1936 Western Australian state election

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox election | election_name = 1936 Western Australian state election | country = Western Australia | flag_year = 1870 | type = parliamentary | ongoing = no | previous_election = 1933 Western Australian state election | previous_year = 1933 | next_election = 1939 Western Australian state election | next_year = 1939 | seats_for_election = All 50 seats in the Western Australian Legislative Assembly | election_date = 15 February 1936

| image1 = 130px | leader1 = Philip Collier | leader_since1 = 16 April 1917 | party1 = Australian Labor Party (Western Australian Branch) | leaders_seat1 = Boulder | percentage1 = 42.33% | swing1 = {{decrease}}3.15 | last_election1 = 30 seats | seats1 = 26 seats | seat_change1 = {{decrease}}4

| image2 = 130px | leader2 = Charles Latham | leader_since2 = 12 April 1930 | party2 = Country Party (Western Australia) | leaders_seat2 = York | percentage2 = 14.60% | swing2 = {{increase}}0.32 | last_election2 = 12 seats | seats2 = 13 seats | seat_change2 = {{increase}}1

| image3 = 120px | leader3 = Norbert Keenan | leader_since3 = 24 April 1933 | party3 = Nationalist Party of Australia | leaders_seat3 = Nedlands | percentage3 = 32.36% | swing3 = {{increase}}1.83 | last_election3 = 8 seats | seats3 = 8 seats | seat_change3 = {{nochange}}0

| title = Premier | before_election = Philip Collier | before_party = Australian Labor Party (Western Australian Branch) | after_election = Philip Collier | after_party = Australian Labor Party (Western Australian Branch) }}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.

==Results== {{see also|Results of the Western Australian state election, 1936 (Legislative Assembly)}}

At the election, 5 sitting members (four Labor and one Nationalist) were defeated—three of them by independents. In Maylands, one-term MLA Robert Clothier (Labor) was defeated by independent Nationalist Harry Shearn, who won with preferences from two endorsed nationalists. In East Perth, Minister for Employment and Labour James Kenneally was defeated by former Labor member Thomas Hughes, and the Nationalist member for Nelson, John Henry Smith, was defeated by independent Clarence Doust. The remaining seats, Subiaco and Albany, were lost by Labor to the Nationalist and Country parties respectively.

{{Australian elections/Title row | title = Western Australian state election, 15 February 1936 | house = Legislative Assembly | series = Western Australian state election | back = 1933 | forward = 1939 | enrolled = 194,354{{ref label|cont|1|1}} | total_votes = 136,309 | turnout % = 70.13% | turnout chg = –20.47% | informal = 1,518 | informal % = 1.11% | informal chg = –1.12% }} {{Australian elections/Party summary| |government = yes |party_id = Labor WA |votes = 57,055 |votes % = 42.33% |votes chg = –3.15% |seats = 26 |seats chg = – 4 }} {{Australian elections/Party summary| |party_id = Nationalist |votes = 43,619 |votes % = 32.36% |votes chg = +1.83% |seats = 8 |seats chg = ± 0 }} {{Australian elections/Party summary| |party_id = Nationals WA |party = Country |votes = 19,685 |votes % = 14.60% |votes chg = +0.32% |seats = 13 |seats chg = + 1 }} {{Australian elections/Party summary| |party = Ind. Nat. |votes = 3,418 |votes % = 2.54% |votes chg = +1.33% |seats = 1 |seats chg = + 1 }} {{Australian elections/Party summary| |party_id = Social Credit |votes = 1,385 |votes % = 1.03% |votes chg = +1.03% |seats = 0 |seats chg = ± 0 }} {{Australian elections/Party summary| |party_id = Communist |votes = 118 |votes % = 0.09% |votes chg = –0.16% |seats = 0 |seats chg = ± 0 }} {{Australian elections/Party summary| |party_id = Independent |votes = 9,431 |votes % = 7.00% |votes chg = –1.21% |seats = 2 |seats chg = + 2 }} {{Australian elections/Total row | |total_votes = 134,791 |total_seats = 50 }} |}

:{{note label|cont|1|1}} 247,465 electors were enrolled to vote at the election, but 15 of the 50 seats were uncontested—10 Labor seats representing 33,038 enrolled voters, 1 Nationalist seat representing 3,933 voters and 4 Country seats representing 16,284 voters.

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