Electoral results for the district of North Murchison

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

Members for North Murchison edit

Member Party Term
  Henry Kenny Opposition 1897–1899
  Frederick Moorhead Ministerial 1899–1901
  John Holman Labour 1901–1904

Election results edit

Elections in the 1900s edit

1901 North Murchison Ministerial by-election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John Holman 188 55.6 +32.8
Ministerialist Frederick Moorhead 150 44.4 -32.8
Total formal votes 338 98.3 +0.2
Informal votes 6 1.7 -0.2
Turnout 344 40.8 +1.7
Labour gain from Ministerialist Swing +32.8
1901 Western Australian state election: North Murchison[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Opposition Frederick Moorhead 233 77.2 –22.8
Labour George Carlton 69 22.8 +22.8
Total formal votes 302 98.1 n/a
Informal votes 6 1.9 n/a
Turnout 308 39.1 n/a
Opposition hold Swing N/A

Elections in the 1890s edit

1899 North Murchison colonial by-election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Ministerialist Frederick Moorhead 118 56.2 +9.3
Opposition Joseph Thomson 92 43.8 -9.3
Total formal votes 210 98.6 +0.6
Informal votes 3 1.4 -0.6
Turnout 213 69.4 +16.5
Ministerialist gain from Opposition Swing +9.3
1897 Western Australian colonial election: North Murchison
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Opposition Henry Kenny 52 53.1
Ministerialist Frederick Moorhead 46 46.9
Total formal votes 98 98.0
Informal votes 2 2.0
Turnout 100 52.9
Opposition hold Swing

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.