Electoral results for the district of Yilgarn-Coolgardie

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

Members for Yilgarn-Coolgardie

Members		Party	Term
	Edwin Corboy	Labor	1930–1933
	George Lambert	Labor	1933–1941
	Lionel Kelly	Independent Country	1941–1943
		Independent	1943–1946
		Labor	1946–1950

Election results

Elections in the 1940s

1947 Western Australian state election: Yilgarn-Coolgardie

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Lionel Kelly	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

1943 Western Australian state election: Yilgarn-Coolgardie

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Lionel Kelly	1,269	59.9	+20.5
	Labor	Francis Bennett	849	40.1	+5.1
Total formal votes			2,118	97.2	-1.0
Informal votes			60	2.8	+1.0
Turnout			2,178	81.5	+13.6
	Independent hold		Swing	+6.3

1941 Yilgarn-Coolgardie state by-election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent Country	Lionel Kelly	1,015	39.4	+17.7
	Labor	Cornelius Kenneally	902	35.0	-7.5
	Independent Labor	James Dinan	660	25.6	+25.6
Total formal votes			2,577	98.2	+1.7
Informal votes			47	1.8	-1.7
Turnout			2,624	67.9	-20.9
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Independent Country	Lionel Kelly	1,380	53.6	N/A
	Labor	Cornelius Kenneally	1,197	46.4	- 8.8
	Independent Country gain from Labor		Swing	N/A

Elections in the 1930s

1939 Western Australian state election: Yilgarn-Coolgardie

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	George Lambert	1,422	42.5	-11.5
	Independent Labor	Lionel Kelly	728	21.8	+21.8
	Country	Arthur Richards	648	19.4	+19.4
	Independent	Daniel O'Leary	549	16.4	+16.4
Total formal votes			3,347	96.5	-2.2
Informal votes			123	3.5	+2.2
Turnout			3,470	88.5	+30.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	George Lambert	1,849	55.2	+1.2
	Country	Arthur Richards	1,498	44.8	+44.8
	Labor hold		Swing	+1.2

1936 Western Australian state election: Yilgarn-Coolgardie

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	George Lambert	1,199	54.0	-7.9
	Independent Country	Max Dynes	1,021	46.0	+46.0
Total formal votes			2,220	98.7	+1.1
Informal votes			30	1.3	-1.1
Turnout			2,250	58.3	-29.4
	Labor hold		Swing	-7.9

1933 Western Australian state election: Yilgarn-Coolgardie

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	George Lambert	1,742	61.9	+31.3
	Independent Country	Jim Keightly	1,072	38.1	+38.1
Total formal votes			2,814	97.6	-1.4
Informal votes			69	2.4	+1.4
Turnout			2,883	87.7	+8.3
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

1930 Western Australian state election: Yilgarn-Coolgardie

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	William Price	848	38.5
	Labor	Edwin Corboy	678	30.8
	Labor	George Lambert	674	30.6
Total formal votes			2,200	99.0
Informal votes			22	1.0
Turnout			2,222	79.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Edwin Corboy	1,262	57.4
	Country	William Price	938	42.6
	Labor hold		Swing