Electoral results for the district of Coolgardie

This is a list of electoral results for the Electoral district of Coolgardie in Western Australian state elections.

Members for Coolgardie edit

1927 Western Australian state election: Coolgardie^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	George Lambert	477	69.9	-30.1
	Nationalist	William Vale	205	30.1	+30.1
Total formal votes			682	99.3
Informal votes			5	0.7
Turnout			687	72.4
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

1924 Western Australian state election: Coolgardie
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	George Lambert	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

1921 Western Australian state election: Coolgardie
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	George Lambert	565	60.8	+6.9
	National Labor	Peter Wedd	222	23.9	-9.0
	Independent	William Faahan	143	15.4	+15.4
Total formal votes			930	97.5	-0.5
Informal votes			24	2.5	+0.5
Turnout			954	66.3	-5.6
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

1917 Western Australian state election: 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.

1916 Coolgardie state by-election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	George Lambert	1,164	71.9	N/A
	Independent	Donald MacPherson	340	21.0	+21.0
	Independent	John Boileau	115	7.1	+7.1
Total formal votes			1,619	N/A	N/A
Informal votes			N/A	N/A	N/A
Turnout			N/A	N/A	N/A
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

1914 Western Australian state election: Coolgardie
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Charles McDowall	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

1911 Western Australian state election: Coolgardie
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labor	Charles McDowall	1,348	62.7
	Independent	Henry Ellis	802	37.3
Total formal votes			2,150	99.6
Informal votes			9	0.4
Turnout			2,159	71.9
	Labor hold		Swing

1908 Western Australian state election: Coolgardie
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Charles McDowall	1,010	60.1	+25.6
	Ministerialist	William Eddy	670	39.9	+3.9
Total formal votes			1,680	99.3	+3.0
Informal votes			12	0.7	-3.0
Turnout			1,692	89.7	+33.4
	Labour gain from Ministerialist		Swing	N/A

1906 Coolgardie state by-election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ministerialist	William Eddy	1,051	52.5	+16.5
	Labor	Charles McDowall	951	47.5	+13.0
Total formal votes			2,002	99.2	+2.9
Informal votes			17	0.8	-2.9
Turnout			2,019	73.4	+17.1
	Ministerialist hold		Swing	N/A

1905 Western Australian state election: Coolgardie
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ministerialist	William Eddy	544	36.0	–5.5
	Labour	Charles McDowall	521	34.5	–24.0
	Independent Labor	Henry Ellis	446	29.5	+29.5
Total formal votes			1,511	96.3	–2.9
Informal votes			58	0.8	+2.9
Turnout			1,569	56.3	–3.4
	Ministerialist gain from Independent Labor		Swing	–5.5

1904 Western Australian state election: Coolgardie
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Henry Ellis	1,159	58.5	+58.5
	Ministerialist	William Eddy	821	41.5	+41.5
Total formal votes			1,980	99.2	–0.7
Informal votes			15	0.8	+0.7
Turnout			1,995	59.7	+19.6
	Labour gain from Ministerialist		Swing	+58.5

1901 Western Australian state election: Coolgardie
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ministerialist	Alfred Morgans	811	50.8	–20.0
	Labour	Peter Wedd	414	25.9	+25.9
	Opposition	James MacCallum Smith	372	23.3	+23.3
Total formal votes			1,597	99.2	+1.4
Informal votes			13	0.8	–1.4
Turnout			1,610	43.2	+1.9
	Ministerialist hold		Swing	–20.0

1897 Western Australian colonial election: Coolgardie
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Ministerialist	Alf Morgans	595	70.8
	Opposition	Alfred Hales	245	29.2
Total formal votes			840	97.8
Informal votes			19	2.2
Turnout			859	41.3
	Ministerialist hold		Swing

^ 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.