1904 Western Australian state election

Elections were held in the Australian state of Western Australia on 28 June 1904 to elect 50 members to the state's Legislative Assembly.

1904 Western Australian state election

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All 50 seats in the Western Australian Legislative Assembly
  First party Second party
 
Leader Robert Hastie Walter James
Party Labour Ministerialist
Leader since 10 May 1901 1 July 1902
Leader's seat Kanowna East Perth
Last election 6 seats 19 seats
Seats won 22 seats 18 seats
Seat change Increase16 Decrease1
Percentage 42.57% 36.69%
Swing Increase16.70 Increase16.46

Premier before election

Walter James
Ministerialist

Elected Premier

Walter James
Ministerialist

The election resulted in a hung parliament. The Labour Party, led by Robert Hastie, won 22 seats, while the governing Ministerialists won 18 seats, and independents won 10 seats. Walter James, who had been premier since July 1902, initially continued on in the role after the election. The Labour Party elected a new leader, Henry Daglish, on 8 July.[1] Daglish successfully moved a motion of no confidence on 2 August, and after James's resignation became premier on 10 August. He was Western Australia's first premier from the Labour Party.

Results

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Western Australian state election, 1904[2]
Legislative Assembly

Enrolled voters 163,826[1]
Votes cast 66,054 Turnout 48.28%
Informal votes 731 Informal 1.09%
Summary of votes by party
Party Primary votes % Swing Seats Change
  Labour 28,122 42.57% +16.70 22 +16
  Ministerialist 24,234 36.69% +16.46 18 –1
  Independent 12,810 19.39% +5.99 10 +5
  Independent Labour 888 1.34% +1.34 0 ±0
Total 66,054     50  

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Notes

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1 The total number of enrolled voters was 163,826, of whom 25,511 were registered in ten uncontested seats. Five of the uncontested seats were won by Labour, three by Ministerialists, and two by independents.

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