Electoral results for the district of East Perth explained

This is a list of electoral results for the Electoral district of East Perth in Western Australian state elections.

Members for East Perth

Member		Party	Term
		Alfred Canning	Unaligned	1890–1894
		Walter James	Opposition	1894–1904
		John Hardwick	Ministerial	1904–1911
		Titus Lander	Labor	1911–1914
		John Hardwick	Liberal	1914–1917
			Nationalist	1917–1921
		Jack Simons	Labor	1921–1922
			Independent	1922
			Nationalist	1922
		Thomas Hughes	Labor	1922–1926
			Ind. Labor	1926–1927
		James Kenneally	Labor	1927–1936
		Thomas Hughes	Ind. Labor	1936–1943
		Herb Graham	Labor	1943–1962

Election results

Elections in the 1940s

• Preferences were not distributed.

• Preferences were not distributed.

Elections in the 1930s

• This by-election was caused by the sitting member Thomas Hughes being declared bankrupt, and had to resign his seat. He settled his finances and was able to re-contest the seat in the by-election.

• Preferences were not distributed.

Elections in the 1920s

• Preferences were not distributed.

• This by-election was caused by the resignation of sitting member Jack Simons after he changed to the Nationalists. He did not retain the seat.