This is a list of electoral results for the Electoral district of Mount Margaret in Western Australian state elections.

Members for Mount Margaret

MembersPartyTerm
  George Taylor Labor 1901–1917
  National Labor 1917–1924
  Nationalist 1924–1930

Election results

Elections in the 1920s

1927 Western Australian state election: Mount Margaret[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist George Taylor 212 55.1 +0.2
Labor Martin Hartigan 173 44.9 -0.2
Total formal votes 385 98.5 -1.2
Informal votes 6 1.5 +1.2
Turnout 391 80.1 +5.1
Nationalist hold Swing+0.2
1924 Western Australian state election: Mount Margaret
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National Labor George Taylor 207 54.9 -45.1
Labor Patrick Maher 170 45.1 +45.1
Total formal votes 377 99.7
Informal votes 1 0.3
Turnout 378 75.0
National Labor hold SwingN/A
1921 Western Australian state election: Mount Margaret
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National Labor George Taylor unopposed
National Labor hold Swing

Elections in the 1910s

1917 Western Australian state election: Mount Margaret
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National Labor George Taylor 513 63.3 –36.7
Labor George McLeod 298 36.7 +36.7
Total formal votes 811 99.1 n/a
Informal votes 7 0.9 n/a
Turnout 818 75.2 n/a
National Labor hold Swing–36.7
  • Taylor had been elected unopposed at the 1914 election.
1914 Western Australian state election: Mount Margaret
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor George Taylor unopposed
Labor hold Swing
1911 Western Australian state election: Mount Margaret
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor George Taylor unopposed
Labor hold Swing

Elections in the 1900s

1908 Western Australian state election: Mount Margaret
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor George Taylor 1,085 71.6 +17.7
Ministerial Andrew Faulds 431 28.3 +4.7
Total formal votes 1,516 99.4 +0.4
Informal votes 9 0.6 -0.4
Turnout 1,525 65.8 +36.1
Labor hold SwingN/A
1905 Western Australian state election: Mount Margaret
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor George Taylor 738 53.9 –46.1
Ministerial John Smith 323 23.6 +23.6
Labor Thomas Campbell 309 22.5 +22.5
Total formal votes 1,370 99.0 n/a
Informal votes 14 1.0 n/a
Turnout 1,384 29.7 n/a
Labor hold Swing–46.1
1904 Western Australian state election: Mount Margaret
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor George Taylor unopposed
Labor hold Swing
1901 Western Australian state election: Mount Margaret
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor George Taylor 771 52.1 +52.1
Opposition George Hall 709 47.9 +47.9
Total formal votes 1,480 99.1 n/a
Informal votes 14 0.9 n/a
Turnout 1,494 54.9 n/a
Labor win (new seat)

References

  1. ↑ 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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