1924 Western Australian state election

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All 50 seats in the Western Australian Legislative Assembly
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Leader  | Philip Collier | James Mitchell | Alec Thomson
Party  | Labor | Nationalist/Country coalition | Country
Leader since  | 16 April 1917  | 17 May 1919  | 1923
Leader's seat  | Boulder | Northam | Katanning
Last election  | 17 seats  | 30 seats  | \-
Seats won  | 27 seats  | 17 seats  | 6 seats
Seat change  | 10  | 13  | 6
Percentage  | 40.39%  | 42.47%  | 12.08%
Swing  | 3.58  | 13.12  | 12.08

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| Premier before election

James Mitchell
Nationalist/Country coalition

| Elected Premier

Philip Collier
Labor

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Elections were held in the state of Western Australia on 22 March 1924 to elect all 50 members to the Legislative Assembly. The incumbent Nationalist-Majority Country government, led by Premier James Mitchell, was defeated by the Labor Party opposition, led by Opposition Leader Philip Collier.

## Results

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See also: Results of the Western Australian state election, 1924 (Legislative Assembly)

Western Australian state election, 22 March 1924[1]
Legislative Assembly
<< 1921–1927 >>

Enrolled voters  | 159,356[1] |  |
Votes cast  | 99,391  |  | Turnout | 62.37%  | –4.97%
Informal votes  | 1,151  |  | Informal  | 1.16%  | –0.48%
Summary of votes by party
Party  | Primary votes  | %  | Swing  | Seats  | Change
| Labor | 39,679  | 40.39%  | +3.58%  | 27 | \+ 10
| Nationalist | 25,282  | 25.73%  | –2.00%  | 9  | – 1
| Majority Country | 12,600  | 12.83%  | –4.95%  | 7  | – 9
| Executive Country | 11,872  | 12.08%  | *  | 6  | \+ 6
| National Labor | 3,846  | 3.91%  | –6.16%  | 1  | – 3
| Independent | 4,426  | 4.51%  | –3.09%  | 0  | – 3
| Other  | 535  | 0.54%  | *  | 0  | ± 0
Total  | 98,240  |  |  | 50  |

1 189,869 electors were enrolled to vote at the election, but 12 of the 50 seats were uncontested, with 30,513 electors enrolled in those seats. Of these, 11 were held by Labor and 1 was held by the Nationalists.

* The Country Party had split in 1923 into Majority and Executive factions. The Majority faction supported the Nationalist party government, while the Executive faction sought a more independent way for the party.

## See also

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* Members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly, 1921–1924
* Members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly, 1924–1927
* First Collier Ministry

## References

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1. ^ "Details of 1924 Election". Australian Politics and Elections Database. University of Western Australia.

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