Electoral results for the district of Menzies

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

Members for Menzies[edit]

Members Party Term
  Henry Gregory Ministerial 1901–1911
  John Mullany Labor 1911–1917
  National Labor 1917–1924
  Alexander Panton Labor 1924–1930

Election results[edit]

Elections in the 1920s[edit]

1927 Western Australian state election: Menzies[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Alexander Panton 134 59.8 -0.5
Nationalist Dick Ardagh 57 25.5 +25.5
Nationalist Albert Faul 33 14.7 +14.7
Total formal votes 224 98.2 -1.6
Informal votes 4 1.8 +1.6
Turnout 228 86.0 -1.4
Labor hold Swing N/A
  • Preferences were not distributed.
1924 Western Australian state election: Menzies
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Alexander Panton 254 60.3 +12.3
National Labor John Mullany 167 39.7 -12.3
Total formal votes 421 99.8 +0.8
Informal votes 1 0.2 -0.8
Turnout 422 87.4 +8.0
Labor gain from National Labor Swing +12.3
1921 Western Australian state election: Menzies
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National Labor John Mullany 298 52.0 -10.4
Labor Edward Gaynor 275 48.0 +10.4
Total formal votes 573 99.0 +0.1
Informal votes 6 1.0 -0.1
Turnout 579 79.4 +2.9
National Labor hold Swing -10.4

Elections in the 1910s[edit]

1917 Western Australian state election: Menzies
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National Labor John Mullany 490 62.4 –6.8
Labor Harold Saunders 295 37.6 +37.6
Total formal votes 785 98.9 –0.3
Informal votes 9 1.1 +0.3
Turnout 794 76.5 +11.6
National Labor hold Swing N/A
  • Mullany had run for Labor at the 1914 election.
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
1911 Western Australian state election: Menzies
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor John Mullany 941 64.9
Ministerialist Henry Gregory 509 35.1
Total formal votes 1,450 99.6
Informal votes 6 0.4
Turnout 1,456 87.5
Labor gain from Ministerialist Swing

Elections in the 1900s[edit]

1908 Menzies state by-election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Ministerialist Henry Gregory 1,322 51.1 +1.2
Labour Richard Buzacott 1,266 48.9 -1.2
Total formal votes 2,588 99.2 +0.1
Informal votes 21 0.8 -0.1
Turnout 2,609 87.3 +5.2
Ministerialist gain from Labour Swing +1.2
1908 Western Australian state election: Menzies
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Richard Buzacott 1,220 50.1 +2.6
Ministerialist Henry Gregory 1,213 49.9 -2.6
Total formal votes 2,433 99.1 -0.2
Informal votes 23 0.9 +0.2
Turnout 2,456 82.1 +15.0
Labour gain from Ministerialist Swing +2.6
1905 Western Australian state election: Menzies
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Ministerialist Henry Gregory 874 52.5 –6.6
Labour Richard Buzacott 790 47.5 +6.6
Total formal votes 1,664 99.3 n/a
Informal votes 11 0.7 n/a
Turnout 1,675 67.1 n/a
Ministerialist hold Swing –6.6
1904 Western Australian state election: Menzies
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Ministerialist Henry Gregory 1,087 53.0 –47.0
Labour Richard Buzacott 966 47.0 +47.0
Total formal votes 2,053 99.5 n/a
Informal votes 10 0.5 n/a
Turnout 2,063 55.3 n/a
Ministerialist hold Swing –47.0
1901 Western Australian state election: Menzies
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Opposition Henry Gregory unopposed
Opposition win (new seat)

References[edit]

  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.