Electoral results for the district of Beverley
This is a list of electoral results for the Electoral district of Beverley in Western Australian state elections.
Members for Beverley[]
Member | Party | Term | |
---|---|---|---|
Charles Harper | Ministerial | 1890–1901 | |
Opposition | 1901–1904 | ||
Independent | 1904–1905 | ||
Edmund Smith | Ministerial | 1905–1908 | |
John Hopkins | Ministerial | 1908–1910 | |
Nat Harper | Ministerial | 1910–1911 | |
Frank Broun | Liberal | 1911–1914 | |
Charles Wansbrough | Country | 1914–1917 | |
Frank Broun | Country | 1917–1923 | |
Country (MCP) | 1923–1924 | ||
Charles Wansbrough | Country (ECP) | 1924–1930 | |
James Mann | Country | 1930–1949 | |
Independent | 1949 | ||
LCL | 1949–1950 |
Election results[]
Elections in the 1940s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Country | James Mann | 2,260 | 76.0 | +16.4 | |
Independent | John Wilkinson | 713 | 24.0 | +15.8 | |
Total formal votes | 2,973 | 98.3 | -0.2 | ||
Informal votes | 52 | 1.7 | +0.2 | ||
Turnout | 3,025 | 84.0 | -2.1 | ||
Country hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Country | James Mann | 1,816 | 59.6 | -40.4 | |
Independent Labor | Frank Durack | 979 | 32.2 | +32.2 | |
Independent Labor | John Wilkinson | 250 | 8.2 | +8.2 | |
Total formal votes | 3,045 | 98.5 | |||
Informal votes | 47 | 1.5 | |||
Turnout | 3,092 | 86.1 | |||
Country hold | Swing | N/A |
- Preferences were not distributed.
Elections in the 1930s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Country | James Mann | unopposed | |||
Country hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Country | James Mann | 1,514 | 54.6 | -8.7 | |
Country | Thomas Retalic | 596 | 21.5 | +21.5 | |
Country | George Weaver | 384 | 13.8 | +13.8 | |
Independent Country | John O'Dea | 281 | 10.1 | +10.1 | |
Total formal votes | 2,775 | 98.9 | +0.4 | ||
Informal votes | 31 | 1.1 | -0.4 | ||
Turnout | 2,806 | 72.1 | -12.5 | ||
Country hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Country | James Mann | 2,164 | 63.3 | +16.6 | |
Country | Charles Wansbrough | 1,257 | 36.7 | -0.2 | |
Total formal votes | 3,421 | 98.5 | +0.1 | ||
Informal votes | 52 | 1.5 | -0.1 | ||
Turnout | 3,473 | 84.6 | +19.0 | ||
Country hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Country | James Mann | 1,276 | 46.7 | ||
Country | Charles Wansbrough | 1,008 | 36.9 | ||
Country | John O'Dea | 448 | 16.4 | ||
Total formal votes | 2,732 | 98.4 | |||
Informal votes | 45 | 1.6 | |||
Turnout | 2,777 | 65.6 | |||
Two-candidate-preferred result | |||||
Country | James Mann | 1,514 | 55.4 | ||
Country | Charles Wansbrough | 1,218 | 44.6 | ||
Country hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1920s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Country | Charles Wansbrough | 968 | 52.8 | +11.8 | |
Nationalist | James Mann | 866 | 47.2 | +3.0 | |
Total formal votes | 1,834 | 99.2 | +0.5 | ||
Informal votes | 15 | 0.8 | -0.5 | ||
Turnout | 1,849 | 72.7 | +15.4 | ||
Country hold | Swing | +2.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Country | James Mann | 506 | 44.2 | -55.8 | |
Executive Country | Charles Wansbrough | 469 | 41.0 | +41.0 | |
Executive Country | Henry Clemens | 170 | 14.8 | +14.8 | |
Total formal votes | 1,145 | 98.7 | |||
Informal votes | 15 | 1.3 | |||
Turnout | 1,160 | 57.3 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Executive Country | Charles Wansbrough | 580 | 50.7 | +50.7 | |
Country | James Mann | 565 | 49.3 | -50.7 | |
Executive Country gain from Country | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Country | Frank Broun | unopposed | |||
Country hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1910s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nationalist | Frank Broun | 548 | 56.7 | +56.7 | |
Country | Henry Stanistreet | 418 | 43.3 | –17.1 | |
Total formal votes | 966 | 99.7 | +1.0 | ||
Informal votes | 3 | 0.3 | –1.0 | ||
Turnout | 969 | 50.6 | –6.3 | ||
Nationalist gain from Country | Swing | +56.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Country | Charles Wansbrough | 809 | 60.4 | +60.4 | |
Labor | Charles Kirkwood | 289 | 21.6 | +8.2 | |
Liberal | Richard White | 242 | 18.1 | -35.5 | |
Total formal votes | 1,340 | 98.7 | +0.1 | ||
Informal votes | 17 | 1.3 | -0.1 | ||
Turnout | 1,357 | 56.9 | -11.5 | ||
Country gain from Liberal | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ministerial | Frank Broun | 617 | 53.6 | ||
Labor | Charles Kirkwood | 343 | 29.8 | ||
Ministerial | Frank Broun | 99 | 8.6 | ||
Ministerial | Edward Powell | 92 | 8.0 | ||
Total formal votes | 1,151 | 98.6 | |||
Informal votes | 16 | 1.4 | |||
Turnout | 1,167 | 68.4 | |||
Ministerial hold | Swing |
- Preferences were not distributed.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ministerial | Nat Harper | 574 | 44.8 | ||
Ministerial | Walter James | 492 | 38.4 | ||
Ministerial | Charles Naylor | 216 | 16.8 | ||
Total formal votes | 1,282 | 98.5 | +1.1 | ||
Informal votes | 20 | 1.5 | -1.1 | ||
Turnout | 1,302 | 48.6 | -9.3 | ||
Two-candidate-preferred result | |||||
Ministerial | Nat Harper | 663 | 53.7 | ||
Ministerial | Walter James | 571 | 46.3 | ||
Ministerial hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1900s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ministerial | John Hopkins | 501 | 32.3 | +32.3 | |
Ministerial | Edmund Smith | 431 | 27.7 | -16.6 | |
Ministerial | George Ricks | 297 | 19.1 | -5.9 | |
Labour | Patrick Whiteley | 166 | 10.7 | +10.7 | |
Ministerial | Edmund Lennard | 132 | 8.5 | +8.5 | |
Ministerial | James Martin | 14 | 0.9 | +0.9 | |
Ministerial | Richard Smith | 12 | 0.8 | +0.8 | |
Total formal votes | 1,553 | 97.4 | -1.9 | ||
Informal votes | 42 | 2.6 | +1.9 | ||
Turnout | 1,595 | 57.9 | +6.4 | ||
Two-candidate-preferred result | |||||
Ministerial | John Hopkins | 677 | 50.7 | ||
Ministerial | Edmund Smith | 659 | 49.3 | ||
Ministerial hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ministerial | Edmund Smith | 325 | 44.3 | +44.3 | |
Ministerial | George Ricks | 183 | 25.0 | +25.0 | |
Ministerial | Francis McDonald | 179 | 24.4 | +24.4 | |
Ministerial | Hugh Edmiston | 46 | 6.3 | –40.3 | |
Total formal votes | 733 | 99.3 | –0.1 | ||
Informal votes | 5 | 0.7 | +0.1 | ||
Turnout | 738 | 51.5 | +4.4 | ||
Ministerial gain from Independent | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Charles Harper | 376 | 53.4 | +0.4 | |
Ministerial | Hugh Edmiston | 328 | 46.6 | –0.4 | |
Total formal votes | 704 | 99.4 | +1.5 | ||
Informal votes | 4 | 0.6 | –1.5 | ||
Turnout | 708 | 47.1 | –10.5 | ||
Independent hold | Swing | –0.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ministerial | Charles Harper | 151 | 53.0 | –10.4 | |
Ministerial | Hugh Edmiston | 134 | 47.0 | +47.0 | |
Total formal votes | 285 | 97.9 | +1.3 | ||
Informal votes | 6 | 2.1 | –1.3 | ||
Turnout | 291 | 57.6 | +3.0 | ||
Ministerial hold | Swing | N/A |
Elections in the 1890s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ministerial | Charles Harper | 90 | 63.4 | ||
Opposition | James Dempster | 52 | 36.6 | ||
Total formal votes | 142 | 96.6 | |||
Informal votes | 5 | 3.4 | |||
Turnout | 147 | 54.7 | |||
Ministerial hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
None | Charles Harper | 85 | 50.6 | –49.4 | |
None | James Dempster | 83 | 49.4 | +49.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
None | Charles Harper | unopposed |
References[]
- ^ 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.
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- Western Australian state electoral results by district