Election Name: | 1930 Western Australian state election |
Country: | Western Australia |
Type: | parliamentary |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 1927 Western Australian state election |
Previous Year: | 1927 |
Next Election: | 1933 Western Australian state election |
Next Year: | 1933 |
Seats For Election: | All 50 seats in the Western Australian Legislative Assembly |
Election Date: | 12 April 1930 |
Leader1: | James Mitchell |
Leader Since1: | 17 May 1919 |
Party1: | Nationalist/Country coalition |
Leaders Seat1: | Northam |
Percentage1: | 54.95% |
Swing1: | 2.13 |
Last Election1: | 23 seats |
Seats1: | 26 seats |
Seat Change1: | 3 |
Leader2: | Philip Collier |
Leader Since2: | 16 April 1917 |
Party2: | Australian Labor Party (Western Australian Branch) |
Leaders Seat2: | Boulder |
Percentage2: | 38.44% |
Swing2: | 6.89 |
Last Election2: | 27 seats |
Seats2: | 23 seats |
Seat Change2: | 4 |
Premier | |
Before Election: | Philip Collier |
Before Party: | Australian Labor Party (Western Australian Branch) |
After Election: | James Mitchell |
After Party: | Nationalist/Country coalition |
Elections were held in the state of Western Australia on 12 April 1930 to elect all 50 members to the Legislative Assembly. The incumbent Labor Party government, led by Premier Philip Collier, was defeated by the Nationalist-Country opposition, led by Opposition Leader James Mitchell.
See main article: Results of the Western Australian state election, 1930 (Legislative Assembly). |}
230,076 electors were enrolled to vote at the election, but 11 of the 50 seats were uncontested, with 43,344 electors enrolled in those seats.