Election figures

1949 (10 December)

Enrolment 43,440 Total votes 41,918 (96.50%) Informal votes 862 (2.06%)

Valid votes 41,056

*Kim Edward Beazley

Labor

22,463

54.71%

Billy Mackie Snedden

Liberal and Country League

17,918

43.64%

Patrick Laurence Troy

Communist

675 1.64%

* Sitting member

Absolute majority for Beazley 3,870

Percentage of primary valid votes in each subdivision

 

Beazley

Snedden

Troy

Total valid votes

Claremont

38.42%

60.74%

0.84%

11,658

East Fremantle

59.58%

39.31%

1.10%

9,234

Fremantle

65.67%

31.33%

3.00%

3,230

North Fremantle

65.09%

33.06%

1.85%

3,515

South Fremantle

70.07%

27.61%

2.32%

6,765

Wembley Park

46.06%

52.99%

0.95%

2,840

Forces overseas

63.57%

35.00%

1.43%

140

Postal votes

49.05%

48.09%

2.86%

1,362

Absent votes

54.66%

41.48%

3.85%

2,155

Section votes

57.32%

39.49%

3.18%

157

Total

54.71%

43.64%

1.64%

41,056

 

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