1939 Western Australian state election information
Australian election
1939 Western Australian state election
← 1936
18 March 1939
1943 →
All 50 seats in the Western Australian Legislative Assembly
First party
Second party
Third party
Leader
John Willcock
Charles Latham
Ross McDonald
Party
Labor
Country
Nationalist
Leader since
20 August 1936
24 April 1933
13 April 1938
Leader's seat
Geraldton
York
West Perth
Last election
26 seats
13 seats
8 seats
Seats won
27 seats
12 seats
7 seats
Seat change
1
1
1
Percentage
45.02%
12.00%
23.97%
Swing
2.63
2.60
8.39
Premier before election
John Willcock
Labor
Elected Premier
John Willcock
Labor
Elections were held in the state of Western Australia on 18 March 1939 to elect all 50 members to the Legislative Assembly. The Labor Party, led by Premier John Willcock, won a third term in office against the Country and Nationalist parties, led by Opposition Leader Charles Latham and Robert Ross McDonald respectively.
This was the first election in Western Australia since the enactment of compulsory voting, which occurred in 1936. Western Australia was one of the last states to mandate voting.[1]
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