Electoral results for the district of Nelson

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Ernest Hoar	3,173	59.0	+8.8
	Liberal	Edward Cummins	2,204	41.0	−8.8
Total formal votes			5,377	98.9	+0.7
Informal votes			62	1.1	−0.7
Turnout			5,439	85.9	+2.3
	Labor hold		Swing	+8.8

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Ernest Hoar	2,359	50.2	+21.0
	Nationalist	John Smith	2,342	49.8	+25.3
Total formal votes			4,701	98.2	+0.6
Informal votes			87	1.8	−0.6
Turnout			4,788	83.6	−8.8
	Labor gain from Nationalist		Swing	+2.6

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Roy Pearce	1,527	29.2	+5.0
	Nationalist	John Smith	1,278	24.5	−13.1
	Independent	Clarence Doust	1,119	21.4	−16.8
	Country	William Scott	822	15.7	+15.7
	Ind. Nationalist	Guy Thomson	479	9.2	+9.2
Total formal votes			5,225	97.6	−1.4
Informal votes			128	2.4	+1.4
Turnout			5,353	92.4	+14.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Nationalist	John Smith	2,737	52.4	+9.5
	Labor	Roy Pearce	2,488	47.6	+47.6
	Nationalist gain from Independent		Swing	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Clarence Doust	1,609	38.2	+38.2
	Nationalist	John Smith	1,585	37.6	−1.2
	Labor	Thomas Ladhams	1,018	24.2	−13.2
Total formal votes			4,212	99.0	+1.4
Informal votes			44	1.0	−1.4
Turnout			4,256	78.0	−11.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Independent	Clarence Doust	2,406	57.1	+57.1
	Nationalist	John Smith	1,806	42.9	−12.8
	Independent gain from Nationalist		Swing	N/A

Election results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	John Smith	1,814	38.8	−27.9
	Labor	Walter Toyer	1,748	37.4	+4.1
	Country	William Huggett	569	12.2	+12.2
	Country	Frederick Knapp	549	11.7	+11.7
Total formal votes			4,680	97.6	−1.5
Informal votes			115	2.4	+1.5
Turnout			4,795	89.0	+7.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Nationalist	John Smith	2,607	55.7	−11.0
	Labor	Walter Toyer	2,073	44.3	+11.0
	Nationalist hold		Swing	−11.0

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Nationalist	John Smith	2,716	66.7
	Labor	Walter Toyer	1,358	33.3
Total formal votes			4,037	99.1
Informal votes			37	0.9
Turnout			4,111	81.7
	Nationalist hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	John Smith	2,055	50.2	−1.4
	Labor	Dennis Jones	1,211	29.6	−8.9
	Country	William Huggett	829	20.2	+20.2
Total formal votes			4,095	98.2	−0.4
Informal votes			75	1.8	+0.4
Turnout			4,170	74.0	+14.5
	Nationalist hold		Swing	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	John Smith	1,322	51.6	+16.5
	Labor	Thomas Anthony	986	38.5	+14.3
	Ind. Nationalist	Edwin Ellis	144	5.6	+5.6
	Independent	Thomas Ladhams	112	4.4	+4.4
Total formal votes			2,564	98.6	+0.8
Informal votes			35	1.4	−0.8
Turnout			2,599	59.5	−3.6
	Country gain from Independent Country		Swing	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Francis Willmott	823	40.7	−12.4
	Independent Country	John Smith	709	35.1	−11.8
	Labor	Thomas Ryan	488	24.2	+24.2
Total formal votes			2,020	97.8	−1.7
Informal votes			45	2.2	+1.7
Turnout			2,065	63.1	−1.6
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Independent Country	John Smith	1,130	55.9	+9.0
	Country	Francis Willmott	890	44.1	−9.0
	Independent Country gain from Country		Swing	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National Country	Francis Willmott	1,104	53.1	–1.1
	Independent Labor	John Henry Smith	974	46.9	+46.9
Total formal votes			2,078	99.5	+0.1
Informal votes			10	0.5	–0.1
Turnout			2,088	64.7	–3.9
	National Country hold		Swing	–1.1

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Francis Willmott	1,593	54.2	+54.2
	Labor	Roger Ryan	1,347	45.8	−2.2
Total formal votes			2,940	99.4	+0.1
Informal votes			19	0.6	−0.1
Turnout			2,959	68.6	−7.6
	Country gain from Liberal		Swing	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Ministerialist	Charles Layman	1,113	49.8
	Labor	William Johnston	1,073	48.0
	Ministerialist	Robert Uphill	48	2.2
Total formal votes			2,234	99.3
Informal votes			16	0.7
Turnout			2,250	76.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Ministerialist	Charles Layman	1,144	51.2
	Labor	William Johnston	1,090	48.8
	Ministerialist hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ministerialist	Charles Layman	1,075	64.7	+7.4
	Labour	William Spiers	586	35.3	+35.3
Total formal votes			1,661	97.8	−1.7
Informal votes			37	2.2	+1.7
Turnout			1,698	75.4	+3.2
	Ministerialist hold		Swing	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ministerialist	Charles Layman	556	57.3	+10.7
	Ministerialist	John Walter	414	42.7	+42.7
Total formal votes			970	99.5	+0.4
Informal votes			5	0.5	–0.4
Turnout			986	72.2	+6.7
	Ministerialist hold		Swing	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Charles Layman	558	46.6	+46.6
	Labour	Joseph Barraclough	320	26.7	+26.7
	Ministerialist	John Clarke	320	26.7	+26.7
Total formal votes			1,198	99.1	n/a
Informal votes			11	0.9	n/a
Turnout			1,209	65.5	n/a
	Independent gain from Ministerialist		Swing	+46.6

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ministerialist	John Walter	unopposed
	Ministerialist hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ministerialist	Sir James Lee-Steere	unopposed
	Ministerialist hold		Swing