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

Western Australian state election, 26 March 1927 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.

See also

• 1927 Western Australian state election
• Members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly, 1927–1930