Electoral results for the district of Cockburn Sound
This is a list of electoral results for the Electoral district of Cockburn Sound in Western Australian state elections.
Members for Cockburn Sound
[edit]| Member | Party | Term | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Francis McDonald | Opposition | 1901–1904 | |
Election results
[edit]Elections in the 1900s
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition | Francis McDonald | 290 | 44.3 | +44.3 | |
| Opposition | Henry Barker | 174 | 26.6 | +26.6 | |
| Labour | Alexander McDougall | 127 | 19.4 | +19.4 | |
| Independent | Richard Birch | 58 | 8.9 | +8.9 | |
| Independent | James Simpson | 6 | 0.9 | +0.9 | |
| Total formal votes | 655 | 97.9 | n/a | ||
| Informal votes | 14 | 2.1 | n/a | ||
| Turnout | 669 | 49.2 | n/a | ||
| Opposition win | (new seat) | ||||
References
[edit]- ^ 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.