Electoral results for the district of Mount Margaret

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

Members for Mount Margaret

Members		Party	Term
	George Taylor	Labor	1901–1917
		National Labor	1917–1924
		Nationalist	1924–1930

Election results

Elections in the 1920s

1927 Western Australian state election: Mount Margaret

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	George Taylor	212	55.1	+0.2
	Labor	Martin Hartigan	173	44.9	-0.2
Total formal votes			385	98.5	-1.2
Informal votes			6	1.5	+1.2
Turnout			391	80.1	+5.1
	Nationalist hold		Swing	+0.2

1924 Western Australian state election: Mount Margaret

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National Labor	George Taylor	207	54.9	-45.1
	Labor	Patrick Maher	170	45.1	+45.1
Total formal votes			377	99.7
Informal votes			1	0.3
Turnout			378	75.0
	National Labor hold		Swing	N/A

1921 Western Australian state election: Mount Margaret

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National Labor	George Taylor	unopposed
	National Labor hold		Swing

Elections in the 1910s

1917 Western Australian state election: Mount Margaret

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National Labor	George Taylor	513	63.3	–36.7
	Labor	George McLeod	298	36.7	+36.7
Total formal votes			811	99.1	n/a
Informal votes			7	0.9	n/a
Turnout			818	75.2	n/a
	National Labor hold		Swing	–36.7

• Taylor had been elected unopposed at the 1914 election.

1914 Western Australian state election: Mount Margaret

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	George Taylor	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

1911 Western Australian state election: Mount Margaret

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	George Taylor	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

Elections in the 1900s

1908 Western Australian state election: Mount Margaret

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	George Taylor	1,085	71.6	+17.7
	Ministerialist	Andrew Faulds	431	28.3	+4.7
Total formal votes			1,516	99.4	+0.4
Informal votes			9	0.6	-0.4
Turnout			1,525	65.8	+36.1
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

1905 Western Australian state election: Mount Margaret

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	George Taylor	738	53.9	–46.1
	Ministerialist	John Smith	323	23.6	+23.6
	Labour	Thomas Campbell	309	22.5	+22.5
Total formal votes			1,370	99.0	n/a
Informal votes			14	1.0	n/a
Turnout			1,384	29.7	n/a
	Labour hold		Swing	–46.1

1904 Western Australian state election: Mount Margaret

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	George Taylor	unopposed
	Labour hold		Swing

1901 Western Australian state election: Mount Margaret

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	George Taylor	771	52.1	+52.1
	Opposition	George Hall	709	47.9	+47.9
Total formal votes			1,480	99.1	n/a
Informal votes			14	0.9	n/a
Turnout			1,494	54.9	n/a
	Labour win		(new seat)