title: Electoral results for the district of Menzies
text: # Electoral results for the district of Menzies
  
  This is a list of electoral results for the Electoral district of Menzies in Western Australian state elections.
  
  ## Members for Menzies
  
  | Members | Party | Term |
  | - | - | - |
  | Henry Gregory | Ministerial | 1901–1911 |
  | John Mullany | Labor | 1911–1917 |
  | John Mullany | National Labor | 1917–1924 |
  | Alexander Panton | Labor | 1924–1930 |
  
  ## Election results
  
  ### Elections in the 1920s
  
  1927 Western Australian state election: Menzies :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labor | Alexander Panton | 134 | 59.8 | -0.5 |
  | | Nationalist | Dick Ardagh | 57 | 25.5 | +25.5 |
  | | Nationalist | Albert Faul | 33 | 14.7 | +14.7 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 224 | 98.2 | -1.6 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 4 | 1.8 | +1.6 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 228 | 86.0 | -1.4 |
  | | Labor hold | Labor hold | Swing | N/A | |
  
  * Preferences were not distributed.
  
  1924 Western Australian state election: Menzies :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labor | Alexander Panton | 254 | 60.3 | +12.3 |
  | | National Labor | John Mullany | 167 | 39.7 | -12.3 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 421 | 99.8 | +0.8 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 1 | 0.2 | -0.8 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 422 | 87.4 | +8.0 |
  | | Labor gain from National Labor | Labor gain from National Labor | Swing | +12.3 | |
  
  1921 Western Australian state election: Menzies :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | National Labor | John Mullany | 298 | 52.0 | -10.4 |
  | | Labor | Edward Gaynor | 275 | 48.0 | +10.4 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 573 | 99.0 | +0.1 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 6 | 1.0 | -0.1 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 579 | 79.4 | +2.9 |
  | | National Labor hold | National Labor hold | Swing | -10.4 | |
  
  ### Elections in the 1910s
  
  1917 Western Australian state election: Menzies :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | National Labor | John Mullany | 490 | 62.4 | –6.8 |
  | | Labor | Harold Saunders | 295 | 37.6 | +37.6 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 785 | 98.9 | –0.3 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 9 | 1.1 | +0.3 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 794 | 76.5 | +11.6 |
  | | National Labor hold | National Labor hold | Swing | N/A | |
  
  * Mullany had run for Labor at the 1914 election.
  
  1914 Western Australian state election: Menzies :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labor | John Mullany | 600 | 69.2 | +4.3 |
  | | Liberal | William McMeikan | 267 | 30.8 | -4.3 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 867 | 99.2 | -0.4 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 7 | 0.8 | +0.4 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 874 | 64.9 | -22.6 |
  | | Labor hold | Labor hold | Swing | +4.3 | |
  
  1911 Western Australian state election: Menzies :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labor | John Mullany | 941 | 64.9 |
  | | Ministerial | Henry Gregory | 509 | 35.1 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 1,450 | 99.6 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 6 | 0.4 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,456 | 87.5 |
  | | Labor gain from Ministerial | Labor gain from Ministerial | Swing | |
  
  ### Elections in the 1900s
  
  1908 Menzies state by-election :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Ministerial | Henry Gregory | 1,322 | 51.1 | +1.2 |
  | | Labor | Richard Buzacott | 1,266 | 48.9 | -1.2 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 2,588 | 99.2 | +0.1 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 21 | 0.8 | -0.1 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,609 | 87.3 | +5.2 |
  | | Ministerial gain from Labor | Ministerial gain from Labor | Swing | +1.2 | |
  
  1908 Western Australian state election: Menzies :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labor | Richard Buzacott | 1,220 | 50.1 | +2.6 |
  | | Ministerial | Henry Gregory | 1,213 | 49.9 | -2.6 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 2,433 | 99.1 | -0.2 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 23 | 0.9 | +0.2 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,456 | 82.1 | +15.0 |
  | | Labor gain from Ministerial | Labor gain from Ministerial | Swing | +2.6 | |
  
  * This result was declared void and was contested again in the 1908 Menzies state by-election.
  
  1905 Western Australian state election: Menzies :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Ministerial | Henry Gregory | 874 | 52.5 | –6.6 |
  | | Labor | Richard Buzacott | 790 | 47.5 | +6.6 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 1,664 | 99.3 | n/a |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 11 | 0.7 | n/a |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,675 | 67.1 | n/a |
  | | Ministerial hold | Ministerial hold | Swing | –6.6 | |
  
  1904 Western Australian state election: Menzies :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Ministerial | Henry Gregory | 1,087 | 53.0 | –47.0 |
  | | Labor | Richard Buzacott | 966 | 47.0 | +47.0 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 2,053 | 99.5 | n/a |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 10 | 0.5 | n/a |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,063 | 55.3 | n/a |
  | | Ministerial hold | Ministerial hold | Swing | –47.0 | |
  
  1901 Western Australian state election: Menzies :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Opposition | Henry Gregory | unopposed | | |
  | | Opposition win | Opposition win | (new seat) | (new seat) | (new seat) |
  