Western Australian state election, 1897
- Western Australian state election, 1897
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.[cite book |title = The house on the hill: A history of the Parliament of Western Australia 1832-1990 |last=de Garis |first=Brian | editor = Black, David |year= 1991 |publisher= Parliament of Western Australia |location=West Perth |isbn=0-7309398-3-9 |chapter = Self-Government and Political Parties |pages= 73-74] 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
Australian elections/Title row
title = Western Australian state election, 1897
house = Legislative Assembly
enrolled = 17,114ref label|cont|1|1
total_votes = 9,016
turnout % = 52.68%
turnout chg =
informal = 279
informal % = 3.09%
informal chg = Australian elections/Party summary
government = yes
party_id = Nationalist
party = Ministerialist
votes = 4,351
votes % = 49.80%
votes chg =
seats = 29ref label|cont|1|1
seats chg = + 10Australian elections/Party summary
party = Oppositionist
votes = 2,390
votes % = 27.35%
votes chg =
seats = 8
seats chg = – 5Australian elections/Party summary
party_id = Independent
votes = 1,613
votes % = 18.46%
votes chg =
seats = 6
seats chg = + 5Australian elections/Party summary
party_id = Labor
votes = 383
votes % = 4.38%
votes chg = +4.38%
seats = 1
seats chg = + 1Australian elections/Total row
total_votes = 8,737
total_seats = 44
winner_id = Nationalist
winner = Ministerialist
Notes::note label|mini|1|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.
ee also
* Members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly, 1894–1897
* Members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly, 1897–1901
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