Electoral results for the district of Mount Leonora

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

Members for Mount Leonora

Members Party Term
  Patrick Lynch Labor 1904–1906
  Julian Stuart Labor 1906–1908
  Hugh Gourley Labor 1908–1911
  George Foley Labor 1911–1917
  National Labor 1917–1920
  Thomas Heron Labor 1920–1928
  Ernest Cowan Labor 1928–1930

Election results

Elections in the 1920s

1928 Mount Leonora state by-election[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Ernest Cowan unopposed
Labor hold Swing
1927 Western Australian state election: Mount Leonora
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Thomas Heron unopposed
Labor hold Swing
1924 Western Australian state election: Mount Leonora
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Thomas Heron 408 73.3 +15.4
Independent George Wilson 149 26.7 +26.7
Total formal votes 557 97.7 −1.7
Informal votes 13 2.3 +1.7
Turnout 570 73.0 −6.2
Labor hold Swing N/A
1921 Western Australian state election: Mount Leonora
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Thomas Heron 465 57.9 +19.4
National Labor Sydney Fowler 338 42.1 −19.4
Total formal votes 803 99.4 −0.3
Informal votes 5 0.6 +0.3
Turnout 808 79.2 −4.7
Labor gain from National Labor Swing +19.4
1920 Mount Leonora state by-election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Thomas Heron 399 56.6 +18.1
National Labor Sydney Fowler 306 43.4 −18.1
Total formal votes 705 N/A N/A
Informal votes N/A N/A N/A
Turnout N/A N/A N/A
Labor gain from National Labor Swing +18.1

Elections in the 1910s

1917 Western Australian state election: Mount Leonora
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National Labor George Foley 598 61.5 –38.5
Labor Frederick Madden 375 38.5 +38.5
Total formal votes 973 99.7 n/a
Informal votes 3 0.3 n/a
Turnout 976 83.9 n/a
National Labor hold Swing N/A
  • Foley had run for Labor at the 1914 election, and was elected unopposed.
1914 Western Australian state election: Mount Leonora
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor George Foley unopposed
Labor hold Swing
1911 Western Australian state election: Mount Leonora
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor George Foley 1,019 87.0
Ministerialist Arthur Court 153 13.0
Total formal votes 1,172 99.3
Informal votes 8 0.7
Turnout 1,180 48.2
Labor hold Swing

Elections in the 1900s

1908 Western Australian state election: Mount Leonora
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Hugh Gourley 767 42.0 −25.5
Ministerialist Joseph Semken 639 35.0 +2.5
Labour John Carr 422 23.1 +23.1
Total formal votes 1,828 98.9 +0.4
Informal votes 21 1.1 −0.4
Turnout 1,849 53.0 +25.1
Two-party-preferred result
Labour Hugh Gourley 1,079 62.0 −5.5
Ministerialist Joseph Semken 662 38.0 +5.5
Labour hold Swing −5.5
1906 Mount Leonora state by-election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Hugh Gourley unopposed
Labour hold Swing
1905 Western Australian state election: Mount Leonora
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Patrick Lynch 786 67.5 +0.9
Ministerialist Joseph Semken 378 32.5 –0.9
Total formal votes 1,204 98.5 n/a
Informal votes 18 1.5 n/a
Turnout 1,222 67.1 n/a
Labour hold Swing +0.9
1904 Western Australian state election: Mount Leonora
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Patrick Lynch unopposed
Labour win (new seat)

References

  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.
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