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Electoral results for the district of Dundas (Western Australia)

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

Members for Dundas

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Member Party Term
  John Conolly Independent 1897–1901
  Albert Thomas Independent 1901–1905
  Charles Hudson Labor 1905–1911

Election results

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Elections in the 1900s

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1908 Western Australian state election: Dundas[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Charles Hudson 831 59.9 +21.6
Independent Albert Thomas 557 40.1 +3.0
Total formal votes 1,388 99.1 +0.4
Informal votes 12 0.9 −0.4
Turnout 1,400 79.6 +18.1
Labour hold Swing N/A
1905 Western Australian state election: Dundas
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Charles Hudson 382 38.3 –7.7
Independent Albert Thomas 370 37.1 –16.9
Independent Labour Robert Stewart 245 24.6 +24.6
Total formal votes 997 98.7 –0.5
Informal votes 13 1.3 +0.5
Turnout 1,010 61.5 –3.3
Labour gain from Independent Swing –5.5
1904 Western Australian state election: Dundas
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Albert Thomas 695 54.0 +11.7
Labour Robert Stewart 592 46.0 +20.6
Total formal votes 1,287 99.2 +3.4
Informal votes 10 0.8 –3.4
Turnout 1,297 64.8 +9.9
Independent hold Swing +11.7
1901 Western Australian state election: Dundas
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Albert Thomas 348 42.3 +42.3
Independent Robert Stewart 209 25.4 +25.4
Labour Thomas Beattie 194 23.5 +23.5
Opposition Cyrus McFarlane 73 8.9 +8.9
Total formal votes 824 95.8 +1.4
Informal votes 36 4.2 –1.4
Turnout 860 54.9 –19.1
Independent hold Swing N/A

Elections in the 1890s

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1897 Western Australian colonial election: Dundas
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Ind. Ministerialist John Conolly 85 41.7
Opposition Edward Harney 72 35.3
Independent Arthur Austin 47 23.0
Total formal votes 204 94.4
Informal votes 12 5.6
Turnout 216 74.0
Ind. Ministerialist hold Swing

References

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  1. ^ Prescott, David Black with the assistance of Valerie (1997). Election statistics : Legislative Assembly of Western Australia, 1890-1996. Perth, [W.A.]: Western Australian Parliamentary History Project and Western Australian Electoral Commission. ISBN 0730984095.