This is a list of electoral results for the Electoral district of North Murchison in Western Australian state elections. ## Members for North Murchison[edit] Member | Party | Term | | | Henry Kenny | Opposition | 1897–1899 | Frederick Moorhead | Ministerial | 1899–1901 | John Holman | Labour | 1901–1904 ## Election results[edit] ### Elections in the 1900s[edit] 1901 North Murchison Ministerial by-election Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | | | | | Labour | John Holman | 188 | 55.6 | +32.8 | Ministerial | Frederick Moorhead | 150 | 44.4 | -32.8 Total formal votes | 338 | 98.3 | +0.2 Informal votes | 6 | 1.7 | -0.2 Turnout | 344 | 40.8 | +1.7 | Labour gain from Ministerial | Swing | +32.8 | 1901 Western Australian state election: North Murchison[1] Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | | | | | Opposition | Frederick Moorhead | 233 | 77.2 | –22.8 | Labour | George Carlton | 69 | 22.8 | +22.8 Total formal votes | 302 | 98.1 | n/a Informal votes | 6 | 1.9 | n/a Turnout | 308 | 39.1 | n/a | Opposition hold | Swing | N/A | * Moorhead had been elected unopposed at the previous election (a ministerial by-election in 1899). ### Elections in the 1890s[edit] 1899 North Murchison colonial by-election Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | | | | | Ministerial | Frederick Moorhead | 118 | 56.2 | +9.3 | Opposition | Joseph Thomson | 92 | 43.8 | -9.3 Total formal votes | 210 | 98.6 | +0.6 Informal votes | 3 | 1.4 | -0.6 Turnout | 213 | 69.4 | +16.5 | Ministerial gain from Opposition | Swing | +9.3 | 1897 Western Australian colonial election: North Murchison Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | | | | | Opposition | Henry Kenny | 52 | 53.1 | | Ministerial | Frederick Moorhead | 46 | 46.9 | Total formal votes | 98 | 98.0 | Informal votes | 2 | 2.0 | Turnout | 100 | 52.9 | | Opposition hold | Swing | | ## References[edit] 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. * v * t * e Electoral results for the former districts of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly * Alfred Cove * Applecross * Ascot * Ashburton * Avon * Balga * Ballajura * Bayswater * Beeloo * Beverley * Blackwood * Blackwood-Stirling * Boulder * Brown Hill * Brown Hill-Ivanhoe * Burrup * Canning * Capel * Central Murchison * Claremont * Clontarf * Cockburn Sound * Coolgardie * Cue * Dale * De Grey * Dianella * Dundas * East Coolgardie * East Fremantle * East Kimberley * East Melville * East Perth * Esperance-Dundas * Eyre * Floreat * Forrest * Gascoyne * Glendalough * Gosnells * Greenough * Guildford * Hannans * Harvey * Helena * Innaloo * Irwin * Ivanhoe * Kanowna * Karrinyup * Katanning * Kenwick * Leederville * Marangaroo * Marmion * Melville * Menzies * Merredin * Middle Swan * Mindarie * Mitchell * Mount Burges * Mount Hawthorn * Mount Leonora * Mount Magnet * Mount Margaret * Mount Marshall * Mundaring * Murchison-Eyre * Murdoch * Nannine * Narrogin * Nelson * Ningaloo * Nollamara * North Coolgardie * North Fremantle * North Murchison * North Perth * North-East Coolgardie * North-East Fremantle * Northam * Northern Rivers * Ocean Reef * Peel * Pingelly * Plantagenet * Roe * Roebourne * Roleystone * Serpentine-Jarrahdale * South Fremantle * South Murchison * Stirling * Subiaco * Sussex * Swan * Thornlie * Toodyay * Wagin * Wellington * Welshpool * Wembley * Wembley Beaches * West Kimberley * West Perth * Whitford * Williams * Yalgoo * Yilgarn * Yilgarn-Coolgardie * Yilgarn-Dundas * Yokine * York *[v]: View this template *[t]: Discuss this template *[e]: Edit this template