Electoral results for the district of Williams (Western Australia)

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

Members for Williams

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Williams (1890–1911)
Member Party Term
  Frederick Henry Piesse Ministerial 1890–1904
  Frank Cowcher Ministerial 1904–1911
Williams-Narrogin (1911–1950)
Member Party Term
  Bertie Johnston Labor 1911–1915
  Independent 1916–1917
  Country 1917–1923
  Country (ECP) 1923–1924
  Country 1924–1928
  Victor Doney Country 1928–1950

Election results

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Elections in the 1940s

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1947 Western Australian state election: Williams-Narrogin[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Victor Doney 1,939 70.5 +3.9
Labor Moses Mowday 813 29.5 −3.9
Total formal votes 2,752 99.2 +0.6
Informal votes 21 0.8 −0.6
Turnout 2,773 84.5 −0.3
Country hold Swing +3.9
1943 Western Australian state election: Williams-Narrogin
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Victor Doney 1,749 66.6 −3.6
Labor Edward Dolan 877 33.4 +3.6
Total formal votes 2,626 98.6 −0.5
Informal votes 37 1.4 +0.5
Turnout 2,663 84.8 −4.7
Country hold Swing −3.6

Elections in the 1930s

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1939 Western Australian state election: Williams-Narrogin
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Victor Doney 2,009 70.2 −29.8
Labor Harry Hyde 854 29.8 +29.8
Total formal votes 2,863 99.1
Informal votes 25 0.9
Turnout 2,888 89.5
Country hold Swing N/A
1936 Western Australian state election: Williams-Narrogin
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Victor Doney unopposed
Country hold Swing
1933 Western Australian state election: Williams-Narrogin
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Victor Doney 1,968 67.7 −2.7
Independent Arthur McCormick 941 32.3 +2.3
Total formal votes 2,909 98.5 −1.0
Informal votes 45 1.5 +1.0
Turnout 2,954 89.0 +7.8
Country hold Swing N/A
1930 Western Australian state election: Williams-Narrogin
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Victor Doney 1,966 70.4
Labor John McKenna 825 29.6
Total formal votes 2,791 99.5
Informal votes 14 0.5
Turnout 2,805 81.2
Country hold Swing

Elections in the 1920s

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1928 Williams-Narrogin state by-election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Victor Doney 1,284 42.5 −33.1
Country Andrew Watson 882 29.2 +29.2
Independent Edward Illingworth 488 16.1 +16.1
Country Thomas Kiely 370 12.2 +12.2
Total formal votes 3,024 98.3 −1.0
Informal votes 52 1.7 +1.0
Turnout 3,076 65.4 −5.5
Two-candidate-preferred result
Country Victor Doney 1,774 58.7 −16.9
Country Andrew Watson 1,250 41.3 +41.3
Country hold Swing N/A
1927 Western Australian state election: Williams-Narrogin
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Edward Johnston 2,565 75.6 +3.2
Labor John Clunas 826 24.4 −3.2
Total formal votes 3,368 99.3 −0.3
Informal votes 23 0.7 +0.3
Turnout 3,414 70.9 +7.9
Country hold Swing +3.2
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
1921 Western Australian state election: Williams-Narrogin
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Edward Johnston unopposed
Country hold Swing

Elections in the 1910s

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1917 Western Australian state election: Williams-Narrogin
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National Country Bertie Johnston 1,703 79.0 –21.0
National Country William Rabbish 454 21.0 +21.0
Total formal votes 2,157 99.4 n/a
Informal votes 14 0.6 n/a
Turnout 2,171 61.1 n/a
National Country hold Swing –21.0
1916 Williams-Narrogin state by-election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Bertie Johnston unopposed
Member changed to Independent from Labor  
1914 Western Australian state election: Williams-Narrogin
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Bertie Johnston 1,947 65.2 +11.0
Country Solomon Fisher 1,038 34.8 +34.8
Total formal votes 2,985 99.4 +0.9
Informal votes 19 0.6 −0.9
Turnout 3,004 62.1 −15.7
Labor hold Swing N/A
1911 Western Australian state election: Williams-Narrogin
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Bertie Johnston 1,229 54.2
Ministerialist Frank Cowcher 1,018 44.9
Independent James Sale 20 0.9
Total formal votes 2,267 98.5
Informal votes 34 1.5
Turnout 2,301 77.8
Labor gain from Ministerialist Swing
  • Preferences were not distributed.

Elections in the 1900s

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1908 Western Australian state election: Williams
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Ministerialist Frank Cowcher 1,323 61.8 −19.4
Labour Edward Hamersley 337 15.7 +15.7
Ministerialist William Moss 299 14.0 +14.0
Ministerialist 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
Ministerialist hold Swing N/A
1905 Western Australian state election: Williams
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Ministerialist Frank Cowcher 703 81.2 +36.2
Labour Peter Wedd 163 18.8 –5.4
Total formal votes 866 98.6 +0.1
Informal votes 12 1.4 –0.1
Turnout 878 42.6 –12.0
Ministerialist hold Swing +36.2
1904 Western Australian state election: Williams
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Frank Cowcher 531 45.0 +45.0
Labour Peter Wedd 274 23.2 +23.2
Independent Richard Gell 198 16.8 +16.8
Ministerialist Julius Nenke 176 14.9 +14.9
Total formal votes 1,179 98.5 n/a
Informal votes 18 1.5 n/a
Turnout 1,197 54.6 n/a
Independent gain from Ministerialist Swing +45.0
1901 Western Australian state election: Williams
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Ministerialist Frederick Henry Piesse unopposed
Ministerialist hold Swing

Elections in the 1890s

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1897 Western Australian colonial election: Williams
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Ministerialist Frederick Piesse unopposed
Ministerialist hold Swing
1894 Western Australian colonial election: Williams
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
None Frederick Piesse 196 82.0 –18.0
None Wesley Maley 43 18.0 +18.0
1890 Western Australian colonial election: Williams
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
None Frederick Piesse unopposed
  1. ^ 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.
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