This is a list of electoral results for the Electoral district of Northam in Western Australian state elections.
Members for Northam
editMember | Party | Term | |
---|---|---|---|
George Throssell | Ministerial | 1890–1904 | |
Alfred Watts | Labor | 1904–1905 | |
James Mitchell | Ministerial | 1905–1911 | |
Liberal (WA) | 1911–1917 | ||
Nationalist | 1917–1933 | ||
Bert Hawke | Labor | 1933–1968 | |
Ken McIver | Labor | 1968–1974 |
Election results
editElections in the 1970s
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Ken McIver | 3,516 | 60.9 | +12.1 | |
Independent | Claude Roediger | 2,103 | 36.4 | +36.4 | |
Democratic Labor | John Van der Zanden | 159 | 2.3 | +2.3 | |
Total formal votes | 5,778 | 97.3 | −1.6 | ||
Informal votes | 161 | 2.7 | +1.6 | ||
Turnout | 5,939 | 93.0 | −0.6 | ||
Two-candidate-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Ken McIver | 3,540 | 61.3 | +7.7 | |
Independent | Claude Roediger | 2,238 | 38.7 | +38.7 | |
Labor hold | Swing | N/A |
Elections in the 1960s
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Ken McIver | 2,674 | 48.8 | ||
Liberal and Country | Claude Roediger | 1,808 | 33.0 | ||
Country | Maurice Armstrong | 1,003 | 18.3 | ||
Total formal votes | 5,485 | 98.9 | |||
Informal votes | 60 | 1.1 | |||
Turnout | 5,545 | 93.6 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Ken McIver | 2,942 | 53.6 | ||
Liberal and Country | Claude Roediger | 2,543 | 46.4 | ||
Labor hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Bert Hawke | 3,078 | 57.9 | -42.1 | |
Liberal and Country | Claude Roediger | 2,240 | 42.1 | +42.1 | |
Total formal votes | 5,318 | 99.2 | |||
Informal votes | 43 | 0.8 | |||
Turnout | 5,361 | 92.7 | |||
Labor hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Bert Hawke | unopposed | |||
Labor hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1950s
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Bert Hawke | 2,911 | 57.6 | -18.8 | |
Liberal and Country | Lawrence Solomon | 1,860 | 36.8 | +36.8 | |
Democratic Labor | Brian McGinty | 285 | 5.6 | +5.6 | |
Total formal votes | 5,056 | 99.2 | +1.3 | ||
Informal votes | 43 | 0.8 | −1.3 | ||
Turnout | 5,099 | 94.3 | +2.8 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Bert Hawke | 58.4 | -18.0 | ||
Liberal and Country | Lawrence Solomon | 41.6 | +41.6 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | N/A |
- Two party preferred vote was estimated.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Bert Hawke | 3,483 | 76.4 | ||
Independent Liberal | James Collins | 1,075 | 23.6 | ||
Total formal votes | 4,558 | 97.9 | |||
Informal votes | 96 | 2.1 | |||
Turnout | 4,654 | 91.5 | |||
Labor hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Bert Hawke | unopposed | |||
Labor hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Bert Hawke | 3,123 | 65.6 | ||
Country | Thomas Letch | 1,635 | 34.4 | ||
Total formal votes | 4,758 | 98.7 | |||
Informal votes | 63 | 1.3 | |||
Turnout | 4,821 | 92.4 | |||
Labor hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1940s
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Bert Hawke | 2,245 | 56.2 | -13.7 | |
Country | Norm Baxter | 1,753 | 43.8 | +13.7 | |
Total formal votes | 3,998 | 98.7 | +0.3 | ||
Informal votes | 53 | 1.3 | −0.3 | ||
Turnout | 4,051 | 80.0 | −5.4 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | +13.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Bert Hawke | 2,828 | 69.9 | +7.1 | |
Country | Hurtle Prater | 1,217 | 30.1 | +30.1 | |
Total formal votes | 4,045 | 98.4 | −0.4 | ||
Informal votes | 64 | 1.6 | +0.4 | ||
Turnout | 4,109 | 85.4 | −8.2 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | +7.1 |
Elections in the 1930s
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Bert Hawke | 2,670 | 62.8 | -1.5 | |
Nationalist | John Safe | 1,579 | 37.2 | +1.5 | |
Total formal votes | 4,249 | 98.8 | −0.4 | ||
Informal votes | 53 | 1.2 | +0.4 | ||
Turnout | 4,302 | 93.6 | +7.8 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | -1.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Bert Hawke | 2,537 | 64.3 | +8.9 | |
Nationalist | Hal C.S. Colebatch | 1,407 | 35.7 | -1.1 | |
Total formal votes | 3,944 | 99.2 | +0.4 | ||
Informal votes | 30 | 0.8 | −0.4 | ||
Turnout | 3,974 | 85.8 | −9.5 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Bert Hawke | 2,369 | 55.4 | +8.8 | |
Nationalist | James Mitchell | 1,575 | 36.8 | -16.6 | |
Country | Thomas Peterson | 334 | 7.8 | +7.8 | |
Total formal votes | 4,278 | 98.8 | −0.4 | ||
Informal votes | 52 | 1.2 | +0.4 | ||
Turnout | 4,330 | 95.3 | +14.3 | ||
Labor gain from Nationalist | Swing | N/A |
- Preferences were not distributed.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nationalist | James Mitchell | 1,982 | 53.4 | ||
Labor | Patrick Coffey | 1,726 | 46.6 | ||
Total formal votes | 3,708 | 99.2 | |||
Informal votes | 31 | 0.8 | |||
Turnout | 3,739 | 81.0 | |||
Nationalist hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1920s
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nationalist | James Mitchell | 1,546 | 53.6 | +0.6 | |
Labor | Bill Hegney | 1,337 | 46.4 | -0.6 | |
Total formal votes | 2,883 | 99.2 | 0.0 | ||
Informal votes | 23 | 0.8 | 0.0 | ||
Turnout | 2,906 | 84.5 | +9.0 | ||
Nationalist hold | Swing | +0.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nationalist | James Mitchell | 1,296 | 53.0 | -5.1 | |
Labor | Louis Grieve | 1,149 | 47.0 | +5.1 | |
Total formal votes | 2,445 | 99.2 | 0.0 | ||
Informal votes | 20 | 0.8 | 0.0 | ||
Turnout | 2,465 | 75.5 | +2.3 | ||
Nationalist hold | Swing | -5.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nationalist | James Mitchell | 1,051 | 58.1 | -41.9 | |
Labor | Louis Grieve | 758 | 41.9 | +41.9 | |
Total formal votes | 1,809 | 99.2 | |||
Informal votes | 14 | 0.8 | |||
Turnout | 1,823 | 73.2 | |||
Nationalist hold | Swing | N/A |
Elections in the 1910s
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
National Liberal | James Mitchell | unopposed | |||
National Liberal hold | Swing |
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.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ministerialist | James Mitchell | 1,037 | 51.0 | ||
Labor | Alfred Watts | 995 | 49.0 | ||
Total formal votes | 2,032 | 99.3 | |||
Informal votes | 14 | 0.7 | |||
Turnout | 2,046 | 72.0 | |||
Ministerialist hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1900s
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ministerialist | James Mitchell | 1,372 | 54.5 | -0.7 | |
Labour | Alfred Watts | 1,147 | 45.5 | +0.7 | |
Total formal votes | 2,519 | 97.8 | −1.7 | ||
Informal votes | 57 | 2.2 | +1.7 | ||
Turnout | 2,576 | 55.9 | +2.8 | ||
Ministerialist hold | Swing | -0.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ministerialist | James Mitchell | 984 | 55.2 | +11.9 | |
Labour | Alfred Watts | 800 | 44.8 | –11.9 | |
Total formal votes | 1,784 | 99.5 | +0.4 | ||
Informal votes | 8 | 0.5 | –0.4 | ||
Turnout | 1,790 | 53.1 | +6.3 | ||
Ministerialist gain from Labour | Swing | +11.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Alfred Watts | 1,033 | 56.7 | +56.7 | |
Ministerialist | Charles Knight | 788 | 43.3 | +43.3 | |
Total formal votes | 1,821 | 99.1 | n/a | ||
Informal votes | 17 | 0.9 | n/a | ||
Turnout | 1,847 | 46.8 | n/a | ||
Labour gain from Ministerialist | Swing | +56.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ministerialist | George Throssell | unopposed | |||
Ministerialist hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1890s
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ministerialist | George Throssell | unopposed | |||
Ministerialist hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
None | George Throssell | 163 | 73.4 | –26.6 | |
None | Henry Cooke | 59 | 26.6 | +26.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
None | George Throssell | unopposed |
References
edit- ^ 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.