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which East Perth branch members voted. The winning candidate had to receive an absolute majority. In the first ballot, Curran was three short of a majority, and so O'Brien and Healy dropped out. Curran was two short of a majority after the second ballot, and Fabre and
Courtney were tied, so the chairman gave his casting vote to Fabre. In the final ballot, Curran received a majority of the votes, and so he was selected as Labor's candidate for the by-election.
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Curran was viewed as the most likely candidate to be selected, as he had lived in East Perth ever since he moved to
Western Australia. Nominations closed at 6pm on 26 September, with Curran, Fabre, O'Brien, Courtney, and Healy as the nominations. On 30 September, each nomination gave a speech, after
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win the ensuing by-election. The move also saw disillusion grow within the Labor Party's rank-and-file, as one of their main attacks on James during his premiership was that he gave cabinet positions out as bribes to gain support, similar to what
Daglish was doing now.
443:. It was unanimously agreed that James was suited for the position, but some were sceptical of Daglish's motives, believing that he was trying to get his main political rival out of parliament and was possibly trying to have the
491:, declined requests for him to be Labor's candidate, saying that "in view of the existing circumstances in regard to the political situation, I cannot see my way clear to do so". This was in reference to the
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issued a writ for the election. 12 October was set at the due date for nominations, Thursday, 20 October was set as the day of the election, and 24 October for the return of the writ.
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On 30 September, James formally resigned. On 4 October, the
Legislative Assembly passed a motion that the seat be declared vacant, and so the
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abandoning several Labor principles that they were elected on. Other potential Labor candidates were:
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Hardwick primarily campaigned on local issues, however, members of the former
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Daglish Ministry 1904-5 : Western Australia's first Labor Government
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H. Courtney, president of the East Perth branch of the
Political Labor Party
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J. Fabre, secretary of the Hotel, Restaurant, and
Caterers' Employees' Union
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was held on 20 October 1904. It was triggered by the resignation of former
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J. J. Curran, secretary of the
Coastal Trades and Labour Council
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Edward Casson, who was Labor's candidate for East Perth at the
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435:. The following month, Daglish offered James the role of
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211:. The election was won by Ministerialist candidate
518:J. Healy, unsuccessful candidate for the seat of
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717:Electoral results for the district of East Perth
475:councillor and James's campaign manager for the
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722:List of Western Australian state by-elections
557:, campaigned on issues affecting the state.
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207:, who was appointed to take up the role of
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986:– via National Library of Australia.
928:– via National Library of Australia.
902:– via National Library of Australia.
873:– via National Library of Australia.
813:– via National Library of Australia.
787:– via National Library of Australia.
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707:The by-election had four polling places.
423:, the James Government was defeated in a
743:"James, Sir Walter Hartwell (1863–1943)"
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251:Western Australian Legislative Assembly
193:Western Australian Legislative Assembly
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275:1904 Western Australian state election
1075:Western Australian state by-elections
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419:In August 1904, two months after the
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437:Agent General for Western Australia
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747:Australian Dictionary of Biography
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1065:1900s in Perth, Western Australia
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19:1904 East Perth state by-election
427:. He was replaced as premier by
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1004:. 27 September 1904. p. 5
978:. 26 September 1904. p. 5
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253:since 1894, and served as the
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914:"The East Perth Constituency"
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779:. 21 October 1904. p. 7
236:premier of Western Australia
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1060:1904 elections in Australia
920:. 5 October 1904. p. 6
894:. 1 October 1904. p. 7
799:"Position Of Agent-General"
710:
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415:Resignation of Walter James
47:20 September 1904
10:
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522:at the 1904 state election
439:representing the state in
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245:had been the member for
425:motion of no confidence
859:"Bribing Walter James"
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888:"The East Perth Seat"
773:"East Perth Election"
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741:Hunt, Lyall (1983).
551:John Marquis Hopkins
1070:October 1904 events
1002:The West Australian
976:The West Australian
918:The West Australian
892:The West Australian
803:The West Australian
777:The West Australian
634:Total formal votes
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510:Legislative Council
489:1904 state election
421:1904 state election
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59:1905 state election
42:1904 state election
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151:MP before election
119:Popular vote
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512:from 1901 to 1904
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783:26 November
752:25 November
506:Con O'Brien
445:Labor Party
433:Labor Party
217:Labor Party
189:by-election
130:Percentage
1054:Categories
728:References
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459:Candidates
285:Candidate
247:East Perth
223:Background
197:East Perth
166:Elected MP
91:Candidate
51:1904-09-20
711:See also
537:Campaign
525:W. Eales
203:Premier
195:seat of
191:for the
663:Turnout
561:Results
520:Canning
453:speaker
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602:1,251
577:Votes
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441:London
378:2,695
348:2,649
340:+47.3
334:1,253
327:Labour
319:–10.0
313:1,396
288:Votes
282:Party
125:1,013
122:1,251
104:Party
694:Swing
686:from
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670:32.8
657:−0.6
643:+0.6
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626:44.7
616:Labor
605:55.3
483:Labor
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401:Swing
384:–0.9
381:38.7
368:+0.7
354:–0.7
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136:44.7
133:55.3
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