You can access historical Western Australian electoral rolls in the Library in online, microfiche and print formats. Please contact the AEC (Australian Electoral Commission) regarding current electoral rolls.
Electoral rolls online
Online access to Western Australian electoral rolls is provided through two eResources:
- Ancestry (Library Edition) (1903-1980) - Visit the eResources portal, click the Browse eResources tab and search for 'Ancestry'.
- FindMyPast (1939, 1943 & 1949 only) - Visit the eResources portal, click the Browse eResources tab and search for 'Find my past'.
These can be accessed in the National Library of Australia building.
Electoral rolls on microfiche/film
Western Australian electoral rolls on microfiche are available from 1903 in the general electoral rolls microfiche cabinet:
- 1903, 1905, 1906, 1909
- 1910, 1912, 1913, 1914, 1915, 1916, 1917, 1918, 1919
- 1920, 1921, 1922, 1925, 1926, 1928, 1929
- 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939
- 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949
- 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953,1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959
- 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969
- 1970, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979
- 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1988,1989
- 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999
- 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008
Electoral rolls in print
The Library holds many of the original printed WA electoral rolls which are bound according to year and electoral division. These are not held on open access but must be requested for use via the Library's catalogue. All but the latest year held (2009) are stored offsite at the Library's Hume warehouse. As the rolls are also available on microfiche on open access in the Newspapers and Family History zone it is recommended that these rolls be accessed instead of the print.
You can locate entries for the WA electoral rolls in the Library's catalogue using the following exact terms, including quotation marks, in a search:
"voting registers - western australia - periodicals"