Results of the 1927 Western Australian state election (Legislative Assembly)

Western Australian state election, 26 March 1927^[1] Legislative Assembly << 1924–1930 >>
Enrolled voters		194,087^[1]
Votes cast		142,506		Turnout	73.42%	+11.05%
Informal votes		2,000		Informal	1.40%	+0.24%
Summary of votes by party
Party		Primary votes	%	Swing	Seats	Change
	Labor	63,687	45.33%	+4.94%	27	± 0
	United Party	51,774	36.85%	–1.71%	16	± 0
	Country	22,439	15.97%	+3.89%	7	+ 1
	Independent	1,803	1.28%	–3.23%	0	± 0
	Other	803	0.57%	*	0	± 0
Total		140,506			50

This is a list of electoral district results of the 1927 Western Australian election.

Results by Electoral district

Albany

1927 Western Australian state election: Albany
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Arthur Wansbrough	2,321	56.9	+34.8
	Country	Archibald Booth	1,758	43.1	+43.1
Total formal votes			4,079	99.0	+1.1
Informal votes			40	1.0	−1.1
Turnout			4,119	77.0	+12.4
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Avon

1927 Western Australian state election: Avon
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Harry Griffiths	2,143	59.7	+35.1
	Labor	Patrick Coffey	1,449	40.3	−4.6
Total formal votes			3,565	99.2	+0.9
Informal votes			27	0.8	−0.9
Turnout			3,619	69.1	+8.1
	Country hold		Swing	+9.2

Beverley

1927 Western Australian state election: Beverley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Charles Wansbrough	968	52.8	+11.8
	Nationalist	James Mann	866	47.2	+3.0
Total formal votes			1,834	99.2	+0.5
Informal votes			15	0.8	−0.5
Turnout			1,849	72.7	+15.4
	Country hold		Swing	+2.1

Boulder

1927 Western Australian state election: Boulder
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Philip Collier	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

Brownhill-Ivanhoe

1927 Western Australian state election: Brownhill-Ivanhoe
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	John Lutey	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

Bunbury

1927 Western Australian state election: Bunbury
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Frederick Withers	1,916	59.8	+13.0
	Nationalist	Les Craig	674	21.0	−17.2
	Nationalist	George Clarke	616	19.2	+19.2
Total formal votes			3,206	99.1	+0.7
Informal votes			30	0.9	−0.7
Turnout			3,236	87.6	+13.4
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Preferences were not distributed.

Canning

1927 Western Australian state election: Canning
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Alexander Clydesdale	6,815	60.0	−9.8
	Nationalist	Herbert Wells	4,549	40.0	+9.8
Total formal votes			11,364	98.8	−0.5
Informal votes			138	1.2	+0.5
Turnout			11,502	66.3	+16.6
	Labor hold		Swing	−9.8

Claremont

1927 Western Australian state election: Claremont
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	Charles North	4,029	57.0	+23.1
	Labor	Theodore Morgan	3,036	43.0	+6.4
Total formal votes			7,065	99.3	+0.7
Informal votes			50	0.7	−0.7
Turnout			7,115	66.3	−1.7
	Nationalist hold		Swing	−1.8

Collie

1927 Western Australian state election: Collie
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Arthur Wilson	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

Coolgardie

1927 Western Australian state election: Coolgardie
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	George Lambert	477	69.9	−30.1
	Nationalist	William Vale	205	30.1	+30.1
Total formal votes			682	99.3
Informal votes			5	0.7
Turnout			687	72.4
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Cue

1927 Western Australian state election: Cue
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Thomas Chesson	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

East Perth

1927 Western Australian state election: East Perth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	James Kenneally	3,197	53.5	−1.4
	Nationalist	Charles Bull	1,104	18.5	−10.5
	Nationalist	Thomas Ferguson	1,081	18.1	+1.9
	Nationalist	Gerald Hartrey	597	10.0	+10.0
Total formal votes			5,979	98.0	−0.8
Informal votes			124	2.0	+0.8
Turnout			6,103	75.8	+14.5
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Preferences were not distributed.

Forrest

1927 Western Australian state election: Forrest
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	May Holman	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

Fremantle

1927 Western Australian state election: Fremantle
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Joseph Sleeman	1,867	64.3	+6.4
	Nationalist	Richard Rennie	608	20.9	−21.2
	Nationalist	Donald Sinclair	431	14.8	+14.8
Total formal votes			2,906	96.9	−1.5
Informal votes			94	3.1	+1.5
Turnout			3,000	79.1	+15.3
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Preferences were not distributed.

Gascoyne

1927 Western Australian state election: Gascoyne
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	Edward Angelo	613	58.8	+3.2
	Labor	William Willesee	430	41.2	−3.2
Total formal votes			1,043	98.7	−0.6
Informal votes			14	1.3	+0.6
Turnout			1,057	76.2	+8.0
	Nationalist hold		Swing	+3.2

Geraldton

1927 Western Australian state election: Geraldton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	John Willcock	1,513	69.2	−30.8
	Country	Charles Counsel	675	30.8	+30.8
Total formal votes			2,188	98.6
Informal votes			31	1.4
Turnout			2,219	77.4
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Greenough

1927 Western Australian state election: Greenough
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Maurice Kennedy	1,191	47.7	+3.6
	Country	Charles Smith	661	26.5	+6.7
	Nationalist	Henry Maley	646	25.9	−10.2
Total formal votes			2,498	98.4	−0.7
Informal votes			40	1.6	+0.7
Turnout			2,538	80.9	+13.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Maurice Kennedy	1,290	51.6	+1.0
	Country	Charles Smith	1,208	48.4	−1.0
	Labor hold		Swing	+1.0

Guildford

1927 Western Australian state election: Guildford
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	William Johnson	4,951	64.1	+8.3
	Nationalist	Hubert Parker	2,768	35.9	−8.3
Total formal votes			7,719	99.3	−0.2
Informal votes			55	0.7	+0.2
Turnout			7,774	71.9	+0.7
	Labor hold		Swing	+8.3

Hannans

1927 Western Australian state election: Hannans
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Selby Munsie	422	74.7	−25.3
	Ind. Nationalist	Branwell Saunders	143	25.3	+25.3
Total formal votes			565	99.1
Informal votes			5	0.9
Turnout			570	86.5
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Irwin

1927 Western Australian state election: Irwin
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	Charles Maley	1,327	55.4	+9.8
	Country	John Stratton	1,070	44.6	−9.8
Total formal votes			2,397	99.4	+1.2
Informal votes			15	0.6	−1.2
Turnout			2,412	64.2	+4.2
	Nationalist hold		Swing	−5.9

Kalgoorlie

1927 Western Australian state election: Kalgoorlie
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	James Cunningham	1,509	52.5	−10.2
	Nationalist	George Rainsford	898	31.3	+31.3
	Independent	James Cummins	466	16.2	+16.2
Total formal votes			2,873	98.7	−0.9
Informal votes			37	1.3	+0.9
Turnout			2,910	86.3	+21.5
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Preferences were not distributed.

Kanowna

1927 Western Australian state election: Kanowna
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Thomas Walker	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

Katanning

1927 Western Australian state election: Katanning
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Alec Thomson	2,246	70.7	+5.5
	Labor	David Parker	931	29.3	−5.5
Total formal votes			3,177	99.1	−0.3
Informal votes			28	0.9	+0.3
Turnout			3,205	70.7	+6.6
	Country hold		Swing	+5.5

Kimberley

1927 Western Australian state election: Kimberley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Aubrey Coverley	431	63.7	+30.2
	Ind. Nationalist	Arthur Male	144	21.3	+21.3
	Ind. Nationalist	Patrick Percy	102	15.1	+15.1
Total formal votes			677	98.1	−0.2
Informal votes			13	1.9	+0.2
Turnout			690	64.0	−3.5
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Preferences were not distributed.

Leederville

1927 Western Australian state election: Leederville
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Harry Millington	5,000	55.4	+2.2
	Nationalist	John Scaddan	3,320	36.8	−10.0
	Ind. Nationalist	Christina Blake	711	7.9	+7.9
Total formal votes			9,031	97.4	−1.9
Informal votes			243	2.6	+1.9
Turnout			9,274	77.9	+20.2
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Preferences were not distributed.

Menzies

1927 Western Australian state election: Menzies
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Alexander Panton	134	59.8	−0.5
	Nationalist	Dick Ardagh	57	25.5	+25.5
	Nationalist	Albert Faul	33	14.7	+14.7
Total formal votes			224	98.2	−1.6
Informal votes			4	1.8	+1.6
Turnout			228	86.0	−1.4
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Preferences were not distributed.

Moore

1927 Western Australian state election: Moore
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Percy Ferguson	1,439	60.6	+21.9
	Nationalist	James Denton	935	39.4	−13.7
Total formal votes			2,344	98.7	+1.0
Informal votes			30	1.3	−1.0
Turnout			2,404	64.8	+10.8
	Country gain from Nationalist		Swing	N/A

Mount Leonora

1927 Western Australian state election: Mount Leonora
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Thomas Heron	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

Mount Magnet

1927 Western Australian state election: Mount Magnet
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Michael Troy	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

Mount Margaret

1927 Western Australian state election: Mount Margaret
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

Murchison

1927 Western Australian state election: Murchison
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	William Marshall	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

Murray-Wellington

1927 Western Australian state election: Murray-Wellington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Thomas Butler	1,540	42.2	−2.1
	Nationalist	William George	1,250	34.3	−11.5
	Country	Francis Becher	856	23.5	+13.7
Total formal votes			3,646	98.2	+0.2
Informal votes			68	1.8	−0.2
Turnout			3,714	72.5	+8.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Nationalist	William George	1,899	52.1	+1.1
	Labor	Thomas Butler	1,747	47.9	−1.1
	Nationalist hold		Swing	+1.1

Nelson

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

Preferences were not distributed.

North Perth

1927 Western Australian state election: North Perth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	James Smith	3,321	52.7	+5.7
	Labor	Frank Darcey	2,985	47.3	+6.9
Total formal votes			6,306	98.9	+0.1
Informal votes			69	1.1	−0.1
Turnout			6,375	76.9	+20.4
	Nationalist hold		Swing	−0.9

North-East Fremantle

1927 Western Australian state election: North-East Fremantle
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Francis Rowe	4,009	72.5	−27.5
	Nationalist	Oliver Strang	1,518	27.5	+27.5
Total formal votes			5,527	98.3
Informal votes			93	1.7
Turnout			5,620	75.0
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Northam

1927 Western Australian state election: Northam
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	James Mitchell	1,546	53.6	+0.6
	Labor	Bill Hegney	1,337	46.4	−0.6
Total formal votes			2,883	99.2	0.0
Informal votes			23	0.8	0.0
Turnout			2,906	84.5	+9.0
	Nationalist hold		Swing	+0.6

Perth

1927 Western Australian state election: Perth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	Harry Mann	1,656	50.0	−2.0
	Labor	Cyril Longmore	1,368	41.3	−6.7
	Nationalist	William Murray	285	8.6	+8.6
Total formal votes			3,309	96.6	−2.4
Informal votes			115	3.4	+2.4
Turnout			3,424	71.9	+23.7
	Nationalist hold		Swing	N/A

Preferences were not distributed.

Pilbara

1927 Western Australian state election: Pilbara
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Alfred Lamond	223	55.2	+9.5
	Nationalist	Henry Underwood	149	36.9	−1.7
	Independent Labor	Edward Snell	32	7.9	+7.9
Total formal votes			404	98.3	+3.2
Informal votes			7	1.7	−3.2
Turnout			411	78.6	+22.3
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Preferences were not distributed.

Pingelly

1927 Western Australian state election: Pingelly
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Henry Brown	1,084	61.4	+44.9
	Country	Joseph Watson	402	22.8	+6.5
	Nationalist	Joseph Keays	279	15.8	−13.2
Total formal votes			1,765	98.3	+0.6
Informal votes			31	1.7	−0.6
Turnout			1,796	64.4	+7.6
	Country hold		Swing	N/A

Preferences were not distributed.

Roebourne

1927 Western Australian state election: Roebourne
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	Frederick Teesdale	252	57.8	−42.2
	Labor	Thomas McCarthy	184	42.2	+42.2
Total formal votes			436	99.8
Informal votes			1	0.2
Turnout			437	66.2
	Nationalist hold		Swing	N/A

South Fremantle

1927 Western Australian state election: South Fremantle
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Alick McCallum	3,028	78.9	−21.1
	Nationalist	Philip Jane	812	21.1	+21.1
Total formal votes			3,840	98.9
Informal votes			42	1.1
Turnout			3,882	76.9
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Subiaco

1927 Western Australian state election: Subiaco
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	Walter Richardson	4,489	55.1	+11.6
	Labor	John Leonard	3,653	44.9	+11.9
Total formal votes			8,142	99.0	+0.3
Informal votes			83	1.0	−0.3
Turnout			8,225	77.5	+13.7
	Nationalist hold		Swing	−8.3

Sussex

1927 Western Australian state election: Sussex
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	George Barnard	1,469	42.2	+0.5
	Labor	John Tonkin	1,226	35.3	+5.6
	Country	William Pickering	782	22.5	−6.1
Total formal votes			3,477	98.3	−0.3
Informal votes			59	1.7	+0.3
Turnout			3,536	77.3	+7.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Nationalist	George Barnard	2,052	59.0	+1.1
	Labor	John Tonkin	1,425	41.0	−1.1
	Nationalist hold		Swing	+1.1

Swan

1927 Western Australian state election: Swan
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	Richard Sampson	2,395	61.6	+3.7
	Labor	Charles Huntley	1,495	38.4	−3.7
Total formal votes			3,890	99.1	−0.1
Informal votes			35	0.9	+0.1
Turnout			3,925	71.7	+2.2
	Nationalist hold		Swing	+3.7

Toodyay

1927 Western Australian state election: Toodyay
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	John Lindsay	1,762	61.1	+35.7
	Country	Ignatius Boyle	1,122	38.9	+21.2
Total formal votes			2,884	99.3	+1.5
Informal votes			20	0.7	−1.5
Turnout			2,904	60.7	+4.3
	Country hold		Swing	N/A

Wagin

1927 Western Australian state election: Wagin
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	Sydney Stubbs	1,432	59.2	−4.9
	Country	Adam Elder	689	28.5	−7.4
	Country	Phillip Toll	296	12.3	+12.3
Total formal votes			2,417	98.7	−0.5
Informal votes			31	1.3	+0.5
Turnout			2,448	75.8	+14.5
	Nationalist hold		Swing	N/A

West Perth

1927 Western Australian state election: West Perth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	Thomas Davy	1,766	44.4	+9.6
	Labor	Alexander McDougall	1,405	35.4	+1.1
	Women's Electoral League	Edith Cowan	803	20.2	+20.2
Total formal votes			3,974	97.5	−1.7
Informal votes			101	2.5	+1.7
Turnout			4,075	76.2	+11.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Nationalist	Thomas Davy	2,400	60.4	−0.4
	Labor	Alexander McDougall	1,574	39.6	+0.4
	Nationalist hold		Swing	−0.4

Williams-Narrogin

1927 Western Australian state election: Williams-Narrogin
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Edward Johnston	2,565	75.6	+3.2
	Labor	John Clunas	826	24.4	−3.2
Total formal votes			3,368	99.3	−0.3
Informal votes			23	0.7	+0.3
Turnout			3,414	70.9	+7.9
	Country hold		Swing	+3.2

Yilgarn

1927 Western Australian state election: Yilgarn
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Edwin Corboy	607	54.5	−3.9
	Country	John Blake	394	35.4	+19.3
	Country	Arthur Brown	112	10.1	+10.1
Total formal votes			1,113	98.4	−1.2
Informal votes			18	1.6	+1.2
Turnout			1,131	81.4	+5.1
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Preferences were not distributed.

York

1927 Western Australian state election: York
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	Charles Latham	1,736	55.1	−5.6
	Labor	Walter Butler	827	26.3	+26.3
	Country	Peter Ledsham	586	18.6	−20.7
Total formal votes			3,149	98.1	−1.3
Informal votes			62	1.9	+1.3
Turnout			3,211	72.7	+8.6
	Nationalist hold		Swing	N/A

Preferences were not distributed.

References

^ "Details of 1927 Election". Australian Politics and Elections Database. University of Western Australia.

[1] "Details of 1927 Election". Australian Politics and Elections Database. University of Western Australia.

[1]

Results of the 1927 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