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Electoral results for the district of South Murchison

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This is a list of electoral results for the Electoral district of South Murchison in Western Australian state elections.

Members for South Murchison

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Member Party Term
  Cornthwaite Rason Ministerial 1897–1901

Election results

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Elections in the 1890s

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1897 Western Australian colonial election: South Murchison[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Ministerialist Cornthwaite Rason 87 40.8
Ministerialist Frederick Trude 80 37.6
Independent Malcolm Reid 39 18.3
Opposition John Perryman 7 3.3
Total formal votes 213 98.6
Informal votes 3 1.4
Turnout 216 54.1
Ministerialist hold Swing

References

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  1. ^ Prescott, David Black with the assistance of Valerie (1997). Election statistics : Legislative Assembly of Western Australia, 1890-1996. Perth, [W.A.]: Western Australian Parliamentary History Project and Western Australian Electoral Commission. ISBN 0730984095.