Western Australian state election, 1914

Western Australian state election, 1914

21 October 1914

All 50 seats in the Western Australian Legislative Assembly   First party Second party Third party   Leader John Scaddan Frank Wilson James Gardiner Party Labor Liberal Country Leader since 3 August 1910 16 September 1910 21 October 1914 Leader's seat Brown Hill-Ivanhoe Sussex Irwin Last election 34 seats 16 seats 0 seats Seats won 26 seats 16 seats 8 seats Seat change 8 0 8 Percentage 42.12% 43.91% 13.98% Swing 10.42 0.89 13.98

Premier before election John Scaddan Labor Elected Premier John Scaddan Labor

Elections were held in the state of Western Australia on 21 October 1914 to elect 50 members to the Western Australian Legislative Assembly. The Labor party, led by Premier John Scaddan, retained government against the opposition conservative Liberal Party led by Opposition Leader Frank Wilson, though with only the barest of majorities. The election also saw the emergence of the Western Australian Country Party, which had been formed at a conference of the Farmers and Settlers Association the previous year to fight for rural interests, and won eight seats at the election.

The fragility of the Labor Party's majority was demonstrated when, a year later, Labor member Joseph Gardiner's seat was declared vacant on account of his non-attendance and a Liberal was elected in his stead, and Labor became a minority government when on 18 December 1915, Edward Johnston resigned from the Labor Party and became an independent. On 27 July 1916, the Scaddan Ministry was defeated and Wilson became the new Premier.

Key dates

Results

Notes:

¹ The Labor Party's total of 26 seats includes 12 which were uncontested, representing 39,731 of the 214,741 enrolled voters. The Liberal and Country parties won one seat each uncontested—the Liberal member (Arthur Male, Kimberley) representing 1,663 enrolled voters, and the Country member (Alfred Napoleon Piesse, Electoral district of Toodyay) representing 4,801 enrolled voters.

See also

• Members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly, 1911–1914
• Members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly, 1914–1917

References

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