1917 Western Australian state election

none April 2022 June 2020 1917 Western Australian state election Western Australia 1870 parliamentary no 1914 Western Australian state election 1914 1921 Western Australian state election 1921 All 50 seats in the Western Australian Legislative Assembly yes 1917 09 29 Members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly, 1914–1917 Members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly, 1917–1921 135px Henry Lefroy 28 June 1917 Nationalist/Country coalition Moore 69.01% 34 seats 2 146px Philip Collier 16 April 1917 Australian Labor Party (Western Australian Branch) Boulder 24.79% 15 seats 1 Premier Henry Lefroy Nationalist/Country coalition Henry Lefroy Nationalist/Country coalition Elections were held in the state of Western Australia on 29 September 1917 to elect 50 members to the Western Australian Legislative Assembly. The Nationalist-Country-National Labor coalition, led by Premier Sir Henry Lefroy, retained government against the Labor Party led by Opposition Leader Philip Collier. The election followed a series of major changes in the Western Australian political landscape. Results Results of the Western Australian state election, 1917 As the political changes were of a nature which make direct comparison meaningless, no vote swings have been included, and seat swings indicated are those caused by the election itself, rather than a comparison with the previous election. The National Liberal grouping was not a party in its own right, but a faction within the Nationalist Party, so the Nationalist Party as a whole held 16 seats—unchanged from before the election—and attracted 34.85% of the vote. 1917 Western Australian state election Legislative Assembly 138,115cont 1 1 85,620 61.99% +4.67% 1,447 1.69% +0.50% Labor WA 20,867 24.79% 15 + 1 yes Nationalist 18,087 21.49% 8 + 3 yes Nationalist National Liberal 11,242 13.36% 8 – 3 yes Nationals WA Country 15,560 18.49% 12 + 1 yes National Labor 13,186 15.67% 6 – 3 Independent Labor WA 2,490 2.96% 1 + 1 Independent 2,709 3.22% 0 ± 0 84,173 50 |} Notes: cont 1 1 A total of 167,311 people were enrolled to vote at the election, but 10 of the 50 seats, representing 29,196 voters, were not contested by more than one candidate. Six of these were Labor seats, two were Country Party, one was Nationalist and one was National Labor. See also Members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly, 1914–1917 Members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly, 1917–1921 References Category:Elections in Western Australia Western Australian state election State election, 1917 Category:September 1917 in Australia