1939 Western Australian state election
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1939-western-australian-state-election-277-14897042
title:
1939 Western Australian state election
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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. 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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Australian election
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1939_Western_Australian_state_election
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2024-04-13T04:05:51Z
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