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unusual facts about Electoral district of Nelson


Electoral division of Nelson

Electoral district of Nelson, former electorate of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly located in the south-west of the state


Western Australian state election, 1939

Elsewhere, the only change was the exit of one Independent member—Clarence Doust in Nelson, who was defeated by his Nationalist predecessor John Henry Smith after one term—and the entry of another from Irwin-Moore, Claude Barker, replacing Country member Percy Ferguson.

Western Australian state election, 1943

Apart from Labor gaining two seats from the Country Party (Avon and Greenough) and one from the Nationalists (Nelson, where Ernest Hoar defeated the incumbent member by just 17 votes), no changes took place at the election.


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