Electoral results for the district of Yilgarn-Coolgardie

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

Members for Yilgarn-Coolgardie

1947 Western Australian state election: Yilgarn-Coolgardie^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Lionel Kelly	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

1943 Western Australian state election: Yilgarn-Coolgardie
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Lionel Kelly	1,269	59.9	+20.5
	Labor	Francis Bennett	849	40.1	+5.1
Total formal votes			2,118	97.2	-1.0
Informal votes			60	2.8	+1.0
Turnout			2,178	81.5	+13.6
	Independent hold		Swing	+6.3

1941 Yilgarn-Coolgardie state by-election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent Country	Lionel Kelly	1,015	39.4	+17.7
	Labor	Cornelius Kenneally	902	35.0	-7.5
	Independent Labor	James Dinan	660	25.6	+25.6
Total formal votes			2,577	98.2	+1.7
Informal votes			47	1.8	-1.7
Turnout			2,624	67.9	-20.9
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Independent Country	Lionel Kelly	1,380	53.6	N/A
	Labor	Cornelius Kenneally	1,197	46.4	- 8.8
	Independent Country gain from Labor		Swing	N/A

1939 Western Australian state election: Yilgarn-Coolgardie
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	George Lambert	1,422	42.5	-11.5
	Independent Labor	Lionel Kelly	728	21.8	+21.8
	Country	Arthur Richards	648	19.4	+19.4
	Independent	Daniel O'Leary	549	16.4	+16.4
Total formal votes			3,347	96.5	-2.2
Informal votes			123	3.5	+2.2
Turnout			3,470	88.5	+30.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	George Lambert	1,849	55.2	+1.2
	Country	Arthur Richards	1,498	44.8	+44.8
	Labor hold		Swing	+1.2

1936 Western Australian state election: Yilgarn-Coolgardie
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	George Lambert	1,199	54.0	-7.9
	Independent Country	Max Dynes	1,021	46.0	+46.0
Total formal votes			2,220	98.7	+1.1
Informal votes			30	1.3	-1.1
Turnout			2,250	58.3	-29.4
	Labor hold		Swing	-7.9

1933 Western Australian state election: Yilgarn-Coolgardie
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	George Lambert	1,742	61.9	+31.3
	Independent Country	Jim Keightly	1,072	38.1	+38.1
Total formal votes			2,814	97.6	-1.4
Informal votes			69	2.4	+1.4
Turnout			2,883	87.7	+8.3
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

1930 Western Australian state election: Yilgarn-Coolgardie
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Country	William Price	848	38.5
	Labor	Edwin Corboy	678	30.8
	Labor	George Lambert	674	30.6
Total formal votes			2,200	99.0
Informal votes			22	1.0
Turnout			2,222	79.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Edwin Corboy	1,262	57.4
	Country	William Price	938	42.6
	Labor hold		Swing

↑ 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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