Electoral results for the district of Menzies
Appearance
This is a list of electoral results for the Electoral district of Menzies in Western Australian state elections.
Members for Menzies
[edit]Members | Party | Term | |
---|---|---|---|
Henry Gregory | Ministerial | 1901–1911 | |
John Mullany | Labor | 1911–1917 | |
National Labor | 1917–1924 | ||
Alexander Panton | Labor | 1924–1930 |
Election results
[edit]Elections in the 1920s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Alexander Panton | 134 | 59.8 | −0.5 | |
Nationalist | Dick Ardagh | 57 | 25.5 | +25.5 | |
Nationalist | Albert Faul | 33 | 14.7 | +14.7 | |
Total formal votes | 224 | 98.2 | −1.6 | ||
Informal votes | 4 | 1.8 | +1.6 | ||
Turnout | 228 | 86.0 | −1.4 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | N/A |
- Preferences were not distributed.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Alexander Panton | 254 | 60.3 | +12.3 | |
National Labor | John Mullany | 167 | 39.7 | −12.3 | |
Total formal votes | 421 | 99.8 | +0.8 | ||
Informal votes | 1 | 0.2 | −0.8 | ||
Turnout | 422 | 87.4 | +8.0 | ||
Labor gain from National Labor | Swing | +12.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
National Labor | John Mullany | 298 | 52.0 | −10.4 | |
Labor | Edward Gaynor | 275 | 48.0 | +10.4 | |
Total formal votes | 573 | 99.0 | +0.1 | ||
Informal votes | 6 | 1.0 | −0.1 | ||
Turnout | 579 | 79.4 | +2.9 | ||
National Labor hold | Swing | −10.4 |
Elections in the 1910s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | John Mullany | 600 | 69.2 | +4.3 | |
Liberal | William McMeikan | 267 | 30.8 | −4.3 | |
Total formal votes | 867 | 99.2 | −0.4 | ||
Informal votes | 7 | 0.8 | +0.4 | ||
Turnout | 874 | 64.9 | −22.6 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | +4.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | John Mullany | 941 | 64.9 | ||
Ministerialist | Henry Gregory | 509 | 35.1 | ||
Total formal votes | 1,450 | 99.6 | |||
Informal votes | 6 | 0.4 | |||
Turnout | 1,456 | 87.5 | |||
Labor gain from Ministerialist | Swing |
Elections in the 1900s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ministerialist | Henry Gregory | 1,322 | 51.1 | +1.2 | |
Labour | Richard Buzacott | 1,266 | 48.9 | −1.2 | |
Total formal votes | 2,588 | 99.2 | +0.1 | ||
Informal votes | 21 | 0.8 | −0.1 | ||
Turnout | 2,609 | 87.3 | +5.2 | ||
Ministerialist gain from Labour | Swing | +1.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Richard Buzacott | 1,220 | 50.1 | +2.6 | |
Ministerialist | 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 Ministerialist | Swing | +2.6 |
- This result was declared void and was contested again in the 1908 Menzies state by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ministerialist | Henry Gregory | 874 | 52.5 | –6.6 | |
Labour | Richard Buzacott | 790 | 47.5 | +6.6 | |
Total formal votes | 1,664 | 99.3 | n/a | ||
Informal votes | 11 | 0.7 | n/a | ||
Turnout | 1,675 | 67.1 | n/a | ||
Ministerialist hold | Swing | –6.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ministerialist | Henry Gregory | 1,087 | 53.0 | –47.0 | |
Labour | Richard Buzacott | 966 | 47.0 | +47.0 | |
Total formal votes | 2,053 | 99.5 | n/a | ||
Informal votes | 10 | 0.5 | n/a | ||
Turnout | 2,063 | 55.3 | n/a | ||
Ministerialist hold | Swing | –47.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Opposition | Henry Gregory | unopposed | |||
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.