Electoral results for the district of Sussex

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

Members for Sussex

1947 Sussex state by-election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Stewart Bovell	2,352	59.7	−4.6
	Independent Liberal	Robert Falkingham	1,097	27.9	+27.9
	Independent Labor	John Blake	490	12.4	+12.4
Total formal votes			3,939	96.7	−2.2
Informal votes			136	3.3	+2.2
Turnout			4,075	87.5	+0.3
	Liberal hold		Swing	N/A

1947 Western Australian state election: Sussex^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	William Willmott	2,531	64.3	+2.0
	Labor	Robert Hearne	1,407	35.7	−2.0
Total formal votes			3,938	98.9	+1.0
Informal votes			44	1.1	−1.0
Turnout			3,982	87.2	−0.1
	Liberal hold		Swing	+2.0

1943 Western Australian state election: Sussex
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	William Willmott	2,060	62.3	+20.7
	Labor	Albert Morgan	1,248	37.7	+9.2
Total formal votes			3,308	97.9	−0.7
Informal votes			70	2.1	+0.7
Turnout			3,378	87.3	−8.3
	Nationalist hold		Swing	−0.4

1939 Western Australian state election: Sussex
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	William Willmott	1,445	41.6	−28.5
	Labor	Albert Morgan	994	28.5	+28.5
	Country	Robert Falkingham	689	19.7	+19.7
	Independent Country	William Morris	355	10.2	+10.2
Total formal votes			3,493	98.6	−0.1
Informal votes			50	1.4	+0.1
Turnout			3,543	95.6	+11.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Nationalist	William Willmott	2,189	62.7
	Labor	Albert Morgan	1,304	37.3
	Nationalist hold		Swing	N/A

1938 Sussex state by-election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	William Willmott	848	28.0	−42.1
	Labor	Herbert Bartlett	799	26.4	+26.4
	Country	Walter Noakes	452	14.9	+14.9
	Ind. Nationalist	Robert Falkingham	390	12.9	−5.0
	Ind. Nationalist	William Pickering	277	9.2	+9.2
	Nationalist	Robert Reading	261	8.6	+8.6
Total formal votes			3,027	98.1	−0.6
Informal votes			60	1.9	+0.6
Turnout			3,087	90.5	+6.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Nationalist	William Willmott	2,007	66.3	N/A
	Labor	Herbert Bartlett	1,020	33.7	+33.7
	Nationalist hold		Swing	N/A

1936 Western Australian state election: Sussex
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	Edmund Brockman	2,014	70.1	+45.0
	Ind. Nationalist	Robert Falkingham	514	17.9	+2.2
	Ind. Nationalist	Percy Bignell	345	12.0	+12.0
Total formal votes			2,873	98.7	+0.5
Informal votes			37	1.3	−0.5
Turnout			2,910	84.4	−10.5
	Nationalist hold		Swing	N/A

1933 Western Australian state election: Sussex
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Herbert Swinbourne	1,364	36.2	+1.3
	Nationalist	Edmund Brockman	946	25.1	+25.1
	Nationalist	George Barnard	865	23.0	−18.3
	Independent	Robert Falkingham	591	15.7	+15.7
Total formal votes			3,766	98.2	−0.9
Informal votes			70	1.8	+0.9
Turnout			3,836	94.9	+5.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Nationalist	Edmund Brockman	2,033	54.0	−7.6
	Labor	Herbert Swinbourne	1,733	46.0	+7.6
	Nationalist hold		Swing	−7.6

1930 Western Australian state election: Sussex
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Nationalist	George Barnard	1,362	41.3
	Labor	John Close	1,150	34.9
	Nationalist	Benjamin Prowse	784	23.8
Total formal votes			3,296	99.1
Informal votes			31	0.9
Turnout			3,327	89.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Nationalist	George Barnard	2,029	61.6
	Labor	John Close	1,267	38.4
	Nationalist hold		Swing

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

1924 Western Australian state election: Sussex
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	George Barnard	1,076	41.7	+17.3
	Labor	Thomas Lowry	767	29.7	+29.7
	Executive Country	William Pickering	739	28.6	+28.6
Total formal votes			2,582	98.6	+0.5
Informal votes			36	1.4	−0.5
Turnout			2,618	69.7	−8.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Nationalist	George Barnard	1,496	57.9	+13.5
	Labor	Thomas Lowry	1,086	42.1	+42.1
	Nationalist gain from Country		Swing	N/A

1921 Western Australian state election: Sussex
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	William Pickering	572	39.9	−10.3
	Nationalist	George William Barnard	350	24.4	−25.4
	Country	Benjamin Prowse	222	15.5	+15.5
	Country	Arthur Heppingstone	152	10.6	+10.6
	Nationalist	Valentine Mitchell	113	7.9	+7.9
	Independent	Walter Finlayson	26	1.8	+1.8
Total formal votes			1,435	98.1	−1.2
Informal votes			27	1.9	+1.2
Turnout			1,462	78.4	+9.3
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Country	William Pickering	798	55.6	+5.4
	Nationalist	George Barnard	637	44.4	−5.4
	Country hold		Swing	+5.4

1917 Western Australian state election: Sussex
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National Country	William Pickering	607	50.2	+34.0
	National Liberal	Frank Wilson	603	49.8	+6.4
Total formal votes			1,210	99.3	+1.3
Informal votes			9	0.7	–1.3
Turnout			1,219	69.1	+2.5
	National Country gain from National Liberal		Swing	N/A

1914 Western Australian state election: Sussex
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Frank Wilson	763	43.4	−16.2
	Labor	John Blair	709	40.4	0.0
	Country	William Pickering	285	16.2	+16.2
Total formal votes			1,757	98.0	−1.5
Informal votes			36	2.0	+1.5
Turnout			1,793	66.6	−3.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Frank Wilson	999	56.9	−2.7
	Labor	John Blair	758	43.1	+2.7
	Liberal hold		Swing	−2.7

1911 Western Australian state election: Sussex
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Ministerialist	Frank Wilson	943	59.6
	Labor	John Parke	638	40.4
Total formal votes			1,581	99.5
Informal votes			8	0.5
Turnout			1,589	70.4
	Ministerialist hold		Swing

1908 Western Australian state election: Sussex
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ministerialist	Frank Wilson	574	53.6	−22.9
	Labour	William Thomas	497	46.4	+46.4
Total formal votes			1,071	99.6	+2.6
Informal votes			4	0.4	−2.6
Turnout			1,075	88.1	+15.6
	Ministerialist hold		Swing	N/A

1905 Western Australian state election: Sussex
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ministerialist	Frank Wilson	520	76.5	+8.3
	Ministerialist	James Shekleton	160	23.5	+23.5
Total formal votes			680	97.0	n/a
Informal votes			21	3.0	n/a
Turnout			701	72.5	n/a
	Ministerialist hold		Swing	N/A

1904 Western Australian state election: Sussex
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Frank Wilson	473	51.9	+51.9
	Ministerialist	Ernest Locke	438	48.1	+13.1
Total formal votes			911	98.4	–1.1
Informal votes			15	1.6	+1.1
Turnout			926	83.7	+20.4
	Independent gain from Ministerialist		Swing	+51.9

1901 Western Australian state election: Sussex
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ministerialist	Henry Yelverton	249	43.6	+43.6
	Ministerialist	Ernest Locke	200	35.0	–8.1
	Opposition	Henry Mills	122	21.4	+21.4
Total formal votes			571	99.5	+3.2
Informal votes			3	0.5	–3.2
Turnout			574	63.4	–18.0
	Ministerialist hold		Swing	N/A

1897 Western Australian colonial election: Sussex
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Ministerialist	Ernest Locke	100	43.1
	Ministerialist	Frank Backhouse	71	30.6
	Ministerialist	Joseph Cookworthy	61	26.3
Total formal votes			232	96.3
Informal votes			9	3.7
Turnout			241	81.4
	Ministerialist hold		Swing

1894 Western Australian colonial election: Sussex
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	None	Joseph Cookworthy	unopposed

1890 Western Australian colonial election: Sussex
	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
None	Joseph Cookworthy	83	45.9	n/a
None	Maurice Davies	52	28.7	n/a
None	George Cross	46	25.4	n/a

^ 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.