1905 Western Australian state election

{{Short description|State election in Western Australia in 1905}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}

{{Use Australian English|date=June 2020}}

{{Infobox election

| election_name = 1905 Western Australian state election

| country = Western Australia

| flag_year = 1870

| type = parliamentary

| ongoing = no

| previous_election = 1904 Western Australian state election

| previous_year = 1904

| next_election = 1908 Western Australian state election

| next_year = 1908

| seats_for_election = All 50 seats in the Western Australian Legislative Assembly

| election_date = 27 October – 13 November 1905

| image1 = 100px

| leader1 = Hector Rason

| leader_since1 = 28 September 1904

| party1 = Ministerialist

| color1 = 6797EA

| leaders_seat1 = Guildford

| percentage1 = 53.84

| swing1 = {{increase}}17.15

| last_election1 = 18 seats

| seats1 = 33 seats

| seat_change1 = {{increase}}15

| image2 = 100px

| leader2 = William Johnson

| leader_since2 = 4 October 1905

| party2 = Australian Labour Party (Western Australian Branch)

| leaders_seat2 = Kalgoorlie
{{Small|(lost seat)}}

| percentage2 = 35.07%

| swing2 = {{decrease}}7.50

| last_election2 = 22 seats

| seats2 = 14 seats

| seat_change2 = {{decrease}}8

| title = Premier

| before_election = Hector Rason

| before_party = Ministerialist

| after_election = Hector Rason

| after_party = Ministerialist

}}

Elections were held in the Australian state of Western Australia in late 1905 to elect 50 members to the state's Legislative Assembly. The main polling day was 27 October, although four remote electorates (Dundas, Gascoyne, Kimberley, and Pilbara) went to the polls on 13 November.

Hector Rason, the sitting premier and a member of the Ministerialist faction, had taken office on 25 August 1905 at the head of a minority government, following the fall of the previous minority government led by Henry Daglish of the Labour Party. Daglish resigned as party leader on 27 September, and was replaced by William Johnson on 4 October. At the election, Rason and the Ministerialists recorded a landslide victory, with their gain of 15 seats allowing them to form a comfortable majority government. Eight Labour members lost their seats, including their leader Johnson, who was defeated in Kalgoorlie by Norbert Keenan.