East Fremantle was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of

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from 1897 to 1911. Based in urban

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, the district was first contested at the 1897 election. Its first member was Ministerialist Joseph Holmes who was defeated by

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of the Labor Party at the 1904 election. Holmes turned the tables by defeating Angwin at the 1905 election, however this result was successfully challenged and Angwin won the subsequent

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. The district ceased to exist at the 1911 election when it was amalgamated with the neighbouring district of

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into the new district of North-East Fremantle, which then became Angwin's new seat.

Members

Election results

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