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

Members for Toodyay

MemberPartyTerm
  Barnard Clarkson Non-aligned 1890–1897
  Timothy Quinlan Ministerial 1897–1911
  Alfred Piesse Liberal 1911–1914
  Country 1914–1923
  Country (MCP) 1923–1924
  John Lindsay Country (ECP) 1924
  Country 1924–1930
  Lindsay Thorn Country 1930–1959
  James Craig Country 1959–1971
  James Moiler Labor 1971–1974
  Mick Nanovich Liberal 1974–1977

Election results

Elections in the 1970s

1974 Western Australian state election: Toodyay[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Clifford Hunt 6,101 42.8
Liberal Mick Nanovich 5,630 39.5
National Alliance Albert Tonkin 2,369 16.6
Australia George Gaunt 144 1.0
Total formal votes 14,244 95.6
Informal votes 660 4.4
Turnout 14,904 93.2
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Mick Nanovich 7,420 52.1
Labor Clifford Hunt 6,824 47.9
Liberal gain from Labor Swing
1971 Western Australian state election: Toodyay
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor James Moiler 3,299 50.3 +5.0
Liberal John Waghorne 1,489 22.7 +22.7
Country Joseph Wroth 1,267 19.3 -35.4
Democratic Labor Arthur White 259 3.9 +3.9
Independent Joseph O'Callaghan 245 3.7 +3.7
Total formal votes 6,559 96.1 -0.2
Informal votes 269 3.9 +0.2
Turnout 6,828 90.4 -4.0
Two-party-preferred result
Labor James Moiler 3,518 53.6 +8.3
Liberal John Waghorne 3,041 46.4 +46.4
Labor gain from Country Swing+8.3

Elections in the 1960s

1968 Western Australian state election: Toodyay
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country James Craig 2,811 54.7
Labor Edmond Hewett 2,329 45.3
Total formal votes 5,140 96.3
Informal votes 195 3.7
Turnout 5,335 94.4
Country hold Swing
1965 Western Australian state election: Toodyay
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country James Craig 3,588 74.2 +12.2
Independent Charles Hooper 1,244 25.8 +25.8
Total formal votes 4,832 93.8 -4.3
Informal votes 317 6.2 +4.3
Turnout 5,149 91.2 +0.2
Country hold SwingN/A
1962 Western Australian state election: Toodyay
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country James Craig 3,044 62.0
Labor Slavejko Geroff 1,500 30.6
Democratic Labor Leo Agnello 365 7.4
Total formal votes 4,909 98.1
Informal votes 93 1.9
Turnout 5,002 91.0
Two-party-preferred result
Country James Craig 68.3
Labor Slavejko Geroff 31.7
Country hold Swing
  • Two party preferred vote was estimated.

Elections in the 1950s

1959 Western Australian state election: Toodyay
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor John Rolinson 1,541 34.2 -15.1
Country James Craig 1,433 31.8 -18.9
Country Joseph Farrell 1,422 31.6 +31.6
Independent Labor John Acott 106 2.4 +2.4
Total formal votes 4,502 97.7 0.0
Informal votes 108 2.3 0.0
Turnout 4,610 91.9 +3.0
Two-party-preferred result
Country James Craig 2,773 61.6 +10.9
Labor John Rolinson 1,729 38.4 -10.9
Country hold Swing+10.9
1956 Western Australian state election: Toodyay
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Lindsay Thorn 2,180 50.7
Independent Labor John Rolinson 2,117 49.3
Total formal votes 4,297 97.7
Informal votes 103 2.3
Turnout 4,400 88.9
Country hold Swing
1953 Western Australian state election: Toodyay
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Lindsay Thorn unopposed
Country hold Swing
1950 Western Australian state election: Toodyay
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Lindsay Thorn 2,754 63.5
Labor Archibald McNess 1,580 36.5
Total formal votes 4,334 98.0
Informal votes 89 2.0
Turnout 4,423 86.2
Country hold Swing

Elections in the 1940s

1947 Western Australian state election: Toodyay
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Lindsay Thorn unopposed
Country hold Swing
1943 Western Australian state election: Toodyay
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Lindsay Thorn 2,290 67.0 -33.0
Labor Dominic Johnston 1,127 33.0 +33.0
Total formal votes 3,417 98.6
Informal votes 49 1.4
Turnout 3,466 80.6
Country hold SwingN/A

Elections in the 1930s

1939 Western Australian state election: Toodyay
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Lindsay Thorn unopposed
Country hold Swing
1936 Western Australian state election: Toodyay
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Lindsay Thorn unopposed
Country hold Swing
1933 Western Australian state election: Toodyay
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Lindsay Thorn unopposed
Country hold Swing
1930 Western Australian state election: Toodyay
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Lindsay Thorn 1,026 42.2
Country Ignatius Boyle 888 36.5
Independent Country James Pollitt 294 12.1
Nationalist Richard Fitzgerald 224 9.2
Total formal votes 2,432 98.7
Informal votes 32 1.3
Turnout 2,464 71.7
Two-candidate-preferred result
Country Lindsay Thorn 1,313 54.0
Country Ignatius Boyle 1,119 46.0
Country hold Swing

Elections in the 1920s

1927 Western Australian state election: Toodyay
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country John Lindsay 1,762 61.1 +35.7
Country Ignatius Boyle 1,122 38.9 +21.2
Total formal votes 2,884 99.3 +1.5
Informal votes 20 0.7 -1.5
Turnout 2,904 60.7 +4.3
Country hold SwingN/A
1924 Western Australian state election: Toodyay
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Alfred Piesse 645 28.6 -31.1
Executive Country John Lindsay 574 25.4 +25.4
Executive Country Ignatius Boyle 399 17.7 +17.7
Executive Country Charles Fraser 346 15.3 +15.3
Nationalist Robert Gamble 293 13.0 +13.0
Total formal votes 2,257 97.8 +0.1
Informal votes 51 2.2 -0.1
Turnout 2,308 56.4 +6.0
Two-candidate-preferred result
Executive Country John Lindsay 1,187 52.6 +52.6
Country Alfred Piesse 1,070 47.4 -12.3
Executive Country gain from Country SwingN/A
1921 Western Australian state election: Toodyay
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Alfred Piesse 959 59.7 +18.6
Independent Country Henry Clarkson 647 40.3 +27.6
Total formal votes 1,606 97.7 0.0
Informal votes 37 2.3 0.0
Turnout 1,643 50.4 +5.2
Country hold Swing+0.9

Elections in the 1910s

1917 Western Australian state election: Toodyay
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National Country Alfred Piesse 747 41.1 –58.9
Country Sinclair McGibbon 564 31.0 +31.0
Nationalist Ivan Royal 277 15.2 +15.2
National Country Henry Clarkson 231 12.7 +12.7
Total formal votes 1,819 97.7 n/a
Informal votes 43 2.3 n/a
Turnout 1,862 55.6 n/a
Two-party-preferred result
National Country Alfred Piesse 1,070 58.8 –41.2
Country Sinclair McGibbon 749 41.2 +41.2
National Country hold Swing–41.2
  • Piesse's designation at the 1914 election was simply "Country", rather than "National Country".
1914 Western Australian state election: Toodyay
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Alfred Piesse unopposed
Country gain from Liberal SwingN/A
1911 Western Australian state election: Toodyay
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Ministerial Timothy Quinlan 790 36.1
Ministerial Alfred Piesse 727 33.3
Labor Ernest Mitchell 669 30.6
Total formal votes 2,186 99.0
Informal votes 22 1.0
Turnout 2,208 63.2
Two-candidate-preferred result
Ministerial Alfred Piesse 1,171 53.6
Ministerial Timothy Quinlan 1,015 46.4
Ministerial hold Swing

Elections in the 1900s

1908 Western Australian state election: Toodyay
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Ministerial Timothy Quinlan 740 68.5 -31.5
Ministerial Fitzgerald Frazer 341 31.5 +31.5
Total formal votes 1,081 98.5
Informal votes 16 1.5
Turnout 1,097 57.7
Ministerial hold SwingN/A
1905 Western Australian state election: Toodyay
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Ministerial Timothy Quinlan unopposed
Ministerial hold Swing
1904 Western Australian state election: Toodyay
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Ministerial Timothy Quinlan unopposed
Ministerial hold Swing
1901 Western Australian state election: Toodyay
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Ministerial Timothy Quinlan 351 66.1 +2.5
Independent Vernon Hamersley 180 33.9 +33.9
Total formal votes 531 97.4 –1.0
Informal votes 14 2.6 +1.0
Turnout 545 76.0 –6.1
Ministerial hold SwingN/A

Elections in the 1890s

1897 Western Australian colonial election: Toodyay
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Ministerial Timothy Quinlan 201 63.6
Ministerial Barnard Clarkson 115 36.4
Total formal votes 316 98.4
Informal votes 5 1.6
Turnout 321 82.1
Ministerial hold Swing
1894 Western Australian colonial election: Toodyay
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
None Barnard Clarkson unopposed
1890 Western Australian colonial election: Toodyay
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
None Barnard Clarkson 83 52.5 n/a
None Charles Dempster 75 47.5 n/a

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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