Electoral district of Nelson

This article is about the former Western Australian electorate. For other uses, see Electoral division of Nelson.

Nelson was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia from 1890 to 1950.

Nelson Western Australia—Legislative Assembly
Nelson and surrounds in 1898
State	Western Australia
Dates current	1890–1950
Namesake	Nelson Land District

The district was based in the south-western part of Western Australia, including towns such as Manjimup and Pemberton, and was named for the Nelson land district which formed its original boundaries. It was one of the original 30 seats contested at the 1890 election. In 1898, its major settlement was Bridgetown and it also included the Greenbushes tin fields.^[1]

Nelson was abolished at the 1950 election. Its last member, Ernest Hoar of the Labor Party, transferred to the new seat of Warren.

Members

Member		Party	Term
	James George Lee-Steere	Independent	1890–1897
		Ministerial	1897–1903
	John Walter	Ministerial	1903–1904
	Charles Layman	Independent	1904–1905
		Ministerial	1905–1911
		Liberal	1911–1914
	Francis Willmott	Country	1914–1921
	John Henry Smith	Independent	1921–1922
		Country	1922–1923
		Country (MCP)	1923–1924
		Nationalist	1924–1936
	Clarence Doust	Independent	1936–1939
	John Henry Smith	Nationalist	1939–1943
	Ernest Hoar	Labor	1943–1950

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Nelson