1936 Western Australian state election

April 2022 none 1936 Western Australian state election Western Australia 1870 parliamentary no 1933 Western Australian state election 1933 1939 Western Australian state election 1939 All 50 seats in the Western Australian Legislative Assembly 15 February 1936 Members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly, 1933–1936 Members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly, 1936–1939 130px Philip Collier 16 April 1917 Australian Labor Party (Western Australian Branch) Boulder 42.33% 3.15 30 seats 26 seats 4 130px Charles Latham 12 April 1930 Country Party (Western Australia) York 14.60% 0.32 12 seats 13 seats 1 120px Norbert Keenan 24 April 1933 Nationalist Party of Australia Nedlands 32.36% 1.83 8 seats 8 seats 0 Premier Philip Collier Australian Labor Party (Western Australian Branch) Philip Collier Australian Labor Party (Western Australian Branch) 420pxElections were held in the state of Western Australia on 15 February 1936 to elect all 50 members to the Legislative Assembly. The Labor Party, led by Premier Philip Collier, won a second term in office against the Country and Nationalist parties, led by Opposition Leader Charles Latham and Norbert Keenan respectively. No sitting MLA's retired at this election. This was one of the few elections in which the Labor party allowed more than one candidate to run against a sitting MP, namely in the seat of Kalgoorlie. James Cunningham was defeated by fellow Labor candidate Herbert Styants, and Cunningham transferred to the Australian Senate the following year. Results Results of the Western Australian state election, 1936 (Legislative Assembly) At the election, 5 sitting members (four Labor and one Nationalist) were defeated—three of them by independents. In Maylands, one-term MLA Robert Clothier (Labor) was defeated by independent Nationalist Harry Shearn, who won with preferences from two endorsed nationalists. In East Perth, Minister for Employment and Labour James Kenneally was defeated by former Labor member Thomas Hughes, and the Nationalist member for Nelson, John Henry Smith, was defeated by independent Clarence Doust. The remaining seats, Subiaco and Albany, were lost by Labor to the Nationalist and Country parties respectively. Western Australian state election, 15 February 1936 Legislative Assembly Western Australian state election 1933 1939 194,354cont 1 1 136,309 70.13% –20.47% 1,518 1.11% –1.12% yes Labor WA 57,055 42.33% –3.15% 26 – 4 Nationalist 43,619 32.36% +1.83% 8 ± 0 Nationals WA 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 + 2 134,791 50 |} cont 1 1 247,465 electors were enrolled to vote at the election, but 15 of the 50 seats were uncontested—10 Labor seats representing 33,038 enrolled voters, 1 Nationalist seat representing 3,933 voters and 4 Country seats representing 16,284 voters. See also Candidates of the 1936 Western Australian state election Members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly, 1933–1936 Members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly, 1936–1939 Second Collier Ministry References Category:Elections in Western Australia Western Australian state election State election, 1936 Western Australian state election