Western Australian state election, 1904

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All 50 seats in the Western Australian Legislative Assembly

	First party	Second party

Leader	Walter James	Robert Hastie
Party	Ministerialist	Labour
Leader since	1 July 1902	10 May 1901
Leader's seat	East Perth	Kanowna
Last election	19 seats	6 seats
Seats won	18 seats	22 seats
Seat change	1	16
Percentage	36.69%	42.57%
Swing	16.46	16.70

Premier before election

Walter James
Ministerialist

Elected Premier

Walter James
Ministerialist

Elections were held in the Australian state of Western Australia on 28 June 1904 to elect 50 members to the state's Legislative Assembly.

The election resulted in a hung parliament. The Labour Party, led by Robert Hastie, won 27 seats, while the governing Ministerialists won 21 seats, and independents won 12 seats. Walter James, who had been premier since July 1902, initially continued on in the role after the election. The Labour Party elected a new leader, Henry Daglish, on 8 July. Daglish successfully moved a motion of no confidence on 2 August, and after James's resignation became premier on 10 August. He was Western Australia's first premier from the Labour Party.

Western Australian state election, 1904
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