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Elections were held in the
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of
Western Australia Western Australia (commonly abbreviated as WA) is a state of Australia occupying the western percent of the land area of Australia excluding external territories. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Southern Ocean to th ...
on 15 February 1936 to elect all 50 members to the Legislative Assembly. The Labor Party, led by Premier
Philip Collier Philip Collier (21 April 1873 – 18 October 1948) was an Australian politician who served as the 14th Premier of Western Australia from 1924 to 1930 and from 1933 to 1936. He was leader of the Labor Party from 1917 to 1936, and is Western Au ...
, won a second term in office against the
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and
Nationalist Nationalism is an idea and movement that holds that the nation should be congruent with the state. As a movement, nationalism tends to promote the interests of a particular nation (as in a group of people), Smith, Anthony. ''Nationalism: Th ...
parties, led by
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Charles Latham and
Norbert Keenan Sir Norbert Michael Keenan QC (30 January 1864 – 24 April 1954) was an Australian lawyer and politician who was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia from 1905 to 1911 and again from 1930 to 1950. He was the leader of the ...
respectively. The only member to retire at the election was Labor member for
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James Cunningham, who transferred to the
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the following year.


Results

At the election, 5 sitting members (four Labor and one Nationalist) were defeated—three of them by independents. In Maylands, one-term MLA
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(Labor) was defeated by independent Nationalist
Harry Shearn Harry Vivian Shearn (28 April 1892 – 21 January 1951) was an Australian politician who was an independent member of the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia from 1936 until his death, representing the seat of Maylands. Shearn was born ...
, who won with preferences from two endorsed nationalists. In
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, Minister for Employment and Labour James Kenneally was defeated by former Labor member
Thomas Hughes Thomas Hughes (20 October 182222 March 1896) was an English lawyer, judge, politician and author. He is most famous for his novel ''Tom Brown's School Days'' (1857), a semi-autobiographical work set at Rugby School, which Hughes had attended. ...
, and the Nationalist member for
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, John Henry Smith, was defeated by independent
Clarence Doust Clarence Isaac Doust (3 August 1885 – 19 April 1961) was an Australian farmer and politician who was an independent member of the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia from 1936 to 1939, representing the seat of Nelson. Doust was born i ...
. The remaining seats, Subiaco and Albany, were lost by Labor to the Nationalist and Country parties respectively. : 247,465 electors were enrolled to vote at the election, but 15 of the 50 seats were uncontested—10 Labor seats representing 33,038 enrolled voters, 1 Nationalist seat representing 3,933 voters and 4 Country seats representing 16,284 voters.


See also

*
Members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly, 1933–1936 This is a list of members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly between the 1933 election and the 1936 election, together known as the 15th Parliament. Notes : Following the 1933 state election a new Ministry consisting of eight m ...
*
Members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly, 1936–1939 This is a list of members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly between the 1936 election and the 1939 election, together known as the 16th Parliament. Notes : Two months into his term, the election of the Independent member for Ea ...
* Second Collier Ministry


References

{{Western Australian elections Elections in Western Australia 1936 elections in Australia 1930s in Western Australia February 1936 events