Election Name: | 1905 Western Australian state election |
Country: | Western Australia |
Flag Year: | 1870 |
Type: | parliamentary |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 1904 Western Australian state election |
Previous Year: | 1904 |
Next Election: | 1908 Western Australian state election |
Next Year: | 1908 |
Seats For Election: | All 50 seats in the Western Australian Legislative Assembly |
Election Date: | 27 October – 13 November 1905 |
Leader1: | Hector Rason |
Leader Since1: | 28 September 1904 |
Party1: | Ministerialist |
Color1: | 6797EA |
Leaders Seat1: | Guildford |
Percentage1: | 53.84 |
Swing1: | 17.15 |
Last Election1: | 18 seats |
Seats1: | 33 seats |
Seat Change1: | 15 |
Leader2: | William Johnson |
Leader Since2: | 4 October 1905 |
Party2: | Australian Labour Party (Western Australian Branch) |
Leaders Seat2: | Kalgoorlie |
Percentage2: | 35.07% |
Swing2: | 7.50 |
Last Election2: | 22 seats |
Seats2: | 14 seats |
Seat Change2: | 8 |
Premier | |
Before Election: | Hector Rason |
Before Party: | Ministerialist |
After Election: | Hector Rason |
After Party: | Ministerialist |
Elections were held in the Australian state of Western Australia in late 1905 to elect 50 members to the state's Legislative Assembly. The main polling day was 27 October, although four remote electorates (Dundas, Gascoyne, Kimberley, and Pilbara) went to the polls on 13 November.
Hector Rason, the sitting premier and a member of the Ministerialist faction, had taken office on 25 August 1905 at the head of a minority government, following the fall of the previous minority government led by Henry Daglish of the Labour Party. Daglish resigned as party leader on 27 September, and was replaced by William Johnson on 4 October. At the election, Rason and the Ministerialists recorded a landslide victory, with their gain of 15 seats allowing them to form a comfortable majority government. Eight Labour members lost their seats, including their leader Johnson, who was defeated in Kalgoorlie by Norbert Keenan.
See main article: Results of the Western Australian state election, 1905. |}
The total number of enrolled voters was 121,722, of whom 19,720 were registered in 11 uncontested seats. Eight of the uncontested seats were won by Ministerialists and three by Labour.