Elections were held in the Australian state of

Western Australia Western Australia (WA) is the westernmost state of Australia. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Southern Ocean to the south, the Northern Territory to the north-east, and South Australia to the south-east. Western Aust ...

on 28 June 1904 to elect 50 members to the state's Legislative Assembly. The election resulted in a

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. The Labour Party, led by

Robert Hastie Robert Hastie (27 July 1861 – 9 April 1914) was an Australian politician who was the first parliamentary leader of the Labour Party in Western Australia. He was a member of the state's Legislative Assembly from 1901 to 1905. Hastie was bor ...

, won 22 seats, while the governing Ministerialists won 18 seats, and independents won 10 seats. Walter James, who had been

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since July 1902, initially continued on in the role after the election. The Labour Party elected a new leader,

Henry Daglish Henry Daglish (18 November 1866 – 16 August 1920) was an Australian politician who was the sixth premier of Western Australia and the first from the Labor Party, serving from 10 August 1904 to 25 August 1905. Daglish was born in Ballarat, V ...

, on 8 July."CAUCUS MEETING OF THE LABOUR PARTY."
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'', 9 July 1904. Daglish successfully moved a

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on 9 August, and after James's resignation became premier on 10 August. He was Western Australia's first premier from the Labour Party.

Results

Notes

: The total number of enrolled voters was 163,826, of whom 25,511 were registered in ten uncontested seats. Five of the uncontested seats were won by Labour, three by Ministerialists, and two by independents.

References

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Results

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