1927 Western Australian state election
{{Short description|Australian state election}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Use Australian English|date=June 2020}}
{{Infobox election
| election_name = 1927 Western Australian state election
| country = Western Australia
| type = parliamentary
| ongoing = no
| previous_election = 1924 Western Australian state election
| previous_year = 1924
| next_election = 1930 Western Australian state election
| next_year = 1930
| seats_for_election = All 50 seats in the Western Australian Legislative Assembly
| election_date = 26 March 1927
| image1 = 130px
| leader1 = Philip Collier
| leader_since1 = 16 April 1917
| party1 = Australian Labor Party (Western Australian Branch)
| leaders_seat1 = Boulder
| percentage1 = 45.33%
| swing1 = {{increase}}4.94
| last_election1 = 27 seats
| seats1 = 27 seats
| seat_change1 = {{nochange}}0
| image2 = 130px
| leader2 = James Mitchell
| leader_since2 = 17 May 1919
| party2 = United Party (Western Australia)
| leaders_seat2 = Northam
| percentage2 = 36.85%
| swing2 = {{decrease}}1.71
| last_election2 = 16 seats
| seats2 = 16 seats
| seat_change2 = {{nochange}}0
| image3 =
| leader3 = Alec Thomson
| leader_since3 = 15 December 1923
| party3 = Country Party (Western Australia)
| leaders_seat3 = Katanning
| percentage3 = 15.97%
| swing3 = {{increase}}3.89
| last_election3 = 6 seats
| seats3 = 7 seats
| seat_change3 = {{increase}}1
| title = Premier
| before_election = Philip Collier
| before_party = Australian Labor Party (Western Australian Branch)
| after_election = Philip Collier
| after_party = Australian Labor Party (Western Australian Branch)
}}
Elections were held in the state of Western Australia on 26 March 1927 to elect all 50 members to the Legislative Assembly. The incumbent Labor Party government, led by Premier Philip Collier, won a second term in government against the United-Country opposition, led by Opposition Leader James Mitchell.
Results
{{see also|Results of the Western Australian state election, 1927 (Legislative Assembly)}}
{{Australian elections/Title row
| title = Western Australian state election, 26 March 1927{{cite web|title=Details of 1927 Election|url=http://elections.uwa.edu.au/elecdetail.lasso?keyvalue=930|website=Australian Politics and Elections Database|publisher=University of Western Australia}}
| house = Legislative Assembly
| series = Western Australian state election
| back = 1924
| forward = 1930
| enrolled = 194,087{{ref label|cont|1|1}}
| total_votes = 142,506
| turnout % = 73.42%
| turnout chg = +11.05%
| informal = 2,000
| informal % = 1.40%
| informal chg = +0.24%
}}
{{Australian elections/Party summary|
|government = yes
|party_id = Labor WA
|votes = 63,687
|votes % = 45.33%
|votes chg = +4.94%
|seats = 27
|seats chg = ± 0
}}
{{Australian elections/Party summary|
|party_id = Nationalist
|party = United Party
|votes = 51,774
|votes % = 36.85%
|votes chg = –1.71%
|seats = 16
|seats chg = ± 0
}}
{{Australian elections/Party summary|
|party_id = Nationals WA
|party = Country
|votes = 22,439
|votes % = 15.97%
|votes chg = +3.89%
|seats = 7
|seats chg = + 1
}}
{{Australian elections/Party summary|
|party_id = Independent
|votes = 1,803
|votes % = 1.28%
|votes chg = –3.23%
|seats = 0
|seats chg = ± 0
}}
{{Australian elections/Party summary|
|party = Other
|votes = 803
|votes % = 0.57%
|votes chg = *
|seats = 0
|seats chg = ± 0
}}
{{Australian elections/Total row |
|total_votes = 140,506
|total_seats = 50
}}
|}
:{{note label|cont|1|1}} 210,949 electors were enrolled to vote at the election, but 9 of the 50 seats were uncontested, with 16,862 electors enrolled in those seats. All 9 of these seats were held by Labor.
- The United Party operated as a combination of the Nationalist Party and the Majority Country Party from the previous election. In 1923, the Country Party had split into Majority and Executive factions.
See also
References
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Category:Elections in Western Australia