1939 Western Australian state 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]