Results of the Western Australian state election, 1908

Western Australian state election, 1908^[1] Legislative Assembly
Enrolled voters		135,979^[1]
Votes cast		75,855		Turnout	66.49%
Informal votes		926		Informal	1.22%	+0.21
Summary of votes by party
Party		Primary votes	%	Swing	Seats	Change
	Ministerial	46,169	61.62%	+7.78	28	–5
	Labour	28,325	37.80%	+2.73	22	+8
	Independent Labour	435	0.58%	–3.55	0	–1
Total		74,929			50

This is a list of electoral district results of the 1908 Western Australian election.

Results by Electoral district

Albany

Western Australian state election, 1908: Albany
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Ministerial	Edward Barnett	938	56.9	+1.8
	Labour	Edward Morgans	710	43.1	+43.1
Total formal votes			1,648	99.5	+0.4
Informal votes			9	0.5	-0.4
Turnout			1,657	69.4	+23.6
	Ministerial hold		Swing	N/A

Balkatta

Western Australian state election, 1908: Balkatta
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Frederick Gill	1,299	52.0	+7.4
	Ministerial	John Veryard	1,197	48.0	-7.4
Total formal votes			2,496	98.8	-0.6
Informal votes			31	1.2	+0.6
Turnout			2,527	72.7	+15.0
	Labour gain from Ministerial		Swing	+7.4

Beverley

Western Australian state election, 1908: Beverley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Ministerial	John Hopkins	501	32.3	+32.3
	Ministerial	Edmund Smith	431	27.7	-16.6
	Ministerial	George Ricks	297	19.1	-5.9
	Labour	Patrick Whiteley	166	10.7	+10.7
	Ministerial	Edmund Lennard	132	8.5	+8.5
	Ministerial	James Martin	14	0.9	+0.9
	Ministerial	Richard Smith	12	0.8	+0.8
Total formal votes			1,553	97.4	-1.9
Informal votes			42	2.6	+1.9
Turnout			1,595	57.9	+6.4
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Ministerial	John Hopkins	677	50.7
	Ministerial	Edmund Smith	659	49.3
	Ministerial hold		Swing	N/A

Boulder

Western Australian state election, 1908: Boulder
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Philip Collier	1,798	73.1	+26.3
	Ministerial	James Johnston	661	26.9	-18.8
Total formal votes			2,459	97.2	-2.4
Informal votes			71	2.8	+2.4
Turnout			2,530	75.8	+6.7
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Brown Hill

Western Australian state election, 1908: Brown Hill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Thomas Bath	unopposed
	Labour hold		Swing

Bunbury

Western Australian state election, 1908: Bunbury
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Ministerial	Newton Moore	unopposed
	Ministerial hold		Swing

Canning

Western Australian state election, 1908: Canning
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Ministerial	William Gordon	877	42.4	-8.2
	Ministerial	James Clydesdale	625	30.2	+30.2
	Ministerial	George Wilson	566	27.4	+27.4
Total formal votes			2,068	98.7	-1.2
Informal votes			28	1.3	+1.2
Turnout			2,096	73.9	+28.9
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Ministerial	William Gordon	1,064	55.7
	Ministerial	James Clydesdale	846	44.3
	Ministerial hold		Swing	N/A

Claremont

Western Australian state election, 1908: Claremont
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Ministerial	John Foulkes	1,427	49.4	-21.9
	Ministerial	Thomas Briggs	825	28.6	+28.6
	Ministerial	John Stuart	636	22.0	+22.0
Total formal votes			2,888	99.4	+0.1
Informal votes			17	0.6	-0.1
Turnout			2,905	74.2	+28.6
	Ministerial hold		Swing	N/A

Collie

Western Australian state election, 1908: Collie
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Arthur Wilson	1,039	51.3	+5.3
	Ministerial	John Ewing	985	48.7	-5.3
Total formal votes			2,024	99.2	-0.7
Informal votes			17	0.8	+0.7
Turnout			2,041	71.3	+21.5
	Labour gain from Ministerial		Swing	+5.3

Coolgardie

Western Australian state election, 1908: Coolgardie
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Charles McDowall	1,010	60.1	+25.6
	Ministerial	William Eddy	670	39.9	+3.9
Total formal votes			1,680	99.3	+3.0
Informal votes			12	0.7	-3.0
Turnout			1,692	89.7	+33.4
	Labour gain from Ministerial		Swing	N/A

Cue

Western Australian state election, 1908: Cue
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Edward Heitmann	1,415	68.8	+17.4
	Ministerial	James Chesson	642	31.2	-17.4
Total formal votes			2,057	99.0	+0.1
Informal votes			21	1.0	-0.1
Turnout			2,078	69.0	+17.4
	Labour hold		Swing	+17.4

Dundas

Western Australian state election, 1908: Dundas
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Charles Hudson	831	59.9	+21.6
	Independent	Albert Thomas	557	40.1	+3.0
Total formal votes			1,388	99.1	+0.4
Informal votes			12	0.9	-0.4
Turnout			1,400	79.6	+18.1
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

East Fremantle

Western Australian state election, 1908: East Fremantle
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	William Angwin	unopposed
	Labour hold		Swing

East Perth

Western Australian state election, 1908: East Perth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Ministerial	John Hardwick	887	39.1	-11.6
	Labour	John Curran	538	23.7	-5.2
	Ministerial	Henry Mills	425	18.7	+18.7
	Ministerial	Henry Braidwood	344	15.2	+15.2
	Ministerial	Hugh McKernan	73	3.2	+3.2
Total formal votes			2,267	98.3	-0.7
Informal votes			38	1.7	+0.7
Turnout			2,305	63.0	+14.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Ministerial	John Hardwick	1,182	61.0
	Labour	John Curran	755	39.0
	Ministerial hold		Swing	N/A

Forrest

Western Australian state election, 1908: Forrest
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Peter O'Loghlen	unopposed
	Labour hold		Swing

Fremantle

Western Australian state election, 1908: Fremantle
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Ministerial	James Price	unopposed
	Ministerial hold		Swing

Gascoyne

Western Australian state election, 1908: Gascoyne
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Ministerial	William Butcher	unopposed
	Ministerial hold		Swing

Geraldton

Western Australian state election, 1908: Geraldton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Ministerial	Henry Carson	646	44.3	-6.8
	Labour	Thomas Brown	642	44.0	-4.9
	Ministerial	Robert Cochrane	171	11.7	+11.7
Total formal votes			1,459	98.9	-0.1
Informal votes			16	1.1	+0.1
Turnout			1,475	76.0	+4.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Ministerial	Henry Carson	710	51.7	+0.6
	Labour	Thomas Brown	663	48.3	-0.6
	Ministerial hold		Swing	+0.6

Greenough

Western Australian state election, 1908: Greenough
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Ministerial	John Nanson	567	62.4	+62.4
	Ministerial	Patrick Stone	342	37.6	-7.4
Total formal votes			909	98.4	-0.2
Informal votes			15	1.6	+0.2
Turnout			924	58.4	+2.9
	Ministerial hold		Swing	N/A

Guildford

Western Australian state election, 1908: Guildford
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	William Johnson	1,980	69.6	+69.6
	Ministerial	Hubert Gull	534	18.8	-81.2
	Ministerial	George Lefroy	306	10.7	+10.7
	Ministerial	Edward Stevens	26	0.9	+0.9
Total formal votes			2,846	98.3
Informal votes			49	1.7
Turnout			2,895	79.7
	Labour gain from Ministerial		Swing

Hannans

Western Australian state election, 1908: Hannans
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Francis Ware	2,254	71.4	-2.8
	Ministerial	Mark Rosenberg	905	28.6	+2.8
Total formal votes			3,159	99.6	+1.0
Informal votes			12	0.4	-1.0
Turnout			3,171	65.5	+10.0
	Labour hold		Swing	-2.8

Irwin

Western Australian state election, 1908: Irwin
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Ministerial	Samuel Moore	520	51.4	-48.6
	Ministerial	James Huggins	297	29.4	+29.4
	Ministerial	William Jose	194	19.2	+19.2
Total formal votes			1,011	97.9
Informal votes			22	2.1
Turnout			1,033	53.6
	Ministerial hold		Swing	N/A

Ivanhoe

Western Australian state election, 1908: Ivanhoe
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	John Scaddan	unopposed
	Labour hold		Swing

Kalgoorlie

Western Australian state election, 1908: Kalgoorlie
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Ministerial	Norbert Keenan	1,614	58.3	-2.6
	Labour	George McLeod	1,153	41.7	+2.6
Total formal votes			2,767	99.6	+0.4
Informal votes			12	0.4	-0.4
Turnout			2,779	77.0	+4.1
	Ministerial hold		Swing	-2.6

Kanowna

Western Australian state election, 1908: Kanowna
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Thomas Walker	945	82.8	+13.9
	Ministerial	Braidwood Evans	196	17.2	-13.9
Total formal votes			1,141	99.4	+0.3
Informal votes			7	0.6	-0.3
Turnout			1,148	56.0	+8.1
	Labour hold		Swing	+13.9

Katanning

Western Australian state election, 1908: Katanning
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Ministerial	Frederick Piesse	1,045	71.6	-28.4
	Ministerial	Alfred Fisher	414	28.4	+28.4
Total formal votes			1,459	99.7
Informal votes			4	0.3
Turnout			1,463	59.0
	Ministerial hold		Swing	N/A

Kimberley

Western Australian state election, 1908: Kimberley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Ministerial	Arthur Male	410	63.3	+7.8
	Ministerial	Michael O'Donohue	238	36.7	+36.7
Total formal votes			648	97.4	-1.8
Informal votes			17	2.6	+1.8
Turnout			665	45.6	+3.1
	Ministerial hold		Swing	N/A

Menzies

Western Australian state election, 1908: Menzies
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Richard Buzacott	1,220	50.1	+2.6
	Ministerial	Henry Gregory	1,213	49.9	-2.6
Total formal votes			2,433	99.1	-0.2
Informal votes			23	0.9	+0.2
Turnout			2,456	82.1	+15.0
	Labour gain from Ministerial		Swing	+2.6

This result was declared void and was contested again in the Menzies state by-election, 1908.

Mount Leonora

Western Australian state election, 1908: Mount Leonora
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Hugh Gourley	767	42.0	-25.5
	Ministerial	Joseph Semken	639	35.0	+2.5
	Labour	John Carr	422	23.1	+23.1
Total formal votes			1,828	98.9	+0.4
Informal votes			21	1.1	-0.4
Turnout			1,849	53.0	+25.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Labour	Hugh Gourley	1,079	62.0	-5.5
	Ministerial	Joseph Semken	662	38.0	+5.5
	Labour hold		Swing	-5.5

Mount Magnet

Western Australian state election, 1908: Mount Magnet
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Michael Troy	unopposed
	Labour hold		Swing

Mount Margaret

Western Australian state election, 1908: Mount Margaret
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	George Taylor	1,085	71.6	+17.7
	Ministerial	Andrew Faulds	431	28.3	+4.7
Total formal votes			1,516	99.4	+0.4
Informal votes			9	0.6	-0.4
Turnout			1,525	65.8	+36.1
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Murchison

Western Australian state election, 1908: Murchison
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	John Holman	941	90.6	-9.4
	Ministerial	Samuel Dyke	98	9.4	+9.4
Total formal votes			1,039	98.0
Informal votes			21	2.0
Turnout			1,060	50.1
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Murray

Western Australian state election, 1908: Murray
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Ministerial	John McLarty	427	50.3	-22.5
	Ministerial	William George	421	49.7	+49.7
Total formal votes			848	99.4	+1.0
Informal votes			5	0.6	-1.0
Turnout			853	58.0	+13.9
	Ministerial hold		Swing	N/A

Nelson

Western Australian state election, 1908: Nelson
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Ministerial	Charles Layman	1,075	64.7	+7.4
	Labour	William Spiers	586	35.3	+35.3
Total formal votes			1,661	97.8	-1.7
Informal votes			37	2.2	+1.7
Turnout			1,698	75.4	+3.2
	Ministerial hold		Swing	N/A

North Fremantle

Western Australian state election, 1908: North Fremantle
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Harry Bolton	942	59.7	-2.8
	Ministerial	Patrick Hevron	635	40.3	+2.8
Total formal votes			1,577	99.6	0.0
Informal votes			7	0.4	0.0
Turnout			1,584	88.0	+21.3
	Labour hold		Swing	-2.8

North Perth

Western Australian state election, 1908: North Perth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Herbert Swan	1,534	30.6	-7.5
	Ministerial	James Brebber	1,079	21.5	-40.4
	Ministerial	James Franklin	1,004	20.0	+20.0
	Ministerial	Edward Brady	586	11.7	+11.7
	Independent Labour	Cecil Le Mesurier	435	8.7	+8.7
	Ministerial	Edward Hart	373	7.4	+7.4
Total formal votes			5,011	98.6	-0.4
Informal votes			73	1.4	+0.4
Turnout			5,084	65.8	+17.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Labour	Herbert Swan	2,094	51.8	+13.7
	Ministerial	James Brebber	1,952	48.2	-13.7
	Labour gain from Ministerial		Swing	+13.7

Northam

Western Australian state election, 1908: Northam
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Ministerial	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
	Ministerial hold		Swing	-0.7

Perth

Western Australian state election, 1908: Perth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Ministerial	Harry Brown	1,037	71.9	+18.9
	Ministerial	Arthur O'Connor	405	28.1	+28.1
Total formal votes			1,442	98.7	+0.5
Informal votes			19	1.3	-0.5
Turnout			1,461	63.0	+0.6
	Ministerial hold		Swing	N/A

Pilbara

Western Australian state election, 1908: Pilbara
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Henry Underwood	468	58.1	+4.7
	Ministerial	John Weir	338	41.9	-4.7
Total formal votes			806	99.1	+0.4
Informal votes			7	0.9	-0.4
Turnout			811	76.1	+37.2
	Labour hold		Swing	-4.7

Roebourne

Western Australian state election, 1908: Roebourne
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Ministerial	Henry Osborn	185	52.7	-47.3
	Ministerial	Albert Wilson	145	41.3	+41.3
	Ministerial	William Withnell	21	6.0	+6.0
Total formal votes			351	93.6
Informal votes			24	6.4
Turnout			375	48.1
	Ministerial hold		Swing	N/A

South Fremantle

Western Australian state election, 1908: South Fremantle
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Ministerial	Arthur Davies	unopposed
	Ministerial hold		Swing

Subiaco

Western Australian state election, 1908: Subiaco
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Ministerial	Henry Daglish	2,527	61.1	+13.0
	Labour	Walter Richardson	1,606	38.9	+38.9
Total formal votes			4,133	99.0	+0.2
Informal votes			41	1.0	-0.2
Turnout			4,174	80.4	+18.7
	Ministerial gain from Independent Labour		Swing	N/A

Sussex

Western Australian state election, 1908: Sussex
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Ministerial	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
	Ministerial hold		Swing	N/A

Swan

Western Australian state election, 1908: Swan
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Ministerial	Mathieson Jacoby	677	40.0	-8.1
	Ministerial	Arthur Gull	391	23.1	-28.8
	Ministerial	Archibald Sanderson	328	19.4	+19.4
	Labour	Hugh Linnanne	297	17.5	+17.5
Total formal votes			1,693	99.0	-0.8
Informal votes			17	1.0	+0.8
Turnout			1,710	53.2	+18.8
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Ministerial	Mathieson Jacoby	892	58.7	+10.6
	Ministerial	Arthur Gull	627	41.2	-10.6
	Ministerial hold		Swing	+10.6

Toodyay

Western Australian state election, 1908: Toodyay
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Ministerial	Timothy Quinlan	740	68.5	-31.5
	Ministerial	Fitzgerald Frazer	341	31.5	+31.5
Total formal votes			1,081	98.5
Informal votes			16	1.5
Turnout			1,097	57.7
	Ministerial hold		Swing	N/A

Wellington

Western Australian state election, 1908: Wellington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Ministerial	Thomas Hayward	666	51.5	-25.7
	Ministerial	William Nairn	402	31.1	+31.1
	Ministerial	Hugh McNeil	225	17.4	+17.4
Total formal votes			1,293	98.6	-0.9
Informal votes			18	1.4	+0.9
Turnout			1,311	63.5	+20.9
	Ministerial hold		Swing	N/A

West Perth

Western Australian state election, 1908: West Perth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Ministerial	Thomas Draper	1,401	54.7	-10.7
	Ministerial	Walter Simpson	1,161	45.3	+45.3
Total formal votes			2,562	99.6	+1.2
Informal votes			9	0.4	-1.2
Turnout			2,571	66.0	+16.8
	Ministerial hold		Swing	N/A

Williams

Western Australian state election, 1908: Williams
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Ministerial	Frank Cowcher	1,323	61.8	-19.4
	Labour	Edward Hamersley	337	15.7	+15.7
	Ministerial	William Moss	299	14.0	+14.0
	Ministerial	William Rabbish	182	8.5	+8.5
Total formal votes			2,141	98.5	-0.1
Informal votes			32	1.5	+0.1
Turnout			2,173	51.1	+8.5
	Ministerial hold		Swing	N/A

Yilgarn

Western Australian state election, 1908: Yilgarn
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Austin Horan	676	90.5	+31.8
	Ministerial	William Allen	71	9.5	+9.5
Total formal votes			747	99.2	+0.7
Informal votes			6	0.8	-0.7
Turnout			753	35.9	-7.5
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

York

Western Australian state election, 1908: York
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Ministerial	Frederick Monger	633	51.5	-5.9
	Ministerial	Edward Neville	418	34.0	+34.0
	Ministerial	John Taylor	179	14.5	+14.5
Total formal votes			1,230	98.6	-1.0
Informal votes			18	1.4	+1.0
Total formal votes			1,248	65.7	+15.3
	Ministerial hold		Swing	N/A

See also

References

↑ Australian Politics and Elections Database, University of Western Australia.

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