Electoral results for the district of South Murchison
This is a list of electoral results for the Electoral district of South Murchison in Western Australian state elections.
Members for South Murchison
[edit]| Member | Party | Term | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cornthwaite Rason | Ministerial | 1897–1901 | |
Election results
[edit]Elections in the 1890s
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ministerialist | Cornthwaite Rason | 87 | 40.8 | ||
| Ministerialist | Frederick Trude | 80 | 37.6 | ||
| Independent | Malcolm Reid | 39 | 18.3 | ||
| Opposition | John Perryman | 7 | 3.3 | ||
| Total formal votes | 213 | 98.6 | |||
| Informal votes | 3 | 1.4 | |||
| Turnout | 216 | 54.1 | |||
| Ministerialist hold | Swing | ||||
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.