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

Members for Irwin

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Irwin (1890–1930)
Member Party Term
  Samuel J. Phillips Ministerial 1890–1904
  Samuel Moore Ministerial 1904–1911
  Liberal 1911–1914
  James Gardiner Country 1914–1921
  Charles Maley Country 1921–1923
  Country (MCP) 1923–1924
  Nationalist 1924–1928
  Country 1928–1929
  Henry Maley Country 1929–1930
Irwin-Moore (1930–1950)
Member Party Term
  Percy Ferguson Country 1930–1939
  Claude Barker Independent 1939
  Horace Berry Independent 1939–1947
  John Ackland Country 1947–1950

Election results

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Elections in the 1940s

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1947 Western Australian state election: Irwin-Moore[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country John Ackland 1,443 52.3 +38.6
Labor Luke Travers 660 23.9 +2.6
Independent Horace Berry 658 23.8 -31.9
Total formal votes 2,761 99.2 +0.8
Informal votes 23 0.8 −0.8
Turnout 2,784 80.3 −1.4
Country gain from Independent Swing N/A
  • Preferences were not distributed.
1943 Western Australian state election: Irwin-Moore
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Horace Berry 1,491 55.7 +55.7
Labor Angus Thomson 570 21.3 +21.3
Country Ida Swift 366 13.7 -31.3
Country Terence Millsteed 249 9.3 +9.3
Total formal votes 2,676 98.4 −0.6
Informal votes 44 0.6 +0.6
Turnout 2,720 81.7 −6.9
Independent hold Swing N/A
  • Preferences were not distributed.

Elections in the 1930s

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1939 Western Australian state election: Irwin-Moore
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Claude Barker 1,648 55.0 +55.0
Country Percy Ferguson 1,349 45.0 -26.4
Total formal votes 2,997 99.0 +0.1
Informal votes 30 1.0 −0.1
Turnout 3,027 88.6 +24.0
Independent gain from Country Swing N/A
1936 Western Australian state election: Irwin-Moore
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Percy Ferguson 1,506 71.4 +17.3
Independent Cyril Rodoreda 602 28.6 +28.6
Total formal votes 2,108 98.9 +0.7
Informal votes 23 1.1 −0.7
Turnout 2,131 64.6 −21.2
Country hold Swing N/A
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.
1930 Western Australian state election: Irwin-Moore
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Percy Ferguson 1,483 66.2
Nationalist James Denton 759 33.8
Total formal votes 2,242 98.7
Informal votes 30 1.3
Turnout 2,272 64.0
Country hold Swing

Elections in the 1920s

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1929 Irwin state by-election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country John Stratton 961 41.2 -3.4
Nationalist James Denton 549 23.5 -31.9
Country Henry Maley 494 21.2 +21.2
Country Hugh McNeill 330 14.1 +14.1
Total formal votes 2,334 98.9 −0.5
Informal votes 25 1.1 +0.5
Turnout 2,359 52.5 −11.7
Two-candidate-preferred result
Country Henry Maley 1,175 50.3
Country John Stratton 1,159 49.7
Country gain from Nationalist Swing N/A
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
1924 Western Australian state election: Irwin
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Charles Maley 796 45.6 +17.3
Executive Country John Stratton 534 30.6 +30.6
Country William Mitchell 355 20.3 -7.3
Executive Country George Matthews 62 3.5 +3.5
Total formal votes 1,747 98.2 +1.8
Informal votes 32 1.8 −1.8
Turnout 1,779 60.0 +12.3
Two-candidate-preferred result
Country Charles Maley 1,071 61.3 +8.2
Executive Country John Stratton 676 38.7 +38.7
Country hold Swing N/A
1921 Western Australian state election: Irwin
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Charles Maley 304 28.3 -71.7
Country William Mitchell 296 27.6 +27.6
Country Henry Carson 143 13.3 +13.3
Country Frederick Gill 116 10.8 +10.8
Independent William Clarke 80 7.5 +7.5
Country Edward Lang 74 6.9 +6.9
Country Henry Carr 60 5.6 +5.6
Total formal votes 1,073 96.4
Informal votes 40 3.6
Turnout 1,113 47.7
Two-candidate-preferred result
Country Charles Maley 571 53.2 -46.8
Country William Mitchell 502 46.8 +46.8
Country hold Swing N/A

Elections in the 1910s

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1917 Western Australian state election: Irwin
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National Country James Gardiner unopposed
National Country hold Swing
1914 Western Australian state election: Irwin
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country James Gardiner 728 59.7 +59.7
Liberal Samuel Moore 492 40.3 -2.7
Total formal votes 1,220 99.8 +1.0
Informal votes 2 0.2 −1.0
Turnout 1,222 44.2 −25.3
Country gain from Liberal Swing N/A
1911 Western Australian state election: Irwin
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Ministerialist Samuel Moore 479 43.0
Ministerialist James Gardiner 370 33.2
Labor Archibald McDonald 265 23.8
Total formal votes 1,114 98.8
Informal votes 14 1.2
Turnout 1,128 69.5
Two-candidate-preferred result
Ministerialist Samuel Moore 586 52.6
Ministerialist James Gardiner 528 47.4
Ministerialist hold Swing

Elections in the 1900s

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1908 Western Australian state election: Irwin
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Ministerialist Samuel Moore 520 51.4 -48.6
Ministerialist James Huggins 297 29.4 +29.4
Ministerialist William Jose 194 19.2 +19.2
Total formal votes 1,011 97.9
Informal votes 22 2.1
Turnout 1,033 53.6
Ministerialist hold Swing N/A
1905 Western Australian state election: Irwin
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Ministerialist Samuel Moore unopposed
Ministerialist hold Swing
1904 Western Australian state election: Irwin
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Ministerialist Samuel Moore 454 65.0 +65.0
Independent William Philbey 134 19.2 +19.2
Ministerialist Charles Cheeseborough 110 15.8 +15.8
Total formal votes 698 98.9 n/a
Informal votes 8 1.1 n/a
Turnout 706 46.7 n/a
Ministerialist hold Swing N/A
1901 Western Australian state election: Irwin
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Ministerialist Samuel Phillips unopposed
Ministerialist hold Swing

Elections in the 1890s

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1897 Western Australian colonial election: Irwin
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Ministerialist Samuel J. Phillips unopposed
Ministerialist hold Swing
1894 Western Australian colonial election: Irwin
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
None Samuel Phillips unopposed
1890 Western Australian colonial election: Irwin
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
None Samuel Phillips unopposed

References

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  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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