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DeutschElectoral results for the district of Mount Magnet
This is a list of electoral results for the Electoral district of Mount Magnet in Western Australian state elections.
Members for Mount Magnet
[edit]| Members | Party | Term | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frank Wallace | Opposition | 1901–1904 | |
| Frank Troy | Labor | 1904–1939 | |
| Lucien Triat | Labor | 1939–1950 | |
Election results
[edit]Elections in the 1940s
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labor | Lucien Triat | unopposed | |||
| Labor hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labor | Lucien Triat | 1,075 | 68.7 | +13.7 | |
| Independent Labor | Arthur Cooper | 489 | 31.3 | +31.3 | |
| Total formal votes | 1,564 | 97.4 | +0.1 | ||
| Informal votes | 41 | 2.6 | −0.1 | ||
| Turnout | 1,605 | 72.1 | −9.6 | ||
| Labor hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Elections in the 1930s
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labor | Lucien Triat | 1,548 | 55.0 | −45.0 | |
| Country | Peter Cassey | 839 | 29.8 | +29.8 | |
| Independent | Arthur Cooper | 429 | 15.2 | +15.2 | |
| Total formal votes | 2,816 | 97.3 | |||
| Informal votes | 79 | 2.7 | |||
| Turnout | 2,895 | 81.7 | |||
| Labor hold | Swing | N/A | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labor | Michael Troy | unopposed | |||
| Labor hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labor | Michael Troy | unopposed | |||
| Labor hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labor | Michael Troy | 929 | 58.9 | ||
| Labor | Peter Cowan | 648 | 41.1 | ||
| Total formal votes | 1,577 | 99.2 | |||
| Informal votes | 12 | 0.8 | |||
| Turnout | 1,589 | 79.1 | |||
| Labor hold | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 1920s
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labor | Michael Troy | unopposed | |||
| Labor hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labor | Michael Troy | unopposed | |||
| Labor hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labor | Michael Troy | 710 | 80.1 | −19.9 | |
| Nationalist | William Woodgate | 114 | 12.8 | +12.8 | |
| Country | Louis Dewar | 63 | 7.1 | +7.1 | |
| Total formal votes | 887 | 98.7 | |||
| Informal votes | 12 | 1.3 | |||
| Turnout | 899 | 72.4 | |||
| Labor hold | Swing | N/A | |||
- Preferences were not distributed.
Elections in the 1910s
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labor | Frank Troy | unopposed | |||
| Labor hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labor | Michael Troy | unopposed | |||
| Labor hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labor | Michael Troy | unopposed | |||
| Labor hold | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 1900s
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Michael Troy | unopposed | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Frank Troy | 557 | 66.2 | +4.9 | |
| Ministerialist | George Baxter | 285 | 33.8 | –4.9 | |
| Total formal votes | 842 | 98.6 | –2.8 | ||
| Informal votes | 12 | 1.4 | +2.8 | ||
| Turnout | 854 | 45.4 | –3.2 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | +4.9 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Frank Troy | 721 | 61.3 | +28.5 | |
| Ministerialist | Joseph Bryant | 456 | 38.7 | +38.7 | |
| Total formal votes | 1,177 | 95.8 | –3.9 | ||
| Informal votes | 52 | 4.2 | +3.9 | ||
| Turnout | 1,227 | 48.6 | +0.4 | ||
| Labour gain from Opposition | Swing | +28.5 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition | Frank Wallace | 265 | 41.1 | +41.1 | |
| Labour | John Holman | 211 | 32.8 | +32.8 | |
| Ministerialist | Alec Clydesdale | 168 | 26.1 | +26.1 | |
| Total formal votes | 644 | 99.7 | n/a | ||
| Informal votes | 2 | 0.3 | n/a | ||
| Turnout | 646 | 48.2 | n/a | ||
| Opposition win | (new seat) | ||||
References
[edit]- ^ 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.