1936 Western Australian state election

1936 Western Australian state election

← 1933 15 February 1936 1939 →

All 50 seats in the Western Australian Legislative Assembly
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Philip Collier Charles Latham Norbert Keenan
Party Labor Country Nationalist
Leader since 16 April 1917 12 April 1930 24 April 1933
Leader's seat Boulder York Nedlands
Last election 30 seats 12 seats 8 seats
Seats won 26 seats 13 seats 8 seats
Seat change Decrease4 Increase1 Steady0
Percentage 42.33% 14.60% 32.36%
Swing Decrease3.15 Increase0.32 Increase1.83

Premier before election

Philip Collier
Labor

Elected Premier

Philip Collier
Labor

Elections were held in the state of Western Australia on 15 February 1936 to elect all 50 members to the Legislative Assembly. The Labor Party, led by Premier Philip Collier, won a second term in office against the Country and Nationalist parties, led by Opposition Leader Charles Latham and Norbert Keenan respectively.

No sitting MLA's retired at this election. This was one of the few elections in which the Labor party allowed more than one candidate to run against a sitting MP, namely in the seat of Kalgoorlie. James Cunningham was defeated by fellow Labor candidate Herbert Styants, and Cunningham transferred to the Australian Senate the following year.