Electoral results for the district of Menzies

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

1927 Western Australian state election: Menzies[1]
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.
1924 Western Australian state election: Menzies
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
1921 Western Australian state election: Menzies
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

1917 Western Australian state election: Menzies
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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.
1914 Western Australian state election: Menzies
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
1911 Western Australian state election: Menzies
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

1908 Menzies state by-election
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
1908 Western Australian state election: Menzies
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
1905 Western Australian state election: Menzies
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
1904 Western Australian state election: Menzies
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
1901 Western Australian state election: Menzies
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Opposition Henry Gregory unopposed
Opposition win (new seat)

References edit

  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.