Electoral results for the district of South Fremantle
Appearance
This is a list of electoral results for the Electoral district of South Fremantle in Western Australian state elections.
Members for South Fremantle
Member | Party | Term | |
---|---|---|---|
David Symon | Non-aligned | 1890–1892 | |
Elias Solomon | Independent | 1892–1901 | |
Arthur Diamond | Independent | 1901–1904 | |
Ministerial | 1904–1906 | ||
Arthur Davies | Ministerial | 1906–1911 | |
Harry Bolton | Labor | 1911–1917 | |
National Labor | 1917 | ||
Samuel Rocke | Ind. Labor | 1917–1921 | |
Alick McCallum | Labor | 1922–1935 | |
Thomas Fox | Labor | 1935–1951 | |
Dick Lawrence | Labor | 1951–1960 | |
Henry Curran | Labor | 1960–1962 |
Election results
Elections in the 1960s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Henry Curran | 5,266 | 52.5 | -35.0 | |
Independent Labor | William Hughes | 4,767 | 47.5 | +47.5 | |
Total formal votes | 10,033 | 96.5 | +5.9 | ||
Informal votes | 359 | 3.5 | −5.9 | ||
Turnout | 10,392 | 88.7 | −1.1 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | N/A |
Elections in the 1950s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Dick Lawrence | 8,186 | 87.5 | +11.2 | |
Communist | George Kendrick | 1,173 | 12.5 | +12.5 | |
Total formal votes | 9,359 | 90.6 | −5.6 | ||
Informal votes | 973 | 9.4 | +5.6 | ||
Turnout | 10,332 | 89.8 | −0.6 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Dick Lawrence | 7,042 | 76.3 | ||
Independent Labor | Michael Robson | 2,191 | 23.7 | ||
Total formal votes | 9,233 | 96.2 | |||
Informal votes | 369 | 3.8 | |||
Turnout | 9,602 | 90.4 | |||
Labor hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Dick Lawrence | unopposed | |||
Labor hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Dick Lawrence | 4,631 | 61.5 | N/A | |
All Parties Association | Carlyle Ferguson | 1,391 | 18.5 | +18.5 | |
Independent | Henry Miller | 1,144 | 15.2 | +15.2 | |
Communist | Patrick Troy | 365 | 4.9 | +4.9 | |
Total formal votes | 7,531 | 97.6 | |||
Informal votes | 185 | 2.4 | |||
Turnout | 7,716 | 84.2 | |||
Labor hold | Swing | N/A |
- Preferences were not distributed.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Thomas Fox | unopposed | |||
Labor hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1940s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Thomas Fox | unopposed | |||
Labor hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Tom Fox | unopposed | |||
Labor hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1930s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Thomas Fox | 4,425 | 62.4 | -5.7 | |
Nationalist | Ashbury Gartrell | 2,065 | 29.1 | +29.1 | |
Independent | Arthur Ambrose | 605 | 8.5 | +8.5 | |
Total formal votes | 7,095 | 97.4 | −1.5 | ||
Informal votes | 189 | 2.6 | +1.5 | ||
Turnout | 7,284 | 95.9 | +35.8 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Thomas Fox | 2,955 | 68.1 | -10.4 | |
Social Credit | David Byers | 1,385 | 31.9 | +31.9 | |
Total formal votes | 4,340 | 98.9 | +2.1 | ||
Informal votes | 49 | 1.1 | −2.1 | ||
Turnout | 4,389 | 60.1 | −34.6 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Thomas Fox | 2,282 | 59.6 | -18.9 | |
Nationalist | Alexander Bracks | 1,544 | 40.4 | +40.4 | |
Total formal votes | 3,826 | 98.8 | +2.0 | ||
Informal votes | 47 | 1.2 | −2.0 | ||
Turnout | 3,873 | 53.8 | −40.9 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | N/A |
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.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Alick McCallum | unopposed | |||
Labor hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1920s
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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Alick McCallum | unopposed | |||
Labor hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Alick McCallum | 1,741 | 48.3 | +48.3 | |
Nationalist | William Watson | 1,531 | 42.5 | +42.5 | |
Independent Labor | Samuel Rocke | 332 | 9.2 | –40.9 | |
Total formal votes | 3,604 | 97.9 | –0.6 | ||
Informal votes | 78 | 2.1 | +0.6 | ||
Turnout | 3,682 | 78.9 | +13.6 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Alick McCallum | 1,849 | 51.3 | +51.3 | |
Nationalist | William Watson | 1,755 | 48.7 | +48.7 | |
Labor gain from Independent Labor | Swing | N/A |
Elections in the 1910s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent Labor | Samuel Rocke | 1,481 | 50.1 | +50.1 | |
National Labor | Harry Bolton | 1,475 | 49.9 | –5.9 | |
Total formal votes | 2,956 | 98.5 | –1.1 | ||
Informal votes | 45 | 1.5 | +1.1 | ||
Turnout | 3,001 | 65.3 | –0.3 | ||
Independent Labor gain from National Labor | Swing | +50.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Harry Bolton | 2,018 | 55.8 | -11.0 | |
Liberal | William Watson | 1,600 | 44.2 | +14.8 | |
Total formal votes | 3,618 | 99.6 | +0.8 | ||
Informal votes | 16 | 0.4 | −0.8 | ||
Turnout | 3,634 | 65.6 | −17.7 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Harry Bolton | 2,113 | 66.8 | ||
Ministerialist | John Cooke | 929 | 29.4 | ||
Ministerialist | John Brennan | 121 | 3.8 | ||
Total formal votes | 3,163 | 98.8 | |||
Informal votes | 38 | 1.2 | |||
Turnout | 3,201 | 83.3 | |||
Labor gain from Ministerialist | Swing |
- Preferences were not distributed.
Elections in the 1900s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ministerialist | Arthur Davies | unopposed | |||
Ministerialist hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ministerialist | Arthur Davies | 1,509 | 66.9 | +10.9 | |
Labour | Joseph Dale | 748 | 33.1 | -10.9 | |
Total formal votes | 2,257 | 98.6 | −0.2 | ||
Informal votes | 33 | 1.4 | +0.2 | ||
Turnout | 2,290 | 51.5 | +0.1 | ||
Ministerialist hold | Swing | +10.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ministerialist | Arthur Diamond | 1,116 | 56.0 | –2.5 | |
Labour | Alick McCallum | 878 | 44.0 | +2.5 | |
Total formal votes | 1,994 | 98.8 | –0.6 | ||
Informal votes | 24 | 1.2 | +0.6 | ||
Turnout | 2,018 | 51.4 | +12.2 | ||
Ministerialist hold | Swing | –2.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ministerialist | Arthur Diamond | 1,357 | 58.5 | +21.6 | |
Labour | Edward Gilleland | 964 | 41.5 | +11.8 | |
Total formal votes | 2,321 | 99.4 | +0.7 | ||
Informal votes | 15 | 0.6 | –0.7 | ||
Turnout | 2,336 | 39.2 | –1.7 | ||
Ministerialist hold | Swing | +21.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Arthur Diamond | 492 | 36.9 | +36.9 | |
Labour | William Guilfoyle | 396 | 29.7 | +29.7 | |
Independent | William Forsythe | 296 | 22.2 | +22.2 | |
Opposition | Walter Mortess | 151 | 11.3 | +11.3 | |
Total formal votes | 1,335 | 98.7 | n/a | ||
Informal votes | 17 | 1.3 | n/a | ||
Turnout | 1,352 | 40.9 | n/a | ||
Independent hold | Swing | N/A |
Elections in the 1890s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Elias Solomon | unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
None | Elias Solomon | unopposed |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
None | Elias Solomon | 161 | 51.1 | ||
None | William Wray | 154 | 48.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
None | David Symon | 203 | 57.8 | n/a | |
None | Daniel Congdon | 148 | 42.2 | n/a |
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.