Results of the 1933 Western Australian state election (Legislative Assembly)

Western Australian state election, 8 April 1933^[1] Legislative Assembly << 1930–1936 >>
Enrolled voters		205,312^[1]
Votes cast		186,012		Turnout	90.60%	+16.15%
Informal votes		4,156		Informal	2.23%	+1.10%
Summary of votes by party
Party		Primary votes	%	Swing	Seats	Change
	Labor	82,702	45.48%	+7.04%	30	+ 7
	Nationalist	55,522	30.53%	–5.65%	8	– 7
	Country	25,980	14.29%	–4.48%	11	– 1
	Ind. Nat.	2,199	1.21%	+1.21%	0	± 0
	Communist	442	0.25%	+0.25%	0	± 0
	Independent	14,918	8.20%	–2.70%	1	+ 1
Total		186,012			50

This is a list of electoral district results of the 1933 Western Australian election.

Results by Electoral district

Albany

1933 Western Australian state election: Albany
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Arthur Wansbrough	2,031	51.5	+4.8
	Country	William Day	969	24.6	−0.2
	Independent Country	George Cooper	804	20.4	+20.4
	Country	Alfred Lawrence	142	3.6	+3.6
Total formal votes			3,946	98.8	+0.6
Informal votes			46	1.2	−0.6
Turnout			3,992	92.6	+17.6
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Preferences were not distributed.

Avon

1933 Western Australian state election: Avon
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Fred Law	1,608	46.0	+9.2
	Country	Harry Griffiths	1,453	41.6	−21.6
	Country	John Mann	433	12.4	+12.4
Total formal votes			3,494	97.7	−1.5
Informal votes			83	2.3	+1.5
Turnout			3,577	91.8	+17.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Country	Harry Griffiths	1,781	51.0	−12.2
	Labor	Fred Law	1,713	49.0	+12.2
	Country hold		Swing	−12.2

Beverley

1933 Western Australian state election: Beverley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	James Mann	2,164	63.3	+16.6
	Country	Charles Wansbrough	1,257	36.7	−0.2
Total formal votes			3,421	98.5	+0.1
Informal votes			52	1.5	−0.1
Turnout			3,473	84.6	+19.0
	Country hold		Swing	N/A

Boulder

1933 Western Australian state election: Boulder
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Philip Collier	2,337	89.5	−10.5
	Communist	Wilfred Mountjoy	274	10.5	+10.5
Total formal votes			2,611	96.7
Informal votes			89	3.3
Turnout			2,700	92.1
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Brown Hill-Ivanhoe

1933 Western Australian state election: Brown Hill-Ivanhoe
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Frederick Smith	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

Bunbury

1933 Western Australian state election: Bunbury
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Frederick Withers	2,422	55.4	+0.2
	Nationalist	John Hands	1,954	44.6	−0.2
Total formal votes			4,376	99.0	+0.2
Informal votes			45	1.0	−0.2
Turnout			4,421	95.5	+8.2
	Labor hold		Swing	+0.2

Canning

1933 Western Australian state election: Canning
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Charles Cross	3,560	45.1	−4.1
	Nationalist	Herbert Wells	1,782	22.5	−28.3
	Nationalist	Henry Pilgrim	1,726	21.8	+21.8
	Country	Leonard Perrin	834	10.6	+10.6
Total formal votes			7,902	96.7	−2.6
Informal votes			269	3.3	+2.6
Turnout			8,171	92.3	+19.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Charles Cross	4,002	52.8	+3.6
	Nationalist	Herbert Wells	3,578	47.2	−3.6
	Labor gain from Nationalist		Swing	+3.6

Claremont

1933 Western Australian state election: Claremont
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	Charles North	2,448	42.5	−17.4
	Nationalist	Donald Cleland	1,697	29.4	+29.4
	Nationalist	Clarence Briggs	1,619	28.1	+28.1
Total formal votes			5,764	95.7	−3.5
Informal votes			258	4.3	+3.5
Turnout			6,022	91.6	+31.4
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Nationalist	Charles North	3,071	53.3
	Nationalist	Donald Cleland	2,693	46.7
	Nationalist hold		Swing	N/A

Collie

1933 Western Australian state election: Collie
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Arthur Wilson	2,732	69.3	−30.7
	Independent Labor	Harry Stapledon	1,208	30.7	+30.7
Total formal votes			3,940	98.8
Informal votes			46	1.2
Turnout			3,986	90.0
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

East Perth

1933 Western Australian state election: East Perth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	James Kenneally	3,843	61.6	+1.5
	Nationalist	William Murray	1,961	31.4	+31.4
	Independent	Carlyle Ferguson	440	7.1	+7.1
Total formal votes			6,244	96.4	−2.2
Informal votes			232	3.6	+2.2
Turnout			6,476	87.7	+25.7
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Preferences were not distributed.

Forrest

1933 Western Australian state election: Forrest
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	May Holman	2,480	72.7	+6.9
	Country	William Hollingsworth	933	27.3	+8.5
Total formal votes			3,281	96.3	−3.0
Informal votes			132	3.7	+3.0
Turnout			3,545	85.4	+9.4
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Fremantle

1933 Western Australian state election: Fremantle
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Joseph Sleeman	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

Gascoyne

1933 Western Australian state election: Gascoyne
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Frank Wise	610	62.4	+17.7
	Nationalist	Edward Angelo	368	37.6	−17.7
Total formal votes			969	99.1	−0.1
Informal votes			9	0.9	+0.1
Turnout			987	83.4	+0.9
	Labor gain from Nationalist		Swing	+17.7

Geraldton

1933 Western Australian state election: Geraldton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	John Willcock	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

Greenough

1933 Western Australian state election: Greenough
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	John Steele	1,844	38.1	0.0
	Country	William Patrick	1,428	29.5	−5.1
	Country	Kenneth Jones	965	19.9	+19.9
	Independent Country	Paul McGuiness	599	12.4	+12.4
Total formal votes			4,836	98.4	−0.6
Informal votes			76	1.6	+0.6
Turnout			4,912	83.5	+15.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Country	William Patrick	2,648	54.8	−0.2
	Labor	John Steele	2,188	45.2	+0.2
	Country hold		Swing	−0.2

Guildford-Midland

1933 Western Australian state election: Guildford-Midland
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	William Johnson	3,930	70.8	−29.2
	Nationalist	Robert Crowther	1,624	29.2	+29.2
Total formal votes			5,554	98.2
Informal votes			100	1.8
Turnout			5,654	93.1
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Hannans

1933 Western Australian state election: Hannans
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Selby Munsie	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

Irwin-Moore

1933 Western Australian state election: Irwin-Moore
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Percy Ferguson	1,590	54.1	−12.0
	Nationalist	Edmund Nicholson	980	33.3	−0.5
	Country	Corintin Honner	371	12.6	+12.6
Total formal votes			2,941	98.2	−0.5
Informal votes			54	1.8	+0.5
Turnout			2,995	85.8	+21.8
	Country hold		Swing	N/A

Preferences were not distributed.

Kalgoorlie

1933 Western Australian state election: Kalgoorlie
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	James Cunningham	1,937	65.2	−34.8
	Nationalist	Ernest Williams	698	23.5	+23.5
	Nationalist	Francis O'Dea	337	11.3	+11.3
Total formal votes			2,972	97.5
Informal votes			77	2.5
Turnout			3,049	89.4
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Preferences were not distributed.

Kanowna

1933 Western Australian state election: Kanowna
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Emil Nulsen	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

Katanning

1933 Western Australian state election: Katanning
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Arnold Piesse	2,260	47.7	−14.4
	Labor	Martin Hartigan	1,415	29.9	+29.9
	Country	Arthur Watts	609	12.9	+12.9
	Country	John Nagel	453	9.6	+9.6
Total formal votes			4,737	97.6	−1.2
Informal votes			115	2.4	+1.2
Turnout			4,852	92.1	+11.5
After distribution of preferences
	Country	Arnold Piesse	2,434	51.4
	Labor	Martin Hartigan	1,496	31.6
	Country	Arthur Watts	807	17.0
	Country hold		Swing	N/A

Preferences were not distributed to completion.

Kimberley

1933 Western Australian state election: Kimberley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Aubrey Coverley	369	52.3	−21.2
	Nationalist	Arthur Povah	337	47.7	+21.2
Total formal votes			706	98.3	−0.4
Informal votes			12	1.7	+0.4
Turnout			718	78.6	+18.0
	Labor hold		Swing	−21.2

Leederville

1933 Western Australian state election: Leederville
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Alexander Panton	4,846	58.4	+10.0
	Nationalist	Henry Simper	1,791	21.6	+5.8
	Nationalist	Ernest Caddy	1,660	20.0	+20.0
Total formal votes			8,297	97.7	−1.0
Informal votes			196	2.3	+1.0
Turnout			8,493	93.7	+21.9
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Preferences were not distributed.

Maylands

1933 Western Australian state election: Maylands
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Robert Clothier	2,721	42.8	+1.1
	Nationalist	John Scaddan	1,652	26.0	−5.7
	Nationalist	Arthur Daley	1,203	18.9	−5.0
	Nationalist	Charles Plunkett	675	10.6	+10.6
	Independent	Frederick Swaine	106	1.7	+1.7
Total formal votes			6,357	98.1	−0.8
Informal votes			123	1.9	+0.8
Turnout			6,480	91.2	+11.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Robert Clothier	3,505	55.1	+9.4
	Nationalist	John Scaddan	2,852	44.9	−9.4
	Labor gain from Nationalist		Swing	+9.4

Middle Swan

1933 Western Australian state election: Middle Swan
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	James Hegney	4,081	59.4	+11.9
	Nationalist	Karl Drake-Brockman	1,286	18.7	−3.9
	Nationalist	William Southwood	658	9.6	+9.6
	Nationalist	John Pickering	599	8.7	+8.7
	Country	George Gaunt	244	3.5	−9.9
Total formal votes			6,868	96.3	−1.9
Informal votes			265	3.7	+1.9
Turnout			7,133	90.3	+19.9
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Preferences were not distributed.

Mount Hawthorn

1933 Western Australian state election: Mount Hawthorn
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Harry Millington	3,512	62.5	+9.0
	Nationalist	Hugh Henderson	2,107	37.5	−9.0
Total formal votes			5,619	97.9	−0.8
Informal votes			123	2.1	+0.8
Turnout			5,742	94.3	+17.0
	Labor hold		Swing	+9.0

Mount Magnet

1933 Western Australian state election: Mount Magnet
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Michael Troy	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

Mount Marshall

1933 Western Australian state election: Mount Marshall
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent Country	Frederick Warner	2,030	54.8	+54.8
	Country	John Lindsay	1,673	45.2	−26.8
Total formal votes			3,703	99.0	−0.3
Informal votes			37	1.0	+0.3
Turnout			3,740	85.2	+17.9
	Independent Country gain from Country		Swing	N/A

Murchison

1933 Western Australian state election: Murchison
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	William Marshall	1,483	86.9	−13.1
	Independent Labor	Donald Dunjey	224	13.1	+13.1
Total formal votes			1,707	96.1
Informal votes			69	3.9
Turnout			1,776	69.6
	Labor hold		Swing

Murray-Wellington

1933 Western Australian state election: Murray-Wellington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	Ross McLarty	unopposed
	Nationalist hold		Swing

Nedlands

1933 Western Australian state election: Nedlands
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	Norbert Keenan	4,234	55.1	+32.1
	Labor	Frank Darcey	3,445	44.9	+8.6
Total formal votes			7,679	98.7	+0.6
Informal votes			98	1.3	−0.6
Turnout			7,777	91.9	+9.5
	Nationalist hold		Swing	+0.8

Nelson

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

North Perth

1933 Western Australian state election: North Perth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	James Smith	3,324	62.3	−0.7
	Single Tax League	Edward White	2,007	37.7	+37.7
Total formal votes			5,331	97.8	−1.0
Informal votes			119	2.2	+1.0
Turnout			5,450	92.2	+23.8
	Nationalist hold		Swing	N/A

North-East Fremantle

1933 Western Australian state election: North-East Fremantle
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	John Tonkin	3,730	59.9	+10.0
	Nationalist	Hubert Parker	2,495	40.1	−10.0
Total formal votes			6,225	99.2	0.0
Informal votes			47	0.8	0.0
Turnout			6,272	95.5	+26.6
	Labor gain from Nationalist		Swing	+10.0

Northam

1933 Western Australian state election: Northam
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Albert Hawke	2,369	55.4	+8.8
	Nationalist	James Mitchell	1,575	36.8	−16.6
	Country	Thomas Peterson	334	7.8	+7.8
Total formal votes			4,278	98.8	−0.4
Informal votes			52	1.2	+0.4
Turnout			4,330	95.3	+14.3
	Labor gain from Nationalist		Swing	N/A

Preferences were not distributed.

Perth

1933 Western Australian state election: Perth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Ted Needham	3,734	58.4	+12.3
	Nationalist	Harry Mann	2,661	41.6	−11.5
Total formal votes			6,395	97.7	−0.8
Informal votes			149	2.3	+0.8
Turnout			6,544	89.1	+16.6
	Labor gain from Nationalist		Swing	N/A

Pilbara

1933 Western Australian state election: Pilbara
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	Frank Welsh	268	57.9	+18.6
	Labor	James McGuire	195	42.1	−12.2
Total formal votes			445	96.3	−3.0
Informal votes			18	3.7	+3.0
Turnout			481	87.6	+3.4
	Nationalist gain from Labor		Swing	N/A

Pingelly

1933 Western Australian state election: Pingelly
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Harrie Seward	1,510	44.8	+6.3
	Independent	Cecil Elsegood	1,115	33.1	+33.1
	Labor	Keith Growden	745	22.1	−0.7
Total formal votes			3,370	98.4	+0.7
Informal votes			54	1.6	−0.7
Turnout			3,424	85.4	+11.6
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Country	Harrie Seward	1,738	51.6	+3.3
	Independent	Cecil Elsegood	1,632	48.4	+48.4
	Country hold		Swing	N/A

Roebourne

1933 Western Australian state election: Roebourne
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Alec Rodoreda	261	52.3	+22.4
	Nationalist	John Church	238	47.7	−22.4
Total formal votes			499	98.6	−1.0
Informal votes			7	1.4	+1.0
Turnout			506	86.4	+12.2
	Labor gain from Nationalist		Swing	+22.4

South Fremantle

1933 Western Australian state election: South Fremantle
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Alick McCallum	5,384	78.5	−21.5
	Ind. Nationalist	Joshua Warner	1,305	19.0	+19.0
	Communist	Gregory Collins	168	2.5	+2.5
Total formal votes			6,857	96.8
Informal votes			224	3.2
Turnout			7,081	94.7
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Preferences were not distributed.

Subiaco

1933 Western Australian state election: Subiaco
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	John Moloney	2,873	43.6	+2.1
	Nationalist	Walter Richardson	2,453	37.2	−21.3
	Independent	John Bathgate	1,269	19.2	+19.2
Total formal votes			6,595	97.6	−1.4
Informal votes			164	2.4	+1.4
Turnout			6,759	92.9	+14.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	John Moloney	3,463	52.5	+11.0
	Nationalist	Walter Richardson	3,132	47.5	−11.0
	Labor gain from Nationalist		Swing	+11.0

Sussex

1933 Western Australian state election: Sussex
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Herbert Swinbourne	1,364	36.2	+1.3
	Nationalist	Edmund Brockman	946	25.1	+25.1
	Nationalist	George Barnard	865	23.0	−18.3
	Independent	Robert Falkingham	591	15.7	+15.7
Total formal votes			3,766	98.2	−0.9
Informal votes			70	1.8	+0.9
Turnout			3,836	94.9	+5.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Nationalist	Edmund Brockman	2,033	54.0	−7.6
	Labor	Herbert Swinbourne	1,733	46.0	+7.6
	Nationalist hold		Swing	−7.6

Swan

1933 Western Australian state election: Swan
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Richard Sampson	2,731	65.8	−34.2
	Nationalist	William Orr	1,421	34.2	+34.2
Total formal votes			4,051	97.6
Informal votes			101	2.4
Turnout			4,253	89.3
	Country gain from Nationalist		Swing	N/A

Richard Sampson was the sitting member for Swan that changed from the Nationalist to the Country party for this election.

Toodyay

1933 Western Australian state election: Toodyay
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Lindsay Thorn	unopposed
	Country hold		Swing

Victoria Park

1933 Western Australian state election: Victoria Park
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Howard Raphael	4,700	69.6	+21.2
	Nationalist	Charles Harper	1,354	20.0	−11.6
	Nationalist	Oliver Strang	700	10.4	+10.4
Total formal votes			6,754	97.4	−1.5
Informal votes			181	2.6	+1.5
Turnout			6,935	92.9	+11.0
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Preferences were not distributed.

Wagin

1933 Western Australian state election: Wagin
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Sydney Stubbs	unopposed
	Country hold		Swing

West Perth

1933 Western Australian state election: West Perth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	John Blair	2,738	45.8	+1.7
	Nationalist	Robert McDonald	2,349	39.3	−16.6
	Ind. Nationalist	Leonard Goold	549	9.2	+9.2
	Ind. Nationalist	Frank Cato	345	5.8	+5.8
Total formal votes			5,981	98.1	−1.0
Informal votes			117	1.9	+1.0
Turnout			6,098	91.1	+13.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Nationalist	Robert McDonald	3,041	50.8	−5.1
	Labor	John Blair	2,940	49.2	+5.1
	Nationalist hold		Swing	−5.1

Williams-Narrogin

1933 Western Australian state election: Williams-Narrogin
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Victor Doney	1,968	67.7	−2.7
	Independent	Arthur McCormick	941	32.3	+2.3
Total formal votes			2,909	98.5	−1.0
Informal votes			45	1.5	+1.0
Turnout			2,954	89.0	+7.8
	Country hold		Swing	N/A

Yilgarn-Coolgardie

1933 Western Australian state election: Yilgarn-Coolgardie
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	George Lambert	1,742	61.9	+31.3
	Independent Country	Jim Keightly	1,072	38.1	+38.1
Total formal votes			2,814	97.6	−1.4
Informal votes			69	2.4	+1.4
Turnout			2,883	87.7	+8.3
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

York

1933 Western Australian state election: York
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Charles Latham	1,605	59.4	−40.6
	Independent Country	Donald Sutherland	555	20.5	+20.5
	Independent	Charles Foreman	542	20.1	+20.1
Total formal votes			2,702	98.6
Informal votes			38	1.4
Turnout			2,740	90.6
	Country hold		Swing	N/A

Preferences were not distributed.

References

^ 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.

[1] 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.

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Results of the 1933 Western Australian state election (Legislative Assembly)

Results by Electoral district

Albany

Avon

Beverley

Boulder

Brown Hill-Ivanhoe

Bunbury

Canning

Claremont

Collie

East Perth

Forrest

Fremantle

Gascoyne

Geraldton

Greenough

Guildford-Midland

Hannans

Irwin-Moore

Kalgoorlie

Kanowna

Katanning

Kimberley

Leederville

Maylands

Middle Swan

Mount Hawthorn

Mount Magnet

Mount Marshall

Murchison

Murray-Wellington

Nedlands

Nelson

North Perth

North-East Fremantle

Northam

Perth

Pilbara

Pingelly

Roebourne

South Fremantle

Subiaco

Sussex

Swan

Toodyay

Victoria Park

Wagin

West Perth

Williams-Narrogin

Yilgarn-Coolgardie

York

See also

References