| 
      
        | William Noah Hedges | Nationalist |  3,550 |  19.44% |  
        | John Barkell Holman | Labor |  7,290 |  39.92% |  
        | William Watson | Independent | 7,420 | 40.63% |  Final count after distribution of preferences
      
        | Hedges  | Nat  | 3,550  | Excluded  |    |    |  
        | Holman  | ALP  | 7,290  |  589 (16.59%) |  7,879  | 43.15%  |  
        | Watson  |  Ind  | 7,420  | 2,961 (83.41%) | 10,381  | 55.85%  |  Majority (after preferences) for Watson 2,502
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    | Percentage of primary valid votes in each subdivision
        
          |    | Hedges  | Holman  | Watson  | Total valid votes  |  
          | Balkatta  | 25.68%  | 37.76%  | 36.56%  |  3,914  |  
          |  Claremont  | 32.99%  | 25.57%  | 41.44%  |  4,607  |  
          |  East Fremantle  |  8.98%  | 46.08%  | 44.94%  |  2,539  |  
          | Fremantle  | 12.81%  | 49.88%  | 37.31%  |  1,249  |  
          |  North Fremantle  |  7.92%  | 55.90%  | 36.17%  |  1,338  |  
          |  South Fremantle  |  4.80%  | 46.06%  | 49.14%  |  2,666  |  
          |  West Subiaco  | 20.44%  | 49.06%  | 30.50%  |  905  |  
          | Postal votes  | 21.54%  | 46.92%  | 31.54%  |  130  |  
          | Absent votes  | 22.50%  | 37.21% | 40.30%  |  809  |  
          | Section votes  |  7.77%  | 57.28%  | 34.95%  |  113  |  
          | Total  | 19.44%  | 39.92%  | 40.63%  | 18,260  |    |