1914 Western Australian state election

{{Short description|State election in Western Australia in 1914}}

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

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

{{Infobox election

| election_name = 1914 Western Australian state election

| country = Western Australia

| type = parliamentary

| ongoing = no

| previous_election = 1911 Western Australian state election

| previous_year = 1911

| next_election = 1917 Western Australian state election

| next_year = 1917

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

| election_date = 21 October 1914

| image1 = 98px

| leader1 = John Scaddan

| leader_since1 = 3 August 1910

| party1 = Australian Labor Party (Western Australian Branch)

| leaders_seat1 = Brown Hill-Ivanhoe

| percentage1 = 42.12%

| swing1 = {{decrease}}10.42

| last_election1 = 34 seats

| seats1 = 26 seats

| seat_change1 = {{decrease}}8

| image2 = 103px

| leader2 = Frank Wilson

| leader_since2 = 16 September 1910

| party2 = Western Australian Liberal Party (1911–1917)

| leaders_seat2 = Sussex

| percentage2 = 43.91%

| swing2 = {{decrease}}0.89

| last_election2 = 16 seats

| seats2 = 16 seats

| seat_change2 = {{steady}}0

| image3 = 107px

| leader3 = James Gardiner

| leader_since3 = 21 October 1914

| party3 = Country

| color3 = 0A6645

| leaders_seat3 = Irwin

| percentage3 = 13.98%

| swing3 = {{increase}}13.98

| last_election3 = 0 seats

| seats3 = 8 seats

| seat_change3 = {{increase}}8

| title = Premier

| before_election = John Scaddan

| before_party = Australian Labor Party (Western Australian Branch)

| after_election = John Scaddan

| after_party = Australian Labor Party (Western Australian Branch)

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Elections were held in the state of Western Australia on 21 October 1914 to elect 50 members to the Western Australian Legislative Assembly. The Labor party, led by Premier John Scaddan, retained government against the opposition conservative Liberal Party led by Opposition Leader Frank Wilson, though with only the barest of majorities. The election also saw the emergence of the Western Australian Country Party, which had been formed at a conference of the Farmers and Settlers Association the previous year to fight for rural interests, and won eight seats at the election.

The fragility of the Labor Party's majority was demonstrated when, a year later, Labor member Joseph Gardiner's seat was declared vacant on account of his non-attendance and a Liberal was elected in his stead, and Labor became a minority government when on 18 December 1915, Bertie Johnston resigned from the Labor Party and became an independent. On 27 July 1916, the Scaddan Ministry was defeated and Wilson became the new Premier.