Electoral results for the district of Mount Magnet

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

Members for Mount Magnet

This section is an excerpt from Electoral district of Mount Magnet § Members.[edit]

Members		Party	Term
	Frank Wallace	Opposition	1901–1904
	Frank Troy	Labor	1904–1939
	Lucien Triat	Labor	1939–1950

Election results

Elections in the 1940s

1947 Western Australian state election: Mount Magnet

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Lucien Triat	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

1943 Western Australian state election: Mount Magnet

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Lucien Triat	1,075	68.7	+13.7
	Independent Labor	Arthur Cooper	489	31.3	+31.3
Total formal votes			1,564	97.4	+0.1
Informal votes			41	2.6	-0.1
Turnout			1,605	72.1	-9.6
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Elections in the 1930s

1939 Western Australian state election: Mount Magnet

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Lucien Triat	1,548	55.0	-45.0
	Country	Peter Cassey	839	29.8	+29.8
	Independent	Arthur Cooper	429	15.2	+15.2
Total formal votes			2,816	97.3
Informal votes			79	2.7
Turnout			2,895	81.7
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

1936 Western Australian state election: Mount Magnet

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Michael Troy	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

1933 Western Australian state election: Mount Magnet

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Michael Troy	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

1930 Western Australian state election: Mount Magnet

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Michael Troy	929	58.9
	Labor	Peter Cowan	648	41.1
Total formal votes			1,577	99.2
Informal votes			12	0.8
Turnout			1,589	79.1
	Labor hold		Swing

Elections in the 1920s

1927 Western Australian state election: Mount Magnet

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Michael Troy	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

1924 Western Australian state election: Mount Magnet

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Michael Troy	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

1921 Western Australian state election: Mount Magnet

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Michael Troy	710	80.1	-19.9
	Nationalist	William Woodgate	114	12.8	+12.8
	Country	Louis Dewar	63	7.1	+7.1
Total formal votes			887	98.7
Informal votes			12	1.3
Turnout			899	72.4
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

• Preferences were not distributed.

Elections in the 1910s

1917 Western Australian state election: Mount Magnet

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Frank Troy	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

1914 Western Australian state election: Mount Magnet

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Michael Troy	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

1911 Western Australian state election: Mount Magnet

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Michael Troy	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

Elections in the 1900s

1908 Western Australian state election: Mount Magnet

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Michael Troy	unopposed
	Labour hold		Swing

1905 Western Australian state election: Mount Magnet

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Frank Troy	557	66.2	+4.9
	Ministerialist	George Baxter	285	33.8	–4.9
Total formal votes			842	98.6	–2.8
Informal votes			12	1.4	+2.8
Turnout			854	45.4	–3.2
	Labour hold		Swing	+4.9

1904 Western Australian state election: Mount Magnet

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Frank Troy	721	61.3	+28.5
	Ministerialist	Joseph Bryant	456	38.7	+38.7
Total formal votes			1,177	95.8	–3.9
Informal votes			52	4.2	+3.9
Turnout			1,227	48.6	+0.4
	Labour gain from Opposition		Swing	+28.5

1901 Western Australian state election: Mount Magnet

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Opposition	Frank Wallace	265	41.1	+41.1
	Labour	John Holman	211	32.8	+32.8
	Ministerialist	Alec Clydesdale	168	26.1	+26.1
Total formal votes			644	99.7	n/a
Informal votes			2	0.3	n/a
Turnout			646	48.2	n/a
	Opposition win		(new seat)