Electoral results for the district of North Murchison

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

Members for North Murchison[edit]

Member Party Term
  Henry Kenny Opposition 1897–1899
  Frederick Moorhead Ministerial 1899–1901
  John Holman Labour 1901–1904

Election results[edit]

Elections in the 1900s[edit]

1901 North Murchison Ministerial by-election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John Holman 188 55.6 +32.8
Ministerialist Frederick Moorhead 150 44.4 -32.8
Total formal votes 338 98.3 +0.2
Informal votes 6 1.7 -0.2
Turnout 344 40.8 +1.7
Labour gain from Ministerialist Swing +32.8
1901 Western Australian state election: North Murchison[1]
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

Elections in the 1890s[edit]

1899 North Murchison colonial by-election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Ministerialist Frederick Moorhead 118 56.2 +9.3
Opposition Joseph Thomson 92 43.8 -9.3
Total formal votes 210 98.6 +0.6
Informal votes 3 1.4 -0.6
Turnout 213 69.4 +16.5
Ministerialist gain from Opposition Swing +9.3
1897 Western Australian colonial election: North Murchison
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Opposition Henry Kenny 52 53.1
Ministerialist Frederick Moorhead 46 46.9
Total formal votes 98 98.0
Informal votes 2 2.0
Turnout 100 52.9
Opposition hold Swing

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.