Electoral results for the district of South Murchison

This is a list of electoral results for the Electoral district of South Murchison in Western Australian state elections.

Members for South Murchison[edit]

Member		Party	Term
	Cornthwaite Rason	Ministerial	1897–1901

1897 Western Australian colonial election: South Murchison^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Ministerialist	Cornthwaite Rason	87	40.8
	Ministerialist	Frederick Trude	80	37.6
	Independent	Malcolm Reid	39	18.3
	Opposition	John Perryman	7	3.3
Total formal votes			213	98.6
Informal votes			3	1.4
Turnout			216	54.1
	Ministerialist hold		Swing

^ 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.