COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA LEGISLATIVE ELECTION OF 13 APRIL 1910 ==================================================================== HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ==================================================================== VOTING BY CONSTITUENCY ==================================================================== WESTERN AUSTRALIA ==================================================================== COOLGARDIE, WA ==================================================================== Outback Western Australia: Menzies, Leonora, Mt Magnet, Mt Margaret -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1906 two-party majority: Labour over WAP 23.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 24,821 -14.7 Votes cast: 13,834 55.7 +22.4 Informal votes: 523 03.8 -00.1 Formal votes: 13,311 96.2 +00.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Robert Hastie Lib 3,170 23.8 -03.1 Arthur McClay 226 01.7 Hon Hugh MAHON * ALP 9,915 74.5 +01.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 13,311 25.4 02.3 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hastie was WA MLA for Kanowna 1901-05. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hugh Mahon (1857-1931): Elected 1901, 1903, 1906, 1910 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Coolgardie was abolished at the 1912 redistribution. Mahon contested Dampier in 1913. -------------------------------------------------------------------- FREMANTLE, WA ==================================================================== Perth Suburban: Canning, Claremont, Fremantle, Guildford -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1906 two-party majority: WAP over Labour 00.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 21,961 -18.9 Votes cast: 14,575 66.4 +28.9 Informal votes: 291 02.0 -05.1 Formal votes: 14,284 98.0 +05.` -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Carpenter ALP 6,496 45.5 -03.6 William HEDGES * Lib 7,788 54.5 +03.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 14,284 04.5 03.6 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- Carpenter was member for Fremantle 1903-06. -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Noah Hedges (1854-1935): Elected 1906, 1910 -------------------------------------------------------------------- KALGOORLIE, WA ==================================================================== Outback Western Australia: Boulder, Brown Hill, Hannans, Kalgoorlie -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1906 two-party majority: Labour over WAP 29.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 21,647 -22.5 Votes cast: 13,926 64.3 +28.1 Informal votes: 214 01.5 -01.8 Formal votes: 13,712 98.5 +01.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Charles FRAZER * ALP 11,162 81.4 +02.4 John Thornett Lib 2,550 18.6 -02.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 13,712 31.4 02.4 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Charles Edward Frazer (1880-1913): Elected 1903, 1906, 1910 Minister without portfolio 24 April 1910 to 14 October 1911 Postmaster-General from 14 October 1911 -------------------------------------------------------------------- PERTH, WA ==================================================================== Inner Perth: Balkatta, Perth, Subiaco, West Perth -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1906 two-party majority: Labour over WAP 02.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 27,173 -15.3 Votes cast: 16,256 59.8 +29.8 Informal votes: 371 02.3 -01.3 Formal votes: 15,885 97.3 +01.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon James FOWLER * Lib 9,648 60.7 +13.4 Ernest Henshaw + ALP 6,237 39.3 -13.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 15,885 10.7 13.4 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Fowler had joined the Liberal Party in 1909 having previously sat as an ALP member. 2. Henshaw was WA MLA for Collie 1904-05. -------------------------------------------------------------------- James Mackinnon Fowler (1865-1940): Elected 1901, 1903, 1906, 1910 -------------------------------------------------------------------- SWAN, WA ==================================================================== Country Western Australia: Albany, Collie, Northam, Williams -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1906 two-party majority: WAP over Labour 12.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 39,377 +34.5 Votes cast: 25,302 64.3 +19.3 Informal votes: 360 01.4 -02.0 Formal votes: 24,942 98.6 +02.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Rt Hon Sir John FORREST * Lib 15,012 60.2 -06.0 Peter O'Loughlen ALP 9,930 39.8 +06.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 24,942 10.2 02.0 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- O'Loughlen was WA MLA for Forrest 1908-23. -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Forrest (1847-1918): Elected 1901, 1903, 1906, 1910 Treasurer to 24 April 1910 Deputy Leader of the Liberal Party from 20 January 1913 --------------------------------------------------------------------