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- Western_Australian_state_election,_1901 abstract "Elections were held in the state of Western Australia on 24 April 1901 to elect 50 members to the Western Australian Legislative Assembly. It was the first election to take place since responsible government without the towering presence of Premier Sir John Forrest, who had left state politics two months earlier to enter the first Federal parliament representing the Division of Swan.The Ministerial group, led by Forrest's nominated successor George Throssell, ran a half-hearted campaign for government, with Throssell saying in a policy speech that while he would continue to serve as Premier if required, \"it was not the class of political life he desired, as it interfered too much with his leisure.\" Meanwhile, the Opposition had no clear leader, with the Parliamentary leader Frederick Illingworth and George Leake, who was seeking to return to Parliament in the election, both apparently contenders. The groups were neither formal nor organised, with many members and candidates professing rather confused allegiances and running their own campaigns on local issues.Following the introduction of payment of members in 1900, which effectively allowed men without independent means to sit in Parliament, the Labour Party offered 22 candidates to the voters compared to three at the previous election, each of which was pledged to the party's platform. The Westralian Worker newspaper, launched six months earlier, was used to publicise the campaign. They ultimately won six seats, of which five were located in the Goldfields.No clear winner emerged, and considerable instability resulted as three Ministries either resigned or were defeated on a want of confidence motion. The situation was ultimately resolved when half of the Morgans Ministry were defeated in ministerial by-elections in December 1901, which gave the Opposition a narrow majority with Independent or Labour support.The election took place based on boundaries established in the Constitution Act Amendment Act 1899, which increased the number of members from 44 to 50 and reflected demographic changes—the Pilbara region lost two seats as did the Murchison region, whilst five seats were created in Kalgoorlie and the Eastern Goldfields and four seats were created in the Perth metropolitan area. The election was conducted under the first past the post system, and electorates had a wide variety of numbers of enrolled voters, ranging from 108 at East Kimberley to 7,024 at Hannans—nine electorates had 500 or less, whilst the same number had 3,000 or more.".
- Western_Australian_state_election,_1901 country Western_Australia.
- Western_Australian_state_election,_1901 firstLeader George_Leake.
- Western_Australian_state_election,_1901 secondLeader George_Throssell.
- Western_Australian_state_election,_1901 startDate "1901-04-24".
- Western_Australian_state_election,_1901 thumbnail George_Leake.jpg?width=300.
- Western_Australian_state_election,_1901 title "Western Australian state election, 1901".
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- Western_Australian_state_election,_1901 wikiPageWikiLink Australian_Labor_Party.
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- Western_Australian_state_election,_1901 wikiPageWikiLink Category:1901_elections_in_Australia.
- Western_Australian_state_election,_1901 wikiPageWikiLink Category:20th_century_in_Western_Australia.
- Western_Australian_state_election,_1901 wikiPageWikiLink Category:Elections_in_Western_Australia.
- Western_Australian_state_election,_1901 wikiPageWikiLink Division_of_Swan.
- Western_Australian_state_election,_1901 wikiPageWikiLink Electoral_district_of_East_Kimberley.
- Western_Australian_state_election,_1901 wikiPageWikiLink Electoral_district_of_Hannans.
- Western_Australian_state_election,_1901 wikiPageWikiLink Electoral_district_of_Northam.
- Western_Australian_state_election,_1901 wikiPageWikiLink Electoral_district_of_West_Perth.
- Western_Australian_state_election,_1901 wikiPageWikiLink Frederick_Illingworth.
- Western_Australian_state_election,_1901 wikiPageWikiLink George_Leake.
- Western_Australian_state_election,_1901 wikiPageWikiLink George_Throssell.
- Western_Australian_state_election,_1901 wikiPageWikiLink John_Forrest.
- Western_Australian_state_election,_1901 wikiPageWikiLink Kalgoorlie.
- Western_Australian_state_election,_1901 wikiPageWikiLink Members_of_the_Western_Australian_Legislative_Assembly,_1897–1901.
- Western_Australian_state_election,_1901 wikiPageWikiLink Members_of_the_Western_Australian_Legislative_Assembly,_1901–1904.
- Western_Australian_state_election,_1901 wikiPageWikiLink Morgans_Ministry.
- Western_Australian_state_election,_1901 wikiPageWikiLink Motion_of_no_confidence.
- Western_Australian_state_election,_1901 wikiPageWikiLink Murchison_(Western_Australia).
- Western_Australian_state_election,_1901 wikiPageWikiLink Perth.
- Western_Australian_state_election,_1901 wikiPageWikiLink Pilbara.
- Western_Australian_state_election,_1901 wikiPageWikiLink Plurality_voting_system.
- Western_Australian_state_election,_1901 wikiPageWikiLink Premier_of_Western_Australia.
- Western_Australian_state_election,_1901 wikiPageWikiLink Responsible_government.
- Western_Australian_state_election,_1901 wikiPageWikiLink States_and_territories_of_Australia.
- Western_Australian_state_election,_1901 wikiPageWikiLink Western_Australia.
- Western_Australian_state_election,_1901 wikiPageWikiLink Western_Australian_Legislative_Assembly.
- Western_Australian_state_election,_1901 wikiPageWikiLink Westralian_Worker.
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- Western_Australian_state_election,_1901 wikiPageWikiLinkText "1901 election".
- Western_Australian_state_election,_1901 wikiPageWikiLinkText "1901 elections".
- Western_Australian_state_election,_1901 wikiPageWikiLinkText "1901 state election".
- Western_Australian_state_election,_1901 wikiPageWikiLinkText "1901".
- Western_Australian_state_election,_1901 wikiPageWikiLinkText "4th".
- Western_Australian_state_election,_1901 wikiPageWikiLinkText "April 1901 general election".
- Western_Australian_state_election,_1901 wikiPageWikiLinkText "April 1901 state election".
- Western_Australian_state_election,_1901 wikiPageWikiLinkText "Western Australian state election, 1901".
- Western_Australian_state_election,_1901 wikiPageWikiLinkText "general election".
- Western_Australian_state_election,_1901 wikiPageWikiLinkText "the 1901 election".
- Western_Australian_state_election,_1901 afterElection George_Leake.
- Western_Australian_state_election,_1901 afterParty "Oppositionist".
- Western_Australian_state_election,_1901 beforeElection George_Throssell.
- Western_Australian_state_election,_1901 beforeParty "Ministerialist".
- Western_Australian_state_election,_1901 country "Western Australia".
- Western_Australian_state_election,_1901 electionDate "1901-04-24".
- Western_Australian_state_election,_1901 electionName "Western Australian state election, 1901".
- Western_Australian_state_election,_1901 enrolled "82742".
- Western_Australian_state_election,_1901 house Western_Australian_Legislative_Assembly.
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- Western_Australian_state_election,_1901 informal%25_ "2.04".
- Western_Australian_state_election,_1901 informalChg "-1.05".
- Western_Australian_state_election,_1901 lastElection "1".
- Western_Australian_state_election,_1901 lastElection "29".
- Western_Australian_state_election,_1901 lastElection "8".
- Western_Australian_state_election,_1901 leader George_Leake.
- Western_Australian_state_election,_1901 leader George_Throssell.
- Western_Australian_state_election,_1901 leaderSince "1901-02-15".
- Western_Australian_state_election,_1901 leaderSince "May 1901".
- Western_Australian_state_election,_1901 leadersSeat Electoral_district_of_Northam.
- Western_Australian_state_election,_1901 leadersSeat Electoral_district_of_West_Perth.
- Western_Australian_state_election,_1901 nextElection "Western Australian state election, 1904".
- Western_Australian_state_election,_1901 nextYear "1904".
- Western_Australian_state_election,_1901 ongoing "no".
- Western_Australian_state_election,_1901 party "Australian Labour Party".
- Western_Australian_state_election,_1901 party "Ministerialist".
- Western_Australian_state_election,_1901 party "Oppositionist".
- Western_Australian_state_election,_1901 partyId "Independent".
- Western_Australian_state_election,_1901 partyId "Labor".
- Western_Australian_state_election,_1901 percentage "20.23".
- Western_Australian_state_election,_1901 percentage "25.88".
- Western_Australian_state_election,_1901 percentage "40.49".
- Western_Australian_state_election,_1901 previousElection "Western Australian colonial election, 1897".
- Western_Australian_state_election,_1901 previousYear "1897".
- Western_Australian_state_election,_1901 seatChange "10".
- Western_Australian_state_election,_1901 seatChange "12".
- Western_Australian_state_election,_1901 seatChange "5".
- Western_Australian_state_election,_1901 seats "19".
- Western_Australian_state_election,_1901 seats "20".
- Western_Australian_state_election,_1901 seats "5".
- Western_Australian_state_election,_1901 seats "6".
- Western_Australian_state_election,_1901 seatsChg "+ 12".
- Western_Australian_state_election,_1901 seatsChg "+ 5".
- Western_Australian_state_election,_1901 seatsChg "– 1".
- Western_Australian_state_election,_1901 seatsChg "– 10".
- Western_Australian_state_election,_1901 seatsForElection "All 50 seats in the Western Australian Legislative Assembly".