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Electoral results for the district of Guildford

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

Members for Guildford

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Guildford (1901–1930)
Member Party Term
  Hector Rason Opposition 1901–1904
  Ministerial 1904–1906
  William Johnson Labor 1906–1917
  Joseph Davies National Labor 1917–1924
  William Johnson Labor 1924–1930
Guildford-Midland (1930–1962)
  William Johnson Labor 1930–1948
  John Brady Labor 1948–1962

Election results

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Elections in the 1950s

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1959 Western Australian state election: Guildford-Midland[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor John Brady 7,689 94.0 0.0
Communist John Gandini 493 6.0 0.0
Total formal votes 8,182 90.8 −4.5
Informal votes 824 9.2 +4.5
Turnout 9,006 92.6 +0.5
Labor hold Swing 0.0
1956 Western Australian state election: Guildford-Midland
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor John Brady 8,108 94.0
Communist Albert Marks 516 6.0
Total formal votes 8,624 95.3
Informal votes 429 4.7
Turnout 9,053 92.1
Labor hold Swing
1953 Western Australian state election: Guildford-Midland
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor John Brady 7,910 92.8 +34.3
Communist Albert Marks 614 7.2 −0.3
Total formal votes 8,524 93.8 −4.4
Informal votes 562 6.2 +4.4
Turnout 9,086 94.0 −1.1
Labor hold Swing N/A
1950 Western Australian state election: Guildford-Midland
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor John Brady 4,931 58.5
Liberal and Country Irene Seaton 2,869 34.0
Communist Alexander Jolly 633 7.5
Total formal votes 8,433 98.2
Informal votes 152 1.8
Turnout 8,585 92.9
Two-party-preferred result
Labor John Brady 65.2
Liberal and Country Irene Seaton 34.8
Labor hold Swing
  • Two party preferred vote was estimated.

Elections in the 1940s

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1948 Guildford-Midland state by-election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor John Brady 2,465 37.6 –9.8
Liberal David Grayden 2,189 33.4 –1.2
Communist Alexander Jolly 1,264 19.3 +0.4
Independent Liberal Charles Plunkett 269 4.1 +4.1
Country Walter Chamberlain 243 3.7 +3.7
Independent Joseph Davies 60 0.9 +0.9
Independent Liberal James Collins 60 0.9 +0.9
Total formal votes 6,550 96.5 –1.3
Informal votes 269 3.5 +1.3
Turnout 6,787 90.0 +3.2
Two-candidate-preferred result
Labor John Brady 3,515 53.7 –4.5
Liberal David Grayden 3,035 46.3 +4.5
Labor hold Swing –4.5
  • Collins and Davies recorded the same number of first-preference votes, but Collins' preferences were distributed first.
1947 Western Australian state election: Guildford-Midland
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor William Johnson 3,058 46.5 −7.1
Liberal Arthur Thompson 2,272 34.6 +34.6
Communist Alexander Jolly 1,243 18.9 +18.9
Total formal votes 6,573 97.8 +0.1
Informal votes 150 2.2 −0.1
Turnout 6,723 86.8 −3.4
Two-party-preferred result
Labor William Johnson 3,826 58.2
Liberal Arthur Thompson 2,747 41.8
Labor hold Swing N/A
1943 Western Australian state election: Guildford-Midland
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor William Johnson 3,218 53.6 −11.3
Independent Labor Francis Tuohy 1,834 30.5 +30.5
Ind. Nationalist Leonard Seaton 955 13.9 +13.9
Total formal votes 6,007 97.7 −0.5
Informal votes 140 2.3 +0.5
Turnout 6,147 90.2 −3.3
Labor hold Swing N/A
  • Preferences were not distributed.

Elections in the 1930s

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1939 Western Australian state election: Guildford-Midland
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor William Johnson 3,797 64.9 −35.1
Independent Joseph Batkin 2,054 35.1 +35.1
Total formal votes 5,851 98.2
Informal votes 109 1.8
Turnout 5,960 93.5
Labor hold Swing N/A
1936 Western Australian state election: Guildford-Midland
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor William Johnson unopposed
Labor hold Swing
1933 Western Australian state election: Guildford-Midland
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor William Johnson 3,930 70.8 −29.2
Nationalist Robert Crowther 1,624 29.2 +29.2
Total formal votes 5,554 98.2
Informal votes 100 1.8
Turnout 5,654 93.1
Labor hold Swing N/A
1930 Western Australian state election: Guildford-Midland
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor William Johnson unopposed
Labor hold Swing

Elections in the 1920s

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1927 Western Australian state election: Guildford
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor William Johnson 4,951 64.1 +8.3
Nationalist Hubert Parker 2,768 35.9 −8.3
Total formal votes 7,719 99.3 −0.2
Informal votes 55 0.7 +0.2
Turnout 7,774 71.9 +0.7
Labor hold Swing +8.3
1924 Western Australian state election: Guildford
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor William Johnson 3,552 55.8 +9.8
National Labor Joseph Davies 2,814 44.2 −5.0
Total formal votes 6,366 99.5 +1.3
Informal votes 32 0.5 −1.3
Turnout 6,398 71.2 +1.3
Labor gain from National Labor Swing +8.7
1921 Western Australian state election: Guildford
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National Labor Joseph Davies 2,621 49.2 +17.3
Labor William Johnson 2,454 46.0 +2.9
National Labor Henry Berry 256 4.8 +4.8
Total formal votes 5,331 98.2 +0.3
Informal votes 98 1.8 −0.3
Turnout 5,429 69.9 +4.1
Two-candidate-preferred result
National Labor Joseph Davies 2,819 52.9 −2.5
Labor William Johnson 2,512 47.1 +2.5
National Labor hold Swing −2.5

Elections in the 1910s

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1917 Western Australian state election: Guildford
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor William Johnson 2,055 43.1 –26.4
National Labor Joseph Davies 1,522 32.0 +32.0
Nationalist George Hiscox 539 11.3 +11.3
Nationalist William Crosbie 397 8.3 +8.3
Nationalist Ernest Kerruish 251 5.3 +5.3
Total formal votes 4,764 97.9 –1.1
Informal votes 104 2.1 +1.1
Turnout 4,868 65.8 +11.0
Two-party-preferred result
National Labor Joseph Davies 2,639 55.4 +55.4
Labor William Johnson 2,125 44.6 –24.9
National Labor gain from Labor Swing +55.4
1914 Western Australian state election: Guildford
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor William Johnson 3,119 69.5 +2.8
Liberal Harold Tuckfield 1,372 30.5 +13.8
Total formal votes 4,491 99.0 +0.3
Informal votes 46 1.0 −0.3
Turnout 4,537 54.8 −27.8
Labor hold Swing N/A
1911 Western Australian state election: Guildford
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor William Johnson 2,682 66.7
Ministerialist Frederick Percy 672 16.7
Ministerialist Percival Robinson 554 13.8
Ministerialist Peter Gugeri 114 2.8
Total formal votes 4,022 98.7
Informal votes 51 1.3
Turnout 4,073 82.6
Labor hold Swing
  • Preferences were not distributed.

Elections in the 1900s

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1908 Western Australian state election: Guildford
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour William Johnson 1,980 69.6 +69.6
Ministerialist Hubert Gull 534 18.8 −81.2
Ministerialist George Lefroy 306 10.7 +10.7
Ministerialist Edward Stevens 26 0.9 +0.9
Total formal votes 2,846 98.3
Informal votes 49 1.7
Turnout 2,895 79.7
Labour gain from Ministerialist Swing
1906 Guildford state by-election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor William Johnson 1,747 68.3 +68.3
Ministerialist Ferdinand Farrall 811 31.7 N/A
Total formal votes 2,558 99.6
Informal votes 10 0.4
Turnout 2,568 47.5
Labor gain from Ministerialist Swing N/A
1905 Western Australian state election: Guildford
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Ministerialist Hector Rason unopposed
Ministerialist hold Swing
1904 Western Australian state election: Guildford
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Ministerialist Hector Rason 1,343 69.0 +2.9
Labour Samuel Jackson 604 31.0 +31.0
Total formal votes 1,947 99.2 +0.8
Informal votes 15 0.8 –0.8
Turnout 1,962 48.5 n/a
Ministerialist hold Swing +2.9
1901 Western Australian state election: Guildford
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Ministerialist Hector Rason 241 29.9 +29.9
Independent Arthur Gull 339 28.4 +28.4
Opposition Henry Downing 180 22.3 +22.3
Ministerialist Alexander Watt 157 19.4 +19.4
Total formal votes 807 99.1 n/a
Informal votes 7 0.9 n/a
Turnout 814 57.6 n/a
Ministerialist win (new seat)

References

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  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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