This is a list of electoral results for the
Electoral district of East Perth
East Perth was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia from 1890 to 1962.
Based in inner urban Perth, the district was one of the original 30 seats contested at the 1890 election. The dis ...
in
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 ...
n state elections.
Members for East Perth
Election results
Elections in the 1950s
Elections in the 1940s
* Preferences were not distributed.
* Preferences were not distributed.
Elections in the 1930s
* This by-election was caused by the sitting 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. ...
being declared bankrupt, and had to resign his seat. He settled his finances and was able to re-contest the seat in the by-election.
* Preferences were not distributed.
Elections in the 1920s
* Preferences were not distributed.
* This by-election was caused by the resignation of sitting member
Jack Simons
John "Jack" Joseph Simons (also widely known and referred to as J. J. Simons and J. J. "Boss" Simons (12 August 1882 – 24 October 1948) was an Australian businessman and politician, best known for establishing the Young Australia League.
Ear ...
after he changed to the
Nationalists
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: The ...
. He did not retain the seat.
Elections in the 1910s
Elections in the 1900s
Elections in the 1890s
References
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Western Australian state electoral results by district