title: Electoral results for the district of East Perth
text: # Electoral results for the district of East Perth
  
  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 |
  | John Hardwick | Nationalist | 1917–1921 |
  | Jack Simons | Labor | 1921–1922 |
  | Jack Simons | Independent | 1922 |
  | Jack Simons | Nationalist | 1922 |
  | Thomas Hughes | Labor | 1922–1926 |
  | Thomas Hughes | 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 1950s
  
  1959 Western Australian state election: East Perth :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labor | Herb Graham | 3,557 | 49.6 | -16.2 |
  | | Liberal and Country | John Martin | 2,835 | 39.6 | +5.4 |
  | | Democratic Labor | John Deane | 773 | 10.8 | +10.8 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 7,165 | 97.8 | 0.0 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 163 | 2.2 | 0.0 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 7,328 | 89.2 | -0.2 |
  | Two-party-preferred result ||||||
  | | Labor | Herb Graham | 3,818 | 53.3 | -12.5 |
  | | Liberal and Country | John Martin | 3,347 | 46.7 | +12.5 |
  | | Labor hold | Labor hold | Swing | -12.5 | |
  
  1956 Western Australian state election: East Perth :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labor | Herb Graham | 5,273 | 65.8 |
  | | Liberal and Country | Edmund Madigan | 2,739 | 34.2 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 8,012 | 97.8 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 180 | 2.2 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 8,192 | 89.4 |
  | | Labor hold | Labor hold | Swing | |
  
  1953 Western Australian state election: East Perth :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labor | Herb Graham | unopposed | | |
  | | Labor hold | Labor hold | Swing | | |
  
  1950 Western Australian state election: East Perth :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labor | Herb Graham | 5,592 | 63.9 |
  | | Liberal and Country | Fred Book | 3,160 | 36.1 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 8,752 | 98.4 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 140 | 1.6 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 8,892 | 89.1 |
  | | Labor hold | Labor hold | Swing | |
  
  ### Elections in the 1940s
  
  1947 Western Australian state election: East Perth :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labor | Herb Graham | 3,731 | 57.8 | -42.2 |
  | | Independent Liberal | James Collins | 2,321 | 36.0 | +36.0 |
  | | Communist | Henry Mountjoy | 398 | 6.2 | +6.2 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 6,450 | 96.9 | |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 209 | 3.1 | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,659 | 86.9 | |
  | | Labor hold | Labor hold | Swing | N/A | |
  
  * Preferences were not distributed.
  
  1943 Western Australian state election: East Perth :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labor | Herb Graham | unopposed | | |
  | | Labor hold | Labor hold | Swing | | |
  
  1943 East Perth state by-election :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labor | Herb Graham | 3,206 | 66.9 | +20.7 |
  | | Nationalist | Andrew Paterson | 1,094 | 22.8 | +22.8 |
  | | Independent | Harold Callaghan | 493 | 10.3 | +10.3 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 4,793 | 98.0 | -0.4 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 99 | 2.0 | +0.4 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,892 | 73.0 | -13.8 |
  | | Labor gain from Independent | Labor gain from Independent | Swing | N/A | |
  
  * Preferences were not distributed.
  
  ### Elections in the 1930s
  
  1939 Western Australian state election: East Perth :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labor | Robert Higgins | 3,011 | 46.2 | +9.4 |
  | | Independent | Thomas Hughes | 2,994 | 45.9 | -17.3 |
  | | Ind. Nationalist | Herbert Wells | 511 | 7.8 | +7.8 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 6,516 | 98.4 | -0.7 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 108 | 1.6 | +0.7 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,624 | 86.8 | +15.8 |
  | Two-candidate-preferred result ||||||
  | | Independent | Thomas Hughes | 3,408 | 52.3 | -10.9 |
  | | Labor | Robert Higgins | 3,108 | 47.7 | +10.9 |
  | | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | -10.9 | |
  
  1936 East Perth state by-election :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Independent | Thomas Hughes | 3,361 | 63.2 | +22.1 |
  | | Labor | James Kenneally | 1,957 | 36.8 | -9.0 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 5,318 | 99.1 | +1.0 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 49 | 0.9 | -1.0 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,367 | 71.0 | +6.4 |
  | | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | +11.1 | |
  
  * 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.
  
  1936 Western Australian state election: East Perth :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labor | James Kenneally | 2,136 | 45.8 | -15.8 |
  | | Independent Labor | Thomas Hughes | 1,919 | 41.1 | +41.1 |
  | | Independent | Felix Hughes | 494 | 10.6 | +10.6 |
  | | Communist | Wilfred Mountjoy | 118 | 2.5 | +2.5 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 4,667 | 98.1 | +1.7 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 92 | 1.9 | -1.7 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,759 | 64.6 | -23.1 |
  | Two-candidate-preferred result ||||||
  | | Independent Labor | Thomas Hughes | 2,433 | 52.1 | |
  | | Labor | James Kenneally | 2,234 | 47.9 | |
  | | Independent Labor gain from Labor | Independent Labor gain from Labor | Swing | N/A | |
  
  1933 Western Australian state election: East Perth :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labor | James Kenneally | 3,843 | 61.6 | +1.5 |
  | | Nationalist | William Murray | 1,961 | 31.4 | +31.4 |
  | | Independent | Carlyle Ferguson | 440 | 7.1 | +7.1 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 6,244 | 96.4 | -2.2 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 232 | 3.6 | +2.2 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,476 | 87.7 | +25.7 |
  | | Labor hold | Labor hold | Swing | N/A | |
  
  * Preferences were not distributed.
  
  1930 Western Australian state election: East Perth :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labor | James Kenneally | 2,580 | 60.1 |
  | | Independent Labor | Thomas Hughes | 1,714 | 39.9 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 4,294 | 98.6 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 60 | 1.4 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,354 | 62.0 |
  | | Labor hold | Labor hold | Swing | |
  
  ### Elections in the 1920s
  
  1927 Western Australian state election: East Perth :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labor | James Kenneally | 3,197 | 53.5 | -1.4 |
  | | Nationalist | Charles Bull | 1,104 | 18.5 | -10.5 |
  | | Nationalist | Thomas Ferguson | 1,081 | 18.1 | +1.9 |
  | | Nationalist | Gerald Hartrey | 597 | 10.0 | +10.0 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 5,979 | 98.0 | -0.8 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 124 | 2.0 | +0.8 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,103 | 75.8 | +14.5 |
  | | Labor hold | Labor hold | Swing | N/A | |
  
  * Preferences were not distributed.
  
  1924 Western Australian state election: East Perth :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labor | Thomas Hughes | 2,528 | 54.9 | +7.1 |
  | | Nationalist | Jack Simons | 1,335 | 29.0 | +10.0 |
  | | Nationalist | Thomas Ferguson | 746 | 16.2 | 0.0 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 4,609 | 98.8 | +0.8 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 54 | 1.2 | -0.8 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,663 | 61.3 | -9.2 |
  | | Labor hold | Labor hold | Swing | N/A | |
  
  1922 East Perth state by-election :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labor | Thomas Hughes | 1,354 | 36.0 | -11.8 |
  | | Nationalist | Jack Simons | 1,177 | 31.3 | +12.3 |
  | | National Liberal | Charles Heppingstone | 627 | 16.7 | +16.7 |
  | | Nationalist | James Franklin | 599 | 15.9 | +15.9 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 3,757 | 98.2 | +0.2 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 68 | 1.8 | -0.2 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,825 | 54.1 | -16.4 |
  | Two-party-preferred result ||||||
  | | Labor | Thomas Hughes | 2,057 | 54.8 | +3.0 |
  | | Nationalist | Jack Simons | 1,700 | 45.2 | -3.0 |
  | | Labor hold | Labor hold | Swing | +3.0 | |
  
  * 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.
  
  1921 Western Australian state election: East Perth :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labor | Jack Simons | 2,182 | 47.8 | +6.8 |
  | | Nationalist | Charles Heppingstone | 866 | 19.0 | +3.0 |
  | | National Labor | Thomas Ferguson | 740 | 16.2 | +3.7 |
  | | Nationalist | John Hardwick | 666 | 14.6 | -5.3 |
  | | Nationalist | William Henderson | 112 | 2.4 | +2.4 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 4,566 | 98.0 | +1.7 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 93 | 2.0 | -1.7 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,659 | 70.5 | +10.6 |
  | Two-party-preferred result ||||||
  | | Labor | Jack Simons | 2,363 | 51.8 | +3.2 |
  | | Nationalist | Charles Heppingstone | 2,203 | 48.2 | -3.2 |
  | | Labor gain from Nationalist | Labor gain from Nationalist | Swing | +3.2 | |
  
  ### Elections in the 1910s
  
  1917 Western Australian state election: East Perth :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labor | Jack Simons | 1,435 | 41.0 | –18.0 |
  | | National Liberal | John Hardwick | 696 | 19.9 | +2.3 |
  | | Nationalist | Alfred Sims | 558 | 16.0 | +16.0 |
  | | National Labor | Thomas Dunne | 438 | 12.5 | +12.5 |
  | | Democratic | John Powell | 370 | 10.6 | +10.6 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 3,497 | 96.3 | –1.8 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 135 | 3.7 | +1.8 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,632 | 59.9 | +10.0 |
  | Two-party-preferred result ||||||
  | | National Liberal | John Hardwick | 1,796 | 51.4 | –1.3 |
  | | Labor | Jack Simons | 1,701 | 48.6 | +1.3 |
  | | National Liberal hold | National Liberal hold | Swing | –1.3 | |
  
  1914 Western Australian state election: East Perth :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labor | Titus Lander | 1,949 | 44.3 | -18.1 |
  | | Liberal | Lewis Butt | 812 | 18.4 | +18.4 |
  | | Liberal | John Hardwick | 773 | 17.6 | +17.6 |
  | | Liberal | Henry Mills | 647 | 14.7 | -22.9 |
  | | Liberal | Albert Keeley | 221 | 5.0 | +5.0 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 4,402 | 98.1 | -0.6 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 87 | 1.9 | +0.6 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,489 | 49.9 | -24.0 |
  | Two-party-preferred result ||||||
  | | Liberal | John Hardwick | 2,321 | 52.7 | +15.1 |
  | | Labor | Titus Lander | 2,081 | 47.3 | -15.1 |
  | | Liberal gain from Labor | Liberal gain from Labor | Swing | +15.1 | |
  
  1911 Western Australian state election: East Perth :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labor | Titus Lander | 2,282 | 62.4 |
  | | Ministerial | Henry Mills | 1,375 | 37.6 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 3,657 | 98.7 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 47 | 1.3 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,704 | 73.9 |
  | | Labor gain from Ministerial | Labor gain from Ministerial | Swing | |
  
  ### Elections in the 1900s
  
  1908 Western Australian state election: East Perth :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Ministerial | John Hardwick | 887 | 39.1 | -11.6 |
  | | Labor | John Curran | 538 | 23.7 | -5.2 |
  | | Ministerial | Henry Mills | 425 | 18.7 | +18.7 |
  | | Ministerial | Henry Braidwood | 344 | 15.2 | +15.2 |
  | | Ministerial | Hugh McKernan | 73 | 3.2 | +3.2 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 2,267 | 98.3 | -0.7 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 38 | 1.7 | +0.7 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,305 | 63.0 | +14.4 |
  | Two-party-preferred result ||||||
  | | Ministerial | John Hardwick | 1,182 | 61.0 | |
  | | Labor | John Curran | 755 | 39.0 | |
  | | Ministerial hold | Ministerial hold | Swing | N/A | |
  
  1905 Western Australian state election: East Perth :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Ministerial | John Hardwick | 1,090 | 50.7 | –4.6 |
  | | Labor | Joseph Fabre | 621 | 28.9 | –15.8 |
  | | Ministerial | Frank Smalpage | 437 | 20.3 | +20.3 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 2,148 | 99.0 | ±0.0 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 22 | 1.0 | ±0.0 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,170 | 48.6 | +15.8 |
  | | Ministerial hold | Ministerial hold | Swing | N/A | |
  
  1904 East Perth state by-election :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Opposition | John Hardwick | 1,251 | 55.3 | N/A |
  | | Labor | John Curran | 1,013 | 44.7 | -2.6 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 2,264 | 99.0 | +0.6 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 22 | 1.0 | -0.6 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,286 | 32.8 | -5.9 |
  | | Opposition gain from Ministerial | Opposition gain from Ministerial | Swing | N/A | |
  
  1904 Western Australian state election: East Perth :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Ministerial | Walter James | 1,396 | 52.7 | –10.0 |
  | | Labor | Edward Casson | 1,253 | 47.3 | +47.3 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 2,649 | 98.4 | –0.7 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 42 | 1.6 | +0.7 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,695 | 38.7 | –0.9 |
  | | Ministerial hold | Ministerial hold | Swing | –10.0 | |
  
  1901 Western Australian state election: East Perth :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Opposition | Walter James | 614 | 62.7 | –8.4 |
  | | Opposition | Arthur Short | 366 | 37.3 | +37.3 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 980 | 99.1 | +1.9 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 9 | 0.9 | –1.9 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 989 | 39.6 | +2.1 |
  | | Opposition hold | Opposition hold | Swing | –8.4 | |
  
  ### Elections in the 1890s
  
  1897 Western Australian colonial election: East Perth :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Opposition | Walter James | 246 | 71.1 |
  | | Opposition | Archibald Sanderson | 65 | 18.8 |
  | | Independent | Nicholas Raven | 35 | 10.1 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 346 | 97.2 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 10 | 2.8 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 356 | 37.5 |
  | | Opposition hold | Opposition hold | Swing | |
  
  1894 Western Australian colonial election: East Perth :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | National Education | Walter James | 522 | 71.1 | +71.1 |
  | | Education Defence | Alfred Canning | 212 | 28.9 | –19.9 |
  
  1890 Western Australian colonial election: East Perth :
  
  | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | None | Alfred Canning | 179 | 48.8 | n/a |
  | None | Henry Saunders | 163 | 44.4 | n/a |
  | None | William Nicholson | 25 | 6.8 | n/a |
  