Election Name: | 1924 Western Australian state election |
Country: | Western Australia |
Type: | parliamentary |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 1921 Western Australian state election |
Previous Year: | 1921 |
Next Election: | 1927 Western Australian state election |
Next Year: | 1927 |
Seats For Election: | All 50 seats in the Western Australian Legislative Assembly |
Election Date: | 22 March 1924 |
Leader1: | Philip Collier |
Leader Since1: | 16 April 1917 |
Party1: | Australian Labor Party (Western Australian Branch) |
Leaders Seat1: | Boulder |
Percentage1: | 40.39% |
Swing1: | 3.58 |
Last Election1: | 17 seats |
Seats1: | 27 seats |
Seat Change1: | 10 |
Leader2: | James Mitchell |
Leader Since2: | 17 May 1919 |
Party2: | Nationalist/Country coalition |
Leaders Seat2: | Northam |
Percentage2: | 42.47% |
Swing2: | 13.12 |
Last Election2: | 30 seats |
Seats2: | 17 seats |
Seat Change2: | 13 |
Leader3: | Alec Thomson |
Leader Since3: | 1923 |
Party3: | Executive Country |
Leaders Seat3: | Katanning |
Percentage3: | 12.08% |
Swing3: | 12.08 |
Last Election3: | - |
Seats3: | 6 seats |
Seat Change3: | 6 |
Premier | |
Before Election: | James Mitchell |
Before Party: | Nationalist/Country coalition |
After Election: | Philip Collier |
After Party: | Australian Labor Party (Western Australian Branch) |
Elections were held in the state of Western Australia on 22 March 1924 to elect all 50 members to the Legislative Assembly. The incumbent Nationalist-Majority Country government, led by Premier James Mitchell, was defeated by the Labor Party opposition, led by Opposition Leader Philip Collier.
See also: Results of the Western Australian state election, 1924 (Legislative Assembly).
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189,869 electors were enrolled to vote at the election, but 12 of the 50 seats were uncontested, with 30,513 electors enrolled in those seats. Of these, 11 were held by Labor and 1 was held by the Nationalists.