^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. ISBN0730984095.
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Western Australian state election 15 February 1936 1 Legislative Assembly lt lt 1933 1939 gt gt Enrolled voters 194 354 1 Votes cast 136 309 Turnout 70 13 20 47 Informal votes 1 518 Informal 1 11 1 12 Summary of votes by partyParty Primary votes Swing Seats Change Labor 57 055 42 33 3 15 26 4 Nationalist 43 619 32 36 1 83 8 0 Country 19 685 14 60 0 32 13 1 Ind Nat 3 418 2 54 1 33 1 1 Social Credit 1 385 1 03 1 03 0 0 Communist 118 0 09 0 16 0 0 Independent 9 431 7 00 1 21 2 2Total 134 791 50 This is a list of electoral district results of the 1936 Western Australian election Contents 1 Results by Electoral district 1 1 Albany 1 2 Avon 1 3 Beverley 1 4 Boulder 1 5 Brown Hill Ivanhoe 1 6 Bunbury 1 7 Canning 1 8 Claremont 1 9 Collie 1 10 East Perth 1 11 Forrest 1 12 Fremantle 1 13 Gascoyne 1 14 Geraldton 1 15 Greenough 1 16 Guildford Midland 1 17 Hannans 1 18 Irwin Moore 1 19 Kalgoorlie 1 20 Kanowna 1 21 Katanning 1 22 Kimberley 1 23 Leederville 1 24 Maylands 1 25 Middle Swan 1 26 Mount Hawthorn 1 27 Mount Magnet 1 28 Mount Marshall 1 29 Murchison 1 30 Murray Wellington 1 31 Nedlands 1 32 Nelson 1 33 North Perth 1 34 North East Fremantle 1 35 Northam 1 36 Perth 1 37 Pilbara 1 38 Pingelly 1 39 Roebourne 1 40 South Fremantle 1 41 Subiaco 1 42 Sussex 1 43 Swan 1 44 Toodyay 1 45 Victoria Park 1 46 Wagin 1 47 West Perth 1 48 Williams Narrogin 1 49 Yilgarn Coolgardie 1 50 York 2 See also 3 ReferencesResults by Electoral district EditAlbany Edit 1936 Western Australian state election Albany Party Candidate Votes Labor Arthur Wansbrough 1 285 38 7 12 8Country Leonard Hill 1 260 37 9 13 3Independent Charles Bolt 780 23 5 23 5Total formal votes 3 325 99 2 0 4Informal votes 26 0 8 0 4Turnout 3 351 75 9 16 7Two party preferred resultCountry Leonard Hill 1 917 57 6Labor Arthur Wansbrough 1 408 42 4Country gain from Labor Swing N AAvon Edit 1936 Western Australian state election Avon Party Candidate Votes Country Ignatius Boyle 1 301 52 9 11 3Country Hugh Harling 1 160 47 1 47 1Total formal votes 2 461 98 0 0 3Informal votes 51 2 0 0 3Turnout 2 512 67 6 24 2Country hold Swing N ABeverley Edit 1936 Western Australian state election Beverley Party Candidate Votes Country James Mann 1 514 54 6 8 7Country Thomas Retalic 596 21 5 21 5Country George Weaver 384 13 8 13 8Independent Country John O Dea 281 10 1 10 1Total formal votes 2 775 98 9 0 4Informal votes 31 1 1 0 4Turnout 2 806 72 1 12 5Country hold Swing N ABoulder Edit 1936 Western Australian state election Boulder Party Candidate Votes Labor Philip Collier unopposedLabor hold SwingBrown Hill Ivanhoe Edit 1936 Western Australian state election Brown Hill Ivanhoe Party Candidate Votes Labor Frederick Smith unopposedLabor hold SwingBunbury Edit 1936 Western Australian state election Bunbury Party Candidate Votes Labor Frederick Withers 2 136 60 2 4 8Nationalist Robert Butler 1 410 39 8 4 8Total formal votes 3 546 98 9 0 1Informal votes 38 1 1 0 1Turnout 3 584 71 8 23 7Labor hold Swing 4 8Canning Edit 1936 Western Australian state election Canning Party Candidate Votes Labor Charles Cross 3 299 48 6 3 5Nationalist Herbert Wells 1 567 23 1 0 6Nationalist Thomas Willsmore 988 14 6 14 6Independent Carlyle Ferguson 728 10 7 10 7Ind Nationalist Oliver Strang 201 3 0 3 0Total formal votes 6 783 98 2 1 5Informal votes 125 1 8 1 5Turnout 6 908 71 2 21 1After distribution of preferencesLabor Charles Cross 3 507 51 9Nationalist Herbert Wells 1 938 28 7Nationalist Thomas Willsmore 1 312 19 4Labor hold SwingPreferences were not distributed to completion Claremont Edit 1936 Western Australian state election Claremont Party Candidate Votes Nationalist Charles North 2 118 51 0 8 5Nationalist Donald Cleland 2 039 49 0 19 6Total formal votes 4 157 98 6 2 9Informal votes 59 1 4 2 9Turnout 4 216 63 6 28 0Nationalist hold Swing N ACollie Edit 1936 Western Australian state election Collie Party Candidate Votes Labor Arthur Wilson unopposedLabor hold SwingEast Perth Edit 1936 Western Australian state election East Perth Party Candidate Votes Labor James Kenneally 2 136 45 8 15 8Independent Labor Thomas Hughes 1 919 41 1 41 1Independent Felix Hughes 494 10 6 10 6Communist Wilfred Mountjoy 118 2 5 2 5Total formal votes 4 667 98 1 1 7Informal votes 92 1 9 1 7Turnout 4 759 64 6 23 1Two candidate preferred resultIndependent Labor Thomas Hughes 2 433 52 1Labor James Kenneally 2 234 47 9Independent Labor gain from Labor Swing N AForrest Edit 1936 Western Australian state election Forrest Party Candidate Votes Labor May Holman unopposedLabor hold SwingFremantle Edit 1936 Western Australian state election Fremantle Party Candidate Votes Labor Joseph Sleeman 3 429 74 0 26 0Nationalist Aidan Bryan 1 204 26 0 26 0Total formal votes 4 633 98 7Informal votes 59 1 3Turnout 4 692 61 6Labor hold Swing N AGascoyne Edit 1936 Western Australian state election Gascoyne Party Candidate Votes Labor Frank Wise 683 81 4 19 0Country Jack Pericles 156 18 6 18 6Total formal votes 839 99 5 0 4Informal votes 4 0 5 0 4Turnout 843 71 5 11 9Labor hold Swing 19 0Geraldton Edit 1936 Western Australian state election Geraldton Party Candidate Votes Labor John Willcock 1 933 60 6 39 4Country Alfred Curlewis 1 256 39 4 39 4Total formal votes 3 189 99 4Informal votes 19 0 6Turnout 3 208 80 4Labor hold SwingGreenough Edit 1936 Western Australian state election Greenough Party Candidate Votes Country William Patrick 1 727 51 4 13 3Independent Labor John Garland 1 356 40 3 40 3Independent Henry Carson 279 8 3 8 3Total formal votes 3 362 99 1 0 7Informal votes 32 0 9 0 7Turnout 3 394 61 7 21 8Country hold Swing N APreferences were not distributed Guildford Midland Edit 1936 Western Australian state election Guildford Midland Party Candidate Votes Labor William Johnson unopposedLabor hold SwingHannans Edit 1936 Western Australian state election Hannans Party Candidate Votes Labor Selby Munsie unopposedLabor hold SwingIrwin Moore Edit 1936 Western Australian state election Irwin Moore Party Candidate Votes Country Percy Ferguson 1 506 71 4 17 3Independent Cyril Rodoreda 602 28 6 28 6Total formal votes 2 108 98 9 0 7Informal votes 23 1 1 0 7Turnout 2 131 64 6 21 2Country hold Swing N AKalgoorlie Edit 1936 Western Australian state election Kalgoorlie Party Candidate Votes Labor Herbert Styants 1 108 45 8 45 8Labor James Cunningham 845 35 0 30 2Labor Robert Elliott 465 19 2 19 2Total formal votes 2 418 98 7 1 2Informal votes 31 1 3 1 2Turnout 2 449 57 6 31 8Two candidate preferred resultLabor Herbert Styants 1 356 56 1Labor James Cunningham 1 062 43 9Labor hold Swing N AKanowna Edit 1936 Western Australian state election Kanowna Party Candidate Votes Labor Emil Nulsen unopposedLabor hold SwingKatanning Edit 1936 Western Australian state election Katanning Party Candidate Votes Country Arthur Watts 1 970 53 3 40 4Independent Country Nelson Lemmon 1 726 46 7 46 7Total formal votes 3 696 98 9 1 3Informal votes 42 1 1 1 3Turnout 3 738 74 4 17 7Country hold Swing N AKimberley Edit 1936 Western Australian state election Kimberley Party Candidate Votes Labor Aubrey Coverley 496 84 5 32 2Country Ronald Herrin 91 15 5 15 5Total formal votes 587 99 0 0 7Informal votes 6 1 0 0 7Turnout 593 62 5 16 1Labor hold Swing 32 2Leederville Edit 1936 Western Australian state election Leederville Party Candidate Votes Labor Alexander Panton 3 688 58 3 0 1Nationalist Charles Veryard 2 638 41 7 20 1Total formal votes 6 326 98 9 1 2Informal votes 67 1 1 1 2Turnout 6 393 69 4 24 3Labor hold Swing N AMaylands Edit 1936 Western Australian state election Maylands Party Candidate Votes Labor Robert Clothier 2 214 39 4 3 4Ind Nationalist Harry Shearn 1 630 29 0 29 0Nationalist Tom Hartrey 921 16 4 16 4Nationalist Arthur Daley 861 15 3 15 3Total formal votes 5 626 99 1 1 0Informal votes 52 0 9 1 0Turnout 5 678 74 1 17 1Two candidate preferred resultInd Nationalist Harry Shearn 3 158 56 1 56 1Labor Robert Clothier 2 468 43 9 11 2Ind Nationalist gain from Labor Swing N AMiddle Swan Edit 1936 Western Australian state election Middle Swan Party Candidate Votes Labor James Hegney 3 061 58 8 0 6Nationalist David Pyvis 2 148 41 2 22 5Total formal votes 5 209 98 7 2 4Informal votes 70 1 3 2 4Turnout 5 279 62 4 27 9Labor hold Swing N AMount Hawthorn Edit 1936 Western Australian state election Mount Hawthorn Party Candidate Votes Labor Harry Millington 2 751 54 0 8 5Nationalist Arthur Abbott 2 345 46 0 8 5Total formal votes 5 096 99 1 1 2Informal votes 46 0 9 1 2Turnout 5 142 72 9 21 4Labor hold Swing 8 5Mount Magnet Edit 1936 Western Australian state election Mount Magnet Party Candidate Votes Labor Michael Troy unopposedLabor hold SwingMount Marshall Edit 1936 Western Australian state election Mount Marshall Party Candidate Votes Country Frederick Warner 1 933 73 6 18 8Country Joseph Diver 694 26 4 26 4Total formal votes 2 627 99 4 0 4Informal votes 17 0 6 0 4Turnout 2 644 62 2 23 0Country hold Swing N AMurchison Edit 1936 Western Australian state election Murchison Party Candidate Votes Labor William Marshall unopposedLabor hold SwingMurray Wellington Edit 1936 Western Australian state election Murray Wellington Party Candidate Votes Nationalist Ross McLarty unopposedNationalist hold SwingNedlands Edit 1936 Western Australian state election Nedlands Party Candidate Votes Nationalist Norbert Keenan 3 966 59 1 4 0Labor Dorothy Tangney 2 739 40 9 4 0Total formal votes 6 705 99 4 0 7Informal votes 41 0 6 0 7Turnout 6 746 68 8 23 1Nationalist hold Swing 4 0Nelson Edit 1936 Western Australian state election Nelson Party Candidate Votes Independent Clarence Doust 1 609 38 2 38 2Nationalist John Smith 1 585 37 6 1 2Labor Thomas Ladhams 1 018 24 2 13 2Total formal votes 4 212 99 0 1 4Informal votes 44 1 0 1 4Turnout 4 256 78 0 11 0Two party preferred resultIndependent Clarence Doust 2 406 57 1 57 1Nationalist John Smith 1 806 42 9 12 8Independent gain from Nationalist Swing N ANorth Perth Edit 1936 Western Australian state election North Perth Party Candidate Votes Nationalist James MacCallum Smith 1 559 32 7 29 6Labor Edward Holman 1 462 30 7 30 7Nationalist Reginald Miller 1 010 21 2 21 2Nationalist Karl Drake Brockman 730 15 3 15 3Total formal votes 4 761 99 0 1 2Informal votes 49 1 0 1 2Turnout 4 810 75 8 16 4Two party preferred resultNationalist James MacCallum Smith 2 779 58 4 3 9Labor Edward Holman 1 982 41 6 3 9Nationalist hold Swing 3 9North East Fremantle Edit 1936 Western Australian state election North East Fremantle Party Candidate Votes Labor John Tonkin 2 689 52 8 7 1Nationalist Eric Isaachsen 2 407 47 2 7 1Total formal votes 5 096 98 9 0 3Informal votes 56 1 1 0 3Turnout 5 152 76 4 19 1Labor hold Swing 7 1Northam Edit 1936 Western Australian state election Northam Party Candidate Votes Labor Albert Hawke 2 537 64 3 8 9Nationalist Hal Colebatch 1 407 35 7 1 1Total formal votes 3 944 99 2 0 4Informal votes 30 0 8 0 4Turnout 3 974 85 8 9 5Labor hold Swing N APerth Edit 1936 Western Australian state election Perth Party Candidate Votes Labor Ted Needham 2 806 53 9 4 5Nationalist Harry Mann 1 554 29 8 11 8Nationalist William Murray 847 16 3 16 3Total formal votes 5 207 98 1 0 4Informal votes 100 1 9 0 4Turnout 5 307 68 3 20 3Labor hold Swing N APreferences were not distributed Pilbara Edit 1936 Western Australian state election Pilbara Party Candidate Votes Nationalist Frank Welsh 358 59 4 1 5Labor Donald Bennett 245 40 6 1 5Total formal votes 603 99 2 2 9Informal votes 5 0 8 2 9Turnout 608 83 8 3 8Nationalist hold Swing 1 5Pingelly Edit 1936 Western Australian state election Pingelly Party Candidate Votes Country Harrie Seward 1 743 65 7 20 9Country Cecil Elsegood 909 34 3 34 3Total formal votes 2 652 99 4 1 0Informal votes 15 0 6 1 0Turnout 2 667 70 7 14 7Country hold Swing N ARoebourne Edit 1936 Western Australian state election Roebourne Party Candidate Votes Labor Alec Rodoreda unopposedLabor hold SwingSouth Fremantle Edit 1936 Western Australian state election South Fremantle Party Candidate Votes Labor Thomas Fox 2 955 68 1 10 4Social Credit David Byers 1 385 31 9 31 9Total formal votes 4 340 98 9 2 1Informal votes 49 1 1 2 1Turnout 4 389 60 1 34 6Labor hold Swing N ASubiaco Edit 1936 Western Australian state election Subiaco Party Candidate Votes Labor John Moloney 2 320 38 5 5 1Nationalist Florence Cardell Oliver 1 442 23 9 13 3Nationalist Walter Richardson 1 392 23 1 23 1Nationalist Harry Downe 877 14 5 14 5Total formal votes 6 031 99 2 1 6Informal votes 47 0 8 1 6Turnout 6 078 80 6 12 3Two party preferred resultNationalist Florence Cardell Oliver 3 364 55 8 8 3Labor John Moloney 2 667 44 2 8 3Nationalist gain from Labor Swing 8 3Sussex Edit 1936 Western Australian state election Sussex Party Candidate Votes Nationalist Edmund Brockman 2 014 70 1 45 0Ind Nationalist Robert Falkingham 514 17 9 2 2Ind Nationalist Percy Bignell 345 12 0 12 0Total formal votes 2 873 98 7 0 5Informal votes 37 1 3 0 5Turnout 2 910 84 4 10 5Nationalist hold Swing N APreferences were not distributed Swan Edit 1936 Western Australian state election Swan Party Candidate Votes Country Richard Sampson unopposedCountry hold SwingToodyay Edit 1936 Western Australian state election Toodyay Party Candidate Votes Country Lindsay Thorn unopposedCountry hold SwingVictoria Park Edit 1936 Western Australian state election Victoria Park Party Candidate Votes Labor Howard Raphael 4 158 71 8 2 2Nationalist George Mann 1 637 28 2 8 2Total formal votes 5 795 98 9 1 5Informal votes 63 1 1 1 5Turnout 5 858 72 8 20 1Labor hold Swing N AWagin Edit 1936 Western Australian state election Wagin Party Candidate Votes Country Sydney Stubbs unopposedCountry hold SwingWest Perth Edit 1936 Western Australian state election West Perth Party Candidate Votes Nationalist Robert McDonald 2 595 55 0 15 7Labor William Beadle 2 122 45 0 0 8Total formal votes 4 717 99 1 1 0Informal votes 45 0 9 1 0Turnout 4 762 69 4 21 7Nationalist hold Swing 4 2Williams Narrogin Edit 1936 Western Australian state election Williams Narrogin Party Candidate Votes Country Victor Doney unopposedCountry hold SwingYilgarn Coolgardie Edit 1936 Western Australian state election Yilgarn Coolgardie Party Candidate Votes Labor George Lambert 1 199 54 0 7 9Independent Country Max Dynes 1 021 46 0 46 0Total formal votes 2 220 98 7 1 1Informal votes 30 1 3 1 1Turnout 2 250 58 3 29 4Labor hold Swing 7 9York Edit 1936 Western Australian state election York Party Candidate Votes Country Charles Latham 1 485 67 3 7 9Independent John Keast 720 32 7 32 7Total formal votes 2 205 99 2 0 8Informal votes 17 0 8 0 8Turnout 2 222 77 1 13 5Country hold Swing N ASee also Edit1936 Western Australian state election Members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly 1936 1939References Edit 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 Retrieved 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