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1942 York state by-election

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79:). Latham resigned from parliament on 7 October 1942, to be appointed to the Senate. The writ for the by-election was issued on 10 October, with the close of nominations on 29 October. Polling day was on 21 November, with the writ returned on 4 December. 482: 470: 429: 390:, although he served only a single term. Latham, the retiring member in York, served in the Senate for less than a year, losing his seat at the 501: 407: 41: 511: 25: 395: 387: 367: 72: 68: 506: 317: 137: 516: 455: 338: 294: 114: 391: 181: 37: 158: 76: 383: 202: 75:
became leader of the opposition (due to the Country Party winning more seats than its coalition partner, the
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until his death in office in 1961. He served as a minister in the government of
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Election statistics, Legislative Assembly of Western Australia, 1890-1996
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was held on 21 November 1942. It was triggered by the resignation of
394:. He returned to state parliament in 1946, as a member of the 441: 44:) on 7 October 1942, to take up an appointment to the 71:. He was elected party leader in 1930, and after the 378:. One of his opponents at the by-election, Labor's 493: 366:Perkins held York until it was abolished at the 67:had held York for the Country Party since the 408:List of Western Australian state by-elections 48:. The Country Party retained the seat, with 442:Black, David; Prescott, Valerie (1997). 425: 423: 494: 502:Western Australian state by-elections 420: 267: 92: 13: 464: 14: 528: 512:November 1942 events in Australia 52:winning by just 40 votes on the 476: 435: 1: 413: 88:York state by-election, 1942 59: 361: 7: 507:1942 elections in Australia 401: 10: 533: 517:1940s in Western Australia 82: 337: 283: 253: 239: 104: 101: 98: 95: 448:Perth, Western Australia 42:leader of the opposition 471:Charles Collier Perkins 285:Two-candidate-preferred 54:two-candidate-preferred 483:Alfred George Reynolds 223:Liberal (All-Parties) 430:Charles George Latham 392:1943 federal election 26:Legislative Assembly 396:Legislative Council 388:1947 state election 368:1950 state election 240:Total formal votes 182:Independent Country 89: 73:1933 state election 69:1921 state election 87: 359: 358: 226:Carlyle Ferguson 203:Independent Labor 77:Nationalist Party 30:Western Australia 524: 486: 480: 474: 468: 462: 461: 439: 433: 427: 370:, and then held 107: 90: 86: 532: 531: 527: 526: 525: 523: 522: 521: 492: 491: 490: 489: 481: 477: 469: 465: 458: 440: 436: 428: 421: 416: 404: 384:seat of Forrest 380:Alfred Reynolds 364: 300:Charles Perkins 254:Informal votes 164:Alfred Reynolds 120:Charles Perkins 85: 62: 50:Charles Perkins 12: 11: 5: 530: 520: 519: 514: 509: 504: 488: 487: 475: 463: 456: 434: 418: 417: 415: 412: 411: 410: 403: 400: 363: 360: 357: 356: 354: 351: 344: 336: 333: 332: 329: 326: 323: 320: 315: 312: 311: 308: 305: 302: 297: 292: 289: 288: 281: 280: 277: 274: 271: 265: 264: 261: 258: 255: 251: 250: 247: 244: 241: 237: 236: 233: 230: 227: 224: 221: 218: 217: 214: 211: 208: 205: 200: 197: 196: 193: 190: 187: 186:Albert Noonan 184: 179: 176: 175: 172: 169: 166: 161: 156: 153: 152: 149: 146: 143: 140: 135: 132: 131: 128: 125: 122: 117: 112: 109: 108: 103: 100: 97: 94: 84: 81: 65:Charles Latham 61: 58: 34:Charles Latham 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 529: 518: 515: 513: 510: 508: 505: 503: 500: 499: 497: 484: 479: 472: 467: 459: 457:0-7309-8409-5 453: 449: 445: 438: 431: 426: 424: 419: 409: 406: 405: 399: 397: 393: 389: 385: 381: 377: 373: 369: 355: 352: 350: 349: 345: 343: 340: 335: 334: 330: 327: 324: 321: 319: 316: 314: 313: 309: 306: 303: 301: 298: 296: 293: 291: 290: 286: 282: 278: 275: 272: 270: 266: 262: 259: 256: 252: 248: 245: 242: 238: 234: 231: 228: 225: 222: 220: 219: 215: 212: 209: 206: 204: 201: 199: 198: 194: 191: 188: 185: 183: 180: 178: 177: 173: 170: 167: 165: 162: 160: 157: 155: 154: 150: 147: 144: 141: 139: 136: 134: 133: 129: 126: 123: 121: 118: 116: 113: 111: 110: 91: 80: 78: 74: 70: 66: 57: 55: 51: 47: 43: 39: 38:Country Party 35: 31: 27: 23: 19: 478: 466: 443: 437: 365: 346: 341: 207:Harry Hyams 63: 22:seat of York 15: 376:David Brand 322:John Keast 318:Independent 142:John Keast 138:Independent 40:leader and 18:by-election 496:Categories 414:References 382:, won the 96:Candidate 60:Background 362:Aftermath 402:See also 20:for the 386:at the 339:Country 295:Country 287:result 269:Turnout 115:Country 83:Results 56:count. 24:in the 454:  325:1,091 304:1,131 279:–11.7 273:2,250 243:2,222 195:+17.8 174:+21.2 151:–17.0 130:–34.5 99:Votes 93:Party 46:Senate 348:Swing 328:49.1 307:50.9 276:80.3 263:+0.6 249:–0.6 246:98.8 235:+4.8 216:+7.7 192:17.8 171:21.2 159:Labor 148:21.5 127:27.0 36:(the 452:ISBN 342:hold 331:N/A 310:N/A 260:1.2 232:4.8 229:107 213:7.7 210:170 189:396 168:472 145:478 124:599 372:Roe 353:N/A 257:28 28:of 498:: 446:. 422:^ 398:. 106:±% 102:% 16:A 460:.

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by-election
seat of York
Legislative Assembly
Western Australia
Charles Latham
Country Party
leader of the opposition
Senate
Charles Perkins
two-candidate-preferred
Charles Latham
1921 state election
1933 state election
Nationalist Party
Country
Charles Perkins
Independent
Labor
Alfred Reynolds
Independent Country
Independent Labor
Turnout
Two-candidate-preferred
Country
Charles Perkins
Independent
Country
Swing
1950 state election
Roe

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