Electoral results for the district of Yilgarn

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

Members for Yilgarn edit

1927 Western Australian state election: Yilgarn^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Edwin Corboy	607	54.5	-3.9
	Country	John Blake	394	35.4	+19.3
	Country	Arthur Brown	112	10.1	+10.1
Total formal votes			1,113	98.4	-1.2
Informal votes			18	1.6	+1.2
Turnout			1,131	81.4	+5.1
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

1924 Western Australian state election: Yilgarn
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Edwin Corboy	409	58.4	+10.4
	Nationalist	Austin Allom	134	19.1	+19.1
	Executive Country	Thomas Hamerston	113	16.1	+16.1
	Executive Country	Christian Andre	45	6.4	+6.4
Total formal votes			701	99.6	+2.5
Informal votes			3	0.4	-2.5
Turnout			704	76.3
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

1921 Western Australian state election: Yilgarn
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Edwin Corboy	358	48.0	+9.6
	National Labor	Charles Hudson	222	29.8	-4.5
	Country	Maurice Solomon	166	22.2	+22.2
Total formal votes			746	97.1	-1.5
Informal votes			22	2.9	+1.5
Turnout			768	72.1	-1.4
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Labor	Edwin Corboy	397	53.2	+9.5
	National Labor	Charles Hudson	349	46.8	-9.5
	Labor gain from National Labor		Swing	+9.5

1917 Western Australian state election: Yilgarn
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Alick McCallum	430	38.4	+38.4
	National Labor	Charles Hudson	384	34.3	–26.2
	Nationalist	Archibald McIntyre	244	21.8	–17.6
	Nationalist	John Dunstan	62	5.5	+5.5
Total formal votes			1,120	98.6	–0.4
Informal votes			16	1.4	+0.4
Turnout			1,136	73.5	+9.3
Two-party-preferred result
	National Labor	Charles Hudson	631	56.3	–4.3
	Labor	Alick McCallum	489	43.7	+43.7
	National Labor hold		Swing	N/A

1914 Western Australian state election: Yilgarn
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Charles Hudson	803	60.6	-2.0
	Liberal	Archibald McIntyre	523	39.4	+39.4
Total formal votes			1,326	99.0	-0.8
Informal votes			13	1.0	+0.8
Turnout			1,339	64.2	-2.8
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

1911 Western Australian state election: Yilgarn
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labor	Charles Hudson	1,058	62.6
	Independent	Austin Horan	633	37.4
Total formal votes			1,691	99.8
Informal votes			3	0.2
Turnout			1,694	67.0
	Labor hold		Swing

1908 Western Australian state election: Yilgarn
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Austin Horan	676	90.5	+31.8
	Ministerialist	William Allen	71	9.5	+9.5
Total formal votes			747	99.2	+0.7
Informal votes			6	0.8	-0.7
Turnout			753	35.9	-7.5
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

1905 Western Australian state election: Yilgarn
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Austin Horan	517	58.7	–2.9
	Independent Labor	Fergie Reid	364	41.3	+41.3
Total formal votes			881	99.5	+0.6
Informal votes			13	0.5	–0.6
Turnout			894	43.4	+13.4
	Labour hold		Swing	–2.9

1904 Western Australian state election: Yilgarn
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Austin Horan	1,172	61.6	+30.2
	Ministerialist	William Hedges	732	38.4	+38.4
Total formal votes			1,904	98.9	–0.5
Informal votes			21	1.1	+0.5
Turnout			1,925	30.0	–17.6
	Labour gain from Opposition		Swing	+30.2

1901 Western Australian state election: Yilgarn
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Opposition	William Oats	186	39.7	–11.2
	Labour	Richard Sneddon	147	31.4	+31.4
	Ministerialist	Isidor Cohn	74	15.8	–23.6
	Independent	William Montgomery	61	13.0	+13.0
Total formal votes			468	99.4	+4.0
Informal votes			3	0.6	–4.0
Turnout			471	47.6	+0.1
	Opposition hold		Swing	N/A

1897 Western Australian colonial election: Yilgarn
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	William Oats	115	50.9
	Ministerialist	Isidor Cohn	89	39.4
	Opposition	George Leckie	22	9.7
Total formal votes			226	95.4
Informal votes			11	4.6
Turnout			237	47.5
	Independent 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.