Western Australian state election, 1924

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22 March 1924 1927 → 17 May 1919 1923 30 seats - Start date March 22, 1924		16 April 1917 17 May 1919 17 seats 30 seats 27 seats 17 seats

Winner Philip Collier

Elections were held in the state of Western Australia on 22 March 1924 to elect all 50 members to the Legislative Assembly. The incumbent Nationalist-Majority Country government, led by Premier James Mitchell, was defeated by the Labor Party opposition, led by Opposition Leader Philip Collier.

Results

¹ 189,869 electors were enrolled to vote at the election, but 12 of the 50 seats were uncontested, with 30,513 electors enrolled in those seats. Of these, 11 were held by Labor and 1 was held by the Nationalists.

The Country Party had split in 1923 into Majority and Executive factions. The Majority faction supported the Nationalist party government, while the Executive faction sought a more independent way for the party.

References

Western Australian state election, 1924 Wikipedia

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