Western Australian colonial election, 1897

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Western Australian colonial election, 1897






← 1894
27 April – 26 May 1897
1901 →


All 44 seats in the Western Australian Legislative Assembly
































 
First party
Second party
 

John Forrest 1898.jpg

George Leake.jpg
Leader

John Forrest

George Leake
Party

Ministerialist

Oppositionist
Leader since
22 December 1890
1895
Leader's seat

Bunbury

Albany
Last election
19 seats
13 seats
Seats won
29 seats
8 seats
Seat change

Increase10

Decrease5
Percentage
49.80%
27.35%





Premier before election

John Forrest
Ministerialist



Elected Premier

John Forrest
Ministerialist


Elections were held in the state of Western Australia between 27 April and 26 May 1897 to elect 44 members to the Western Australian Legislative Assembly. The Ministerialist group led by John Forrest won a third term in office as a result of the elections. The poll took place based on boundaries established in the Constitution Act Amendment Act 1896, which increased the number of members from 33 mainly by adding new seats in the Goldfields region, and had been called a year earlier than was necessary.[1] In 18 of the 44 seats, only one candidate nominated and polls were not held.


As payment of members was not introduced until 1900, the Political Labour Party, formed in 1896, had found it difficult to attract candidates who could afford to enter Parliament, but three of its candidates ran for election, and Charles Oldham, a former president of the Trades and Labor Council, became the first Labour member of Parliament in Western Australia.



Results




























































Western Australian state election, 1897
Legislative Assembly


Enrolled voters
17,114[1]

Votes cast
9,016


Turnout
52.68%

Informal votes
279

Informal
3.09%

Summary of votes by party
Party
Primary votes
%
Swing
Seats
Change
 

Ministerial
4,351
49.80%


29[1]
+ 10
 

Opposition
2,390
27.35%

8
– 5
 

Independent
1,613
18.46%

6
+ 5
 

Labor
383
4.38%
+4.38%
1
+ 1
Total
8,737
 
 
44
 

Notes:



1 The Ministerialists' total of 29 seats includes 16 which were uncontested, representing 4,297 of the 23,318 enrolled voters. A further two seats, won by George Leake (Albany, Oppositionist) and Elias Solomon (South Fremantle, Independent) representing 1,907 enrolled voters were also uncontested.


See also


  • Members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly, 1894–1897

  • Members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly, 1897–1901


References




  1. ^ de Garis, Brian (1991). "Self-Government and Political Parties". In Black, David. The house on the hill: A history of the Parliament of Western Australia 1832-1990. West Perth: Parliament of Western Australia. pp. 73–74. ISBN 0-7309-3983-9..mw-parser-output cite.citationfont-style:inherit.mw-parser-output qquotes:"""""""'""'".mw-parser-output code.cs1-codecolor:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registrationcolor:#555.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration spanborder-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-errordisplay:none;font-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-errorfont-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-formatfont-size:95%.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-leftpadding-left:0.2em.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-rightpadding-right:0.2em









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