Results of the 1914 Western Australian state election

Western Australian state election, 21 October 1914 Legislative Assembly << 1911–1917 >>
Enrolled voters		168,546[1]
Votes cast		96,605		Turnout	57.32	–17.56
Informal votes		1,127		Informal	1.17	–0.24
Summary of votes by party
Party		Primary votes	%	Swing	Seats	Change
	Labor	40,205	42.12	–10.42	26[1]	– 8
	Liberal	41,929	43.91	–0.89	16	± 0
	Country	13,344	13.98	+13.98	8	+ 8
Total		95,478			50

This is a list of electoral district results of the 1914 Western Australian election.

Results by Electoral district

Albany

1914 Western Australian state election: Albany

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	William Price	1,560	51.0	−4.1
	Liberal	Ernest McKenzie	1,497	49.0	+25.6
Total formal votes			2,705	99.3	+0.7
Informal votes			21	0.7	−0.7
Turnout			3,078	66.2	−17.7
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Avon

1914 Western Australian state election: Avon

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Tom Harrison	1,318	54.3	+54.3
	Labor	Fred Membrey	1,110	45.7	−7.1
Total formal votes			2,428	99.7	+0.1
Informal votes			8	0.3	−0.1
Turnout			2,436	57.7	+12.1
	Country gain from Labor		Swing	N/A

Beverley

1914 Western Australian state election: Beverley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Charles Wansbrough	809	60.4	+60.4
	Labor	Charles Kirkwood	289	21.6	+8.2
	Liberal	Richard White	242	18.1	−35.5
Total formal votes			1,340	98.7	+0.1
Informal votes			17	1.3	−0.1
Turnout			1,357	56.9	−11.5
	Country gain from Liberal		Swing	N/A

Boulder

1914 Western Australian state election: Boulder

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Philip Collier	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

Brownhill-Ivanhoe

1914 Western Australian state election: Brownhill-Ivanhoe

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	John Scaddan	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

Bunbury

1914 Western Australian state election: Bunbury

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	William Thomas	1,397	51.6	−3.3
	Liberal	Griffin Money	1,309	48.4	+3.3
Total formal votes			2,706	99.4	−0.3
Informal votes			16	0.6	+0.3
Turnout			2,722	68.0	−24.0
	Labor hold		Swing	−3.3

Canning

1914 Western Australian state election: Canning

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Charles Lewis	2,365	46.1	−6.1
	Liberal	Robert Robinson	1,578	30.7	+12.5
	Liberal	George Wilson	841	16.4	+1.1
	Liberal	Arthur Gull	347	6.8	+6.8
Total formal votes			5,131	99.0	−0.1
Informal votes			54	1.0	+0.1
Turnout			5,185	66.7	−15.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Robert Robinson	2,624	51.1
	Labor	Charles Lewis	2,507	48.9
	Liberal gain from Labor		Swing	N/A

Claremont

1914 Western Australian state election: Claremont

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Evan Wisdom	2,261	57.0	+28.4
	Liberal	Joseph Langsford	1,705	43.0	+16.5
Total formal votes			3,966	99.6	+0.3
Informal votes			15	0.4	−0.3
Turnout			3,981	55.2	−28.3
	Liberal hold		Swing	N/A

Collie

1914 Western Australian state election: Collie

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Arthur Wilson	1,632	70.4	−29.6
	Liberal	Herbert Wells	685	29.6	+29.6
Total formal votes			2,317	99.1
Informal votes			21	0.9
Turnout			2,338	46.8
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Coolgardie

1914 Western Australian state election: Coolgardie

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Charles McDowall	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

Cue

1914 Western Australian state election: Cue

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Thomas Chesson	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

East Perth

1914 Western Australian state election: East Perth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Titus Lander	1,949	44.3	−18.1
	Liberal	Lewis Butt	812	18.4	+18.4
	Liberal	John Hardwick	773	17.6	+17.6
	Liberal	Henry Mills	647	14.7	−22.9
	Liberal	Albert Keeley	221	5.0	+5.0
Total formal votes			4,402	98.1	−0.6
Informal votes			87	1.9	+0.6
Turnout			4,489	49.9	−24.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	John Hardwick	2,321	52.7	+15.1
	Labor	Titus Lander	2,081	47.3	−15.1
	Liberal gain from Labor		Swing	+15.1

Forrest

1914 Western Australian state election: Forrest

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Peter O'Loghlen	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

Fremantle

1914 Western Australian state election: Fremantle

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	William Carpenter	1,716	53.8	−6.9
	Liberal	John Stewart	938	29.4	−9.9
	Liberal	Frederick McLaren	537	16.8	+16.8
Total formal votes			3,191	97.3	−1.3
Informal votes			90	2.7	+1.3
Turnout			3,281	58.6	−22.3
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

• Preferences were not distributed.

Gascoyne

1914 Western Australian state election: Gascoyne

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Archibald Gilchrist	435	59.7	+13.3
	Labor	Edward Pearson	294	40.3	−13.3
Total formal votes			729	99.6	+0.2
Informal votes			3	0.4	−0.2
Turnout			732	63.4	+14.9
	Liberal gain from Labor		Swing	+13.3

Geraldton

1914 Western Australian state election: Geraldton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Edward Heitmann	1,370	56.4	+11.2
	Liberal	Samuel Elliott	1,060	43.6	+6.9
Total formal votes			2,430	99.0	+0.3
Informal votes			25	1.0	−0.3
Turnout			2,455	63.3	−16.3
	Labor hold		Swing	+3.8

Greenough

1914 Western Australian state election: Greenough

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	John Cunningham	986	77.0	+77.0
	Liberal	Ernest Udy	294	23.0	−28.0
Total formal votes			1,280	98.8	−0.6
Informal votes			16	1.2	+0.6
Turnout			1,296	36.9	−33.6
	Country gain from Liberal		Swing	N/A

Guildford

1914 Western Australian state election: Guildford

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	William Johnson	3,119	69.5	+2.8
	Liberal	Harold Tuckfield	1,372	30.5	+13.8
Total formal votes			4,491	99.0	+0.3
Informal votes			46	1.0	−0.3
Turnout			4,537	54.8	−27.8
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Hannans

1914 Western Australian state election: Hannans

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Selby Munsie	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

Irwin

1914 Western Australian state election: Irwin

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	James Gardiner	728	59.7	+59.7
	Liberal	Samuel Moore	492	40.3	−2.7
Total formal votes			1,220	99.8	+1.0
Informal votes			2	0.2	−1.0
Turnout			1,222	44.2	−25.3
	Country gain from Liberal		Swing	N/A

Kalgoorlie

1914 Western Australian state election: Kalgoorlie

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Albert Green	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

Kanowna

1914 Western Australian state election: Kanowna

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Thomas Walker	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

Katanning

1914 Western Australian state election: Katanning

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Alec Thomson	1,226	55.8	−21.6
	Country	Norman Macrae	969	44.2	+44.2
Total formal votes			2,195	99.9	+0.6
Informal votes			3	0.1	−0.6
Turnout			2,198	53.4	−15.5
	Liberal hold		Swing	N/A

Kimberley

1914 Western Australian state election: Kimberley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Arthur Male	unopposed
	Liberal hold		Swing

Leederville

1914 Western Australian state election: Leederville

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Frederick Gill	2,326	46.9	−11.0
	Liberal	John Veryard	1,480	29.8	+2.9
	Liberal	Osmond Fry	1,153	23.2	+23.2
Total formal votes			4,959	98.3	+1.4
Informal votes			86	1.7	−1.4
Turnout			5,045	57.0	−24.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	John Veryard	2,520	50.8
	Labor	Frederick Gill	2,439	49.2
	Liberal gain from Labor		Swing	N/A

Menzies

1914 Western Australian state election: Menzies

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	John Mullany	600	69.2	+4.3
	Liberal	William McMeikan	267	30.8	−4.3
Total formal votes			867	99.2	−0.4
Informal votes			7	0.8	+0.4
Turnout			874	64.9	−22.6
	Labor hold		Swing	+4.3

Moore

1914 Western Australian state election: Moore

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Henry Lefroy	687	53.0	+19.1
	Country	Duncan Munro	609	47.0	+47.0
Total formal votes			1,296	99.7	+1.6
Informal votes			4	0.3	−1.6
Turnout			1,300	37.9	−25.4
	Liberal hold		Swing	N/A

Mount Leonora

1914 Western Australian state election: Mount Leonora

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

Mount Magnet

1914 Western Australian state election: Mount Magnet

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Michael Troy	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

Mount Margaret

1914 Western Australian state election: Mount Margaret

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

Murchison

1914 Western Australian state election: Murchison

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	John Holman	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

Murray-Wellington

1914 Western Australian state election: Murray-Wellington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	William George	1,381	71.5	+21.3
	Labor	James Shanahan	550	28.5	−7.6
Total formal votes			1,931	99.4	+0.3
Informal votes			11	0.6	−0.3
Turnout			1,942	64.6	−12.3
	Liberal hold		Swing	N/A

Nelson

1914 Western Australian state election: Nelson

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Francis Willmott	1,593	54.2	+54.2
	Labor	Roger Ryan	1,347	45.8	−2.2
Total formal votes			2,940	99.4	+0.1
Informal votes			19	0.6	−0.1
Turnout			2,959	68.6	−7.6
	Country gain from Liberal		Swing	N/A

North Perth

1914 Western Australian state election: North Perth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	James Smith	1,835	38.9	+12.9
	Labor	Herbert Swan	993	21.1	−35.3
	Labor	Sidney Gibson	643	13.7	+13.7
	Liberal	James George	456	9.7	+9.7
	Labor	Peter Wedd	366	7.8	+7.8
	Liberal	Arthur Wasley	242	5.1	+5.1
	Liberal	Charles Galwey	176	3.7	+3.7
Total formal votes			4,711	95.9	−3.0
Informal votes			203	4.1	+3.0
Turnout			4,914	57.1	−26.3
After distribution of preferences
	Liberal	James Smith	2,595	55.1
	Labor	Herbert Swan	1,202	25.5
	Labor	Sidney Gibson	914	19.4
	Liberal gain from Labor		Swing	N/A

• Preferences were not distributed to completion.

North-East Fremantle

1914 Western Australian state election: North-East Fremantle

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	William Angwin	2,784	68.8	−5.9
	Liberal	Samuel Thomson	1,260	31.2	+12.4
Total formal votes			4,044	99.3	+0.4
Informal votes			27	0.7	−0.4
Turnout			4,071	63.0	−23.9
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Northam

1914 Western Australian state election: Northam

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	James Mitchell	1,085	50.9	−0.1
	Labor	James Kenneally	878	41.2	−7.8
	Country	Oscar Bernard	167	7.8	+7.8
Total formal votes			2,130	98.4	−0.9
Informal votes			35	1.6	+0.9
Turnout			2,165	66.1	−5.9
	Liberal hold		Swing	N/A

• Preferences were not distributed.

Perth

1914 Western Australian state election: Perth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Walter Dwyer	1,507	43.0	−10.3
	Liberal	James Connolly	1,340	38.2	−8.5
	Liberal	Arthur Berryman	661	18.8	+18.8
Total formal votes			3,508	97.9	−0.8
Informal votes			76	2.1	+0.8
Turnout			3,584	41.8	−36.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	James Connolly	1,941	55.3	+8.6
	Labor	Walter Dwyer	1,567	44.7	−8.6
	Liberal gain from Labor		Swing	+8.6

Pilbara

1914 Western Australian state election: Pilbara

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Henry Underwood	352	52.9	−1.1
	Liberal	Michael Corbett	314	47.1	+1.1
Total formal votes			666	99.7	+0.9
Informal votes			2	0.3	−0.9
Turnout			668	66.5	−1.9
	Labor hold		Swing	−1.1

Pingelly

1914 Western Australian state election: Pingelly

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Henry Hickmott	889	57.5	+57.5
	Liberal	Nat Harper	657	42.5	−22.7
Total formal votes			1,546	97.9	−1.2
Informal votes			33	2.1	+1.2
Turnout			1,579	57.2	−15.8
	Country gain from Liberal		Swing	N/A

Roebourne

1914 Western Australian state election: Roebourne

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Joseph Gardiner	324	54.4	−11.9
	Liberal	Frederick Teesdale	272	45.6	+28.6
Total formal votes			596	97.5	+1.7
Informal votes			15	2.5	−1.7
Turnout			611	54.1	−0.4
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

South Fremantle

1914 Western Australian state election: South Fremantle

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Harry Bolton	2,018	55.8	−11.0
	Liberal	William Watson	1,600	44.2	+14.8
Total formal votes			3,618	99.6	+0.8
Informal votes			16	0.4	−0.8
Turnout			3,634	65.6	−17.7
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Subiaco

1914 Western Australian state election: Subiaco

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Bartholomew Stubbs	2,763	50.4	−0.4
	Liberal	Henry Daglish	2,717	49.6	+0.4
Total formal votes			5,480	99.5	+7.5
Informal votes			29	0.5	−7.5
Turnout			5,509	63.6	−14.8
	Labor hold		Swing	−0.4

Sussex

1914 Western Australian state election: Sussex

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Frank Wilson	763	43.4	−16.2
	Labor	John Blair	709	40.4	0.0
	Country	William Pickering	285	16.2	+16.2
Total formal votes			1,757	98.0	−1.5
Informal votes			36	2.0	+1.5
Turnout			1,793	66.6	−3.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Frank Wilson	999	56.9	−2.7
	Labor	John Blair	758	43.1	+2.7
	Liberal hold		Swing	−2.7

Swan

1914 Western Australian state election: Swan

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Philip Turvey	1,186	44.3	−6.9
	Liberal	William Nairn	1,100	41.1	−7.7
	Independent	Thomas Ilbery	392	14.6	+14.6
Total formal votes			2,678	98.4	−1.2
Informal votes			44	1.6	+1.2
Turnout			2,722	67.5	−10.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	William Nairn	1,433	53.5	+4.7
	Labor	Philip Turvey	1,245	46.5	−4.7
	Liberal gain from Labor		Swing	+4.7

Toodyay

1914 Western Australian state election: Toodyay

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Alfred Piesse	unopposed
	Country gain from Liberal		Swing	N/A

Wagin

1914 Western Australian state election: Wagin

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Sydney Stubbs	1,071	53.0	−15.7
	Country	Ernest Absolon	948	47.0	+47.0
Total formal votes			2,019	99.4	+1.0
Informal votes			12	0.6	−1.0
Turnout			2,031	66.6	−6.7
	Liberal hold		Swing	N/A

West Perth

1914 Western Australian state election: West Perth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Eben Allen	2,288	63.6	+30.2
	Labor	James Doland	1,308	36.4	−7.6
Total formal votes			3,596	99.7	+1.1
Informal votes			9	0.3	−1.1
Turnout			3,605	48.3	−33.9
	Liberal hold		Swing	+9.1

Williams-Narrogin

1914 Western Australian state election: Williams-Narrogin

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Edward Johnston	1,947	65.2	+11.0
	Country	Solomon Fisher	1,038	34.8	+34.8
Total formal votes			2,985	99.4	+0.9
Informal votes			19	0.6	−0.9
Turnout			3,004	62.1	−15.7
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Yilgarn

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

York

1914 Western Australian state election: York

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Harry Griffiths	1,116	57.5	+57.5
	Liberal	Frederick Monger	826	42.5	−4.0
Total formal votes			1,942	99.6	+1.4
Informal votes			7	0.4	−1.4
Turnout			1,949	50.4	−14.1
	Country gain from Liberal		Swing	N/A

See also

• 1914 Western Australian state election
• Members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly, 1914–1917