Electoral results for the district of Applecross
This is a list of electoral results for the Electoral district of Applecross in Western Australian state elections.
Members for Applecross
[edit]| Member | Party | Term | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Richard Lewis | Liberal | 1989–1996 | |
Election results
[edit]Elections in the 1990s
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Richard Lewis | 15,135 | 67.5 | +4.4 | |
| Labor | Maryla Rowcroft | 5,437 | 24.3 | −4.0 | |
| Democrats | Anne Millar | 1,834 | 8.2 | +8.2 | |
| Total formal votes | 22,406 | 96.8 | +2.4 | ||
| Informal votes | 744 | 3.2 | −2.4 | ||
| Turnout | 23,150 | 94.8 | +2.5 | ||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| Liberal | Richard Lewis | 15,968 | 71.3 | +2.2 | |
| Labor | Maryla Rowcroft | 6,438 | 28.7 | −2.2 | |
| Liberal hold | Swing | +2.2 | |||
Elections in the 1980s
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Richard Lewis | 11,424 | 63.1 | +2.8 | |
| Labor | Margaret Barton | 5,126 | 28.3 | −11.2 | |
| Grey Power | Anthony Furness | 1,544 | 8.5 | +8.5 | |
| Total formal votes | 18,094 | 94.4 | |||
| Informal votes | 1,076 | 5.6 | |||
| Turnout | 19,170 | 92.3 | |||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| Liberal | Richard Lewis | 12,497 | 69.1 | +8.7 | |
| Labor | Margaret Barton | 5,597 | 30.9 | −8.7 | |
| Liberal hold | Swing | +8.7 | |||
References
[edit]- ^ Prescott, David Black with the assistance of Valerie (1997). Election statistics : Legislative Assembly of Western Australia, 1890-1996. Perth, [W.A.]: Western Australian Parliamentary History Project and Western Australian Electoral Commission. ISBN 0730984095.