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{{Infobox election
| election_name = 1933 Western Australian state election
| country = Western Australia
| type = parliamentary
| ongoing = no
| previous_election = 1930 Western Australian state election
| previous_year = 1930
| next_election = 1936 Western Australian state election
| next_year = 1936
| seats_for_election = All 50 seats in the [[Western Australian Legislative Assembly]]
| election_date      = 8 April 1933

<!--      Australian Labour Party     -->
| image1 = [[File:Philip Collier.jpg|137px]]
| leader1 = [[Philip Collier]]
| leader_since1 = 16 April 1917
| party1 = Australian Labor Party (Western Australian Branch)
| leaders_seat1 = [[Electoral district of Boulder|Boulder]]
| percentage1 = 45.48%
| swing1 = {{increase}}7.08
| last_election1 = 23 seats
| seats1 = 30 seats 
| seat_change1 = {{increase}}7

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| image2 = [[File:Sir James Mitchell.jpg|138px]]
| leader2 = [[James Mitchell (Australian politician)|James Mitchell]]
| leader_since2 = 17 May 1919
| party2 = Nationalist/Country coalition
| leaders_seat2 = [[Electoral district of Northam|Northam]] ''(lost seat)''
| percentage2 = 44.82%
| swing2 = {{decrease}}10.13
| last_election2 = 27 seats
| seats2 = 19 seats
| seat_change2 = {{decrease}}8
| title = [[Premier of Western Australia|Premier]]
| before_election = [[James Mitchell (Australian politician)|James Mitchell]]
| before_party = Nationalist/Country coalition
| after_election = [[Philip Collier]]
| after_party = Australian Labor Party (Western Australian Branch)
}}
Elections were held in the [[States and territories of Australia|state]] of [[Western Australia]] on 8 April 1933 to elect all 50 members to the [[Western Australian Legislative Assembly|Legislative Assembly]]. The one-term [[Nationalist Party of Australia|Nationalist]]-[[National Party of Australia (WA)|Country]] coalition government, led by [[Premier of Western Australia|Premier]] Sir [[James Mitchell (Australian politician)|James Mitchell]], was defeated by the [[Australian Labor Party (Western Australian Branch)|Labor Party]], led by [[Leader of the Opposition (Western Australia)|Opposition Leader]] [[Philip Collier]].

The election occurred at the height of the [[Great Depression]], and was notable for four reasons. Firstly, it is, to date, the only Western Australian election at which a sitting Premier has been defeated in his own seat, with Sir [[James Mitchell (Australian politician)|James Mitchell]] losing his [[Electoral district of Northam|Northam]] seat to [[Albert Hawke]]. It has also been the only election (apart from the ministerial by-elections in December 1901) where over half a Ministry have been defeated at an election—apart from Mitchell, [[Hubert Parker]], [[John Scaddan]] and [[John Lindsay (Western Australian politician)|John Lindsay]] all lost their parliamentary seats. Secondly, three future Premiers, [[Frank Wise]] (1943–1945), [[Albert Hawke]] (1953–1959) and [[John Tonkin]] (1971–1974), were elected to Parliament on the same day. Thirdly, it was held on the same day as the [[Secessionism in Western Australia|secession referendum]], which was passed by 68% of voters despite their choice of a party to lead the State who had persistently opposed secession. Finally, the Nationalists fell to third place at the election in terms of seats, meaning that the [[National Party of Australia (WA)|Country Party]], who had more seats in parliament, were able to name the Opposition Leader until Labor's eventual defeat in the [[1947 Western Australian state election|1947 election]]. This result was in part possible due to the malapportionment in the Western Australian parliament which created more seats in mining areas, where the Labor Party was dominant, and in agricultural areas, where the Country Party was dominant.

Two changes of affiliation had occurred in the previous term, which resulted in the Country Party increasing their parliamentary strength in the Assembly to 12 members. [[Arnold Piesse]], who as an independent had defeated former Country Party leader [[Alec Thomson]] in his [[Electoral district of Katanning|Katanning]] seat at the [[1930 Western Australian state election|1930 election]], joined the Country Party, as did [[Richard Sampson (politician)|Richard Sampson]], the long-serving member for [[Electoral district of Swan|Swan]] who had been elected a Nationalist.

==Retiring members==
* [[Edwin Corboy]] (Labor, [[Electoral district of Yilgarn-Coolgardie|Yilgarn-Coolgardie]])
* [[Alfred Lamond]] (Labor, [[Electoral district of Pilbara|Pilbara]])
* [[Henry Brown (Australian politician)|Henry Brown]] (Country, [[Electoral district of Pingelly|Pingelly]])

At the time of the election, the seat of [[Electoral district of West Perth|West Perth]] was vacant. Its previous member, former [[Attorney-General of Western Australia|Attorney-General]] and Nationalist MLA [[Thomas Davy (politician)|Thomas Davy]], died suddenly on 18 February 1933, aged 42, while playing bridge with his wife and two friends at the Savoy Hotel. He was succeeded at the election by [[Robert Ross McDonald]], who went on to lead the Nationalist Party from 1938 and was instrumental in forming the Western Australian branch of the [[Liberal Party of Australia (Western Australian Division)|Liberal Party]] in 1945.

==Results==
{{see also|Results of the Western Australian state election, 1933 (Legislative Assembly)}}

At the election, 10 sitting members were defeated—nine Nationalists and one Country member. 8 of these seats were won by Labor, while [[Electoral district of Sussex|Sussex]] was won by fellow Nationalist [[Edmund Vernon Brockman|Edmund Brockman]], and in [[Electoral district of Mount Marshall|Mount Marshall]], Independent candidate [[Frederick Warner (politician)|Frederick Warner]] defeated Country member and Minister [[John Lindsay (Western Australian politician)|John Lindsay]]. (Warner went on to join the Country Party.) The only loss to Labor was the seat of [[Electoral district of Pilbara|Pilbara]], which had been vacated by retiring member [[Alfred Lamond]], and was won by the Nationalists' [[Frank Welsh (politician)|Frank Welsh]].

{{Australian elections/Title row
| title        = Western Australian state election, 8 April 1933
| house        = [[Western Australian Legislative Assembly|Legislative Assembly]]
| series       = Western Australian state election
| back         = 1930
| forward      = 1936
| enrolled     = 205,312{{ref label|cont|1|1}}
| total_votes  = 186,012
| turnout %    = 90.60%
| turnout chg  = +16.15%
| informal     = 4,156
| informal %   = 2.23%
| informal chg = +1.10%
}}
{{Australian elections/Party summary|
  |government  = yes
  |party_id    = Labor WA
  |votes       = 82,702
  |votes %     = 45.48%
  |votes chg   = +7.04%
  |seats       = 30
  |seats chg   = + 7
}}
{{Australian elections/Party summary|
  |party_id    = Nationalist
  |votes       = 55,522
  |votes %     = 30.53%
  |votes chg   = –5.65%
  |seats       = 8
  |seats chg   = – 7
}}
{{Australian elections/Party summary|
  |party_id    = Nationals WA
  |party       = [[National Party of Australia (WA)|Country]]
  |votes       = 25,980
  |votes %     = 14.29%
  |votes chg   = –4.48%
  |seats       = 11
  |seats chg   = – 1
}}
{{Australian elections/Party summary|
  |party       = Ind. Nat.
  |votes       = 2,199
  |votes %     = 1.21%
  |votes chg   = +1.21%
  |seats       = 0
  |seats chg   = ± 0
}}
{{Australian elections/Party summary|
  |party_id    = Communist
  |votes       = 442
  |votes %     = 0.25%
  |votes chg   = +0.25%
  |seats       = 0
  |seats chg   = ± 0
}}
{{Australian elections/Party summary|
  |party_id    = Independent
  |votes       = 14,918
  |votes %     = 8.20%
  |votes chg   = –2.70%
  |seats       = 1
  |seats chg   = + 1
}}
{{Australian elections/Total row |
  |total_votes = 186,012
  |total_seats = 50
}}
|}

:{{note label|cont|1|1}} 237,197 electors were enrolled to vote at the election, but 9 of the 50 seats were uncontested—6 Labor seats representing 20,069 enrolled voters, 1 Nationalist seat representing 4,139 voters and 2 Country seats representing 7,677 voters.

==See also==
* [[Members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly, 1930–1933]]
* [[Members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly, 1933–1936]]
* [[Second Mitchell Ministry]]
* [[Second Collier Ministry]]

==References==
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{{Western Australian elections}}

[[Category:Elections in Western Australia]]
[[Category:1933 elections in Australia]]
[[Category:1930s in Western Australia]]
[[Category:April 1933 events]]
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