Results of the 1924 Western Australian state election (Legislative Assembly)

Western Australian state election, 22 March 1924^[1] Legislative Assembly << 1921–1927 >>
Enrolled voters		159,356^[1]
Votes cast		99,391		Turnout	62.37%	–4.97%
Informal votes		1,151		Informal	1.16%	–0.48%
Summary of votes by party
Party		Primary votes	%	Swing	Seats	Change
	Labor	39,679	40.39%	+3.58%	27	+ 10
	Nationalist	25,282	25.73%	–2.00%	9	– 1
	Majority Country	12,600	12.83%	–4.95%	7	– 9
	Executive Country	11,872	12.08%	*	6	+ 6
	National Labor	3,846	3.91%	–6.16%	1	– 3
	Independent	4,426	4.51%	–3.09%	0	– 3
	Other	535	0.54%	*	0	± 0
Total		98,240			50

This is a list of electoral district results of the 1924 Western Australian election.

Results by Electoral district

Albany

1924 Western Australian state election: Albany
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	Robert Robinson	1,035	35.4	+35.4
	Labor	Washington Mather	648	22.2	-20.8
	Labor	Arthur Wansbrough	644	22.1	+22.1
	Independent	William Redman	211	7.2	+7.2
	Country	Percy Lambert	201	6.9	-50.2
	Country	Cuthbert McKenzie	182	6.2	+6.2
Total formal votes			2,921	97.9	−1.2
Informal votes			63	2.1	+1.2
Turnout			2,984	64.6	−1.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Arthur Wansbrough	1,501	51.4	+8.5
	Nationalist	Robert Robinson	1,420	48.6	+48.6
	Labor gain from Country		Swing	+8.5

Avon

1924 Western Australian state election: Avon
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Patrick Coffey	1,199	44.9	-0.6
	Executive Country	Harry Griffiths	657	24.6	+24.6
	Country	Tom Harrison	504	18.9	-30.6
	Executive Country	Tom Bolton	311	11.6	+11.6
Total formal votes			2,671	98.3	+0.2
Informal votes			46	1.7	−0.2
Turnout			2,717	61.0	+4.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Executive Country	Harry Griffiths	1,350	50.5	+50.5
	Labor	Patrick Coffey	1,321	49.5	+2.2
	Executive Country gain from Country		Swing	N/A

Beverley

1924 Western Australian state election: Beverley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	James Mann	506	44.2	-55.8
	Executive Country	Charles Wansbrough	469	41.0	+41.0
	Executive Country	Henry Clemens	170	14.8	+14.8
Total formal votes			1,145	98.7
Informal votes			15	1.3
Turnout			1,160	57.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Executive Country	Charles Wansbrough	580	50.7	+50.7
	Country	James Mann	565	49.3	-50.7
	Executive Country gain from Country		Swing	N/A

Boulder

1924 Western Australian state election: Boulder
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Philip Collier	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

Brownhill-Ivanhoe

1924 Western Australian state election: Brownhill-Ivanhoe
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	John Lutey	1,318	74.6	+17.9
	National Labor	George Holmes	259	14.7	-28.6
	Ind. Nationalist	Elliot Brown	190	10.8	+10.8
Total formal votes			1,767	98.4	−0.9
Informal votes			29	1.6	+0.9
Turnout			1,796	66.8	−9.6
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Bunbury

1924 Western Australian state election: Bunbury
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Frederick Withers	1,251	46.8	-2.4
	Nationalist	Griffin Money	1,021	38.2	-12.6
	Ind. Nationalist	Hannah Thomas	399	14.9	+14.9
Total formal votes			2,671	98.4	−1.1
Informal votes			44	1.6	+1.1
Turnout			2,715	74.2	+6.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Frederick Withers	1,346	50.4	+1.2
	Nationalist	Griffin Money	1,325	49.6	-1.2
	Labor gain from Nationalist		Swing	+1.2

Canning

1924 Western Australian state election: Canning
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Alec Clydesdale	3,976	69.8	+21.9
	Nationalist	Peter Wedd	1,719	30.2	-8.1
Total formal votes			5,695	99.3	+1.3
Informal votes			41	0.7	−1.3
Turnout			5,736	49.7	−20.0
	Labor hold		Swing	+14.9

Claremont

1924 Western Australian state election: Claremont
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	George Dennis	2,086	36.6	+15.0
	Nationalist	Charles North	1,933	33.9	+3.8
	Ind. Nationalist	John Thomson	1,686	29.5	+29.5
Total formal votes			5,705	98.6	+0.6
Informal votes			78	1.4	−0.6
Turnout			5,783	68.0	−10.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Nationalist	Charles North	3,356	58.8	+2.4
	Labor	George Dennis	2,349	41.2	-2.4
	Nationalist hold		Swing	+2.4

Collie

1924 Western Australian state election: Collie
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Arthur Wilson	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

Coolgardie

1924 Western Australian state election: Coolgardie
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	George Lambert	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

Cue

1924 Western Australian state election: Cue
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Thomas Chesson	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

East Perth

1924 Western Australian state election: East Perth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Thomas Hughes	2,528	54.9	+7.1
	Nationalist	Jack Simons	1,335	29.0	+10.0
	Nationalist	Thomas Ferguson	746	16.2	0.0
Total formal votes			4,609	98.8	+0.8
Informal votes			54	1.2	−0.8
Turnout			4,663	61.3	−9.2
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Forrest

1924 Western Australian state election: Forrest
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	John Holman	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

Fremantle

1924 Western Australian state election: Fremantle
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Joseph Sleeman	1,601	57.9	+12.8
	Nationalist	Frank Gibson	1,164	42.1	+6.1
Total formal votes			2,765	98.4	+1.2
Informal votes			44	1.6	−1.2
Turnout			2,809	63.8	−12.8
	Labor gain from Nationalist		Swing	+11.6

Gascoyne

1924 Western Australian state election: Gascoyne
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Edward Angelo	490	55.6	-5.1
	Labor	William Willesee	391	44.4	+17.9
Total formal votes			881	99.3	+0.3
Informal votes			6	0.7	−0.3
Turnout			887	68.2	+7.3
	Country hold		Swing	N/A

Geraldton

1924 Western Australian state election: Geraldton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	John Willcock	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

Greenough

1924 Western Australian state election: Greenough
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Maurice Kennedy	861	44.1	+6.0
	Country	Henry Maley	705	36.1	-25.8
	Executive Country	William Patrick	387	19.8	+19.8
Total formal votes			1,953	99.1	−0.3
Informal votes			17	0.9	+0.3
Turnout			1,970	67.1	−2.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Maurice Kennedy	989	50.6	+12.5
	Country	Henry Maley	964	49.4	-12.5
	Labor gain from Country		Swing	+12.5

Guildford

1924 Western Australian state election: Guildford
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	William Johnson	3,552	55.8	+9.8
	National Labor	Joseph Davies	2,814	44.2	-5.0
Total formal votes			6,366	99.5	+1.3
Informal votes			32	0.5	−1.3
Turnout			6,398	71.2	+1.3
	Labor gain from National Labor		Swing	+8.7

Hannans

1924 Western Australian state election: Hannans
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Selby Munsie	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

Irwin

1924 Western Australian state election: Irwin
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Charles Maley	796	45.6	+17.3
	Executive Country	John Stratton	534	30.6	+30.6
	Country	William Mitchell	355	20.3	-7.3
	Executive Country	George Matthews	62	3.5	+3.5
Total formal votes			1,747	98.2	+1.8
Informal votes			32	1.8	−1.8
Turnout			1,779	60.0	+12.3
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Country	Charles Maley	1,071	61.3	+8.2
	Executive Country	John Stratton	676	38.7	+38.7
	Country hold		Swing	N/A

Kalgoorlie

1924 Western Australian state election: Kalgoorlie
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	James Cunningham	1,805	62.7	+16.5
	Ind. Nationalist	Henry Raven	839	29.2	+29.2
	National Labor	Charles Elliott	234	8.1	+3.2
Total formal votes			2,878	99.6	+0.3
Informal votes			11	0.4	−0.3
Turnout			2,889	64.8	−10.9
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Kanowna

1924 Western Australian state election: Kanowna
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Thomas Walker	700	72.3	+9.0
	Executive Country	Neville Heenan	174	18.0	+18.0
	Nationalist	Charles Dempster	94	9.7	-27.0
Total formal votes			700	98.6	−1.1
Informal votes			14	1.4	+1.1
Turnout			982	69.3	+9.3
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Katanning

1924 Western Australian state election: Katanning
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Executive Country	Alexander Thomson	1,634	65.2	+65.2
	Country	George McLeod	873	34.8	-39.8
Total formal votes			2,507	99.4	−0.2
Informal votes			16	0.6	+0.2
Turnout			2,523	64.1	+9.1
	Executive Country gain from Country		Swing	N/A

Kimberley

1924 Western Australian state election: Kimberley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Aubrey Coverley	234	33.5	+0.2
	Nationalist	George Foley	174	24.9	+24.9
	Ind. Nationalist	Ancell Gregory	155	22.2	+22.2
	Ind. Nationalist	William Chalmers	104	14.9	+14.9
	Independent	Walter Brown	32	4.6	+4.6
Total formal votes			699	98.3	−1.0
Informal votes			12	1.7	+1.0
Turnout			711	67.5	+2.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Aubrey Coverley	404	57.8
	Nationalist	George Foley	295	42.2
	Labor gain from Country		Swing	N/A

Leederville

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

Menzies

1924 Western Australian state election: Menzies
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Alexander Panton	254	60.3	+12.3
	National Labor	John Mullany	167	39.7	-12.3
Total formal votes			421	99.8	+0.8
Informal votes			1	0.2	−0.8
Turnout			422	87.4	+8.0
	Labor gain from National Labor		Swing	+12.3

Moore

1924 Western Australian state election: Moore
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	James Denton	911	53.1	+6.2
	Executive Country	Victor Spencer	388	22.6	+0.9
	Executive Country	Alexander Stone	172	10.0	+10.0
	Independent	George Welch	139	8.1	+8.1
	Executive Country	James Jones	105	6.1	+6.1
Total formal votes			1,715	97.7	+0.4
Informal votes			41	2.3	−0.4
Turnout			1,756	54.0	+8.1
	Country hold		Swing	N/A

Mount Leonora

1924 Western Australian state election: Mount Leonora
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Thomas Heron	408	73.3	+15.4
	Independent	George Wilson	149	26.7	+26.7
Total formal votes			557	97.7	−1.7
Informal votes			13	2.3	+1.7
Turnout			570	73.0	−6.2
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Mount Magnet

1924 Western Australian state election: Mount Magnet
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Michael Troy	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

Mount Margaret

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

Murchison

1924 Western Australian state election: Murchison
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	William Marshall	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

Murray-Wellington

1924 Western Australian state election: Murray-Wellington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	William George	1,138	45.8	-10.5
	Labor	Thomas Butler	1,100	44.3	+44.3
	Executive Country	Hugh MacDonald	244	9.8	+9.8
Total formal votes			2,482	98.0	−0.4
Informal votes			50	2.0	+0.4
Turnout			2,532	63.7	+3.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Nationalist	William George	1,266	51.0
	Labor	Thomas Butler	1,216	49.0
	Nationalist hold		Swing	N/A

Nelson

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

North Perth

1924 Western Australian state election: North Perth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	James Smith	1,986	47.0	-10.5
	Labor	Frank Darcey	1,707	40.4	-2.1
	Independent	Richard White	535	12.6	+12.6
Total formal votes			4,228	98.8	+0.2
Informal votes			53	1.2	−0.2
Turnout			4,281	56.5	−7.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Nationalist	James Smith	2,265	53.6	-3.9
	Labor	Frank Darcey	1,963	46.4	+3.9
	Nationalist hold		Swing	-3.9

North-East Fremantle

1924 Western Australian state election: North-East Fremantle
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	William Angwin	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

Northam

1924 Western Australian state election: Northam
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	James Mitchell	1,296	53.0	-5.1
	Labor	Louis Grieve	1,149	47.0	+5.1
Total formal votes			2,445	99.2	0.0
Informal votes			20	0.8	0.0
Turnout			2,465	75.5	+2.3
	Nationalist hold		Swing	-5.1

Perth

1924 Western Australian state election: Perth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	Harry Mann	1,395	52.0	+2.3
	Labor	Richard Lane	1,288	48.0	+18.5
Total formal votes			2,683	99.0	+1.9
Informal votes			26	1.0	−1.9
Turnout			2,709	48.2	−14.7
	Nationalist hold		Swing	N/A

Pilbara

1924 Western Australian state election: Pilbara
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Alfred Lamond	195	45.7	+10.1
	National Labor	Henry Underwood	165	38.6	+38.6
	Executive Country	Arthur Brown	67	15.7	+15.7
Total formal votes			427	95.1	−3.6
Informal votes			22	4.9	+3.6
Turnout			449	56.3	−1.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Alfred Lamond	225	52.7	+17.1
	National Labor	Henry Underwood	202	47.3	+47.3
	Labor gain from Independent		Swing	N/A

Pingelly

1924 Western Australian state election: Pingelly
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Henry Hickmott	425	29.0	-40.0
	Executive Country	Henry Brown	242	16.5	+16.5
	Executive Country	Joseph Watson	239	16.3	+16.3
	Executive Country	Francis Wake	194	13.2	+13.2
	Executive Country	Edwin Corby	157	10.7	+10.7
	Executive Country	William Vinicombe	134	9.1	+9.1
	Executive Country	Johnson Kennard	76	5.2	+5.2
Total formal votes			1,467	97.7	−0.5
Informal votes			34	2.3	+0.5
Turnout			1,501	56.8	+4.1
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Executive Country	Henry Brown	846	57.7
	Country	Henry Hickmott	621	42.3
	Executive Country gain from Country		Swing	N/A

Roebourne

1924 Western Australian state election: Roebourne
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	Frederick Teesdale	unopposed
	Nationalist hold		Swing

South Fremantle

1924 Western Australian state election: South Fremantle
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Alick McCallum	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

Subiaco

1924 Western Australian state election: Subiaco
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	Walter Richardson	2,584	43.5	+18.8
	Labor	Ephraim Freedman	1,963	33.0	-1.2
	Nationalist	Clifford Sadlier	1,395	23.5	+23.5
Total formal votes			5,942	98.7	+0.2
Informal votes			77	1.3	−0.2
Turnout			6,019	63.8	0.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Nationalist	Walter Richardson	3,768	63.4	+63.4
	Labor	Ephraim Freedman	2,174	36.6	-2.8
	Nationalist gain from National Labor		Swing	N/A

Walter Richardson was the sitting member for Subiaco, who changed from the National Labor party to the Nationalists prior to the election.

Sussex

1924 Western Australian state election: Sussex
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	George Barnard	1,076	41.7	+17.3
	Labor	Thomas Lowry	767	29.7	+29.7
	Executive Country	William Pickering	739	28.6	+28.6
Total formal votes			2,582	98.6	+0.5
Informal votes			36	1.4	−0.5
Turnout			2,618	69.7	−8.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Nationalist	George Barnard	1,496	57.9	+13.5
	Labor	Thomas Lowry	1,086	42.1	+42.1
	Nationalist gain from Country		Swing	N/A

Swan

1924 Western Australian state election: Swan
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Richard Sampson	1,875	57.9	+27.6
	Labor	William Logie	1,362	42.1	+12.1
Total formal votes			3,237	99.2	+1.5
Informal votes			25	0.8	−1.5
Turnout			3,262	69.5	+1.8
	Country hold		Swing	-1.0

Toodyay

1924 Western Australian state election: Toodyay
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Alfred Piesse	645	28.6	-31.1
	Executive Country	John Lindsay	574	25.4	+25.4
	Executive Country	Ignatius Boyle	399	17.7	+17.7
	Executive Country	Charles Fraser	346	15.3	+15.3
	Nationalist	Robert Gamble	293	13.0	+13.0
Total formal votes			2,257	97.8	+0.1
Informal votes			51	2.2	−0.1
Turnout			2,308	56.4	+6.0
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Executive Country	John Lindsay	1,187	52.6	+52.6
	Country	Alfred Piesse	1,070	47.4	-12.3
	Executive Country gain from Country		Swing	N/A

Wagin

1924 Western Australian state election: Wagin
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Sydney Stubbs	1,110	64.1	-3.5
	Executive Country	Norman Harvey	621	35.9	+35.9
Total formal votes			1,731	99.2	+0.3
Informal votes			13	0.8	−0.3
Turnout			1,744	61.3	+3.2
	Country hold		Swing	N/A

West Perth

1924 Western Australian state election: West Perth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	Thomas Davy	1,250	34.8	+34.8
	Labor	Alexander McDougall	1,233	34.3	+34.3
	Nationalist	Edith Cowan	1,108	30.8	-7.5
Total formal votes			3,561	99.2	+0.7
Informal votes			30	0.8	−0.7
Turnout			3,621	64.8	−4.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Nationalist	Thomas Davy	2,182	60.8
	Labor	Alexander McDougall	1,409	39.2
	Nationalist hold		Swing	N/A

Williams-Narrogin

1924 Western Australian state election: Williams-Narrogin
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Executive Country	Edward Johnston	1,881	72.4
	Labor	Cyril Longmore	717	27.6
Total formal votes			2,598	99.6
Informal votes			9	0.4
Turnout			2,607	63.0
	Executive Country gain from Country		Swing	N/A

Yilgarn

1924 Western Australian state election: Yilgarn
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Edwin Corboy	409	58.4	+10.4
	Nationalist	Austin Allom	134	19.1	+19.1
	Executive Country	Thomas Hamerston	113	16.1	+16.1
	Executive Country	Christian Andre	45	6.4	+6.4
Total formal votes			701	99.6	+2.5
Informal votes			3	0.4	−2.5
Turnout			704	76.3
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

York

1924 Western Australian state election: York
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Charles Latham	1,407	60.7	+6.5
	Executive Country	William Burges	910	39.3	-6.5
Total formal votes			2,317	99.4	−0.1
Informal votes			15	0.6	+0.1
Turnout			2,332	64.1	+7.0
	Country hold		Swing	+6.5

References

^ "Details of 1924 Election". Australian Politics and Elections Database. University of Western Australia.

[1] "Details of 1924 Election". Australian Politics and Elections Database. University of Western Australia.

[1]

Results of the 1924 Western Australian state election (Legislative Assembly)

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