Electoral results for the district of York
# Electoral results for the district of York

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

## Members for York

| Member | Party | Term |
| - | - | - |
| Stephen Henry Parker | Non-aligned | 1890–1892 |
| Frederick Monger | Ministerial | 1892–1903 |
| Richard Burges | Ministerial | 1903–1905 |
| Frederick Monger | Ministerial | 1905–1911 |
| Frederick Monger | Liberal | 1911–1914 |
| Harry Griffiths | Country | 1914–1921 |
| Charles Latham | Country | 1921–1923 |
| Charles Latham | Country (MCP) | 1923–1924 |
| Charles Latham | Nationalist | 1924–1928 |
| Charles Latham | Country | 1928–1942 |
| Charles Perkins | Country | 1942–1950 |

## Election results

### Elections in the 1940s

1947 Western Australian state election: York :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Country | Charles Perkins | 1,621 | 67.1 | +32.5 |
| | Labor | Colin Thorn | 794 | 32.9 | +5.5 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 2,415 | 99.0 | +0.2 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 25 | 1.0 | -0.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,440 | 85.0 | -6.2 |
| | Country hold | Country hold | Swing | +8.9 | |

1943 Western Australian state election: York :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Country | Charles Perkins | 855 | 34.6 | -26.9 |
| | Labor | Douglas McRae | 676 | 27.4 | +27.4 |
| | Independent | John Keast | 515 | 20.9 | -17.6 |
| | Country | Albert Noonan | 422 | 17.1 | +17.1 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 2,468 | 98.8 | -0.6 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 31 | 1.2 | +0.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,499 | 91.2 | -0.8 |
| Two-party-preferred result ||||||
| | Country | Charles Perkins | 1,437 | 58.2 | -3.3 |
| | Labor | Douglas McRae | 1,031 | 41.8 | +3.3 |
| | Country hold | Country hold | Swing | -3.3 | |

1942 York state by-election :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Country | Charles Perkins | 599 | 27.0 | –34.5 |
| | Independent | John Keast | 478 | 21.5 | –17.0 |
| | Labor | Alfred Reynolds | 472 | 21.2 | +21.2 |
| | Independent Country | Albert Noonan | 396 | 17.8 | +17.8 |
| | Independent Labor | Harry Hyams | 170 | 7.7 | +7.7 |
| | Liberal (All-Parties) | Carlyle Ferguson | 107 | 4.8 | +4.8 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 2,222 | 98.8 | –0.6 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 28 | 1.2 | +0.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,250 | 80.3 | –11.7 |
| Two-candidate-preferred result ||||||
| | Country | Charles Perkins | 1,131 | 50.9 | N/A |
| | Independent | John Keast | 1,091 | 49.1 | N/A |
| | Country hold | Country hold | Swing | N/A | |

### Elections in the 1930s

1939 Western Australian state election: York :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Country | Charles Latham | 1,717 | 61.5 | -5.8 |
| | Independent | John Keast | 1,074 | 38.5 | +5.8 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 2,791 | 99.4 | +0.2 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 17 | 0.6 | -0.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,808 | 92.0 | +14.9 |
| | Country hold | Country hold | Swing | -5.8 | |

1936 Western Australian state election: York :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Country | Charles Latham | 1,485 | 67.3 | +7.9 |
| | Independent | John Keast | 720 | 32.7 | +32.7 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 2,205 | 99.2 | +0.8 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 17 | 0.8 | -0.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,222 | 77.1 | -13.5 |
| | Country hold | Country hold | Swing | N/A | |

1933 Western Australian state election: York :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Country | Charles Latham | 1,605 | 59.4 | -40.6 |
| | Independent Country | Donald Sutherland | 555 | 20.5 | +20.5 |
| | Independent | Charles Foreman | 542 | 20.1 | +20.1 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 2,702 | 98.6 | |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 38 | 1.4 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,740 | 90.6 | |
| | Country hold | Country hold | Swing | N/A | |

* Preferences were not distributed.

1930 Western Australian state election: York :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Country | Charles Latham | unopposed | | |
| | Country hold | Country hold | Swing | | |

### Elections in the 1920s

1927 Western Australian state election: York :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Nationalist | Charles Latham | 1,736 | 55.1 | -5.6 |
| | Labor | Walter Butler | 827 | 26.3 | +26.3 |
| | Country | Peter Ledsham | 586 | 18.6 | -20.7 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 3,149 | 98.1 | -1.3 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 62 | 1.9 | +1.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,211 | 72.7 | +8.6 |
| | Nationalist hold | Nationalist hold | Swing | N/A | |

* Preferences were not distributed.

1924 Western Australian state election: York :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Country | Charles Latham | 1,407 | 60.7 | +6.5 |
| | Executive Country | William Burges | 910 | 39.3 | -6.5 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 2,317 | 99.4 | -0.1 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 15 | 0.6 | +0.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,332 | 64.1 | +7.0 |
| | Country hold | Country hold | Swing | +6.5 | |

1921 Western Australian state election: York :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Country | Charles Latham | 859 | 54.2 | -1.8 |
| | Country | William Burges | 727 | 45.8 | +45.8 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 1,586 | 99.5 | +0.1 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 8 | 0.5 | -0.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,594 | 57.1 | +3.4 |
| | Country hold | Country hold | Swing | N/A | |

### Elections in the 1910s

1917 Western Australian state election: York :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | National Country | Harry Griffiths | 852 | 56.1 | –1.5 |
| | National Country | Frederick Monger | 668 | 43.9 | +1.5 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 1,520 | 99.4 | –0.2 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 9 | 0.6 | +0.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,529 | 53.7 | +3.4 |
| | National Country hold | National Country hold | Swing | –1.5 | |

1914 Western Australian state election: York :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Country | Harry Griffiths | 1,116 | 57.5 | +57.5 |
| | Liberal | Frederick Monger | 826 | 42.5 | -4.0 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 1,942 | 99.6 | +1.4 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 7 | 0.4 | -1.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,949 | 50.4 | -14.1 |
| | Country gain from Liberal | Country gain from Liberal | Swing | N/A | |

1911 Western Australian state election: York :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Ministerial | Frederick Monger | 763 | 46.5 |
| | Labor | Henry Dhu | 395 | 24.1 |
| | Ministerial | Charles Baxter | 341 | 20.8 |
| | Ministerial | Edward Neville | 141 | 8.6 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 1,640 | 98.2 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 30 | 1.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,670 | 64.5 |
| Two-party-preferred result ||||||
| | Ministerial | Frederick Monger | 1,104 | 67.3 |
| | Labor | Henry Dhu | 536 | 32.7 |
| | Ministerial hold | Ministerial hold | Swing | |

### Elections in the 1900s

1908 Western Australian state election: York :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Ministerial | Frederick Monger | 633 | 51.5 | -5.9 |
| | Ministerial | Edward Neville | 418 | 34.0 | +34.0 |
| | Ministerial | John Taylor | 179 | 14.5 | +14.5 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 1,230 | 98.6 | -1.0 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 18 | 1.4 | +1.0 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 1,248 | 65.7 | +15.3 |
| | Ministerial hold | Ministerial hold | Swing | N/A | |

1905 Western Australian state election: York :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Ministerial | Frederick Monger | 315 | 57.4 | –42.6 |
| | Ministerial | Hugh Roche | 234 | 42.6 | +42.6 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 549 | 99.6 | n/a |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 2 | 0.4 | n/a |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 551 | 50.4 | n/a |
| | Ministerial hold | Ministerial hold | Swing | N/A | |

1904 Western Australian state election: York :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Ministerial | Richard Burges | unopposed | | |
| | Ministerial hold | Ministerial hold | Swing | | |

1903 York state by-election :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Ministerial | Richard Burges | 346 | 59.9 | N/A |
| | Opposition | Hugh Roche | 127 | 22.0 | +22.0 |
| | Opposition | Percy Wardell-Johnson | 105 | 18.2 | +18.2 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 578 | 100 | |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 0 | 0 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 578 | 52.4 | |
| | Ministerial hold | Ministerial hold | Swing | N/A | |

1901 Western Australian state election: York :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Ministerial | Frederick Monger | unopposed | | |
| | Ministerial hold | Ministerial hold | Swing | | |

### Elections in the 1890s

1899 York colonial by-election :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Ministerial | Frederick Monger | unopposed | | |
| | Ministerial hold | Ministerial hold | Swing | | |

1897 Western Australian colonial election: York :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Ministerial | Frederick Monger | unopposed | | |
| | Ministerial hold | Ministerial hold | Swing | | |

1894 Western Australian colonial election: York :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | None | Frederick Monger | unopposed | | |

1892 York colonial by-election :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | None | Frederick Monger | unopposed | | |

1890 Western Australian colonial election: York :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | None | Stephen Parker | 196 | 75.4 | n/a |
| | None | Joseph Pyke | 64 | 24.6 | n/a |
