Results of the 1924 Western Australian state election (Legislative Assembly)

Western Australian state election, 22 March 1924 Legislative Assembly << 1921–1927 >>
Enrolled voters		159,356[1]
Votes cast		99,391		Turnout	62.37%	–4.97%
Informal votes		1,151		Informal	1.16%	–0.48%
Summary of votes by party
Party		Primary votes	%	Swing	Seats	Change
	Labor	39,679	40.39%	+3.58%	27	+ 10
	Nationalist	25,282	25.73%	–2.00%	9	– 1
	Majority Country	12,600	12.83%	–4.95%	7	– 9
	Executive Country	11,872	12.08%	*	6	+ 6
	National Labor	3,846	3.91%	–6.16%	1	– 3
	Independent	4,426	4.51%	–3.09%	0	– 3
	Other	535	0.54%	*	0	± 0
Total		98,240			50

This is a list of electoral district results of the 1924 Western Australian election.

Results by Electoral district

Albany

1924 Western Australian state election: Albany

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	Robert Robinson	1,035	35.4	+35.4
	Labor	Washington Mather	648	22.2	−20.8
	Labor	Arthur Wansbrough	644	22.1	+22.1
	Independent	William Redman	211	7.2	+7.2
	Country	Percy Lambert	201	6.9	−50.2
	Country	Cuthbert McKenzie	182	6.2	+6.2
Total formal votes			2,921	97.9	−1.2
Informal votes			63	2.1	+1.2
Turnout			2,984	64.6	−1.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Arthur Wansbrough	1,501	51.4	+8.5
	Nationalist	Robert Robinson	1,420	48.6	+48.6
	Labor gain from Country		Swing	+8.5

Avon

1924 Western Australian state election: Avon

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Patrick Coffey	1,199	44.9	−0.6
	Executive Country	Harry Griffiths	657	24.6	+24.6
	Country	Tom Harrison	504	18.9	−30.6
	Executive Country	Tom Bolton	311	11.6	+11.6
Total formal votes			2,671	98.3	+0.2
Informal votes			46	1.7	−0.2
Turnout			2,717	61.0	+4.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Executive Country	Harry Griffiths	1,350	50.5	+50.5
	Labor	Patrick Coffey	1,321	49.5	+2.2
	Executive Country gain from Country		Swing	N/A

Beverley

1924 Western Australian state election: Beverley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	James Mann	506	44.2	−55.8
	Executive Country	Charles Wansbrough	469	41.0	+41.0
	Executive Country	Henry Clemens	170	14.8	+14.8
Total formal votes			1,145	98.7
Informal votes			15	1.3
Turnout			1,160	57.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Executive Country	Charles Wansbrough	580	50.7	+50.7
	Country	James Mann	565	49.3	−50.7
	Executive Country gain from Country		Swing	N/A

Boulder

1924 Western Australian state election: Boulder

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Philip Collier	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

Brownhill-Ivanhoe

1924 Western Australian state election: Brownhill-Ivanhoe

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	John Lutey	1,318	74.6	+17.9
	National Labor	George Holmes	259	14.7	−28.6
	Ind. Nationalist	Elliot Brown	190	10.8	+10.8
Total formal votes			1,767	98.4	−0.9
Informal votes			29	1.6	+0.9
Turnout			1,796	66.8	−9.6
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Bunbury

1924 Western Australian state election: Bunbury

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Frederick Withers	1,251	46.8	−2.4
	Nationalist	Griffin Money	1,021	38.2	−12.6
	Ind. Nationalist	Hannah Thomas	399	14.9	+14.9
Total formal votes			2,671	98.4	−1.1
Informal votes			44	1.6	+1.1
Turnout			2,715	74.2	+6.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Frederick Withers	1,346	50.4	+1.2
	Nationalist	Griffin Money	1,325	49.6	−1.2
	Labor gain from Nationalist		Swing	+1.2

Canning

1924 Western Australian state election: Canning

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Alec Clydesdale	3,976	69.8	+21.9
	Nationalist	Peter Wedd	1,719	30.2	−8.1
Total formal votes			5,695	99.3	+1.3
Informal votes			41	0.7	−1.3
Turnout			5,736	49.7	−20.0
	Labor hold		Swing	+14.9

Claremont

1924 Western Australian state election: Claremont

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	George Dennis	2,086	36.6	+15.0
	Nationalist	Charles North	1,933	33.9	+3.8
	Ind. Nationalist	John Thomson	1,686	29.5	+29.5
Total formal votes			5,705	98.6	+0.6
Informal votes			78	1.4	−0.6
Turnout			5,783	68.0	−10.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Nationalist	Charles North	3,356	58.8	+2.4
	Labor	George Dennis	2,349	41.2	−2.4
	Nationalist hold		Swing	+2.4

Collie

1924 Western Australian state election: Collie

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Arthur Wilson	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

Coolgardie

1924 Western Australian state election: Coolgardie

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	George Lambert	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

Cue

1924 Western Australian state election: Cue

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Thomas Chesson	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

East Perth

1924 Western Australian state election: East Perth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Thomas Hughes	2,528	54.9	+7.1
	Nationalist	Jack Simons	1,335	29.0	+10.0
	Nationalist	Thomas Ferguson	746	16.2	0.0
Total formal votes			4,609	98.8	+0.8
Informal votes			54	1.2	−0.8
Turnout			4,663	61.3	−9.2
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Forrest

1924 Western Australian state election: Forrest

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	John Holman	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

Fremantle

1924 Western Australian state election: Fremantle

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Joseph Sleeman	1,601	57.9	+12.8
	Nationalist	Frank Gibson	1,164	42.1	+6.1
Total formal votes			2,765	98.4	+1.2
Informal votes			44	1.6	−1.2
Turnout			2,809	63.8	−12.8
	Labor gain from Nationalist		Swing	+11.6

Gascoyne

1924 Western Australian state election: Gascoyne

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Edward Angelo	490	55.6	−5.1
	Labor	William Willesee	391	44.4	+17.9
Total formal votes			881	99.3	+0.3
Informal votes			6	0.7	−0.3
Turnout			887	68.2	+7.3
	Country hold		Swing	N/A

Geraldton

1924 Western Australian state election: Geraldton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	John Willcock	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

Greenough

1924 Western Australian state election: Greenough

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Maurice Kennedy	861	44.1	+6.0
	Country	Henry Maley	705	36.1	−25.8
	Executive Country	William Patrick	387	19.8	+19.8
Total formal votes			1,953	99.1	−0.3
Informal votes			17	0.9	+0.3
Turnout			1,970	67.1	−2.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Maurice Kennedy	989	50.6	+12.5
	Country	Henry Maley	964	49.4	−12.5
	Labor gain from Country		Swing	+12.5

Guildford

1924 Western Australian state election: Guildford

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	William Johnson	3,552	55.8	+9.8
	National Labor	Joseph Davies	2,814	44.2	−5.0
Total formal votes			6,366	99.5	+1.3
Informal votes			32	0.5	−1.3
Turnout			6,398	71.2	+1.3
	Labor gain from National Labor		Swing	+8.7

Hannans

1924 Western Australian state election: Hannans

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Selby Munsie	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

Irwin

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

Kalgoorlie

1924 Western Australian state election: Kalgoorlie

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	James Cunningham	1,805	62.7	+16.5
	Ind. Nationalist	Henry Raven	839	29.2	+29.2
	National Labor	Charles Elliott	234	8.1	+3.2
Total formal votes			2,878	99.6	+0.3
Informal votes			11	0.4	−0.3
Turnout			2,889	64.8	−10.9
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Kanowna

1924 Western Australian state election: Kanowna

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Thomas Walker	700	72.3	+9.0
	Executive Country	Neville Heenan	174	18.0	+18.0
	Nationalist	Charles Dempster	94	9.7	−27.0
Total formal votes			700	98.6	−1.1
Informal votes			14	1.4	+1.1
Turnout			982	69.3	+9.3
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Katanning

1924 Western Australian state election: Katanning

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Executive Country	Alexander Thomson	1,634	65.2	+65.2
	Country	George McLeod	873	34.8	−39.8
Total formal votes			2,507	99.4	−0.2
Informal votes			16	0.6	+0.2
Turnout			2,523	64.1	+9.1
	Executive Country gain from Country		Swing	N/A

Kimberley

1924 Western Australian state election: Kimberley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Aubrey Coverley	234	33.5	+0.2
	Nationalist	George Foley	174	24.9	+24.9
	Ind. Nationalist	Ancell Gregory	155	22.2	+22.2
	Ind. Nationalist	William Chalmers	104	14.9	+14.9
	Independent	Walter Brown	32	4.6	+4.6
Total formal votes			699	98.3	−1.0
Informal votes			12	1.7	+1.0
Turnout			711	67.5	+2.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Aubrey Coverley	404	57.8
	Nationalist	George Foley	295	42.2
	Labor gain from Country		Swing	N/A

Leederville

1924 Western Australian state election: Leederville

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Harry Millington	3,177	53.2	+16.5
	Nationalist	Lionel Carter	2,793	46.8	+20.8
Total formal votes			5,970	99.3	+2.1
Informal votes			42	0.7	−2.1
Turnout			6,012	57.7	−4.6
	Labor gain from Nationalist		Swing	+10.1

Menzies

1924 Western Australian state election: Menzies

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Alexander Panton	254	60.3	+12.3
	National Labor	John Mullany	167	39.7	−12.3
Total formal votes			421	99.8	+0.8
Informal votes			1	0.2	−0.8
Turnout			422	87.4	+8.0
	Labor gain from National Labor		Swing	+12.3

Moore

1924 Western Australian state election: Moore

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	James Denton	911	53.1	+6.2
	Executive Country	Victor Spencer	388	22.6	+0.9
	Executive Country	Alexander Stone	172	10.0	+10.0
	Independent	George Welch	139	8.1	+8.1
	Executive Country	James Jones	105	6.1	+6.1
Total formal votes			1,715	97.7	+0.4
Informal votes			41	2.3	−0.4
Turnout			1,756	54.0	+8.1
	Country hold		Swing	N/A

Mount Leonora

1924 Western Australian state election: Mount Leonora

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Thomas Heron	408	73.3	+15.4
	Independent	George Wilson	149	26.7	+26.7
Total formal votes			557	97.7	−1.7
Informal votes			13	2.3	+1.7
Turnout			570	73.0	−6.2
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Mount Magnet

1924 Western Australian state election: Mount Magnet

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Michael Troy	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

Mount Margaret

1924 Western Australian state election: Mount Margaret

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National Labor	George Taylor	207	54.9	−45.1
	Labor	Patrick Maher	170	45.1	+45.1
Total formal votes			377	99.7
Informal votes			1	0.3
Turnout			378	75.0
	National Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Murchison

1924 Western Australian state election: Murchison

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	William Marshall	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

Murray-Wellington

1924 Western Australian state election: Murray-Wellington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	William George	1,138	45.8	−10.5
	Labor	Thomas Butler	1,100	44.3	+44.3
	Executive Country	Hugh MacDonald	244	9.8	+9.8
Total formal votes			2,482	98.0	−0.4
Informal votes			50	2.0	+0.4
Turnout			2,532	63.7	+3.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Nationalist	William George	1,266	51.0
	Labor	Thomas Butler	1,216	49.0
	Nationalist hold		Swing	N/A

Nelson

1924 Western Australian state election: Nelson

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	John Smith	1,322	51.6	+16.5
	Labor	Thomas Anthony	986	38.5	+14.3
	Ind. Nationalist	Edwin Ellis	144	5.6	+5.6
	Independent	Thomas Ladhams	112	4.4	+4.4
Total formal votes			2,564	98.6	+0.8
Informal votes			35	1.4	−0.8
Turnout			2,599	59.5	−3.6
	Country gain from Independent Country		Swing	N/A

North Perth

1924 Western Australian state election: North Perth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	James Smith	1,986	47.0	−10.5
	Labor	Frank Darcey	1,707	40.4	−2.1
	Independent	Richard White	535	12.6	+12.6
Total formal votes			4,228	98.8	+0.2
Informal votes			53	1.2	−0.2
Turnout			4,281	56.5	−7.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Nationalist	James Smith	2,265	53.6	−3.9
	Labor	Frank Darcey	1,963	46.4	+3.9
	Nationalist hold		Swing	−3.9

North-East Fremantle

1924 Western Australian state election: North-East Fremantle

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	William Angwin	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

Northam

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

Perth

1924 Western Australian state election: Perth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	Harry Mann	1,395	52.0	+2.3
	Labor	Richard Lane	1,288	48.0	+18.5
Total formal votes			2,683	99.0	+1.9
Informal votes			26	1.0	−1.9
Turnout			2,709	48.2	−14.7
	Nationalist hold		Swing	N/A

Pilbara

1924 Western Australian state election: Pilbara

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Alfred Lamond	195	45.7	+10.1
	National Labor	Henry Underwood	165	38.6	+38.6
	Executive Country	Arthur Brown	67	15.7	+15.7
Total formal votes			427	95.1	−3.6
Informal votes			22	4.9	+3.6
Turnout			449	56.3	−1.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Alfred Lamond	225	52.7	+17.1
	National Labor	Henry Underwood	202	47.3	+47.3
	Labor gain from Independent		Swing	N/A

Pingelly

1924 Western Australian state election: Pingelly

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Henry Hickmott	425	29.0	−40.0
	Executive Country	Henry Brown	242	16.5	+16.5
	Executive Country	Joseph Watson	239	16.3	+16.3
	Executive Country	Francis Wake	194	13.2	+13.2
	Executive Country	Edwin Corby	157	10.7	+10.7
	Executive Country	William Vinicombe	134	9.1	+9.1
	Executive Country	Johnson Kennard	76	5.2	+5.2
Total formal votes			1,467	97.7	−0.5
Informal votes			34	2.3	+0.5
Turnout			1,501	56.8	+4.1
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Executive Country	Henry Brown	846	57.7
	Country	Henry Hickmott	621	42.3
	Executive Country gain from Country		Swing	N/A

Roebourne

1924 Western Australian state election: Roebourne

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	Frederick Teesdale	unopposed
	Nationalist hold		Swing

South Fremantle

1924 Western Australian state election: South Fremantle

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Alick McCallum	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

Subiaco

1924 Western Australian state election: Subiaco

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	Walter Richardson	2,584	43.5	+18.8
	Labor	Ephraim Freedman	1,963	33.0	−1.2
	Nationalist	Clifford Sadlier	1,395	23.5	+23.5
Total formal votes			5,942	98.7	+0.2
Informal votes			77	1.3	−0.2
Turnout			6,019	63.8	0.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Nationalist	Walter Richardson	3,768	63.4	+63.4
	Labor	Ephraim Freedman	2,174	36.6	−2.8
	Nationalist gain from National Labor		Swing	N/A

• Walter Richardson was the sitting member for Subiaco, who changed from the National Labor party to the Nationalists prior to the election.

Sussex

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

Swan

1924 Western Australian state election: Swan

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Richard Sampson	1,875	57.9	+27.6
	Labor	William Logie	1,362	42.1	+12.1
Total formal votes			3,237	99.2	+1.5
Informal votes			25	0.8	−1.5
Turnout			3,262	69.5	+1.8
	Country hold		Swing	−1.0

Toodyay

1924 Western Australian state election: Toodyay

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Alfred Piesse	645	28.6	−31.1
	Executive Country	John Lindsay	574	25.4	+25.4
	Executive Country	Ignatius Boyle	399	17.7	+17.7
	Executive Country	Charles Fraser	346	15.3	+15.3
	Nationalist	Robert Gamble	293	13.0	+13.0
Total formal votes			2,257	97.8	+0.1
Informal votes			51	2.2	−0.1
Turnout			2,308	56.4	+6.0
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Executive Country	John Lindsay	1,187	52.6	+52.6
	Country	Alfred Piesse	1,070	47.4	−12.3
	Executive Country gain from Country		Swing	N/A

Wagin

1924 Western Australian state election: Wagin

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Sydney Stubbs	1,110	64.1	−3.5
	Executive Country	Norman Harvey	621	35.9	+35.9
Total formal votes			1,731	99.2	+0.3
Informal votes			13	0.8	−0.3
Turnout			1,744	61.3	+3.2
	Country hold		Swing	N/A

West Perth

1924 Western Australian state election: West Perth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	Thomas Davy	1,250	34.8	+34.8
	Labor	Alexander McDougall	1,233	34.3	+34.3
	Nationalist	Edith Cowan	1,108	30.8	−7.5
Total formal votes			3,561	99.2	+0.7
Informal votes			30	0.8	−0.7
Turnout			3,621	64.8	−4.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Nationalist	Thomas Davy	2,182	60.8
	Labor	Alexander McDougall	1,409	39.2
	Nationalist hold		Swing	N/A

Williams-Narrogin

1924 Western Australian state election: Williams-Narrogin

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Executive Country	Edward Johnston	1,881	72.4
	Labor	Cyril Longmore	717	27.6
Total formal votes			2,598	99.6
Informal votes			9	0.4
Turnout			2,607	63.0
	Executive Country gain from Country		Swing	N/A

Yilgarn

1924 Western Australian state election: Yilgarn

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Edwin Corboy	409	58.4	+10.4
	Nationalist	Austin Allom	134	19.1	+19.1
	Executive Country	Thomas Hamerston	113	16.1	+16.1
	Executive Country	Christian Andre	45	6.4	+6.4
Total formal votes			701	99.6	+2.5
Informal votes			3	0.4	−2.5
Turnout			704	76.3
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

York

1924 Western Australian state election: York

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Charles Latham	1,407	60.7	+6.5
	Executive Country	William Burges	910	39.3	−6.5
Total formal votes			2,317	99.4	−0.1
Informal votes			15	0.6	+0.1
Turnout			2,332	64.1	+7.0
	Country hold		Swing	+6.5

See also

• 1924 Western Australian state election
• Members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly, 1924–1927