1939 Western Australian state election

Elections were held in the state of Western Australia on 18 March 1939 to elect all 50 members to the Legislative Assembly. The Labor Party, led by Premier John Willcock, won a third term in office against the Country and Nationalist parties, led by Opposition Leader Charles Latham and Robert Ross McDonald respectively.

1939 Western Australian state election
18 March 1939
All 50 seats in the Western Australian Legislative Assembly
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader John Willcock Charles Latham Ross McDonald
Party Labor Country Nationalist
Leader since 20 August 1936 24 April 1933 13 April 1938
Leader's seat Geraldton York West Perth
Last election 26 seats 13 seats 8 seats
Seats won 27 seats 12 seats 7 seats
Seat change 1 1 1
Percentage 45.02% 12.00% 23.97%
Swing 2.63 2.60 8.39
Premier before election

John Willcock
Labor

 Elected Premier

John Willcock
Labor

This was the first election in Western Australia since the enactment of compulsory voting, which occurred in 1936. Western Australia was one of the last states to mandate voting.

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