Western Australian state election, 1905

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27 October – 13 November 1905

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All 50 seats in the Western Australian Legislative Assembly

	First party	Second party

Leader	Hector Rason	William Johnson
Party	Ministerialist	Labour
Leader since	28 September 1904	4 October 1905
Leader's seat	Guildford	Kalgoorlie (lost seat)
Last election	18 seats	22 seats
Seats won	33 seats	14 seats
Seat change	15	8
Percentage	53.84	35.07%
Swing	17.15	7.50

Premier before election

Hector Rason
Ministerialist

Elected Premier

Hector Rason
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.

Western Australian state election, 1905
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