# Electoral results for the district of Katanning

This is a list of electoral results for the Electoral district of Katanning in Western Australian state elections.

## Members for Katanning

Katanning (1904–1983) :
| Member | Member | Party | Term |
| | Frederick Piesse | Independent | 1904–1905 |
| | Frederick Piesse | Ministerial | 1905–1909 |
| | Arnold Piesse | Ministerial | 1909–1911 |
| | Arnold Piesse | Liberal | 1911–1914 |
| | Alec Thomson | Liberal | 1914–1917 |
| | Alec Thomson | Country | 1917–1923 |
| | Alec Thomson | Country (ECP) | 1923–1924 |
| | Alec Thomson | Country | 1924–1930 |
| | Arnold Piesse | Ind. Country | 1930–1933 |
| | Arnold Piesse | Country | 1933–1935 |
| | Arthur Watts | Country | 1935–1950 |
| | Crawford Nalder | Country | 1950–1974 |
| | Dick Old | National Country | 1974–1983 |
| Katanning-Roe (1983–1989) ||||
| Member | Member | Party | Term |
| | Dick Old | National Country | 1983–1985 |
| | Dick Old | Liberal | 1985–1986 |
| | Monty House | National | 1986–1989 |

## Election results
### Elections in the 1980s

1986 Western Australian state election: Katanning-Roe :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | National | Monty House | 4,179 | 47.4 | -34.7 |
| | Liberal | Dick Old | 3,196 | 36.3 | +36.3 |
| | Labor | Jonathan Davies | 1,438 | 16.3 | -1.6 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 8,813 | 98.6 | +0.9 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 127 | 1.4 | −0.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 8,940 | 93.5 | +4.0 |
| Two-candidate-preferred result ||||||
| | National | Monty House | 5,389 | 61.2 | -20.9 |
| | Liberal | Dick Old | 3,424 | 38.8 | +38.8 |
| | National hold | National hold | Swing | -20.9 | |
1983 Western Australian state election: Katanning-Roe :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | National Country | Dick Old | 6,541 | 82.1 |
| | Labor | Marilyn Elson | 1,423 | 17.9 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 7,984 | 97.7 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 184 | 2.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 8,148 | 89.5 |
| | National Country hold | National Country hold | Swing | |
1980 Western Australian state election: Katanning :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | National Country | Dick Old | 5,501 | 79.3 | +6.4 |
| | National | Arnold Bilney | 1,433 | 20.7 | +20.7 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 6,934 | 97.4 | −0.4 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 187 | 2.6 | +0.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 7,121 | 91.8 | −2.6 |
| | National Country hold | National Country hold | Swing | N/A | |

### Elections in the 1970s

1977 Western Australian state election: Katanning :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | National Country | Dick Old | 5,122 | 72.9 | |
| | Labor | Christopher Bothams | 976 | 13.9 | |
| | Liberal | Peter Hatherly | 931 | 13.2 | |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 7,029 | 97.8 | |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 155 | 2.2 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 7,184 | 94.4 | |
| Two-party-preferred result ||||||
| | National Country | Dick Old | 5,960 | 84.8 | +6.2 |
| | Labor | Christopher Bothams | 1,069 | 15.2 | -6.2 |
| | National Country hold | National Country hold | Swing | +6.2 | |
1974 Western Australian state election: Katanning :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | National Alliance | Dick Old | 4,307 | 63.2 |
| | Labor | Kenneth Gawn | 1,333 | 19.6 |
| | Liberal | Peter Hatherly | 1,174 | 17.2 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 6,814 | 97.1 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 203 | 2.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 7,017 | 91.7 |
| Two-party-preferred result ||||||
| | National Alliance | Dick Old | 5,364 | 78.7 |
| | Labor | Kenneth Gawn | 1,450 | 21.3 |
| | National Alliance hold | National Alliance hold | Swing | |
1971 Western Australian state election: Katanning :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Country | Crawford Nalder | 1,951 | 35.4 | -64.6 |
| | Labor | Ray Francisco | 1,520 | 27.6 | +27.6 |
| | Independent Country | Lloyd Nelson | 1,147 | 20.8 | +20.8 |
| | Democratic Labor | John Carr | 377 | 6.8 | +6.8 |
| | United Farmers | Hugh Carmichael-Smith | 329 | 6.0 | +6.0 |
| | Independent | William Stretch | 189 | 3.4 | +3.4 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 5,513 | 94.0 | |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 353 | 6.0 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,866 | 94.2 | |
| Two-party-preferred result ||||||
| | Country | Crawford Nalder | 3,400 | 61.7 | -38.3 |
| | Labor | Ray Francisco | 2,113 | 38.3 | +38.3 |
| | Country hold | Country hold | Swing | N/A | |

### Elections in the 1960s

1968 Western Australian state election: Katanning :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Country | Crawford Nalder | unopposed | | |
| | Country hold | Country hold | Swing | | |
1965 Western Australian state election: Katanning :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Country | Crawford Nalder | unopposed | | |
| | Country hold | Country hold | Swing | | |
1962 Western Australian state election: Katanning :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Country | Crawford Nalder | unopposed | | |
| | Country hold | Country hold | Swing | | |

### Elections in the 1950s

1959 Western Australian state election: Katanning :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Country | Crawford Nalder | unopposed | | |
| | Country hold | Country hold | Swing | | |
1956 Western Australian state election: Katanning :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Country | Crawford Nalder | unopposed | | |
| | Country hold | Country hold | Swing | | |
1953 Western Australian state election: Katanning :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Country | Crawford Nalder | unopposed | | |
| | Country hold | Country hold | Swing | | |
1950 Western Australian state election: Katanning :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Country | Crawford Nalder | 2,957 | 73.9 |
| | Country | Wilhelm Beeck | 1,042 | 26.1 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 3,999 | 97.7 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 93 | 2.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,092 | 91.7 |
| | Country hold | Country hold | Swing | |

### Elections in the 1940s

1947 Western Australian state election: Katanning :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Country | Arthur Watts | 3,682 | 78.3 | +6.2 |
| | Labor | John Powell | 1,018 | 21.7 | +21.7 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 4,700 | 98.7 | +0.3 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 62 | 1.3 | −0.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,762 | 89.8 | +4.9 |
| | Country hold | Country hold | Swing | N/A | |
1943 Western Australian state election: Katanning :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Country | Arthur Watts | 3,165 | 72.1 | +2.6 |
| | Independent Labor | Clayton Mitchell | 1,227 | 27.9 | +27.9 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 4,392 | 98.4 | +0.1 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 72 | 1.6 | −0.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,464 | 84.9 | −6.6 |
| | Country hold | Country hold | Swing | N/A | |

### Elections in the 1930s

1939 Western Australian state election: Katanning :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Country | Arthur Watts | 3,259 | 69.5 | +16.2 |
| | Independent | Walter Bird | 1,433 | 30.5 | +30.5 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 4,692 | 98.3 | −0.6 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 79 | 1.7 | +0.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,771 | 91.5 | +17.1 |
| | Country hold | Country hold | Swing | N/A | |
1936 Western Australian state election: Katanning :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Country | Arthur Watts | 1,970 | 53.3 | +40.4 |
| | Independent Country | Nelson Lemmon | 1,726 | 46.7 | +46.7 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 3,696 | 98.9 | +1.3 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 42 | 1.1 | −1.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,738 | 74.4 | −17.7 |
| | Country hold | Country hold | Swing | N/A | |
1935 Katanning state by-election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Country | Arthur Watts | 839 | 24.89 | +9.33 |
| | Independent Country | Frederick Cox | 674 | 19.99 | +19.99 |
| | Independent Country | Nelson Lemmon | 580 | 17.21 | +17.21 |
| | Country | John McDonald | 578 | 17.15 | +17.15 |
| | Independent | Martin Hartigan | 441 | 13.08 | –15.77 |
| | Country | Samuel Kemble | 259 | 6.80 | +6.80 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 3,300 | 97.89 | n/a |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 71 | 2.11 | n/a |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,371 | 67.53 | n/a |
| Two-candidate-preferred result ||||||
| | Country | Arthur Watts | 1,707 | 50.64 | n/a |
| | Independent Country | Nelson Lemmon | 1,664 | 49.36 | n/a |
| | Country hold | Country hold | Swing | n/a | |
1933 Western Australian state election: Katanning :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Country | Arnold Piesse | 2,260 | 47.7 | -14.4 |
| | Labor | Martin Hartigan | 1,415 | 29.9 | +29.9 |
| | Country | Arthur Watts | 609 | 12.9 | +12.9 |
| | Country | John Nagel | 453 | 9.6 | +9.6 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 4,737 | 97.6 | −1.2 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 115 | 2.4 | +1.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,852 | 92.1 | +11.5 |
| After distribution of preferences ||||||
| | Country | Arnold Piesse | 2,434 | 51.4 | |
| | Labor | Martin Hartigan | 1,496 | 31.6 | |
| | Country | Arthur Watts | 807 | 17.0 | |
| | Country hold | Country hold | Swing | N/A | |
* Preferences were not distributed to completion.
1930 Western Australian state election: Katanning :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Independent Country | Arnold Piesse | 2,536 | 62.1 |
| | Country | Alec Thomson | 1,546 | 37.9 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 4,082 | 98.8 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 49 | 1.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,131 | 80.6 |
| | Independent Country gain from Country | Independent Country gain from Country | Swing | |

### Elections in the 1920s

1927 Western Australian state election: Katanning :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Country | Alec Thomson | 2,246 | 70.7 | +5.5 |
| | Labor | David Parker | 931 | 29.3 | -5.5 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 3,177 | 99.1 | −0.3 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 28 | 0.9 | +0.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,205 | 70.7 | +6.6 |
| | Country hold | Country hold | Swing | +5.5 | |
1924 Western Australian state election: Katanning :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Executive Country | Alexander Thomson | 1,634 | 65.2 | +65.2 |
| | Country | George McLeod | 873 | 34.8 | -39.8 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 2,507 | 99.4 | −0.2 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 16 | 0.6 | +0.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,523 | 64.1 | +9.1 |
| | Executive Country gain from Country | Executive Country gain from Country | Swing | N/A | |
1921 Western Australian state election: Katanning :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Country | Alec Thomson | 1,258 | 74.6 | +8.3 |
| | Labor | Washington Mather | 428 | 25.4 | +25.4 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 1,686 | 99.6 | +1.9 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 6 | 0.6 | −1.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,692 | 55.0 | −7.0 |
| | Country hold | Country hold | Swing | N/A | |

### Elections in the 1910s

1917 Western Australian state election: Katanning :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | National Country | Alec Thomson | 1,383 | 66.3 | +10.4 |
| | National Country | Alfred Fisher | 518 | 24.8 | +24.8 |
| | National Country | James Crawford | 184 | 8.8 | +8.8 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 2,085 | 97.7 | –2.2 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 49 | 2.3 | +2.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,134 | 62.0 | +8.6 |
| | National Country hold | National Country hold | Swing | N/A | |
1914 Western Australian state election: Katanning :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | Alec Thomson | 1,226 | 55.8 | -21.6 |
| | Country | Norman Macrae | 969 | 44.2 | +44.2 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 2,195 | 99.9 | +0.6 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 3 | 0.1 | −0.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,198 | 53.4 | −15.5 |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | N/A | |
1911 Western Australian state election: Katanning :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Ministerialist | Arnold Piesse | 1,310 | 77.4 |
| | Independent | George Irving | 382 | 22.6 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 1,692 | 99.3 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 12 | 0.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,704 | 68.9 |
| | Ministerialist hold | Ministerialist hold | Swing | |

### Elections in the 1900s

1909 Katanning state by-election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Ministerialist | Arnold Piesse | unopposed | | |
| | Ministerialist hold | Ministerialist hold | Swing | | |
1908 Western Australian state election: Katanning :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Ministerialist | Frederick Piesse | 1,045 | 71.6 | -28.4 |
| | Ministerialist | Alfred Fisher | 414 | 28.4 | +28.4 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 1,459 | 99.7 | |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 4 | 0.3 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,463 | 59.0 | |
| | Ministerialist hold | Ministerialist hold | Swing | N/A | |
1905 Western Australian state election: Katanning :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Ministerialist | Frederick Henry Piesse | unopposed | | |
| | Ministerialist hold | Ministerialist hold | Swing | n/a | |
1904 Western Australian state election: Katanning :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | Frederick Henry Piesse | unopposed | | |
| | Independent win | Independent win | (new seat) | (new seat) | (new seat) |