1904 Western Australian state election

1904 Western Australian state election

← 1901 28 June 1904 1905 →
All 50 seats in the Western Australian Legislative Assembly
First party Second party   Leader Walter James Robert Hastie Party Ministerialist Labour Leader since 1 July 1902 10 May 1901 Leader's seat East Perth Kanowna Last election 19 seats 6 seats Seats won 18 seats 22 seats Seat change 1 16 Percentage 36.69% 42.57% Swing 16.46 16.70
Premier before election Walter James Ministerialist Elected Premier Walter James Ministerialist

Elections were held in the Australian state of Western Australia on 28 June 1904 to elect 50 members to the state's Legislative Assembly.

The election resulted in a hung parliament. The Labour Party, led by Robert Hastie, won 22 seats, while the governing Ministerialists won 18 seats, and independents won 10 seats. Walter James, who had been premier since July 1902, initially continued on in the role after the election. The Labour Party elected a new leader, Henry Daglish, on 8 July.^[1] Daglish successfully moved a motion of no confidence on 2 August, and after James's resignation became premier on 10 August. He was Western Australia's first premier from the Labour Party.

Results

See also

• Members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly, 1901–1904
• Members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly, 1904–1905

Notes

¹ The total number of enrolled voters was 163,826, of whom 25,511 were registered in ten uncontested seats. Five of the uncontested seats were won by Labour, three by Ministerialists, and two by independents.

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