Results of the 1901 Western Australian state election

This is a list of the results of the 1901 state election in Western Australia, listed by electoral district.

Results by electoral district

Albany

1901 Western Australian state election: Albany

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Opposition	James Gardiner	590	69.2	21.1
	Opposition	William Nutting	263	30.8	30.8
Total formal votes			853	99.3	0.4
Informal votes			6	0.7	–0.4
Turnout			859	51.5	0.8
	Opposition hold		Swing	N/A

Beverley

1901 Western Australian state election: Beverley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ministerialist	Charles Harper	151	53.0	–10.4
	Ministerialist	Hugh Edmiston	134	47.0	47.0
Total formal votes			285	97.9	1.3
Informal votes			6	2.1	–1.3
Turnout			291	57.6	3.0
	Ministerialist hold		Swing	N/A

Boulder

1901 Western Australian state election: Boulder

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Opposition	John Hopkins	628	56.2	56.2
	Labour	George Wiles	414	37.0	37.0
	Opposition	John Keegan	76	6.8	6.8
Total formal votes			1,118	99.0	n/a
Informal votes			11	1.0	n/a
Turnout			1,129	55.9	n/a
	Opposition win		(new seat)

Bunbury

1901 Western Australian state election: Bunbury

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ministerialist	Thomas Hayward	459	50.9	50.9
	Ministerialist	Newton Moore	409	45.3	45.3
	Opposition	James Port	34	3.8	3.8
Total formal votes			902	98.5	n/a
Informal votes			14	1.5	n/a
Turnout			916	63.5	n/a
	Ministerialist hold		Swing	N/A

Claremont

1901 Western Australian state election: Claremont

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ministerialist	William Sayer	551	38.1	38.1
	Opposition	Joseph Langsford	497	34.4	34.4
	Opposition	Andrew Henning	397	27.5	27.5
Total formal votes			1,445	99.2	n/a
Informal votes			11	0.8	n/a
Turnout			1,456	52.9	n/a
	Ministerialist win		(new seat)

Cockburn Sound

1901 Western Australian state election: Cockburn Sound

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Opposition	Francis McDonald	290	44.3	44.3
	Opposition	Henry Barker	174	26.6	26.6
	Labour	Alexander McDougall	127	19.4	19.4
	Independent	Richard Birch	58	8.9	8.9
	Independent	James Simpson	6	0.9	0.9
Total formal votes			655	97.9	n/a
Informal votes			14	2.1	n/a
Turnout			669	49.2	n/a
	Opposition win		(new seat)

Coolgardie

1901 Western Australian state election: Coolgardie

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ministerialist	Alfred Morgans	811	50.8	–20.0
	Labour	Peter Wedd	414	25.9	25.9
	Opposition	James MacCallum Smith	372	23.3	23.3
Total formal votes			1,597	99.2	1.4
Informal votes			13	0.8	–1.4
Turnout			1,610	43.2	1.9
	Ministerialist hold		Swing	–20.0

Cue

1901 Western Australian state election: Cue

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Opposition	Frederick Illingworth	407	56.3	56.3
	Opposition	William Patrick	316	43.7	43.7
Total formal votes			723	99.2	n/a
Informal votes			6	0.8	n/a
Turnout			729	43.4	n/a
	Opposition win		(new seat)

Dundas

1901 Western Australian state election: Dundas

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Albert Thomas	348	42.3	42.3
	Independent	Robert Stewart	209	25.4	25.4
	Labour	Thomas Beattie	194	23.5	23.5
	Opposition	Cyrus McFarlane	73	8.9	8.9
Total formal votes			824	95.8	1.4
Informal votes			36	4.2	–1.4
Turnout			860	54.9	–19.1
	Independent hold		Swing	N/A

East Fremantle

1901 Western Australian state election: East Fremantle

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Opposition	Joseph Holmes	1,054	73.0	22.2
	Labour	William Angwin	389	27.0	27.0
Total formal votes			1,443	99.0	0.6
Informal votes			15	1.0	–0.6
Turnout			1,458	48.3	–19.7
	Opposition hold		Swing	22.2

East Kimberley

1901 Western Australian state election: East Kimberley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ministerialist	Francis Connor	33	50.8	–49.2
	Opposition	William Stretch	32	49.2	49.2
Total formal votes			65	98.5	n/a
Informal votes			1	1.5	n/a
Turnout			66	61.1	n/a
	Ministerialist hold		Swing	–49.2

• Connor had held the seat unopposed in 1897.

East Perth

1901 Western Australian state election: East Perth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Opposition	Walter James	614	62.7	–8.4
	Opposition	Arthur Short	366	37.3	37.3
Total formal votes			980	99.1	1.9
Informal votes			9	0.9	–1.9
Turnout			989	39.6	2.1
	Opposition hold		Swing	–8.4

Fremantle

1901 Western Australian state election: Fremantle

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ministerialist	John Higham	194	65.1	–34.9
	Opposition	George Bricknell	104	34.9	34.9
Total formal votes			298	98.3	n/a
Informal votes			5	1.7	n/a
Turnout			303	22.6	n/a
	Ministerialist hold		Swing	–34.9

• Higham had held the seat unopposed in 1897.

Gascoyne

1901 Western Australian state election: Gascoyne

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Opposition	William Butcher	126	66.0	66.0
	Ministerialist	David Forrest	65	34.0	–66.0
Total formal votes			191	99.5	n/a
Informal votes			1	0.5	n/a
Turnout			192	47.6	n/a
	Opposition gain from Ministerialist		Swing	66.0

• George Hubble, the sitting Ministerialist member, had held the seat unopposed in 1897.

Geraldton

1901 Western Australian state election: Geraldton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Opposition	Robert Hutchinson	unopposed
	Opposition hold		Swing

Greenough

1901 Western Australian state election: Greenough

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ministerialist	Patrick Stone	113	35.5	35.5
	Ministerialist	John Morrell	102	32.1	32.1
	Ministerialist	Joseph Dreyer	80	25.2	25.2
	Opposition	Charles Cheeseborough	23	7.2	7.2
Total formal votes			318	98.1	0.2
Informal votes			6	1.9	–0.2
Turnout			324	67.2	–11.1
	Ministerialist hold		Swing	N/A

Guildford

1901 Western Australian state election: Guildford

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ministerialist	Hector Rason	241	29.9	29.9
	Independent	Arthur Gull	339	28.4	28.4
	Opposition	Henry Downing	180	22.3	22.3
	Ministerialist	Alexander Watt	157	19.4	19.4
Total formal votes			807	99.1	n/a
Informal votes			7	0.9	n/a
Turnout			814	57.6	n/a
	Ministerialist win		(new seat)

Hannans

1901 Western Australian state election: Hannans

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Reside	1,870	68.3	68.3
	Opposition	James Wilkinson	857	31.3	31.3
	Independent	Morgan Field	9	0.3	0.3
Total formal votes			2,736	96.2	n/a
Informal votes			109	3.8	n/a
Turnout			2,845	40.5	n/a
	Labour win		(new seat)

Irwin

1901 Western Australian state election: Irwin

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ministerialist	Samuel Phillips	unopposed
	Ministerialist hold		Swing

Kalgoorlie

1901 Western Australian state election: Kalgoorlie

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	William Johnson	606	31.7	31.7
	Ministerialist	Charles Moran	506	26.5	26.5
	Opposition	William Burton	495	25.9	25.9
	Opposition	Alfred Shaw	301	15.7	15.7
	Independent	John Stuart	4	0.2	0.2
Total formal votes			1,912	92.5	n/a
Informal votes			156	7.5	n/a
Turnout			2,068	50.1	n/a
	Labour win		(new seat)

Kanowna

1901 Western Australian state election: Kanowna

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Robert Hastie	912	60.0	60.0
	Opposition	Charles Mann	155	10.2	10.2
	Opposition	John Auldjo	143	9.4	9.4
	Opposition	Alfred McKenzie	139	9.1	9.1
	Opposition	William McMeikan	118	7.8	7.8
	Opposition	Frederick Hancey	53	3.5	3.5
Total formal votes			1,520	94.1	n/a
Informal votes			95	5.9	n/a
Turnout			1,615	27.8	n/a
	Labour win		(new seat)

Menzies

1901 Western Australian state election: Menzies

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Opposition	Henry Gregory	unopposed
	Opposition win		(new seat)

Moore

1901 Western Australian state election: Moore

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ministerialist	Michael O'Connor	266	62.9	62.9
	Opposition	William Loton	157	37.1	37.1
Total formal votes			423	98.8	1.4
Informal votes			5	1.2	–1.4
Turnout			428	64.4	–17.1
	Ministerialist hold		Swing	N/A

Mount Burges

1901 Western Australian state election: Mount Burges

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Fergie Reid	586	69.0	69.0
	Opposition	Charles McDowall	261	30.7	30.7
	Independent	J. Thompson	2	0.2	0.2
Total formal votes			849	98.4	n/a
Informal votes			14	1.6	n/a
Turnout			863	33.6	n/a
	Labour win		(new seat)

• J. (Joseph?) Thompson withdrew from the race after the close of nominations, and his name consequently remained on the ballot paper.

Mount Magnet

1901 Western Australian state election: Mount Magnet

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Opposition	Frank Wallace	265	41.1	41.1
	Labour	John Holman	211	32.8	32.8
	Ministerialist	Alec Clydesdale	168	26.1	26.1
Total formal votes			644	99.7	n/a
Informal votes			2	0.3	n/a
Turnout			646	48.2	n/a
	Opposition win		(new seat)

Mount Margaret

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)

Murchison

1901 Western Australian state election: Murchison

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Opposition	John Nanson	153	50.2	50.2
	Ministerialist	Samuel Mitchell	152	49.8	–50.2
Total formal votes			305	98.4	n/a
Informal votes			5	1.6	n/a
Turnout			310	68.1	n/a
	Opposition gain from Ministerialist		Swing	50.2

• Mitchell had held the seat unopposed in 1897.

Murray

1901 Western Australian state election: Murray

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Opposition	William George	491	61.4	3.8
	Labour	Albert Wilson	309	38.6	38.6
Total formal votes			800	99.4	0.9
Informal votes			5	0.6	–0.9
Turnout			805	49.0	–18.1
	Opposition hold		Swing	N/A

Nelson

1901 Western Australian state election: Nelson

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ministerialist	Sir James Lee-Steere	unopposed
	Ministerialist hold		Swing

Northam

1901 Western Australian state election: Northam

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ministerialist	George Throssell	unopposed
	Ministerialist hold		Swing

North Fremantle

1901 Western Australian state election: North Fremantle

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ministerialist	Denis Doherty	433	39.0	–12.4
	Ministerialist	Thomas Cartwright	345	31.1	31.1
	Independent	Henry Passmore	332	29.9	29.9
Total formal votes			1,110	99.1	6.6
Informal votes			10	0.9	–6.6
Turnout			1,120	55.8	22.2
	Ministerialist hold		Swing	N/A

North Murchison

1901 Western Australian state election: North Murchison

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

• Moorhead had been elected unopposed at the previous election (a ministerial by-election in 1899).

North Perth

1901 Western Australian state election: North Perth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Richard Speight	1,125	62.9	62.9
	Opposition	Edgar Zollner	360	20.1	20.1
	Labour	Joseph Diver	303	16.9	16.9
Total formal votes			1,788	99.4	6.7
Informal votes			11	0.6	–6.7
Turnout			1,799	37.4	24.6
	Independent gain from Opposition		Swing	62.9

Perth

1901 Western Australian state election: Perth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Opposition	Frank Wilson	691	65.4	65.4
	Ministerialist	Thomas Molloy	366	34.6	34.6
Total formal votes			1,057	99.2	0.9
Informal votes			9	0.8	–0.9
Turnout			1,066	38.8	–6.9
	Opposition gain from Ministerialist		Swing	62.9

Pilbara

1901 Western Australian state election: Pilbara

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Opposition	Walter Kingsmill	unopposed
	Opposition hold		Swing

Plantagenet

1901 Western Australian state election: Plantagenet

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Opposition	Albert Hassell	346	53.9	–46.1
	Labour	Alfred Mather	296	46.1	46.1
Total formal votes			642	98.1	n/a
Informal votes			6	1.9	n/a
Turnout			308	39.1	n/a
	Opposition hold		Swing	N/A

Roebourne

1901 Western Australian state election: Roebourne

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	John Sydney Hicks	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

South Fremantle

1901 Western Australian state election: South Fremantle

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Arthur Diamond	492	36.9	36.9
	Labour	William Guilfoyle	396	29.7	29.7
	Independent	William Forsythe	296	22.2	22.2
	Opposition	Walter Mortess	151	11.3	11.3
Total formal votes			1,335	98.7	n/a
Informal votes			17	1.3	n/a
Turnout			1,352	40.9	n/a
	Independent hold		Swing	N/A

South Perth

1901 Western Australian state election: South Perth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ministerialist	William Gordon	258	28.4	28.4
	Opposition	Alfred Russell	226	24.9	24.9
	Independent	James Clydesdale	210	23.2	23.2
	Independent	Thomas Tate	164	18.1	18.1
	Opposition	Thomas Shafto	49	5.4	5.4
Total formal votes			907	97.3	n/a
Informal votes			25	2.7	n/a
Turnout			932	42.4	n/a
	Ministerialist win		(new seat)

South West Mining

1901 Western Australian state election: South West Mining

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Opposition	John Ewing	394	53.2	53.2
	Labour	George Henderson	205	27.7	27.7
	Opposition	Harry Courtney	142	19.2	19.2
Total formal votes			741	99.3	n/a
Informal votes			5	0.7	n/a
Turnout			746	60.7	n/a
	Opposition win		(new seat)

Subiaco

1901 Western Australian state election: Subiaco

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Henry Daglish	828	49.6	49.6
	Independent	Samuel Brown	535	32.1	32.1
	Independent	John Brickhill	180	10.8	10.8
	Independent	Richard Sparrow	126	7.5	7.5
Total formal votes			1,669	97.4	n/a
Informal votes			44	2.6	n/a
Turnout			1,713	56.5	n/a
	Labour win		(new seat)

Sussex

1901 Western Australian state election: Sussex

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ministerialist	Henry Yelverton	249	43.6	43.6
	Ministerialist	Ernest Locke	200	35.0	–8.1
	Opposition	Henry Mills	122	21.4	21.4
Total formal votes			571	99.5	3.2
Informal votes			3	0.5	–3.2
Turnout			574	63.4	–18.0
	Ministerialist hold		Swing	N/A

Swan

1901 Western Australian state election: Swan

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Opposition	Mathieson Jacoby	249	44.7	44.7
	Ministerialist	Robert Wolfe	128	23.0	23.0
	Labour	George Hogarth	115	20.6	20.6
	Independent	William Thomas	44	7.9	7.9
	Ministerialist	Hugh McKernan	21	3.8	3.8
Total formal votes			557	97.4	±0.0
Informal votes			15	2.6	±0.0
Turnout			572	45.0	–6.5
	Opposition gain from Independent		Swing	44.7

Toodyay

1901 Western Australian state election: Toodyay

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ministerialist	Timothy Quinlan	351	66.1	2.5
	Independent	Vernon Hamersley	180	33.9	33.9
Total formal votes			531	97.4	–1.0
Informal votes			14	2.6	1.0
Turnout			545	76.0	–6.1
	Ministerialist hold		Swing	N/A

Wellington

1901 Western Australian state election: Wellington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Henry Teesdale Smith	300	48.1	48.1
	Labour	Charles Burke	151	24.2	24.2
	Independent	John Wellard	95	15.2	15.2
	Ministerialist	William Reading	78	12.5	12.5
Total formal votes			624	97.3	n/a
Informal votes			17	2.7	n/a
Turnout			641	57.6	n/a
	Independent gain from Ministerialist		Swing	48.1

West Kimberley

1901 Western Australian state election: West Kimberley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ministerialist	Alexander Forrest	105	78.4	–21.6
	Opposition	Frank Biddles	29	21.6	21.6
Total formal votes			134	99.3	n/a
Informal votes			1	0.7	n/a
Turnout			135	53.8	n/a
	Ministerialist hold		Swing	N/A

West Perth

1901 Western Australian state election: West Perth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Opposition	George Leake	886	51.7	51.7
	Ministerialist	Barrington Wood	828	48.3	–5.6
Total formal votes			1,714	98.7	0.4
Informal votes			22	1.3	–0.4
Turnout			1,736	46.8	2.3
	Opposition gain from Ministerialist		Swing	51.7

Williams

1901 Western Australian state election: Williams

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ministerialist	Frederick Henry Piesse	unopposed
	Ministerialist hold		Swing

Yilgarn

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

York

1901 Western Australian state election: York

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ministerialist	Frederick Monger	unopposed
	Ministerialist hold		Swing

See also

• Members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly, 1897–1901
• Members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly, 1901–1904

References

• Black, David; Prescott, 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.