Electoral district of Yilgarn

This article is about the electoral district extant from 1894 to 1930. For other Yilgarn electoral districts, see Yilgarn (disambiguation).

Yilgarn was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia from 1894 to 1930.

Yilgarn Western Australia—Legislative Assembly
Yilgarn and surrounds in 1898
State	Western Australia
Dates current	1894–1930
Namesake	Shire of Yilgarn

First created for the 1894 election, the district was located in the Goldfields region. In 1898, it was centred on the town of Southern Cross and included several other settlements along the Eastern Goldfields Railway, such as Yellowdine.^[1] At the 1930 election, the district was amalgamated with the neighbouring district of Coolgardie to form the new district of Yilgarn-Coolgardie. Sitting member Edwin Corboy transferred to the new seat.

Members for Yilgarn

Members		Party	Term
	Charles Moran	Non-aligned	1894–1897
	William Oats	Independent	1897–1904
	Austin Horan	Labor	1904–1911
		Independent	1911
	Charles Hudson	Labor	1911–1916
		National Labor	1916–1921
	Edwin Corboy	Labor	1921–1930

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Yilgarn

References

1. "Map of Western Australia shewing electoral districts and provinces, on 31st. Decr. 1898". State Library of Western Australia. Retrieved 9 June 2022.