Results of the 1936 Western Australian state election (Legislative Assembly)

Western Australian state election, 15 February 1936^[1] Legislative Assembly << 1933–1939 >>
Enrolled voters		194,354^[1]
Votes cast		136,309		Turnout	70.13%	–20.47%
Informal votes		1,518		Informal	1.11%	–1.12%
Summary of votes by party
Party		Primary votes	%	Swing	Seats	Change
	Labor	57,055	42.33%	–3.15%	26	– 4
	Nationalist	43,619	32.36%	+1.83%	8	± 0
	Country	19,685	14.60%	+0.32%	13	+ 1
	Ind. Nat.	3,418	2.54%	+1.33%	1	+ 1
	Social Credit	1,385	1.03%	+1.03%	0	± 0
	Communist	118	0.09%	–0.16%	0	± 0
	Independent	9,431	7.00%	–1.21%	2	+ 2
Total		134,791			50

This is a list of electoral district results of the 1936 Western Australian election.

Results by Electoral district

Albany

1936 Western Australian state election: Albany
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Arthur Wansbrough	1,285	38.7	-12.8
	Country	Leonard Hill	1,260	37.9	+13.3
	Independent	Charles Bolt	780	23.5	+23.5
Total formal votes			3,325	99.2	+0.4
Informal votes			26	0.8	−0.4
Turnout			3,351	75.9	−16.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Country	Leonard Hill	1,917	57.6
	Labor	Arthur Wansbrough	1,408	42.4
	Country gain from Labor		Swing	N/A

Avon

1936 Western Australian state election: Avon
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Ignatius Boyle	1,301	52.9	+11.3
	Country	Hugh Harling	1,160	47.1	+47.1
Total formal votes			2,461	98.0	+0.3
Informal votes			51	2.0	−0.3
Turnout			2,512	67.6	−24.2
	Country hold		Swing	N/A

Beverley

1936 Western Australian state election: Beverley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	James Mann	1,514	54.6	-8.7
	Country	Thomas Retalic	596	21.5	+21.5
	Country	George Weaver	384	13.8	+13.8
	Independent Country	John O'Dea	281	10.1	+10.1
Total formal votes			2,775	98.9	+0.4
Informal votes			31	1.1	−0.4
Turnout			2,806	72.1	−12.5
	Country hold		Swing	N/A

Boulder

1936 Western Australian state election: Boulder
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Philip Collier	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

Brown Hill-Ivanhoe

1936 Western Australian state election: Brown Hill-Ivanhoe
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Frederick Smith	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

Bunbury

1936 Western Australian state election: Bunbury
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Frederick Withers	2,136	60.2	+4.8
	Nationalist	Cuthbert Butler	1,410	39.8	-4.8
Total formal votes			3,546	98.9	−0.1
Informal votes			38	1.1	+0.1
Turnout			3,584	71.8	−23.7
	Labor hold		Swing	+4.8

Canning

1936 Western Australian state election: Canning
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Charles Cross	3,299	48.6	+3.5
	Nationalist	Herbert Wells	1,567	23.1	+0.6
	Nationalist	Thomas Willsmore	988	14.6	+14.6
	Independent	Carlyle Ferguson	728	10.7	+10.7
	Ind. Nationalist	Oliver Strang	201	3.0	+3.0
Total formal votes			6,783	98.2	+1.5
Informal votes			125	1.8	−1.5
Turnout			6,908	71.2	−21.1
After distribution of preferences
	Labor	Charles Cross	3,507	51.9
	Nationalist	Herbert Wells	1,938	28.7
	Nationalist	Thomas Willsmore	1,312	19.4
	Labor hold		Swing

Preferences were not distributed to completion.

Claremont

1936 Western Australian state election: Claremont
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	Charles North	2,118	51.0	+8.5
	Nationalist	Donald Cleland	2,039	49.0	+19.6
Total formal votes			4,157	98.6	+2.9
Informal votes			59	1.4	−2.9
Turnout			4,216	63.6	−28.0
	Nationalist hold		Swing	N/A

Collie

1936 Western Australian state election: Collie
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Arthur Wilson	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

East Perth

1936 Western Australian state election: East Perth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	James Kenneally	2,136	45.8	-15.8
	Independent Labor	Thomas Hughes	1,919	41.1	+41.1
	Independent	Felix Hughes	494	10.6	+10.6
	Communist	Wilfred Mountjoy	118	2.5	+2.5
Total formal votes			4,667	98.1	+1.7
Informal votes			92	1.9	−1.7
Turnout			4,759	64.6	−23.1
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Independent Labor	Thomas Hughes	2,433	52.1
	Labor	James Kenneally	2,234	47.9
	Independent Labor gain from Labor		Swing	N/A

Forrest

1936 Western Australian state election: Forrest
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	May Holman	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

Fremantle

1936 Western Australian state election: Fremantle
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Joseph Sleeman	3,429	74.0	-26.0
	Nationalist	Aidan Bryan	1,204	26.0	+26.0
Total formal votes			4,633	98.7
Informal votes			59	1.3
Turnout			4,692	61.6
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Gascoyne

1936 Western Australian state election: Gascoyne
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Frank Wise	683	81.4	+19.0
	Country	Jack Pericles	156	18.6	+18.6
Total formal votes			839	99.5	+0.4
Informal votes			4	0.5	−0.4
Turnout			843	71.5	−11.9
	Labor hold		Swing	+19.0

Geraldton

1936 Western Australian state election: Geraldton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	John Willcock	1,933	60.6	-39.4
	Country	Alfred Curlewis	1,256	39.4	+39.4
Total formal votes			3,189	99.4
Informal votes			19	0.6
Turnout			3,208	80.4
	Labor hold		Swing

Greenough

1936 Western Australian state election: Greenough
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	William Patrick	1,727	51.4	+13.3
	Independent Labor	John Garland	1,356	40.3	+40.3
	Independent	Henry Carson	279	8.3	+8.3
Total formal votes			3,362	99.1	+0.7
Informal votes			32	0.9	−0.7
Turnout			3,394	61.7	−21.8
	Country hold		Swing	N/A

Preferences were not distributed.

Guildford-Midland

1936 Western Australian state election: Guildford-Midland
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	William Johnson	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

Hannans

1936 Western Australian state election: Hannans
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Selby Munsie	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

Irwin-Moore

1936 Western Australian state election: Irwin-Moore
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Percy Ferguson	1,506	71.4	+17.3
	Independent	Cyril Rodoreda	602	28.6	+28.6
Total formal votes			2,108	98.9	+0.7
Informal votes			23	1.1	−0.7
Turnout			2,131	64.6	−21.2
	Country hold		Swing	N/A

Kalgoorlie

1936 Western Australian state election: Kalgoorlie
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Herbert Styants	1,108	45.8	+45.8
	Labor	James Cunningham	845	35.0	-30.2
	Labor	Robert Elliott	465	19.2	+19.2
Total formal votes			2,418	98.7	+1.2
Informal votes			31	1.3	−1.2
Turnout			2,449	57.6	−31.8
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Labor	Herbert Styants	1,356	56.1
	Labor	James Cunningham	1,062	43.9
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Kanowna

1936 Western Australian state election: Kanowna
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Emil Nulsen	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

Katanning

1936 Western Australian state election: Katanning
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Arthur Watts	1,970	53.3	+40.4
	Independent Country	Nelson Lemmon	1,726	46.7	+46.7
Total formal votes			3,696	98.9	+1.3
Informal votes			42	1.1	−1.3
Turnout			3,738	74.4	−17.7
	Country hold		Swing	N/A

Kimberley

1936 Western Australian state election: Kimberley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Aubrey Coverley	496	84.5	+32.2
	Country	Ronald Herrin	91	15.5	+15.5
Total formal votes			587	99.0	+0.7
Informal votes			6	1.0	−0.7
Turnout			593	62.5	−16.1
	Labor hold		Swing	+32.2

Leederville

1936 Western Australian state election: Leederville
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Alexander Panton	3,688	58.3	-0.1
	Nationalist	Charles Veryard	2,638	41.7	+20.1
Total formal votes			6,326	98.9	+1.2
Informal votes			67	1.1	−1.2
Turnout			6,393	69.4	−24.3
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Maylands

1936 Western Australian state election: Maylands
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Robert Clothier	2,214	39.4	-3.4
	Ind. Nationalist	Harry Shearn	1,630	29.0	+29.0
	Nationalist	Tom Hartrey	921	16.4	+16.4
	Nationalist	Arthur Daley	861	15.3	+15.3
Total formal votes			5,626	99.1	+1.0
Informal votes			52	0.9	−1.0
Turnout			5,678	74.1	−17.1
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Ind. Nationalist	Harry Shearn	3,158	56.1	+56.1
	Labor	Robert Clothier	2,468	43.9	-11.2
	Ind. Nationalist gain from Labor		Swing	N/A

Middle Swan

1936 Western Australian state election: Middle Swan
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	James Hegney	3,061	58.8	-0.6
	Nationalist	David Pyvis	2,148	41.2	+22.5
Total formal votes			5,209	98.7	+2.4
Informal votes			70	1.3	−2.4
Turnout			5,279	62.4	−27.9
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Mount Hawthorn

1936 Western Australian state election: Mount Hawthorn
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Harry Millington	2,751	54.0	-8.5
	Nationalist	Arthur Abbott	2,345	46.0	+8.5
Total formal votes			5,096	99.1	+1.2
Informal votes			46	0.9	−1.2
Turnout			5,142	72.9	−21.4
	Labor hold		Swing	-8.5

Mount Magnet

1936 Western Australian state election: Mount Magnet
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Michael Troy	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

Mount Marshall

1936 Western Australian state election: Mount Marshall
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Frederick Warner	1,933	73.6	+18.8
	Country	Joseph Diver	694	26.4	+26.4
Total formal votes			2,627	99.4	+0.4
Informal votes			17	0.6	−0.4
Turnout			2,644	62.2	−23.0
	Country hold		Swing	N/A

Murchison

1936 Western Australian state election: Murchison
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	William Marshall	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

Murray-Wellington

1936 Western Australian state election: Murray-Wellington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	Ross McLarty	unopposed
	Nationalist hold		Swing

Nedlands

1936 Western Australian state election: Nedlands
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	Norbert Keenan	3,966	59.1	+4.0
	Labor	Dorothy Tangney	2,739	40.9	-4.0
Total formal votes			6,705	99.4	+0.7
Informal votes			41	0.6	−0.7
Turnout			6,746	68.8	−23.1
	Nationalist hold		Swing	+4.0

Nelson

1936 Western Australian state election: Nelson
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Clarence Doust	1,609	38.2	+38.2
	Nationalist	John Smith	1,585	37.6	-1.2
	Labor	Thomas Ladhams	1,018	24.2	-13.2
Total formal votes			4,212	99.0	+1.4
Informal votes			44	1.0	−1.4
Turnout			4,256	78.0	−11.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Independent	Clarence Doust	2,406	57.1	+57.1
	Nationalist	John Smith	1,806	42.9	-12.8
	Independent gain from Nationalist		Swing	N/A

North Perth

1936 Western Australian state election: North Perth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	James MacCallum Smith	1,559	32.7	-29.6
	Labor	Edward Holman	1,462	30.7	+30.7
	Nationalist	Reginald Miller	1,010	21.2	+21.2
	Nationalist	Karl Drake-Brockman	730	15.3	+15.3
Total formal votes			4,761	99.0	+1.2
Informal votes			49	1.0	−1.2
Turnout			4,810	75.8	−16.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Nationalist	James MacCallum Smith	2,779	58.4	-3.9
	Labor	Edward Holman	1,982	41.6	+3.9
	Nationalist hold		Swing	-3.9

North-East Fremantle

1936 Western Australian state election: North-East Fremantle
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	John Tonkin	2,689	52.8	-7.1
	Nationalist	Eric Isaachsen	2,407	47.2	+7.1
Total formal votes			5,096	98.9	−0.3
Informal votes			56	1.1	+0.3
Turnout			5,152	76.4	−19.1
	Labor hold		Swing	-7.1

Northam

1936 Western Australian state election: Northam
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Albert Hawke	2,537	64.3	+8.9
	Nationalist	Hal C.S. Colebatch	1,407	35.7	-1.1
Total formal votes			3,944	99.2	+0.4
Informal votes			30	0.8	−0.4
Turnout			3,974	85.8	−9.5
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Perth

1936 Western Australian state election: Perth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Ted Needham	2,806	53.9	-4.5
	Nationalist	Harry Mann	1,554	29.8	-11.8
	Nationalist	William Murray	847	16.3	+16.3
Total formal votes			5,207	98.1	+0.4
Informal votes			100	1.9	−0.4
Turnout			5,307	68.3	−20.3
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Preferences were not distributed.

Pilbara

1936 Western Australian state election: Pilbara
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	Frank Welsh	358	59.4	+1.5
	Labor	Donald Bennett	245	40.6	-1.5
Total formal votes			603	99.2	+2.9
Informal votes			5	0.8	−2.9
Turnout			608	83.8	−3.8
	Nationalist hold		Swing	+1.5

Pingelly

1936 Western Australian state election: Pingelly
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Harrie Seward	1,743	65.7	+20.9
	Country	Cecil Elsegood	909	34.3	+34.3
Total formal votes			2,652	99.4	+1.0
Informal votes			15	0.6	−1.0
Turnout			2,667	70.7	−14.7
	Country hold		Swing	N/A

Roebourne

1936 Western Australian state election: Roebourne
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Alec Rodoreda	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

South Fremantle

1936 Western Australian state election: South Fremantle
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Thomas Fox	2,955	68.1	-10.4
	Social Credit	David Byers	1,385	31.9	+31.9
Total formal votes			4,340	98.9	+2.1
Informal votes			49	1.1	−2.1
Turnout			4,389	60.1	−34.6
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Subiaco

1936 Western Australian state election: Subiaco
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	John Moloney	2,320	38.5	-5.1
	Nationalist	Florence Cardell-Oliver	1,442	23.9	-13.3
	Nationalist	Walter Richardson	1,392	23.1	+23.1
	Nationalist	Harry Downe	877	14.5	+14.5
Total formal votes			6,031	99.2	+1.6
Informal votes			47	0.8	−1.6
Turnout			6,078	80.6	−12.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Nationalist	Florence Cardell-Oliver	3,364	55.8	+8.3
	Labor	John Moloney	2,667	44.2	-8.3
	Nationalist gain from Labor		Swing	+8.3

Sussex

1936 Western Australian state election: Sussex
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	Edmund Brockman	2,014	70.1	+45.0
	Ind. Nationalist	Robert Falkingham	514	17.9	+2.2
	Ind. Nationalist	Percy Bignell	345	12.0	+12.0
Total formal votes			2,873	98.7	+0.5
Informal votes			37	1.3	−0.5
Turnout			2,910	84.4	−10.5
	Nationalist hold		Swing	N/A

Preferences were not distributed.

Swan

1936 Western Australian state election: Swan
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Richard Sampson	unopposed
	Country hold		Swing

Toodyay

1936 Western Australian state election: Toodyay
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Lindsay Thorn	unopposed
	Country hold		Swing

Victoria Park

1936 Western Australian state election: Victoria Park
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Howard Raphael	4,158	71.8	+2.2
	Nationalist	George Mann	1,637	28.2	+8.2
Total formal votes			5,795	98.9	+1.5
Informal votes			63	1.1	−1.5
Turnout			5,858	72.8	−20.1
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Wagin

1936 Western Australian state election: Wagin
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Sydney Stubbs	unopposed
	Country hold		Swing

West Perth

1936 Western Australian state election: West Perth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	Robert McDonald	2,595	55.0	+15.7
	Labor	William Beadle	2,122	45.0	-0.8
Total formal votes			4,717	99.1	+1.0
Informal votes			45	0.9	−1.0
Turnout			4,762	69.4	−21.7
	Nationalist hold		Swing	+4.2

Williams-Narrogin

1936 Western Australian state election: Williams-Narrogin
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Victor Doney	unopposed
	Country hold		Swing

Yilgarn-Coolgardie

1936 Western Australian state election: Yilgarn-Coolgardie
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	George Lambert	1,199	54.0	-7.9
	Independent Country	Max Dynes	1,021	46.0	+46.0
Total formal votes			2,220	98.7	+1.1
Informal votes			30	1.3	−1.1
Turnout			2,250	58.3	−29.4
	Labor hold		Swing	-7.9

York

1936 Western Australian state election: York
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Charles Latham	1,485	67.3	+7.9
	Independent	John Keast	720	32.7	+32.7
Total formal votes			2,205	99.2	+0.8
Informal votes			17	0.8	−0.8
Turnout			2,222	77.1	−13.5
	Country hold		Swing	N/A

References

^ 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.

[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.

[1]

Results by Electoral district

Albany

Avon

Beverley

Boulder

Brown Hill-Ivanhoe

Bunbury

Canning

Claremont

Collie

East Perth

Forrest

Fremantle

Gascoyne

Geraldton

Greenough

Guildford-Midland

Hannans

Irwin-Moore

Kalgoorlie

Kanowna

Katanning

Kimberley

Leederville

Maylands

Middle Swan

Mount Hawthorn

Mount Magnet

Mount Marshall

Murchison

Murray-Wellington

Nedlands

Nelson

North Perth

North-East Fremantle

Northam

Perth

Pilbara

Pingelly

Roebourne

South Fremantle

Subiaco

Sussex

Swan

Toodyay

Victoria Park

Wagin

West Perth

Williams-Narrogin

Yilgarn-Coolgardie

York

See also

References