1927 Western Australian state election

Australian state election

1927 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 | United | Country
Leader since  | 16 April 1917  | 17 May 1919  | 15 December 1923
Leader's seat  | Boulder | Northam | Katanning
Last election  | 27 seats  | 16 seats  | 6 seats
Seats won  | 27 seats  | 16 seats  | 7 seats
Seat change  | 0  | 0  | 1
Percentage  | 45.33%  | 36.85%  | 15.97%
Swing  | 4.94  | 1.71  | 3.89

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| Premier before election

Philip Collier
Labor

| Elected Premier

Philip Collier
Labor

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Elections were held in the state of Western Australia on 26 March 1927 to elect all 50 members to the Legislative Assembly. The incumbent Labor Party government, led by Premier Philip Collier, won a second term in government against the United-Country opposition, led by Opposition Leader James Mitchell.

## Results

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See also: Results of the Western Australian state election, 1927 (Legislative Assembly)

Western Australian state election, 26 March 1927[1]
Legislative Assembly
<< 1924–1930 >>

Enrolled voters  | 194,087[1] |  |
Votes cast  | 142,506  |  | Turnout | 73.42%  | +11.05%
Informal votes  | 2,000  |  | Informal  | 1.40%  | +0.24%
Summary of votes by party
Party  | Primary votes  | %  | Swing  | Seats  | Change
| Labor | 63,687  | 45.33%  | +4.94%  | 27 | ± 0
| United Party | 51,774  | 36.85%  | –1.71%  | 16  | ± 0
| Country | 22,439  | 15.97%  | +3.89%  | 7  | \+ 1
| Independent | 1,803  | 1.28%  | –3.23%  | 0  | ± 0
| Other  | 803  | 0.57%  | *  | 0  | ± 0
Total  | 140,506  |  |  | 50  |

1 210,949 electors were enrolled to vote at the election, but 9 of the 50 seats were uncontested, with 16,862 electors enrolled in those seats. All 9 of these seats were held by Labor.

* The United Party operated as a combination of the Nationalist Party and the Majority Country Party from the previous election. In 1923, the Country Party had split into Majority and Executive factions.

## See also

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* Candidates of the 1927 Western Australian state election
* Members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly, 1924–1927
* Members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly, 1927–1930
* First Collier Ministry

## References

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1. ^ "Details of 1927 Election". Australian Politics and Elections Database. University of Western Australia.

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