title: Electoral results for the district of Yilgarn-Coolgardie
text: # Electoral results for the district of Yilgarn-Coolgardie
  
  This is a list of electoral results for the Electoral district of Yilgarn-Coolgardie in Western Australian state elections.
  
  ## Members for Yilgarn-Coolgardie
  
  | Members | Party | Term |
  | - | - | - |
  | Edwin Corboy | Labor | 1930–1933 |
  | George Lambert | Labor | 1933–1941 |
  | Lionel Kelly | Independent Country | 1941–1943 |
  | Lionel Kelly | Independent | 1943–1946 |
  | Lionel Kelly | Labor | 1946–1950 |
  
  ## Election results
  
  ### Elections in the 1940s
  
  1947 Western Australian state election: Yilgarn-Coolgardie :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labor | Lionel Kelly | unopposed | | |
  | | Labor hold | Labor hold | Swing | | |
  
  1943 Western Australian state election: Yilgarn-Coolgardie :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Independent | Lionel Kelly | 1,269 | 59.9 | +20.5 |
  | | Labor | Francis Bennett | 849 | 40.1 | +5.1 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 2,118 | 97.2 | -1.0 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 60 | 2.8 | +1.0 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,178 | 81.5 | +13.6 |
  | | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | +6.3 | |
  
  1941 Yilgarn-Coolgardie state by-election :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Independent Country | Lionel Kelly | 1,015 | 39.4 | +17.7 |
  | | Labor | Cornelius Kenneally | 902 | 35.0 | -7.5 |
  | | Independent Labor | James Dinan | 660 | 25.6 | +25.6 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 2,577 | 98.2 | +1.7 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 47 | 1.8 | -1.7 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,624 | 67.9 | -20.9 |
  | Two-candidate-preferred result ||||||
  | | Independent Country | Lionel Kelly | 1,380 | 53.6 | N/A |
  | | Labor | Cornelius Kenneally | 1,197 | 46.4 | - 8.8 |
  | | Independent Country gain from Labor | Independent Country gain from Labor | Swing | N/A | |
  
  ### Elections in the 1930s
  
  1939 Western Australian state election: Yilgarn-Coolgardie :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labor | George Lambert | 1,422 | 42.5 | -11.5 |
  | | Independent Labor | Lionel Kelly | 728 | 21.8 | +21.8 |
  | | Country | Arthur Richards | 648 | 19.4 | +19.4 |
  | | Independent | Daniel O'Leary | 549 | 16.4 | +16.4 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 3,347 | 96.5 | -2.2 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 123 | 3.5 | +2.2 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,470 | 88.5 | +30.2 |
  | Two-party-preferred result ||||||
  | | Labor | George Lambert | 1,849 | 55.2 | +1.2 |
  | | Country | Arthur Richards | 1,498 | 44.8 | +44.8 |
  | | Labor hold | Labor hold | Swing | +1.2 | |
  
  1936 Western Australian state election: Yilgarn-Coolgardie :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labor | George Lambert | 1,199 | 54.0 | -7.9 |
  | | Independent Country | Max Dynes | 1,021 | 46.0 | +46.0 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 2,220 | 98.7 | +1.1 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 30 | 1.3 | -1.1 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,250 | 58.3 | -29.4 |
  | | Labor hold | Labor hold | Swing | -7.9 | |
  
  1933 Western Australian state election: Yilgarn-Coolgardie :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labor | George Lambert | 1,742 | 61.9 | +31.3 |
  | | Independent Country | Jim Keightly | 1,072 | 38.1 | +38.1 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 2,814 | 97.6 | -1.4 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 69 | 2.4 | +1.4 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,883 | 87.7 | +8.3 |
  | | Labor hold | Labor hold | Swing | N/A | |
  
  1930 Western Australian state election: Yilgarn-Coolgardie :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Country | William Price | 848 | 38.5 |
  | | Labor | Edwin Corboy | 678 | 30.8 |
  | | Labor | George Lambert | 674 | 30.6 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 2,200 | 99.0 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 22 | 1.0 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,222 | 79.4 |
  | Two-party-preferred result ||||||
  | | Labor | Edwin Corboy | 1,262 | 57.4 |
  | | Country | William Price | 938 | 42.6 |
  | | Labor hold | Labor hold | Swing | |
  