1924 Western Australian state election

Elections were held in the state of Western Australia on 22 March 1924 to elect all 50 members to the Legislative Assembly. The incumbent Nationalist-Majority Country government, led by Premier James Mitchell, was defeated by the Labor Party opposition, led by Opposition Leader Philip Collier.

1924 Western Australian state election
22 March 1924
All 50 seats in the Western Australian Legislative Assembly
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Philip Collier James Mitchell Alec Thomson
Party Labor Nationalist/Country coalition Executive Country
Leader since 16 April 1917 17 May 1919 1923
Leader's seat Boulder Northam Katanning
Last election 17 seats 30 seats -
Seats won 27 seats 17 seats 6 seats
Seat change 10 13 6
Percentage 40.39% 42.47% 12.08%
Swing 3.58 13.12 12.08
Premier before election

James Mitchell
Nationalist/Country coalition

 Elected Premier

Philip Collier
Labor

Results

Western Australian state election, 22 March 1924[1]
Legislative Assembly
<< 1921–1927 >>

Enrolled voters 159,356[1]
Votes cast 99,391 Turnout 62.37% –4.97%
Informal votes 1,151 Informal 1.16% –0.48%
Summary of votes by party
Party Primary votes % Swing Seats Change
  Labor 39,679 40.39% +3.58% 27 + 10
  Nationalist 25,282 25.73% –2.00% 9 – 1
  Majority Country 22,439 12.83% –4.95% 7 – 9
  Executive Country 11,872 12.08% * 6 + 6
  National Labor 3,846 3.91% –6.16% 1 – 3
  Independent 4,426 4.51% –3.09% 0 – 3
  Other 535 0.54% * 0 ± 0
Total 98,240     50  
1 189,869 electors were enrolled to vote at the election, but 12 of the 50 seats were uncontested, with 30,513 electors enrolled in those seats. Of these, 11 were held by Labor and 1 was held by the Nationalists.
  • The Country Party had split in 1923 into Majority and Executive factions. The Majority faction supported the Nationalist party government, while the Executive faction sought a more independent way for the party.

See also

References
  1. "Details of 1924 Election". Australian Politics and Elections Database. University of Western Australia.
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