Forrest was an

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of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of

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from 1904 to 1950. It was based in the

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region of the state, in the timber milling areas near the town of Dwellingup. From the first time it was contested at the 1904 state election, the district was always a reliable Labor Party seat. Its first member was Albert Wilson. He was succeeded at the 1908 state election by

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. O'Loughlen resigned the seat to contest the federal division of

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at the

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. The by-election to replace him was won by Labor candidate

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, who stood unopposed. But with O'Loughlen losing the contest for the federal seat of Swan, Moore resigned before he could be seated and O'Loughlen won a second by-election. O'Loughlen's death in 1923 triggered a by-election that was won by Labor candidate John Holman. Holman himself died in 1925 and was succeeded at the subsequent by-election by his daughter May Holman. May Holman—the first female representative of an Australian parliament to belong to the Labor Party—held the seat until her death in a car accident on the day of the 1939 state election. The by-election to succeed her was won by her brother

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. He was succeeded at the 1947 state election by Alfred Reynolds, who held the seat until its abolition at the 1950 state election.

Members for Forrest

Election results

{{Former electoral districts of Western Australia Forrest