Results of the Western Australian state election, 1933 (Legislative Assembly)

Western Australian state election, 8 April 1933[1]
Legislative Assembly
<< 1930 — 1936 >>

Enrolled voters 205,312[1]
Votes cast 186,012 Turnout 90.60% +16.15%
Informal votes 4,156 Informal 2.23% +1.10%
Summary of votes by party
Party Primary votes % Swing Seats Change
  Labor 82,702 45.48% +7.04% 30 + 7
  Nationalist 55,522 30.53% –5.65% 8 – 7
  Country 25,980 14.29% –4.48% 11 – 1
  Ind. Nat. 2,199 1.21% +1.21% 0 ± 0
  Communist 442 0.25% +0.25% 0 ± 0
  Independent 14,918 8.20% –2.70% 1 + 1
Total 186,012     50  

This is a list of electoral district results of the 1933 Western Australian election.

Results by Electoral district

Albany

Western Australian state election, 1933: Albany
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Arthur Wansbrough 2,031 51.5 +4.8
Country William Day 969 24.6 -0.2
Independent Country George Cooper 804 20.4 +20.4
Country Alfred Lawrence 142 3.6 +3.6
Total formal votes 3,946 98.8 +0.6
Informal votes 46 1.2 -0.6
Turnout 3,992 92.6 +17.6
Labor hold Swing N/A

Avon

Western Australian state election, 1933: Avon
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Fred Law 1,608 46.0 +9.2
Country Harry Griffiths 1,453 41.6 -21.6
Country John Mann 433 12.4 +12.4
Total formal votes 3,494 97.7 -1.5
Informal votes 83 2.3 +1.5
Turnout 3,577 91.8 +17.3
Two-party-preferred result
Country Harry Griffiths 1,781 51.0 -12.2
Labor Fred Law 1,713 49.0 +12.2
Country hold Swing -12.2

Beverley

Western Australian state election, 1933: Beverley
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Country James Mann 2,164 63.3 +16.6
Country Charles Wansbrough 1,257 36.7 -0.2
Total formal votes 3,421 98.5 +0.1
Informal votes 52 1.5 -0.1
Turnout 3,473 84.6 +19.0
Country hold Swing N/A

Boulder

Western Australian state election, 1933: Boulder
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Philip Collier 2,337 89.5 -10.5
Communist Wilfred Mountjoy 274 10.5 +10.5
Total formal votes 2,611 96.7
Informal votes 89 3.3
Turnout 2,700 92.1
Labor hold Swing N/A

Brown Hill-Ivanhoe

Western Australian state election, 1933: Brown Hill-Ivanhoe
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Frederick Smith unopposed
Labor hold Swing

Bunbury

Western Australian state election, 1933: Bunbury
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Frederick Withers 2,422 55.4 +0.2
Nationalist John Hands 1,954 44.6 -0.2
Total formal votes 4,376 99.0 +0.2
Informal votes 45 1.0 -0.2
Turnout 4,421 95.5 +8.2
Labor hold Swing +0.2

Canning

Western Australian state election, 1933: Canning
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Charles Cross 3,560 45.1 -4.1
Nationalist Herbert Wells 1,782 22.5 -28.3
Nationalist Henry Pilgrim 1,726 21.8 +21.8
Country Leonard Perrin 834 10.6 +10.6
Total formal votes 7,902 96.7 -2.6
Informal votes 269 3.3 +2.6
Turnout 8,171 92.3 +19.3
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Charles Cross 4,002 52.8 +3.6
Nationalist Herbert Wells 3,578 47.2 -3.6
Labor gain from Nationalist Swing +3.6

Claremont

Western Australian state election, 1933: Claremont
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Nationalist Charles North 2,448 42.5 -17.4
Nationalist Donald Cleland 1,697 29.4 +29.4
Nationalist Clarence Briggs 1,619 28.1 +28.1
Total formal votes 5,764 95.7 -3.5
Informal votes 258 4.3 +3.5
Turnout 6,022 91.6 +31.4
Two-candidate-preferred result
Nationalist Charles North 3,071 53.3
Nationalist Donald Cleland 2,693 46.7
Nationalist hold Swing N/A

Collie

Western Australian state election, 1933: Collie
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Arthur Wilson 2,732 69.3 -30.7
Independent Labor Harry Stapledon 1,208 30.7 +30.7
Total formal votes 3,940 98.8
Informal votes 46 1.2
Turnout 3,986 90.0
Labor hold Swing N/A

East Perth

Western Australian state election, 1933: East Perth
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor James Kenneally 3,843 61.6 +1.5
Nationalist William Murray 1,961 31.4 +31.4
Independent Carlyle Ferguson 440 7.1 +7.1
Total formal votes 6,244 96.4 -2.2
Informal votes 232 3.6 +2.2
Turnout 6,476 87.7 +25.7
Labor hold Swing N/A

Forrest

Western Australian state election, 1933: Forrest
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor May Holman 2,480 72.7 +6.9
Country William Hollingsworth 933 27.3 +8.5
Total formal votes 3,281 96.3 -3.0
Informal votes 132 3.7 +3.0
Turnout 3,545 85.4 +9.4
Labor hold Swing N/A

Fremantle

Western Australian state election, 1933: Fremantle
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Joseph Sleeman unopposed
Labor hold Swing

Gascoyne

Western Australian state election, 1933: Gascoyne
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Frank Wise 610 62.4 +17.7
Nationalist Edward Angelo 368 37.6 -17.7
Total formal votes 969 99.1 -0.1
Informal votes 9 0.9 +0.1
Turnout 987 83.4 +0.9
Labor gain from Nationalist Swing +17.7

Geraldton

Western Australian state election, 1933: Geraldton
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor John Willcock unopposed
Labor hold Swing

Greenough

Western Australian state election, 1933: Greenough
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor John Steele 1,844 38.1 0.0
Country William Patrick 1,428 29.5 -5.1
Country Kenneth Jones 965 19.9 +19.9
Independent Country Paul McGuiness 599 12.4 +12.4
Total formal votes 4,836 98.4 -0.6
Informal votes 76 1.6 +0.6
Turnout 4,912 83.5 +15.2
Two-party-preferred result
Country William Patrick 2,648 54.8 -0.2
Labor John Steele 2,188 45.2 +0.2
Country hold Swing -0.2

Guildford-Midland

Western Australian state election, 1933: Guildford-Midland
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor William Johnson 3,930 70.8 -29.2
Nationalist Robert Crowther 1,624 29.2 +29.2
Total formal votes 5,554 98.2
Informal votes 100 1.8
Turnout 5,654 93.1
Labor hold Swing N/A

Hannans

Western Australian state election, 1933: Hannans
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Selby Munsie unopposed
Labor hold Swing

Irwin-Moore

Western Australian state election, 1933: Irwin-Moore
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Country Percy Ferguson 1,590 54.1 -12.0
Nationalist Edmund Nicholson 980 33.3 -0.5
Country Corintin Honner 371 12.6 +12.6
Total formal votes 2,941 98.2 -0.5
Informal votes 54 1.8 +0.5
Turnout 2,995 85.8 +21.8
Country hold Swing N/A

Kalgoorlie

Western Australian state election, 1933: Kalgoorlie
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor James Cunningham 1,937 65.2 -34.8
Nationalist Ernest Williams 698 23.5 +23.5
Nationalist Francis O'Dea 337 11.3 +11.3
Total formal votes 2,972 97.5
Informal votes 77 2.5
Turnout 3,049 89.4
Labor hold Swing N/A

Kanowna

Western Australian state election, 1933: Kanowna
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Emil Nulsen unopposed
Labor hold Swing

Katanning

Western Australian state election, 1933: Katanning
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Country Arnold Piesse 2,260 47.7 -14.4
Labor Martin Hartigan 1,415 29.9 +29.9
Country Arthur Watts 609 12.9 +12.9
Country John Nagel 453 9.6 +9.6
Total formal votes 4,737 97.6 -1.2
Informal votes 115 2.4 +1.2
Turnout 4,852 92.1 +11.5
After distribution of preferences
Country Arnold Piesse 2,434 51.4
Labor Martin Hartigan 1,496 31.6
Country Arthur Watts 807 17.0
Country hold Swing N/A

Kimberley

Western Australian state election, 1933: Kimberley
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Aubrey Coverley 369 52.3 -21.2
Nationalist Arthur Povah 337 47.7 +21.2
Total formal votes 706 98.3 -0.4
Informal votes 12 1.7 +0.4
Turnout 718 78.6 +18.0
Labor hold Swing -21.2

Leederville

Western Australian state election, 1933: Leederville
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Alexander Panton 4,846 58.4 +10.0
Nationalist Henry Simper 1,791 21.6 +5.8
Nationalist Ernest Caddy 1,660 20.0 +20.0
Total formal votes 8,297 97.7 -1.0
Informal votes 196 2.3 +1.0
Turnout 8,493 93.7 +21.9
Labor hold Swing N/A

Maylands

Western Australian state election, 1933: Maylands
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Robert Clothier 2,721 42.8 +1.1
Nationalist John Scaddan 1,652 26.0 -5.7
Nationalist Arthur Daley 1,203 18.9 -5.0
Nationalist Charles Plunkett 675 10.6 +10.6
Independent Frederick Swaine 106 1.7 +1.7
Total formal votes 6,357 98.1 -0.8
Informal votes 123 1.9 +0.8
Turnout 6,480 91.2 +11.9
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Robert Clothier 3,505 55.1 +9.4
Nationalist John Scaddan 2,852 44.9 -9.4
Labor gain from Nationalist Swing +9.4

Middle Swan

Western Australian state election, 1933: Middle Swan
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor James Hegney 4,081 59.4 +11.9
Nationalist Karl Drake-Brockman 1,286 18.7 -3.9
Nationalist William Southwood 658 9.6 +9.6
Nationalist John Pickering 599 8.7 +8.7
Country George Gaunt 244 3.5 -9.9
Total formal votes 6,868 96.3 -1.9
Informal votes 265 3.7 +1.9
Turnout 7,133 90.3 +19.9
Labor hold Swing N/A

Mount Hawthorn

Western Australian state election, 1933: Mount Hawthorn
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Harry Millington 3,512 62.5 +9.0
Nationalist Hugh Henderson 2,107 37.5 -9.0
Total formal votes 5,619 97.9 -0.8
Informal votes 123 2.1 +0.8
Turnout 5,742 94.3 +17.0
Labor hold Swing +9.0

Mount Magnet

Western Australian state election, 1933: Mount Magnet
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Michael Troy unopposed
Labor hold Swing

Mount Marshall

Western Australian state election, 1933: Mount Marshall
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Independent Country Frederick Warner 2,030 54.8 +54.8
Country John Lindsay 1,673 45.2 -26.8
Total formal votes 3,703 99.0 -0.3
Informal votes 37 1.0 +0.3
Turnout 3,740 85.2 +17.9
Independent Country gain from Country Swing N/A

Murchison

Western Australian state election, 1933: Murchison
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor William Marshall 1,483 86.9 -13.1
Independent Labor Donald Dunjey 224 13.1 +13.1
Total formal votes 1,707 96.1
Informal votes 69 3.9
Turnout 1,776 69.6
Labor hold Swing

Murray-Wellington

Western Australian state election, 1933: Murray-Wellington
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Nationalist Ross McLarty unopposed
Nationalist hold Swing

Nedlands

Western Australian state election, 1933: Nedlands
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Nationalist Norbert Keenan 4,234 55.1 +32.1
Labor Frank Darcey 3,445 44.9 +8.6
Total formal votes 7,679 98.7 +0.6
Informal votes 98 1.3 -0.6
Turnout 7,777 91.9 +9.5
Nationalist hold Swing +0.8

Nelson

Western Australian state election, 1933: Nelson
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Nationalist John Smith 1,814 38.8 -27.9
Labor Walter Toyer 1,748 37.4 +4.1
Country William Huggett 569 12.2 +12.2
Country Frederick Knapp 549 11.7 +11.7
Total formal votes 4,680 97.6 -1.5
Informal votes 115 2.4 +1.5
Turnout 4,795 89.0 +7.3
Two-party-preferred result
Nationalist John Smith 2,607 55.7 -11.0
Labor Walter Toyer 2,073 44.3 +11.0
Nationalist hold Swing -11.0

North Perth

Western Australian state election, 1933: North Perth
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Nationalist James Smith 3,324 62.3 -0.7
Single Tax League Edward White 2,007 37.7 +37.7
Total formal votes 5,331 97.8 -1.0
Informal votes 119 2.2 +1.0
Turnout 5,450 92.2 +23.8
Nationalist hold Swing N/A

North-East Fremantle

Western Australian state election, 1933: North-East Fremantle
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor John Tonkin 3,730 59.9 +10.0
Nationalist Hubert Parker 2,495 40.1 -10.0
Total formal votes 6,225 99.2 0.0
Informal votes 47 0.8 0.0
Turnout 6,272 95.5 +26.6
Labor gain from Nationalist Swing +10.0

Northam

Western Australian state election, 1933: Northam
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Albert Hawke 2,369 55.4 +8.8
Nationalist James Mitchell 1,575 36.8 -16.6
Country Thomas Peterson 334 7.8 +7.8
Total formal votes 4,278 98.8 -0.4
Informal votes 52 1.2 +0.4
Turnout 4,330 95.3 +14.3
Labor gain from Nationalist Swing N/A

Perth

Western Australian state election, 1933: Perth
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Ted Needham 3,734 58.4 +12.3
Nationalist Harry Mann 2,661 41.6 -11.5
Total formal votes 6,395 97.7 -0.8
Informal votes 149 2.3 +0.8
Turnout 6,544 89.1 +16.6
Labor gain from Nationalist Swing N/A

Pilbara

Western Australian state election, 1933: Pilbara
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Nationalist Frank Welsh 268 57.9 +18.6
Labor James McGuire 195 42.1 -12.2
Total formal votes 445 96.3 -3.0
Informal votes 18 3.7 +3.0
Turnout 481 87.6 +3.4
Nationalist gain from Labor Swing N/A

Pingelly

Western Australian state election, 1933: Pingelly
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Country Harrie Seward 1,510 44.8 +6.3
Independent Cecil Elsegood 1,115 33.1 +33.1
Labor Keith Growden 745 22.1 -0.7
Total formal votes 3,370 98.4 +0.7
Informal votes 54 1.6 -0.7
Turnout 3,424 85.4 +11.6
Two-candidate-preferred result
Country Harrie Seward 1,738 51.6 +3.3
Independent Cecil Elsegood 1,632 48.4 +48.4
Country hold Swing N/A

Roebourne

Western Australian state election, 1933: Roebourne
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Alec Rodoreda 261 52.3 +22.4
Nationalist John Church 238 47.7 -22.4
Total formal votes 499 98.6 -1.0
Informal votes 7 1.4 +1.0
Turnout 506 86.4 +12.2
Labor gain from Nationalist Swing +22.4

South Fremantle

Western Australian state election, 1933: South Fremantle
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Alick McCallum 5,384 78.5 -21.5
Ind. Nationalist Joshua Warner 1,305 19.0 +19.0
Communist Gregory Collins 168 2.5 +2.5
Total formal votes 6,857 96.8
Informal votes 224 3.2
Turnout 7,081 94.7
Labor hold Swing N/A

Subiaco

Western Australian state election, 1933: Subiaco
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor John Moloney 2,873 43.6 +2.1
Nationalist Walter Richardson 2,453 37.2 -21.3
Independent John Bathgate 1,269 19.2 +19.2
Total formal votes 6,595 97.6 -1.4
Informal votes 164 2.4 +1.4
Turnout 6,759 92.9 +14.4
Two-party-preferred result
Labor John Moloney 3,463 52.5 +11.0
Nationalist Walter Richardson 3,132 47.5 -11.0
Labor gain from Nationalist Swing +11.0

Sussex

Western Australian state election, 1933: Sussex
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Herbert Swinbourne 1,364 36.2 +1.3
Nationalist Edmund Brockman 946 25.1 +25.1
Nationalist George Barnard 865 23.0 -18.3
Independent Robert Falkingham 591 15.7 +15.7
Total formal votes 3,766 98.2 -0.9
Informal votes 70 1.8 +0.9
Turnout 3,836 94.9 +5.2
Two-party-preferred result
Nationalist Edmund Brockman 2,033 54.0 -7.6
Labor Herbert Swinbourne 1,733 46.0 +7.6
Nationalist hold Swing -7.6

Swan

Western Australian state election, 1933: Swan
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Country Richard Sampson 2,731 65.8 -34.2
Nationalist William Orr 1,421 34.2 +34.2
Total formal votes 4,051 97.6
Informal votes 101 2.4
Turnout 4,253 89.3
Country gain from Nationalist Swing N/A

Toodyay

Western Australian state election, 1933: Toodyay
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Country Lindsay Thorn unopposed
Country hold Swing

Victoria Park

Western Australian state election, 1933: Victoria Park
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Howard Raphael 4,700 69.6 +21.2
Nationalist Charles Harper 1,354 20.0 -11.6
Nationalist Oliver Strang 700 10.4 +10.4
Total formal votes 6,754 97.4 -1.5
Informal votes 181 2.6 +1.5
Turnout 6,935 92.9 +11.0
Labor hold Swing N/A

Wagin

Western Australian state election, 1933: Wagin
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Country Sydney Stubbs unopposed
Country hold Swing

West Perth

Western Australian state election, 1933: West Perth
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor John Blair 2,738 45.8 +1.7
Nationalist Robert McDonald 2,349 39.3 -16.6
Ind. Nationalist Leonard Goold 549 9.2 +9.2
Ind. Nationalist Frank Cato 345 5.8 +5.8
Total formal votes 5,981 98.1 -1.0
Informal votes 117 1.9 +1.0
Turnout 6,098 91.1 +13.0
Two-party-preferred result
Nationalist Robert McDonald 3,041 50.8 -5.1
Labor John Blair 2,940 49.2 +5.1
Nationalist hold Swing -5.1

Williams-Narrogin

Western Australian state election, 1933: 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

Yilgarn-Coolgardie

Western Australian state election, 1933: Yilgarn-Coolgardie
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor George Lambert 1,742 61.9 +31.3
Independent Country Jim Keightly 1,072 38.1 +38.1
Total formal votes 2,814 97.6 -1.4
Informal votes 69 2.4 +1.4
Turnout 2,883 87.7 +8.3
Labor hold Swing N/A

York

Western Australian state election, 1933: York
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Country Charles Latham 1,605 59.4 -40.6
Independent Country Donald Sutherland 555 20.5 +20.5
Independent Charles Foreman 542 20.1 +20.1
Total formal votes 2,702 98.6
Informal votes 38 1.4
Turnout 2,740 90.6
Country hold Swing N/A

See also

References

  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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