title: Electoral results for the district of South Murchison
text: # Electoral results for the district of South Murchison
  
  This is a list of electoral results for the Electoral district of South Murchison in Western Australian state elections.
  
  ## Members for South Murchison
  
  | Member | Member | Party | Term |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | | Cornthwaite Rason | Ministerial | 1897–1901 |
  
  ## Election results
  
  ### Elections in the 1890s
  
  1897 Western Australian colonial election: South Murchison :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Ministerial | Cornthwaite Rason | 87 | 40.8 |
  | | Ministerial | Frederick Trude | 80 | 37.6 |
  | | Independent | Malcolm Reid | 39 | 18.3 |
  | | Opposition | John Perryman | 7 | 3.3 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 213 | 98.6 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 3 | 1.4 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 216 | 54.1 |
  | | Ministerial hold | Ministerial hold | Swing | |
  