1914 Western Australian state election

Elections were held in the state of Western Australia on 21 October 1914 to elect 50 members to the Western Australian Legislative Assembly. The Labor party, led by Premier John Scaddan, retained government against the opposition conservative Liberal Party led by Opposition Leader Frank Wilson, though with only the barest of majorities. The election also saw the emergence of the Western Australian Country Party, which had been formed at a conference of the Farmers and Settlers Association the previous year to fight for rural interests, and won eight seats at the election.

1914 Western Australian state election
21 October 1914
All 50 seats in the Western Australian Legislative Assembly
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader John Scaddan Frank Wilson James Gardiner
Party Labor Liberal Country
Leader since 3 August 1910 16 September 1910 21 October 1914
Leader's seat Brown Hill-Ivanhoe Sussex Irwin
Last election 34 seats 16 seats 0 seats
Seats won 26 seats 16 seats 8 seats
Seat change 8 0 8
Percentage 42.12% 43.91% 13.98%
Swing 10.42 0.89 13.98
Premier before election

John Scaddan
Labor

 Elected Premier

John Scaddan
Labor

The fragility of the Labor Party's majority was demonstrated when, a year later, Labor member Joseph Gardiner's seat was declared vacant on account of his non-attendance and a Liberal was elected in his stead, and Labor became a minority government when on 18 December 1915, Bertie Johnston resigned from the Labor Party and became an independent. On 27 July 1916, the Scaddan Ministry was defeated and Wilson became the new Premier.

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