1936 Western Australian state election

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.

1936 Western Australian state election
15 February 1936
All 50 seats in the Western Australian Legislative Assembly
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Philip Collier Charles Latham Norbert Keenan
Party Labor Country Nationalist
Leader since 16 April 1917 12 April 1930 24 April 1933
Leader's seat Boulder York Nedlands
Last election 30 seats 12 seats 8 seats
Seats won 26 seats 13 seats 8 seats
Seat change 4 1 0
Percentage 42.33% 14.60% 32.36%
Swing 3.15 0.32 1.83
Premier before election

Philip Collier
Labor

 Elected Premier

Philip Collier
Labor

The only member to retire at the election was Labor member for Kalgoorlie James Cunningham, who transferred to the Australian Senate the following year.

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