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

Members for Northam

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Member Party Term
  George Throssell Ministerial 1890–1904
  Alfred Watts Labor 1904–1905
  James Mitchell Ministerial 1905–1911
  Liberal (WA) 1911–1917
  Nationalist 1917–1933
  Bert Hawke Labor 1933–1968
  Ken McIver Labor 1968–1974

Election results

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Elections in the 1970s

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1971 Western Australian state election: Northam[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Ken McIver 3,516 60.9 +12.1
Independent Claude Roediger 2,103 36.4 +36.4
Democratic Labor John Van der Zanden 159 2.3 +2.3
Total formal votes 5,778 97.3 −1.6
Informal votes 161 2.7 +1.6
Turnout 5,939 93.0 −0.6
Two-candidate-preferred result
Labor Ken McIver 3,540 61.3 +7.7
Independent Claude Roediger 2,238 38.7 +38.7
Labor hold Swing N/A

Elections in the 1960s

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1968 Western Australian state election: Northam
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Ken McIver 2,674 48.8
Liberal and Country Claude Roediger 1,808 33.0
Country Maurice Armstrong 1,003 18.3
Total formal votes 5,485 98.9
Informal votes 60 1.1
Turnout 5,545 93.6
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Ken McIver 2,942 53.6
Liberal and Country Claude Roediger 2,543 46.4
Labor hold Swing
1965 Western Australian state election: Northam
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Bert Hawke 3,078 57.9 −42.1
Liberal and Country Claude Roediger 2,240 42.1 +42.1
Total formal votes 5,318 99.2
Informal votes 43 0.8
Turnout 5,361 92.7
Labor hold Swing N/A
1962 Western Australian state election: Northam
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Bert Hawke unopposed
Labor hold Swing

Elections in the 1950s

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1959 Western Australian state election: Northam
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Bert Hawke 2,911 57.6 −18.8
Liberal and Country Lawrence Solomon 1,860 36.8 +36.8
Democratic Labor Brian McGinty 285 5.6 +5.6
Total formal votes 5,056 99.2 +1.3
Informal votes 43 0.8 −1.3
Turnout 5,099 94.3 +2.8
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Bert Hawke 58.4 −18.0
Liberal and Country Lawrence Solomon 41.6 +41.6
Labor hold Swing N/A
  • Two party preferred vote was estimated.
1956 Western Australian state election: Northam
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Bert Hawke 3,483 76.4
Independent Liberal James Collins 1,075 23.6
Total formal votes 4,558 97.9
Informal votes 96 2.1
Turnout 4,654 91.5
Labor hold Swing
1953 Western Australian state election: Northam
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Bert Hawke unopposed
Labor hold Swing
1950 Western Australian state election: Northam
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Bert Hawke 3,123 65.6
Country Thomas Letch 1,635 34.4
Total formal votes 4,758 98.7
Informal votes 63 1.3
Turnout 4,821 92.4
Labor hold Swing

Elections in the 1940s

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1947 Western Australian state election: Northam
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Bert Hawke 2,245 56.2 −13.7
Country Norm Baxter 1,753 43.8 +13.7
Total formal votes 3,998 98.7 +0.3
Informal votes 53 1.3 −0.3
Turnout 4,051 80.0 −5.4
Labor hold Swing +13.7
1943 Western Australian state election: Northam
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Bert Hawke 2,828 69.9 +7.1
Country Hurtle Prater 1,217 30.1 +30.1
Total formal votes 4,045 98.4 −0.4
Informal votes 64 1.6 +0.4
Turnout 4,109 85.4 −8.2
Labor hold Swing +7.1

Elections in the 1930s

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1939 Western Australian state election: Northam
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Bert Hawke 2,670 62.8 −1.5
Nationalist John Safe 1,579 37.2 +1.5
Total formal votes 4,249 98.8 −0.4
Informal votes 53 1.2 +0.4
Turnout 4,302 93.6 +7.8
Labor hold Swing −1.5
1936 Western Australian state election: Northam
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Bert Hawke 2,537 64.3 +8.9
Nationalist Hal C.S. Colebatch 1,407 35.7 −1.1
Total formal votes 3,944 99.2 +0.4
Informal votes 30 0.8 −0.4
Turnout 3,974 85.8 −9.5
Labor hold Swing N/A
1933 Western Australian state election: Northam
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Bert 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.
1930 Western Australian state election: Northam
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist James Mitchell 1,982 53.4
Labor Patrick Coffey 1,726 46.6
Total formal votes 3,708 99.2
Informal votes 31 0.8
Turnout 3,739 81.0
Nationalist hold Swing

Elections in the 1920s

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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
1924 Western Australian state election: Northam
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist James Mitchell 1,296 53.0 −5.1
Labor Louis Grieve 1,149 47.0 +5.1
Total formal votes 2,445 99.2 0.0
Informal votes 20 0.8 0.0
Turnout 2,465 75.5 +2.3
Nationalist hold Swing −5.1
1921 Western Australian state election: Northam
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist James Mitchell 1,051 58.1 −41.9
Labor Louis Grieve 758 41.9 +41.9
Total formal votes 1,809 99.2
Informal votes 14 0.8
Turnout 1,823 73.2
Nationalist hold Swing N/A

Elections in the 1910s

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1917 Western Australian state election: Northam
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National Liberal James Mitchell unopposed
National Liberal hold Swing
1914 Western Australian state election: Northam
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal James Mitchell 1,085 50.9 −0.1
Labor James Kenneally 878 41.2 −7.8
Country Oscar Bernard 167 7.8 +7.8
Total formal votes 2,130 98.4 −0.9
Informal votes 35 1.6 +0.9
Turnout 2,165 66.1 −5.9
Liberal hold Swing N/A
  • Preferences were not distributed.
1911 Western Australian state election: Northam
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Ministerialist James Mitchell 1,037 51.0
Labor Alfred Watts 995 49.0
Total formal votes 2,032 99.3
Informal votes 14 0.7
Turnout 2,046 72.0
Ministerialist hold Swing

Elections in the 1900s

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1908 Western Australian state election: Northam
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Ministerialist James Mitchell 1,372 54.5 −0.7
Labour Alfred Watts 1,147 45.5 +0.7
Total formal votes 2,519 97.8 −1.7
Informal votes 57 2.2 +1.7
Turnout 2,576 55.9 +2.8
Ministerialist hold Swing −0.7
1905 Western Australian state election: Northam
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Ministerialist James Mitchell 984 55.2 +11.9
Labour Alfred Watts 800 44.8 –11.9
Total formal votes 1,784 99.5 +0.4
Informal votes 8 0.5 –0.4
Turnout 1,790 53.1 +6.3
Ministerialist gain from Labour Swing +11.9
1904 Western Australian state election: Northam
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Alfred Watts 1,033 56.7 +56.7
Ministerialist Charles Knight 788 43.3 +43.3
Total formal votes 1,821 99.1 n/a
Informal votes 17 0.9 n/a
Turnout 1,847 46.8 n/a
Labour gain from Ministerialist Swing +56.7
1901 Western Australian state election: Northam
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Ministerialist George Throssell unopposed
Ministerialist hold Swing

Elections in the 1890s

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1897 Western Australian colonial election: Northam
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Ministerialist George Throssell unopposed
Ministerialist hold Swing
1894 Western Australian colonial election: Northam
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
None George Throssell 163 73.4 –26.6
None Henry Cooke 59 26.6 +26.6
1890 Western Australian colonial election: Northam
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
None George Throssell 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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