Western Australian state election: Kalgoorlie

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Albert Green	1,902	50.5	–49.5
	Nationalist	Charles Heppingstone	734	19.5	+19.5
	National Labor	Harold Seddon	626	16.6	+16.6
	Nationalist	Henry Davidson	501	13.3	+13.3
Total formal votes			3,763	98.5	n/a
Informal votes			59	1.5	n/a
Turnout			3,822	66.6	n/a
	Labor hold		Swing	–49.5

Kanowna

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

Katanning

1917 Western Australian state election: Katanning

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National Country	Alec Thomson	1,383	66.3	+10.4
	National Country	Alfred Fisher	518	24.8	+24.8
	National Country	James Crawford	184	8.8	+8.8
Total formal votes			2,085	97.7	–2.2
Informal votes			49	2.3	+2.2
Turnout			2,134	62.0	+8.6
	National Country hold		Swing	N/A

Kimberley

1917 Western Australian state election: Kimberley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	Michael Durack	511	72.5	+72.5
	Labor	James Maloney	128	18.2	+18.2
	Independent Labor	John Cameron	35	5.0	+5.0
	Nationalist	William Hollingsworth	31	4.4	+4.4
Total formal votes			705	97.2	n/a
Informal votes			20	2.8	n/a
Turnout			725	52.3	n/a
	Nationalist hold		Swing	N/A

Leederville

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".

Menzies

1917 Western Australian state election: Menzies

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National Labor	John Mullany	490	62.4	–6.8
	Labor	Harold Saunders	295	37.6	+37.6
Total formal votes			785	98.9	–0.3
Informal votes			9	1.1	+0.3
Turnout			794	76.5	+11.6
	National Labor hold		Swing	N/A

• Mullany had run for Labor at the 1914 election.

Moore

1917 Western Australian state election: Moore

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National Liberal	Sir Henry Lefroy	unopposed
	National Liberal hold		Swing

Mount Leonora

1917 Western Australian state election: Mount Leonora

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National Labor	George Foley	598	61.5	–38.5
	Labor	Frederick Madden	375	38.5	+38.5
Total formal votes			973	99.7	n/a
Informal votes			3	0.3	n/a
Turnout			976	83.9	n/a
	National Labor hold		Swing	N/A

• Foley had run for Labor at the 1914 election, and was elected unopposed.

Mount Magnet

1917 Western Australian state election: Mount Magnet

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Frank Troy	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

Mount Margaret

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.

Murchison

1917 Western Australian state election: Murchison

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	John Holman	562	63.9	–36.1
	National Labor	William Spiers	318	36.1	+36.1
Total formal votes			880	99.3	n/a
Informal votes			6	0.7	n/a
Turnout			886	58.3	n/a
	Labor hold		Swing	–36.1

Murray-Wellington

1917 Western Australian state election: Murray-Wellington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National Liberal	William George	931	60.0	–11.5
	National Country	Kingsley Fairbridge	621	40.0	+40.0
Total formal votes			1,552	99.5	–0.1
Informal votes			7	0.5	+0.1
Turnout			1,559	65.3	+0.8
	National Liberal hold		Swing	–11.5

Nelson

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".

Northam

1917 Western Australian state election: Northam

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National Liberal	James Mitchell	unopposed
	National Liberal hold		Swing

North-East Fremantle

1917 Western Australian state election: North-East Fremantle

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	William Angwin	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

North Perth

1917 Western Australian state election: North Perth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National Liberal	James MacCallum Smith	1,690	61.3	+22.3
	Independent	Richard White	1,069	38.7	+38.7
Total formal votes			2,759	97.9	+2.0
Informal votes			58	2.1	–2.0
Turnout			2,817	48.5	–8.6
	National Liberal hold		Swing	N/A

• Smith's designation at the 1914 election was simply "Liberal", rather than "National Liberal".

Perth

1917 Western Australian state election: Perth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	Robert Pilkington	1,589	56.6	+7.8
	Labor	Edmund Dunn	929	33.1	+33.1
	Nationalist	Henry Mills	291	10.4	+10.4
Total formal votes			2,809	96.6	–0.9
Informal votes			99	3.4	+0.9
Turnout			2,908	54.4	+1.9
	Nationalist hold		Swing	N/A

Pilbara

1917 Western Australian state election: Pilbara

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National Labor	Henry Underwood	unopposed
	National Labor hold		Swing

Pingelly

1917 Western Australian state election: Pingelly

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	Richard Johnson	488	34.3	+34.3
	National Country	Henry Hickmott	484	33.3	–24.2
	National Country	Francis Wake	253	17.8	+17.8
	National Country	William Martin	157	11.0	+11.0
	National Country	Thomas James	52	3.7	+3.7
Total formal votes			1,424	96.4	–1.5
Informal votes			53	3.6	+1.5
Turnout			1,477	61.8	+4.6
Two-party-preferred result
	National Country	Henry Hickmott	825	57.9	+0.4
	Nationalist	Richard Johnson	599	42.1	+42.1
	National Country hold		Swing	+0.4

Roebourne

1917 Western Australian state election: Roebourne

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	Frederick Teesdale	271	77.9	+77.9
	Labor	John Haughey	77	22.1	–25.1
Total formal votes			348	99.7	+1.4
Informal votes			1	0.3	–1.4
Turnout			349	48.7	n/a
	Nationalist hold		Swing	N/A

South Fremantle

1917 Western Australian state election: South Fremantle

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent Labor	Samuel Rocke	1,481	50.1	+50.1
	National Labor	Harry Bolton	1,475	49.9	–5.9
Total formal votes			2,956	98.5	–1.1
Informal votes			45	1.5	+1.1
Turnout			3,001	65.3	–0.3
	Independent Labor gain from National Labor		Swing	+50.1

Subiaco

1917 Western Australian state election: Subiaco

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Bartholomew Stubbs	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

Sussex

1917 Western Australian state election: Sussex

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National Country	William Pickering	607	50.2	+34.0
	National Liberal	Frank Wilson	603	49.8	+6.4
Total formal votes			1,210	99.3	+1.3
Informal votes			9	0.7	–1.3
Turnout			1,219	69.1	+2.5
	National Country gain from National Liberal		Swing	N/A

Swan

1917 Western Australian state election: Swan

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National Liberal	William Nairn	1,004	53.4	+12.3
	Nationalist	Thomas Ilbery	876	46.6	+32.0
Total formal votes			1,880	99.5	+1.1
Informal votes			10	0.5	–1.1
Turnout			1,890	58.0	–9.5
	National Liberal hold		Swing	–0.1

• Nairn's designation at the 1914 election was simply "Liberal", rather than "National Liberal".

Toodyay

1917 Western Australian state election: Toodyay

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National Country	Alfred Piesse	747	41.1	–58.9
	Country	Sinclair McGibbon	564	31.0	+31.0
	Nationalist	Ivan Royal	277	15.2	+15.2
	National Country	Henry Clarkson	231	12.7	+12.7
Total formal votes			1,819	97.7	n/a
Informal votes			43	2.3	n/a
Turnout			1,862	55.6	n/a
Two-party-preferred result
	National Country	Alfred Piesse	1,070	58.8	–41.2
	Country	Sinclair McGibbon	749	41.2	+41.2
	National Country hold		Swing	–41.2

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

Wagin

1917 Western Australian state election: Wagin

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National Country	Sydney Stubbs	995	51.6	–1.5
	National Country	Ernest Absolon	808	41.9	–5.1
	National Country	Charles Keyser	125	6.5	+6.5
Total formal votes			1,928	99.0	–0.4
Informal votes			20	1.0	+0.4
Turnout			1,948	69.9	+3.3
	National Country hold		Swing	N/A

West Perth

1917 Western Australian state election: West Perth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	Thomas Draper	1,525	53.3	+53.3
	National Liberal	Ebenezer Allen	1,159	40.5	–23.1
	National Liberal	Joseph East	178	6.2	+6.2
Total formal votes			2,862	95.4	–4.3
Informal votes			139	4.6	+4.3
Turnout			3,001	61.3	+13.0
	Nationalist hold		Swing	N/A

Williams-Narrogin

1917 Western Australian state election: Williams-Narrogin

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National Country	Bertie Johnston	1,703	79.0	–21.0
	National Country	William Rabbish	454	21.0	+21.0
Total formal votes			2,157	99.4	n/a
Informal votes			14	0.6	n/a
Turnout			2,171	61.1	n/a
	National Country hold		Swing	–21.0

Yilgarn

1917 Western Australian state election: Yilgarn

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Alick McCallum	430	38.4	+38.4
	National Labor	Charles Hudson	384	34.3	–26.2
	Nationalist	Archibald McIntyre	244	21.8	–17.6
	Nationalist	John Dunstan	62	5.5	+5.5
Total formal votes			1,120	98.6	–0.4
Informal votes			16	1.4	+0.4
Turnout			1,136	73.5	+9.3
Two-party-preferred result
	National Labor	Charles Hudson	631	56.3	–4.3
	Labor	Alick McCallum	489	43.7	+43.7
	National Labor hold		Swing	N/A

York

1917 Western Australian state election: York

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National Country	Harry Griffiths	852	56.1	–1.5
	National Country	Frederick Monger	668	43.9	+1.5
Total formal votes			1,520	99.4	–0.2
Informal votes			9	0.6	+0.2
Turnout			1,529	53.7	+3.4
	National Country hold		Swing	–1.5

See also

• Members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly, 1914–1917
• Members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly, 1917–1921

References

• Black, David; Prescott, 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.