title: Electoral results for the district of Sussex
text: # Electoral results for the district of Sussex
  
  This is a list of electoral results for the Electoral district of Sussex in Western Australian state elections.
  
  ## Members for Sussex
  
  | Member | Party | Term |
  | - | - | - |
  | Joseph Cookworthy | Non-aligned | 1890–1897 |
  | Ernest Locke | Ministerial | 1897–1901 |
  | Henry Yelverton | Ministerial | 1901–1904 |
  | Frank Wilson | Independent | 1904–1905 |
  | Frank Wilson | Ministerial | 1905–1911 |
  | Frank Wilson | Liberal | 1911–1917 |
  | Frank Wilson | Independent | 1917 |
  | William Pickering | Country | 1917–1923 |
  | William Pickering | Country (ECP) | 1923–1924 |
  | George Barnard | Nationalist | 1924–1933 |
  | Edmund Brockman | Nationalist | 1933–1938 |
  | William Willmott | Nationalist | 1938–1945 |
  | William Willmott | Liberal | 1945–1947 |
  | Stewart Bovell | Liberal | 1947–1949 |
  | Stewart Bovell | LCL | 1949–1950 |
  
  ## Election results
  
  ### Elections in the 1940s
  
  1947 Sussex state by-election :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Liberal | Stewart Bovell | 2,352 | 59.7 | -4.6 |
  | | Independent Liberal | Robert Falkingham | 1,097 | 27.9 | +27.9 |
  | | Independent Labor | John Blake | 490 | 12.4 | +12.4 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 3,939 | 96.7 | -2.2 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 136 | 3.3 | +2.2 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,075 | 87.5 | +0.3 |
  | | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | N/A | |
  
  * Preferences were not distributed.
  
  1947 Western Australian state election: Sussex :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Liberal | William Willmott | 2,531 | 64.3 | +2.0 |
  | | Labor | Robert Hearne | 1,407 | 35.7 | -2.0 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 3,938 | 98.9 | +1.0 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 44 | 1.1 | -1.0 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,982 | 87.2 | -0.1 |
  | | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | +2.0 | |
  
  1943 Western Australian state election: Sussex :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Nationalist | William Willmott | 2,060 | 62.3 | +20.7 |
  | | Labor | Albert Morgan | 1,248 | 37.7 | +9.2 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 3,308 | 97.9 | -0.7 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 70 | 2.1 | +0.7 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,378 | 87.3 | -8.3 |
  | | Nationalist hold | Nationalist hold | Swing | -0.4 | |
  
  ### Elections in the 1930s
  
  1939 Western Australian state election: Sussex :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Nationalist | William Willmott | 1,445 | 41.6 | -28.5 |
  | | Labor | Albert Morgan | 994 | 28.5 | +28.5 |
  | | Country | Robert Falkingham | 689 | 19.7 | +19.7 |
  | | Independent Country | William Morris | 355 | 10.2 | +10.2 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 3,493 | 98.6 | -0.1 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 50 | 1.4 | +0.1 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,543 | 95.6 | +11.2 |
  | Two-party-preferred result ||||||
  | | Nationalist | William Willmott | 2,189 | 62.7 | |
  | | Labor | Albert Morgan | 1,304 | 37.3 | |
  | | Nationalist hold | Nationalist hold | Swing | N/A | |
  
  1938 Sussex state by-election :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Nationalist | William Willmott | 848 | 28.0 | -42.1 |
  | | Labor | Herbert Bartlett | 799 | 26.4 | +26.4 |
  | | Country | Walter Noakes | 452 | 14.9 | +14.9 |
  | | Ind. Nationalist | Robert Falkingham | 390 | 12.9 | -5.0 |
  | | Ind. Nationalist | William Pickering | 277 | 9.2 | +9.2 |
  | | Nationalist | Robert Reading | 261 | 8.6 | +8.6 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 3,027 | 98.1 | -0.6 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 60 | 1.9 | +0.6 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,087 | 90.5 | +6.1 |
  | Two-party-preferred result ||||||
  | | Nationalist | William Willmott | 2,007 | 66.3 | N/A |
  | | Labor | Herbert Bartlett | 1,020 | 33.7 | +33.7 |
  | | Nationalist hold | Nationalist hold | Swing | N/A | |
  
  1936 Western Australian state election: Sussex :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Nationalist | Edmund Brockman | 2,014 | 70.1 | +45.0 |
  | | Ind. Nationalist | Robert Falkingham | 514 | 17.9 | +2.2 |
  | | Ind. Nationalist | Percy Bignell | 345 | 12.0 | +12.0 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 2,873 | 98.7 | +0.5 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 37 | 1.3 | -0.5 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,910 | 84.4 | -10.5 |
  | | Nationalist hold | Nationalist hold | Swing | N/A | |
  
  * Preferences were not distributed.
  
  1933 Western Australian state election: Sussex :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labor | Herbert Swinbourne | 1,364 | 36.2 | +1.3 |
  | | Nationalist | Edmund Brockman | 946 | 25.1 | +25.1 |
  | | Nationalist | George Barnard | 865 | 23.0 | -18.3 |
  | | Independent | Robert Falkingham | 591 | 15.7 | +15.7 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 3,766 | 98.2 | -0.9 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 70 | 1.8 | +0.9 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,836 | 94.9 | +5.2 |
  | Two-party-preferred result ||||||
  | | Nationalist | Edmund Brockman | 2,033 | 54.0 | -7.6 |
  | | Labor | Herbert Swinbourne | 1,733 | 46.0 | +7.6 |
  | | Nationalist hold | Nationalist hold | Swing | -7.6 | |
  
  1930 Western Australian state election: Sussex :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Nationalist | George Barnard | 1,362 | 41.3 |
  | | Labor | John Close | 1,150 | 34.9 |
  | | Nationalist | Benjamin Prowse | 784 | 23.8 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 3,296 | 99.1 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 31 | 0.9 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,327 | 89.7 |
  | Two-party-preferred result ||||||
  | | Nationalist | George Barnard | 2,029 | 61.6 |
  | | Labor | John Close | 1,267 | 38.4 |
  | | Nationalist hold | Nationalist hold | Swing | |
  
  ### Elections in the 1920s
  
  1927 Western Australian state election: Sussex :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Nationalist | George Barnard | 1,469 | 42.2 | +0.5 |
  | | Labor | John Tonkin | 1,226 | 35.3 | +5.6 |
  | | Country | William Pickering | 782 | 22.5 | -6.1 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 3,477 | 98.3 | -0.3 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 59 | 1.7 | +0.3 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,536 | 77.3 | +7.6 |
  | Two-party-preferred result ||||||
  | | Nationalist | George Barnard | 2,052 | 59.0 | +1.1 |
  | | Labor | John Tonkin | 1,425 | 41.0 | -1.1 |
  | | Nationalist hold | Nationalist hold | Swing | +1.1 | |
  
  1924 Western Australian state election: Sussex :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Nationalist | George Barnard | 1,076 | 41.7 | +17.3 |
  | | Labor | Thomas Lowry | 767 | 29.7 | +29.7 |
  | | Executive Country | William Pickering | 739 | 28.6 | +28.6 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 2,582 | 98.6 | +0.5 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 36 | 1.4 | -0.5 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,618 | 69.7 | -8.7 |
  | Two-party-preferred result ||||||
  | | Nationalist | George Barnard | 1,496 | 57.9 | +13.5 |
  | | Labor | Thomas Lowry | 1,086 | 42.1 | +42.1 |
  | | Nationalist gain from Country | Nationalist gain from Country | Swing | N/A | |
  
  1921 Western Australian state election: Sussex :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Country | William Pickering | 572 | 39.9 | -10.3 |
  | | Nationalist | George William Barnard | 350 | 24.4 | -25.4 |
  | | Country | Benjamin Prowse | 222 | 15.5 | +15.5 |
  | | Country | Arthur Heppingstone | 152 | 10.6 | +10.6 |
  | | Nationalist | Valentine Mitchell | 113 | 7.9 | +7.9 |
  | | Independent | Walter Finlayson | 26 | 1.8 | +1.8 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 1,435 | 98.1 | -1.2 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 27 | 1.9 | +1.2 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,462 | 78.4 | +9.3 |
  | Two-candidate-preferred result ||||||
  | | Country | William Pickering | 798 | 55.6 | +5.4 |
  | | Nationalist | George Barnard | 637 | 44.4 | -5.4 |
  | | Country hold | Country hold | Swing | +5.4 | |
  
  ### Elections in the 1910s
  
  1917 Western Australian state election: Sussex :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | National Country | William Pickering | 607 | 50.2 | +34.0 |
  | | National Liberal | Frank Wilson | 603 | 49.8 | +6.4 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 1,210 | 99.3 | +1.3 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 9 | 0.7 | –1.3 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,219 | 69.1 | +2.5 |
  | | National Country gain from National Liberal | National Country gain from National Liberal | Swing | N/A | |
  
  1914 Western Australian state election: Sussex :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Liberal | Frank Wilson | 763 | 43.4 | -16.2 |
  | | Labor | John Blair | 709 | 40.4 | 0.0 |
  | | Country | William Pickering | 285 | 16.2 | +16.2 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 1,757 | 98.0 | -1.5 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 36 | 2.0 | +1.5 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,793 | 66.6 | -3.8 |
  | Two-party-preferred result ||||||
  | | Liberal | Frank Wilson | 999 | 56.9 | -2.7 |
  | | Labor | John Blair | 758 | 43.1 | +2.7 |
  | | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | -2.7 | |
  
  1911 Western Australian state election: Sussex :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Ministerial | Frank Wilson | 943 | 59.6 |
  | | Labor | John Parke | 638 | 40.4 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 1,581 | 99.5 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 8 | 0.5 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,589 | 70.4 |
  | | Ministerial hold | Ministerial hold | Swing | |
  
  ### Elections in the 1900s
  
  1908 Western Australian state election: Sussex :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Ministerial | Frank Wilson | 574 | 53.6 | -22.9 |
  | | Labor | William Thomas | 497 | 46.4 | +46.4 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 1,071 | 99.6 | +2.6 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 4 | 0.4 | -2.6 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,075 | 88.1 | +15.6 |
  | | Ministerial hold | Ministerial hold | Swing | N/A | |
  
  1905 Western Australian state election: Sussex :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Ministerial | Frank Wilson | 520 | 76.5 | +8.3 |
  | | Ministerial | James Shekleton | 160 | 23.5 | +23.5 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 680 | 97.0 | n/a |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 21 | 3.0 | n/a |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 701 | 72.5 | n/a |
  | | Ministerial hold | Ministerial hold | Swing | N/A | |
  
  1904 Western Australian state election: Sussex :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Independent | Frank Wilson | 473 | 51.9 | +51.9 |
  | | Ministerial | Ernest Locke | 438 | 48.1 | +13.1 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 911 | 98.4 | –1.1 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 15 | 1.6 | +1.1 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 926 | 83.7 | +20.4 |
  | | Independent gain from Ministerial | Independent gain from Ministerial | Swing | +51.9 | |
  
  1901 Western Australian state election: Sussex :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Ministerial | Henry Yelverton | 249 | 43.6 | +43.6 |
  | | Ministerial | Ernest Locke | 200 | 35.0 | –8.1 |
  | | Opposition | Henry Mills | 122 | 21.4 | +21.4 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 571 | 99.5 | +3.2 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 3 | 0.5 | –3.2 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 574 | 63.4 | –18.0 |
  | | Ministerial hold | Ministerial hold | Swing | N/A | |
  
  ### Elections in the 1890s
  
  1897 Western Australian colonial election: Sussex :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Ministerial | Ernest Locke | 100 | 43.1 |
  | | Ministerial | Frank Backhouse | 71 | 30.6 |
  | | Ministerial | Joseph Cookworthy | 61 | 26.3 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 232 | 96.3 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 9 | 3.7 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 241 | 81.4 |
  | | Ministerial hold | Ministerial hold | Swing | |
  
  1894 Western Australian colonial election: Sussex :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | None | Joseph Cookworthy | unopposed | | |
  
  1890 Western Australian colonial election: Sussex :
  
  | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | None | Joseph Cookworthy | 83 | 45.9 | n/a |
  | None | Maurice Davies | 52 | 28.7 | n/a |
  | None | George Cross | 46 | 25.4 | n/a |
  