ELECTIONS FOR THE DIVISION OF COOLGARDIE, WESTERN AUSTRALIA ==================================================================== ELECTION OF 29-30 MARCH 1901 ==================================================================== Outback Western Australia: Coolgardie, Menzies, Mt Leonora, Mt Magnet -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 15,969 Votes cast: unknown Informal votes: unknown Formal votes: 6,303 39.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Archibald FT 2,974 47.2 Hugh MAHON Lab 3,329 52.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 6,303 02.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hugh Mahon (1857-1931): Elected 1901 Born: 6 January 1857, Kings Co, Ireland. Career: Apprenticed as printer in Ireland. Active Irish nationalist, imprisoned 1881-82. Migrated 1882. Labor journalist and organiser. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 16 DECEMBER 1903 ==================================================================== Outback Western Australia: Coolgardie, Menzies, Mt Leonora, Mt Magnet -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1901 two-party majority: Labour over Free Trade 02.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 21,686 +35.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hugh MAHON * Lab Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hugh Mahon (1857-1931): Elected 1901, 1903 Postmaster-General 27 April 1904 to 17 August 1904 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 12 DECEMBER 1906 ==================================================================== Outback Western Australia: Menzies, Leonora, Mt Magnet, Mt Margaret -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1903 majority: none (Labour unopposed) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 29,105 +34.2 Votes cast: 9,685 33.3 Informal votes: 376 03.9 Formal votes: 9,309 96.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Archibald WAP 2,503 26.9 Hon Hugh MAHON * Lab 6,806 73.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 9,309 23.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hugh Mahon (1857-1931): Elected 1901, 1903, 1906 Minister for Home Affairs 13 November 1908 to 2 June 1909 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 13 APRIL 1910 ==================================================================== Outback Western Australia: Menzies, Leonora, Mt Magnet, Mt Margaret -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1906 two-party majority: Labour over WAP 23.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 24,821 -14.7 Votes cast: 13,834 55.7 +22.4 Informal votes: 523 03.8 -00.1 Formal votes: 13,311 96.2 +00.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Robert Hastie Lib 3,170 23.8 -03.1 Arthur McClay 226 01.7 Hon Hugh MAHON * ALP 9,915 74.5 +01.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 13,311 25.4 02.3 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hastie was WA MLA for Kanowna 1901-05. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hugh Mahon (1857-1931): Elected 1901, 1903, 1906, 1910 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Coolgardie was abolished at the 1912 redistribution. Mahon contested Dampier in 1913. --------------------------------------------------------------------