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Electoral results for the district of Mount Burges

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Western Australian district election results

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

Members for Mount Burges

Member Party Term
  Fergie Reid Labour 1901–1904

Election results

Elections in the 1900s

1901 Western Australian state election: Mount Burges
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Fergie Reid 586 69.0 +69.0
Opposition Charles McDowall 261 30.7 +30.7
Independent J. Thompson 2 0.2 +0.2
Total formal votes 849 98.4 n/a
Informal votes 14 1.6 n/a
Turnout 863 33.6 n/a
Labour win (new seat)
  • J. (Joseph?) Thompson withdrew from the race after the close of nominations, and his name consequently remained on the ballot paper.

References

  1. Prescott, David Black with the assistance of Valerie (1997). Election statistics : Legislative Assembly of Western Australia, 1890-1996. Perth, : Western Australian Parliamentary History Project and Western Australian Electoral Commission. ISBN 0730984095.
Electoral results for the former districts of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly
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