Election Name: | 1927 Western Australian state election |
Country: | Western Australia |
Type: | parliamentary |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 1924 Western Australian state election |
Previous Year: | 1924 |
Next Election: | 1930 Western Australian state election |
Next Year: | 1930 |
Seats For Election: | All 50 seats in the Western Australian Legislative Assembly |
Election Date: | 26 March 1927 |
Leader1: | Philip Collier |
Leader Since1: | 16 April 1917 |
Party1: | Australian Labor Party (Western Australian Branch) |
Leaders Seat1: | Boulder |
Percentage1: | 45.33% |
Swing1: | 4.94 |
Last Election1: | 27 seats |
Seats1: | 27 seats |
Seat Change1: | 0 |
Leader2: | James Mitchell |
Leader Since2: | 17 May 1919 |
Party2: | United Party (Western Australia) |
Leaders Seat2: | Northam |
Percentage2: | 36.85% |
Swing2: | 1.71 |
Last Election2: | 16 seats |
Seats2: | 16 seats |
Seat Change2: | 0 |
Leader3: | Alec Thomson |
Leader Since3: | 15 December 1923 |
Party3: | Country Party (Western Australia) |
Leaders Seat3: | Katanning |
Percentage3: | 15.97% |
Swing3: | 3.89 |
Last Election3: | 6 seats |
Seats3: | 7 seats |
Seat Change3: | 1 |
Premier | |
Before Election: | Philip Collier |
Before Party: | Australian Labor Party (Western Australian Branch) |
After Election: | Philip Collier |
After Party: | Australian Labor Party (Western Australian Branch) |
Elections were held in the state of Western Australia on 26 March 1927 to elect all 50 members to the Legislative Assembly. The incumbent Labor Party government, led by Premier Philip Collier, won a second term in government against the United-Country opposition, led by Opposition Leader James Mitchell.
See also: Results of the Western Australian state election, 1927 (Legislative Assembly).
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210,949 electors were enrolled to vote at the election, but 9 of the 50 seats were uncontested, with 16,862 electors enrolled in those seats. All 9 of these seats were held by Labor.