Electoral results for the district of Coolgardie

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

Members for Coolgardie

Members		Party	Term
	Alf Morgans	Ministerial	1897–1904
	Henry Ellis	Labor	1904–1905
		Independent Labor	1905
	William Eddy	Ministerial	1905–1908
	Charles McDowall	Labor	1908–1916
	George Lambert	Labor	1916–1930

Election results

Elections in the 1920s

1927 Western Australian state election: Coolgardie

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	George Lambert	477	69.9	-30.1
	Nationalist	William Vale	205	30.1	+30.1
Total formal votes			682	99.3
Informal votes			5	0.7
Turnout			687	72.4
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

1924 Western Australian state election: Coolgardie

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	George Lambert	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

1921 Western Australian state election: Coolgardie

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	George Lambert	565	60.8	+6.9
	National Labor	Peter Wedd	222	23.9	-9.0
	Independent	William Faahan	143	15.4	+15.4
Total formal votes			930	97.5	-0.5
Informal votes			24	2.5	+0.5
Turnout			954	66.3	-5.6
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

• Preferences were not distributed.

Elections in the 1910s

1917 Western Australian state election: Coolgardie

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	George Lambert	744	53.9	–46.1
	National Labor	Albert Pascoe	455	33.0	+33.0
	National Labor	Samuel Scotson	182	13.2	+13.2
Total formal votes			1,381	98.0	n/a
Informal votes			28	2.0	n/a
Turnout			1,409	71.9	n/a
	Labor hold		Swing	–46.1

• The previous Labor candidate, Charles McDowall, had been elected unopposed in 1914.

1916 Coolgardie state by-election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	George Lambert	1,164	71.9	N/A
	Independent	Donald MacPherson	340	21.0	+21.0
	Independent	John Boileau	115	7.1	+7.1
Total formal votes			1,619	N/A	N/A
Informal votes			N/A	N/A	N/A
Turnout			N/A	N/A	N/A
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

1914 Western Australian state election: Coolgardie

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Charles McDowall	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

1911 Western Australian state election: Coolgardie

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Charles McDowall	1,348	62.7
	Independent	Henry Ellis	802	37.3
Total formal votes			2,150	99.6
Informal votes			9	0.4
Turnout			2,159	71.9
	Labor hold		Swing

Elections in the 1900s

1908 Western Australian state election: Coolgardie

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Charles McDowall	1,010	60.1	+25.6
	Ministerialist	William Eddy	670	39.9	+3.9
Total formal votes			1,680	99.3	+3.0
Informal votes			12	0.7	-3.0
Turnout			1,692	89.7	+33.4
	Labour gain from Ministerialist		Swing	N/A

1906 Coolgardie state by-election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ministerialist	William Eddy	1,051	52.5	+16.5
	Labor	Charles McDowall	951	47.5	+13.0
Total formal votes			2,002	99.2	+2.9
Informal votes			17	0.8	-2.9
Turnout			2,019	73.4	+17.1
	Ministerialist hold		Swing	N/A

1905 Western Australian state election: Coolgardie

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ministerialist	William Eddy	544	36.0	–5.5
	Labour	Charles McDowall	521	34.5	–24.0
	Independent Labour	Henry Ellis	446	29.5	+29.5
Total formal votes			1,511	96.3	–2.9
Informal votes			58	0.8	+2.9
Turnout			1,569	56.3	–3.4
	Ministerialist gain from Independent Labour		Swing	–5.5

1904 Western Australian state election: Coolgardie

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Henry Ellis	1,159	58.5	+58.5
	Ministerialist	William Eddy	821	41.5	+41.5
Total formal votes			1,980	99.2	–0.7
Informal votes			15	0.8	+0.7
Turnout			1,995	59.7	+19.6
	Labour gain from Ministerialist		Swing	+58.5

1901 Western Australian state election: Coolgardie

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ministerialist	Alfred Morgans	811	50.8	–20.0
	Labour	Peter Wedd	414	25.9	+25.9
	Opposition	James MacCallum Smith	372	23.3	+23.3
Total formal votes			1,597	99.2	+1.4
Informal votes			13	0.8	–1.4
Turnout			1,610	43.2	+1.9
	Ministerialist hold		Swing	–20.0

Elections in the 1890s

1897 Western Australian colonial election: Coolgardie

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ministerialist	Alf Morgans	595	70.8
	Opposition	Alfred Hales	245	29.2
Total formal votes			840	97.8
Informal votes			19	2.2
Turnout			859	41.3
	Ministerialist hold		Swing