Electoral results for the district of Mount Magnet

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

Members for Mount Magnet edit

Members Party Term
  Frank Wallace Opposition 1901–1904
  Frank Troy Labor 1904–1939
  Lucien Triat Labor 1939–1950

Election results edit

Elections in the 1940s edit

1947 Western Australian state election: Mount Magnet[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Lucien Triat unopposed
Labor hold Swing
1943 Western Australian state election: Mount Magnet
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Lucien Triat 1,075 68.7 +13.7
Independent Labor Arthur Cooper 489 31.3 +31.3
Total formal votes 1,564 97.4 +0.1
Informal votes 41 2.6 -0.1
Turnout 1,605 72.1 -9.6
Labor hold Swing N/A

Elections in the 1930s edit

1939 Western Australian state election: Mount Magnet
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Lucien Triat 1,548 55.0 -45.0
Country Peter Cassey 839 29.8 +29.8
Independent Arthur Cooper 429 15.2 +15.2
Total formal votes 2,816 97.3
Informal votes 79 2.7
Turnout 2,895 81.7
Labor hold Swing N/A
1936 Western Australian state election: Mount Magnet
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Michael Troy unopposed
Labor hold Swing
1933 Western Australian state election: Mount Magnet
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Michael Troy unopposed
Labor hold Swing
1930 Western Australian state election: Mount Magnet
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Michael Troy 929 58.9
Labor Peter Cowan 648 41.1
Total formal votes 1,577 99.2
Informal votes 12 0.8
Turnout 1,589 79.1
Labor hold Swing

Elections in the 1920s edit

1927 Western Australian state election: Mount Magnet
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Michael Troy unopposed
Labor hold Swing
1924 Western Australian state election: Mount Magnet
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Michael Troy unopposed
Labor hold Swing
1921 Western Australian state election: Mount Magnet
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Michael Troy 710 80.1 -19.9
Nationalist William Woodgate 114 12.8 +12.8
Country Louis Dewar 63 7.1 +7.1
Total formal votes 887 98.7
Informal votes 12 1.3
Turnout 899 72.4
Labor hold Swing N/A
  • Preferences were not distributed.

Elections in the 1910s edit

1917 Western Australian state election: Mount Magnet
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Frank Troy unopposed
Labor hold Swing
1914 Western Australian state election: Mount Magnet
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Michael Troy unopposed
Labor hold Swing
1911 Western Australian state election: Mount Magnet
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Michael Troy unopposed
Labor hold Swing

Elections in the 1900s edit

1908 Western Australian state election: Mount Magnet
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Michael Troy unopposed
Labour hold Swing
1905 Western Australian state election: Mount Magnet
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Frank Troy 557 66.2 +4.9
Ministerialist George Baxter 285 33.8 –4.9
Total formal votes 842 98.6 –2.8
Informal votes 12 1.4 +2.8
Turnout 854 45.4 –3.2
Labour hold Swing +4.9
1904 Western Australian state election: Mount Magnet
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Frank Troy 721 61.3 +28.5
Ministerialist Joseph Bryant 456 38.7 +38.7
Total formal votes 1,177 95.8 –3.9
Informal votes 52 4.2 +3.9
Turnout 1,227 48.6 +0.4
Labour gain from Opposition Swing +28.5
1901 Western Australian state election: Mount Magnet
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Opposition Frank Wallace 265 41.1 +41.1
Labour John Holman 211 32.8 +32.8
Ministerialist Alec Clydesdale 168 26.1 +26.1
Total formal votes 644 99.7 n/a
Informal votes 2 0.3 n/a
Turnout 646 48.2 n/a
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.