Results of the Western Australian state election, 1917

This is a list of the results of the 1917 state election in Western Australia, listed by electoral district.

Results by electoral district

Albany

Western Australian state election, 1917: Albany
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	National Labor	John Scaddan	793	26.9	+26.9
	Labor	Francis Knowles	760	25.8	–25.2
	Nationalist	Herbert Robinson	722	24.5	+24.5
	National Country	Ernest McKenzie	376	12.8	+12.8
	National Country	Stephen Johnson	298	10.1	+10.1
Total formal votes			2,949	98.8	–0.5
Informal votes			35	1.2	+0.5
Turnout			2,984	73.7	+7.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Nationalist	Herbert Robinson	1,645	55.8	+55.8
	National Labor	John Scaddan	1,304	44.2	+44.2
	Nationalist gain from Labor		Swing	+55.8

Avon

Western Australian state election, 1917: Avon
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Patrick Coffey	843	37.7	–8.0
	National Country	Thomas Harrison	789	35.3	–19.0
	Nationalist	Thomas Duff	314	14.1	+14.1
	Country	William Carroll	288	12.9	+12.9
Total formal votes			2,234	97.0	–2.7
Informal votes			68	3.0	+2.7
Turnout			2,302	58.1	+0.3
Two-party-preferred result
	National Country	Thomas Harrison	1,228	55.0	+0.7
	Labor	Patrick Coffey	1,006	45.0	–0.7
	National Country hold		Swing	+0.7

Harrison's designation at the 1914 election was simply "Country", rather than "National Country".

Beverley

Western Australian state election, 1917: Beverley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Nationalist	Frank Broun	548	56.7	+56.7
	Country	Henry Stanistreet	418	43.3	–17.1
Total formal votes			966	99.7	+1.0
Informal votes			3	0.3	–1.0
Turnout			969	50.6	–6.3
	Nationalist gain from Country		Swing	+56.7

Boulder

Western Australian state election, 1917: Boulder
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Philip Collier	2,013	58.4	–41.6
	National Labor	James Reed	1,435	41.6	+41.6
Total formal votes			3,448	99.7	n/a
Informal votes			12	0.3	n/a
Turnout			3,460	72.0	n/a
	Labor hold		Swing	–41.6

Collier won Boulder unopposed at the 1914 election.

Brownhill-Ivanhoe

Western Australian state election, 1917: Brownhill-Ivanhoe
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	John Lutey	1,788	52.6	–0.5
	National Labor	John Boyland	1,613	47.4	+0.5
Total formal votes			3,401	99.6	–0.3
Informal votes			12	0.4	+0.3
Turnout			3,413	74.7	+2.7
	Labor hold		Swing	–0.5

Bunbury

Western Australian state election, 1917: Bunbury
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	National Labor	William Thomas	898	40.4	+40.4
	Nationalist	Griffin Money	742	33.4	+33.4
	Labor	Philip McKenna	583	26.2	–25.0
Total formal votes			2,223	98.3	–1.1
Informal votes			39	1.7	+1.1
Turnout			2,262	76.3	+8.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Nationalist	Griffin Money	1,222	55.0	+55.0
	National Labor	William Thomas	1,001	45.0	+45.0
	Nationalist gain from National Labor		Swing	+0.7

Canning

Western Australian state election, 1917: Canning
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	National Liberal	Robert Robinson	2,685	69.8	+16.0
	Labor	Donald Cameron	1,161	30.2	–16.0
Total formal votes			3,846	98.6	–1.0
Informal votes			56	1.4	+1.0
Turnout			3,902	52.6	–26.9
	National Liberal hold		Swing	+16.0

Claremont

Western Australian state election, 1917: Claremont
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Nationalist	Samuel MacAulay	1,471	36.6	+36.6
	Nationalist	John Stewart	1,431	35.6	+35.6
	Nationalist	George Stevens	678	16.9	+16.9
	Nationalist	Thomas Briggs	444	11.0	+11.0
Total formal votes			4,024	98.1	–1.5
Informal votes			74	1.8	+1.5
Turnout			4,098	63.2	+8.0
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Nationalist	John Stewart	2,013	50.0	+50.0
	Nationalist	Samuel MacAulay	2,011	50.0	+50.0
	Nationalist hold		Swing	N/A

Collie

Western Australian state election, 1917: Collie
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Arthur Wilson	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

Coolgardie

Western Australian state election, 1917: Coolgardie
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	George Lambert	744	53.9	–46.1
	National Labor	Albert Pascoe	455	33.0	+33.0
	National Labor	Samuel Scotson	182	13.2	+13.2
Total formal votes			1,381	98.0	n/a
Informal votes			28	2.0	n/a
Turnout			1,409	71.9	n/a
	Labor hold		Swing	–46.1

The previous Labor candidate, Charles McDowall, had been elected unopposed in 1914.

Cue

Western Australian state election, 1917: Cue
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Thomas Chesson	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

East Perth

Western Australian state election, 1917: East Perth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Jack Simons	1,435	41.0	–18.0
	National Liberal	John Hardwick	696	19.9	+2.3
	Nationalist	Alfred Sims	558	16.0	+16.0
	National Labor	Thomas Dunne	438	12.5	+12.5
	Democratic	John Powell	370	10.6	+10.6
Total formal votes			3,497	96.3	–1.8
Informal votes			135	3.7	+1.8
Turnout			3,632	59.9	+10.0
Two-party-preferred result
	National Liberal	John Hardwick	1,796	51.4	–1.3
	Labor	Jack Simons	1,701	48.6	+1.3
	National Liberal hold		Swing	–1.3

Forrest

Western Australian state election, 1917: Forrest
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Peter O'Loghlen	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

Fremantle

Western Australian state election, 1917: Fremantle
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Walter Jones	1,654	58.2	+4.4
	National Labor	William Carpenter	1,189	41.8	+41.8
Total formal votes			2,843	99.7	+2.4
Informal votes			9	0.3	–2.4
Turnout			2,852	65.0	+6.4
	Labor gain from National Labor		Swing	N/A

Gascoyne

Western Australian state election, 1917: Gascoyne
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Nationalist	Edward Angelo	313	65.2	+65.2
	National Liberal	Archibald Gilchrist	167	34.8	–24.9
Total formal votes			480	100.0	+0.4
Informal votes			0	0.0	–0.4
Turnout			480	53.3	–10.1
	Nationalist gain from National Liberal		Swing	+65.2

Gilchrist's designation at the 1914 election was simply "Liberal", rather than "National Liberal".

Geraldton

Western Australian state election, 1917: Geraldton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	John Willcock	904	47.6	–1.6
	Nationalist	Samuel Elliott	596	31.4	–19.4
	Nationalist	William Fallowfield	399	21.0	+21.0
Total formal votes			1,899	97.9	–1.1
Informal votes			40	2.1	+1.1
Turnout			1,939	75.7	n/a
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	John Willcock	965	50.8	+1.6
	Nationalist	Samuel Elliott	934	49.2	–1.6
	Labor gain from Nationalist		Swing	+1.6

Greenough

Western Australian state election, 1917: Greenough
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Patrick Moy	499	33.8	+33.8
	National Country	Jack Cunningham	390	26.4	–50.6
	National Country	Henry Maley	347	23.5	+23.5
	Nationalist	Sydney Hosken	242	16.4	+16.4
Total formal votes			1,478	96.9	–1.9
Informal votes			48	3.1	+1.9
Turnout			1,526	61.1	+24.2
Two-party-preferred result
	National Country	Henry Maley	854	57.8	+57.8
	Labor	Patrick Moy	624	42.2	+42.2
	National Country hold		Swing	N/A

Guildford

Western Australian state election, 1917: Guildford
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	William Johnson	2,055	43.1	–26.4
	National Labor	Joseph Davies	1,522	32.0	+32.0
	Nationalist	George Hiscox	539	11.3	+11.3
	Nationalist	William Crosbie	397	8.3	+8.3
	Nationalist	Ernest Kerruish	251	5.3	+5.3
Total formal votes			4,764	97.9	–1.1
Informal votes			104	2.1	+1.1
Turnout			4,868	65.8	+11.0
Two-party-preferred result
	National Labor	Joseph Davies	2,639	55.4	+55.4
	Labor	William Johnson	2,125	44.6	–24.9
	National Labor gain from Labor		Swing	+55.4

Hannans

Western Australian state election, 1917: Hannans
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Selby Munsie	856	59.8	–40.2
	National Labor	Walter Close	520	36.3	+36.3
	Nationalist	Richard Jordan	56	3.9	+3.9
Total formal votes			1,432	97.7	n/a
Informal votes			34	2.3	n/a
Turnout			1,466	67.9	n/a
	Labor hold		Swing	–40.2

Irwin

Western Australian state election, 1917: Collie
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	James Gardiner	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

Kalgoorlie

Western Australian state election, 1917: Kalgoorlie
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Albert Green	1,902	50.5	–49.5
	Nationalist	Charles Heppingstone	734	19.5	+19.5
	National Labor	Harold Seddon	626	16.6	+16.6
	Nationalist	Henry Davidson	501	13.3	+13.3
Total formal votes			3,763	98.5	n/a
Informal votes			59	1.5	n/a
Turnout			3,822	66.6	n/a
	Labor hold		Swing	–49.5

Kanowna

Western Australian state election, 1917: Kanowna
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Thomas Walker	598	58.1	–41.9
	National Labor	John Eastmon	363	35.3	+35.3
	Nationalist	John Keegan	68	6.6	+6.6
Total formal votes			1,029	97.1	n/a
Informal votes			31	2.9	n/a
Turnout			1,060	53.4	n/a
	Labor hold		Swing	–41.9

Katanning

Western Australian state election, 1917: Kanowna
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	National Country	Alec Thomson	1,383	66.3	+10.4
	National Country	Alfred Fisher	518	24.8	+24.8
	National Country	James Crawford	184	8.8	+8.8
Total formal votes			2,085	97.7	–2.2
Informal votes			49	2.3	+2.2
Turnout			2,134	62.0	+8.6
	National Country hold		Swing	N/A

Kimberley

Western Australian state election, 1917: Kimberley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Nationalist	Michael Durack	511	72.5	+72.5
	Labor	James Maloney	128	18.2	+18.2
	Independent Labor	John Cameron	35	5.0	+5.0
	Nationalist	William Hollingsworth	31	4.4	+4.4
Total formal votes			705	97.2	n/a
Informal votes			20	2.8	n/a
Turnout			725	52.3	n/a
	Nationalist hold		Swing	N/A

Leederville

Western Australian state election, 1917: Leederville
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	National Liberal	John Veryard	2,129	55.2	+55.2
	Nationalist	Sidney Gibson	1,726	44.8	+44.8
Total formal votes			3,855	99.1	+0.8
Informal votes			33	0.9	–0.8
Turnout			3,888	49.9	–7.1
	National Liberal hold		Swing	N/A

Veryard's designation at the 1914 election was simply "Liberal", rather than "National Liberal".

Menzies

Western Australian state election, 1917: Menzies
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	National Labor	John Mullany	490	62.4	–6.8
	Labor	Harold Saunders	295	37.6	+37.6
Total formal votes			785	98.9	–0.3
Informal votes			9	1.1	+0.3
Turnout			794	76.5	+11.6
	National Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Mullany had run for Labor at the 1914 election.

Moore

Western Australian state election, 1917: Moore
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	National Liberal	Sir Henry Lefroy	unopposed
	National Liberal hold		Swing

Mount Leonora

Western Australian state election, 1917: Mount Leonora
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	National Labor	George Foley	598	61.5	–38.5
	Labor	Frederick Madden	375	38.5	+38.5
Total formal votes			973	99.7	n/a
Informal votes			3	0.3	n/a
Turnout			976	83.9	n/a
	National Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Foley had run for Labor at the 1914 election, and was elected unopposed.

Mount Magnet

Western Australian state election, 1917: Mount Magnet
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Frank Troy	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

Mount Margaret

Western Australian state election, 1917: Mount Margaret
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	George Taylor	513	63.3	–36.7
	National Labor	George McLeod	298	36.7	+36.7
Total formal votes			811	99.1	n/a
Informal votes			7	0.9	n/a
Turnout			818	75.2	n/a
	Labor hold		Swing	–36.7

Taylor had been elected unopposed at the 1914 election.

Murchison

Western Australian state election, 1917: Murchison
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	John Holman	562	63.9	–36.1
	National Labor	William Spiers	318	36.1	+36.1
Total formal votes			880	99.3	n/a
Informal votes			6	0.7	n/a
Turnout			886	58.3	n/a
	Labor hold		Swing	–36.1

Murray-Wellington

Western Australian state election, 1917: Murray-Wellington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	National Liberal	William George	931	60.0	–11.5
	National Country	Kingsley Fairbridge	621	40.0	+40.0
Total formal votes			1,552	99.5	–0.1
Informal votes			7	0.5	+0.1
Turnout			1,559	65.3	+0.8
	National Liberal hold		Swing	–11.5

Nelson

Western Australian state election, 1917: Nelson
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	National Country	Francis Willmott	1,104	53.1	–1.1
	Independent Labor	John Henry Smith	974	46.9	+46.9
Total formal votes			2,078	99.5	+0.1
Informal votes			10	0.5	–0.1
Turnout			2,088	64.7	–3.9
	National Country hold		Swing	–1.1

Willmott's designation at the 1914 election was simply "Country", rather than "National Country".

Northam

Western Australian state election, 1917: Northam
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	National Liberal	James Mitchell	unopposed
	National Liberal hold		Swing

North-East Fremantle

Western Australian state election, 1917: North-East Fremantle
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	William Angwin	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

North Perth

Western Australian state election, 1917: North Perth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	National Liberal	James MacCallum Smith	1,690	61.3	+22.3
	Independent	Richard White	1,069	38.7	+38.7
Total formal votes			2,759	97.9	+2.0
Informal votes			58	2.1	–2.0
Turnout			2,817	48.5	–8.6
	National Liberal hold		Swing	N/A

Smith's designation at the 1914 election was simply "Liberal", rather than "National Liberal".

Perth

Western Australian state election, 1917: Perth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Nationalist	Robert Pilkington	1,589	56.6	+7.8
	Labor	Edmund Dunn	929	33.1	+33.1
	Nationalist	Henry Mills	291	10.4	+10.4
Total formal votes			2,809	96.6	–0.9
Informal votes			99	3.4	+0.9
Turnout			2,908	54.4	+1.9
	Nationalist hold		Swing	N/A

Pilbara

Western Australian state election, 1917: Pilbara
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	National Labor	Henry Underwood	unopposed
	National Labor hold		Swing

Pingelly

Western Australian state election, 1917: Pingelly
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Nationalist	Richard Johnson	488	34.3	+34.3
	National Country	Henry Hickmott	484	33.3	–24.2
	National Country	Francis Wake	253	17.8	+17.8
	National Country	William Martin	157	11.0	+11.0
	National Country	Thomas James	52	3.7	+3.7
Total formal votes			1,424	96.4	–1.5
Informal votes			53	3.6	+1.5
Turnout			1,477	61.8	+4.6
Two-party-preferred result
	National Country	Henry Hickmott	825	57.9	+0.4
	Nationalist	Richard Johnson	599	42.1	+42.1
	National Country hold		Swing	+0.4

Roebourne

Western Australian state election, 1917: Roebourne
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Nationalist	Frederick Teesdale	271	77.9	+77.9
	Labor	John Haughey	77	22.1	–25.1
Total formal votes			348	99.7	+1.4
Informal votes			1	0.3	–1.4
Turnout			349	48.7	n/a
	Nationalist hold		Swing	N/A

South Fremantle

Western Australian state election, 1917: South Fremantle
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Independent Labor	Samuel Rocke	1,481	50.1	+50.1
	National Labor	Harry Bolton	1,475	49.9	–5.9
Total formal votes			2,956	98.5	–1.1
Informal votes			45	1.5	+1.1
Turnout			3,001	65.3	–0.3
	Independent Labor gain from National Labor		Swing	+50.1

Subiaco

Western Australian state election, 1917: Subiaco
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Bartholomew Stubbs	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

Sussex

Western Australian state election, 1917: Sussex
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	National Country	William Pickering	607	50.2	+34.0
	National Liberal	Frank Wilson	603	49.8	+6.4
Total formal votes			1,210	99.3	+1.3
Informal votes			9	0.7	–1.3
Turnout			1,219	69.1	+2.5
	National Country gain from National Liberal		Swing	N/A

Swan

Western Australian state election, 1917: Swan
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	National Liberal	William Nairn	1,004	53.4	+12.3
	Nationalist	Thomas Ilbery	876	46.6	+32.0
Total formal votes			1,880	99.5	+1.1
Informal votes			10	0.5	–1.1
Turnout			1,890	58.0	–9.5
	National Liberal hold		Swing	–0.1

Nairn's designation at the 1914 election was simply "Liberal", rather than "National Liberal".

Toodyay

Western Australian state election, 1917: Toodyay
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	National Country	Alfred Piesse	747	41.1	–58.9
	Country	Sinclair McGibbon	564	31.0	+31.0
	Nationalist	Ivan Royal	277	15.2	+15.2
	National Country	Henry Clarkson	231	12.7	+12.7
Total formal votes			1,819	97.7	n/a
Informal votes			43	2.3	n/a
Turnout			1,862	55.6	n/a
Two-party-preferred result
	National Country	Alfred Piesse	1,070	58.8	–41.2
	Country	Sinclair McGibbon	749	41.2	+41.2
	National Country hold		Swing	–41.2

Piesse's designation at the 1914 election was simply "Country", rather than "National Country".

Wagin

Western Australian state election, 1917: Wagin
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	National Country	Sydney Stubbs	995	51.6	–1.5
	National Country	Ernest Absolon	808	41.9	–5.1
	National Country	Charles Keyser	125	6.5	+6.5
Total formal votes			1,928	99.0	–0.4
Informal votes			20	1.0	+0.4
Turnout			1,948	69.9	+3.3
	National Country hold		Swing	N/A

West Perth

Western Australian state election, 1917: West Perth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Nationalist	Thomas Draper	1,525	53.3	+53.3
	National Liberal	Ebenezer Allen	1,159	40.5	–23.1
	National Liberal	Joseph East	178	6.2	+6.2
Total formal votes			2,862	95.4	–4.3
Informal votes			139	4.6	+4.3
Turnout			3,001	61.3	+13.0
	Nationalist hold		Swing	N/A

Williams-Narrogin

Western Australian state election, 1917: 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

Yilgarn

Western Australian state election, 1917: Yilgarn
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Alick McCallum	430	38.4	+38.4
	National Labor	Charles Hudson	384	34.3	–26.2
	Nationalist	Archibald McIntyre	244	21.8	–17.6
	Nationalist	John Dunstan	62	5.5	+5.5
Total formal votes			1,120	98.6	–0.4
Informal votes			16	1.4	+0.4
Turnout			1,136	73.5	+9.3
Two-party-preferred result
	National Labor	Charles Hudson	631	56.3	–4.3
	Labor	Alick McCallum	489	43.7	+43.7
	National Labor hold		Swing	N/A

York

Western Australian state election, 1917: York
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	National Country	Harry Griffiths	852	56.1	–1.5
	National Country	Frederick Monger	668	43.9	+1.5
Total formal votes			1,520	99.4	–0.2
Informal votes			9	0.6	+0.2
Turnout			1,529	53.7	+3.4
	National Country hold		Swing	–1.5

See also

References

Black, David; Prescott, 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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