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

Members for Avon

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Avon (1911–1950)
Member Party Term
  Thomas Bath Labor 1911–1914
  Tom Harrison Country 1914–1923
  Country (MCP) 1923–1924
  Harry Griffiths Country (ECP) 1924
  Country 1924–1935
  Ignatius Boyle Country 1935–1943
  William Telfer Labor 1943–1947
  George Cornell Country 1947–1950
Avon Valley (1950–1962)
Member Party Term
  James Mann Liberal Country League 1950–1962
Avon (1962–2008)
Member Party Term
  Harry Gayfer Country 1962–1974
  Ken McIver Labor 1974–1986
  Max Trenorden National 1986–2008

Election results

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Elections in the 2000s

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2005 Western Australian state election: Avon
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National Max Trenorden 7,469 63.8 +36.9
Labor Gerry Sturman 2,650 22.6 +0.8
Greens Adrian Price 686 5.9 +1.4
One Nation Boyd Martin 470 4.0 −15.1
Christian Democrats Bob Adair 278 2.4 +2.4
Citizens Electoral Council Ron McLean 149 1.3 +1.3
Total formal votes 11,702 95.3 −0.2
Informal votes 571 4.7 +0.2
Turnout 12,273 90.9
Two-party-preferred result
National Max Trenorden 8,429 72.1 +14.2
Labor Gerry Sturman 3,266 27.9 −14.2
National hold Swing +14.2
2001 Western Australian state election: Avon
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National Max Trenorden 2,965 24.9 −36.0
Labor Phil Shearer 2,847 23.9 −3.7
One Nation Ken Collins 2,202 18.5 +18.5
Liberal Joanne Burges 1,905 16.0 +16.0
Independent Peter Morton 1,026 8.6 +8.6
Greens Kate Elsey 657 5.5 +5.5
Curtin Labor Alliance Stuart Smith 288 2.4 +2.4
Total formal votes 11,890 95.8 +0.4
Informal votes 522 4.2 −0.4
Turnout 12,412 92.6
Two-party-preferred result
National Max Trenorden 6,395 54.8 −12.0
Labor Phil Shearer 5,269 45.2 +12.0
National hold Swing −12.0

Elections in the 1990s

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1996 Western Australian state election: Avon
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National Max Trenorden 6,795 60.9 +22.9
Labor Paul Andrews 3,080 27.6 −2.4
Independent Stephen Bluck 1,276 11.4 +11.4
Total formal votes 11,151 95.4 −0.9
Informal votes 536 4.6 +0.9
Turnout 11,687 91.0
Two-party-preferred result
National Max Trenorden 7,435 66.8 +1.9
Labor Paul Andrews 3,703 33.2 −1.9
National hold Swing +1.9
1993 Western Australian state election: Avon
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National Max Trenorden 4,555 38.8 −0.7
Labor Walerjan Sieczka 3,403 29.0 −2.7
Liberal Bevan Henderson 2,751 23.4 −5.4
Independent Paul Maycock 1,030 8.8 +8.8
Total formal votes 11,739 96.4 +3.3
Informal votes 439 3.6 −3.3
Turnout 12,178 94.2 +2.5
Two-party-preferred result
National Max Trenorden 7,750 66.0 0.0
Labor Walerjan Sieczka 3,989 34.0 0.0
National hold Swing 0.0

Elections in the 1980s

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1989 Western Australian state election: Avon
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National Max Trenorden 4,132 39.5 +10.9
Labor Robert Duncanson 3,315 31.7 −11.8
Liberal John Dival 3,007 28.8 +1.0
Total formal votes 10,454 93.1
Informal votes 769 6.9
Turnout 11,223 91.7
Two-party-preferred result
National Max Trenorden 6,900 66.0 +11.4
Labor Robert Duncanson 3,554 34.0 −11.4
National hold Swing +11.4
1986 Western Australian state election: Avon
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Ken McIver 4,186 46.5 −6.1
National Max Trenorden 2,575 28.6 +5.3
Liberal Michael Cahill 2,250 25.0 +0.9
Total formal votes 9,011 98.5 +0.5
Informal votes 139 1.5 −0.5
Turnout 9,150 93.9 +3.8
Two-party-preferred result
National Max Trenorden 4,668 51.8 +51.8
Labor Ken McIver 4,343 48.2 −10.2
National gain from Labor Swing N/A
1983 Western Australian state election: Avon
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Ken McIver 4,377 52.6
Liberal Thomas Richards 2,004 24.1
National Country Max Trenorden 1,938 23.3
Total formal votes 8,319 98.0
Informal votes 168 2.0
Turnout 8,487 90.1
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Ken McIver 4,858 58.4
Liberal Thomas Richards 3,461 41.6
Labor hold Swing
1980 Western Australian state election: Avon
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Ken McIver 3,913 55.4 +1.6
Liberal Julian Stanwix 2,124 30.1 −16.1
National Country Allan Baxter 1,021 14.5 +14.5
Total formal votes 7,058 97.0 −0.7
Informal votes 219 3.0 +0.7
Turnout 7,277 92.0 −1.8
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Ken McIver 4,005 56.7 +2.9
Liberal Julian Stanwix 3,053 43.3 −2.9
Labor hold Swing +2.9

Elections in the 1970s

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1977 Western Australian state election: Avon
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Ken McIver 3,787 53.8
Liberal Kelvin Bulloch 3,257 46.2
Total formal votes 7,044 97.7
Informal votes 168 2.3
Turnout 7,212 93.8
Labor hold Swing −0.9
1974 Western Australian state election: Avon
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Ken McIver 3,542 50.5
Liberal Owen Bloomfield 1,777 25.3
National Alliance Albert Llewellyn 1,692 24.1
Total formal votes 7,011 98.0
Informal votes 140 2.0
Turnout 7,151 92.2
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Ken McIver 3,796 54.1
Liberal Owen Bloomfield 3,215 45.9
Labor hold Swing
1971 Western Australian state election: Avon
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Harry Gayfer 4,145 75.3 −24.7
Independent Tom Ingham 786 14.3 +14.3
Democratic Labor Brian Marwick 576 10.5 +10.5
Total formal votes 5,507 96.9
Informal votes 173 3.1
Turnout 5,680 93.0
Two-candidate-preferred result
Country Harry Gayfer 4,433 80.5 −19.5
Independent Tom Ingham 1,074 19.5 +19.5
Country hold Swing N/A

Elections in the 1960s

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1968 Western Australian state election: Avon
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Harry Gayfer unopposed
Country hold Swing
1965 Western Australian state election: Avon
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Harry Gayfer unopposed
Country hold Swing
1962 Western Australian state election: Avon
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal and Country Arthur Kelly 1,724 37.4
Country Harry Gayfer 1,655 36.0
Country Leonard Doncon 1,224 26.6
Total formal votes 4,603 98.6
Informal votes 67 1.4
Turnout 4,670 95.8
Two-candidate-preferred result
Country Harry Gayfer 2,633 57.2
Liberal and Country Arthur Kelly 1,970 42.8
Country gain from Liberal and Country Swing

Elections in the 1950s

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1959 Western Australian state election: Avon Valley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal and Country James Mann 2,712 60.6 −1.5
Country John Stratton 1,761 39.4 +1.5
Total formal votes 4,473 97.7 +1.1
Informal votes 106 2.3 −1.1
Turnout 4,579 93.3 +1.7
Liberal and Country hold Swing −1.5
1956 Western Australian state election: Avon Valley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal and Country James Mann 2,746 62.1
Country John Stratton 1,679 37.9
Total formal votes 4,425 96.6
Informal votes 155 3.4
Turnout 4,580 91.6
Liberal and Country hold Swing
1953 Western Australian state election: Avon Valley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal and Country James Mann unopposed
Liberal and Country hold Swing
1950 Western Australian state election: Avon Valley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal and Country James Mann 2,135 56.5
Country Keith Halbert 994 26.3
Country Milford Smith 648 17.2
Total formal votes 3,777 97.9
Informal votes 79 2.1
Turnout 3,856 93.8
Liberal and Country hold Swing
  • Preferences were not distributed.

Elections in the 1940s

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1947 Western Australian state election: Avon
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country George Cornell 1,529 50.7 +1.0
Labor William Telfer 1,487 49.3 −1.0
Total formal votes 3,016 98.8 +1.0
Informal votes 38 1.2 −1.0
Turnout 3,054 85.7 −1.9
Country gain from Labor Swing +1.0
1943 Western Australian state election: Avon
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor William Telfer 1,433 50.3 +8.0
Country Ignatius Boyle 1,418 49.7 −8.0
Total formal votes 2,851 97.8 +0.3
Informal votes 64 2.2 −0.3
Turnout 2,915 87.6 −5.9
Labor gain from Country Swing +8.0

Elections in the 1930s

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1939 Western Australian state election: Avon
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Ignatius Boyle 1,972 57.7 +4.8
Independent Country John Tankard 1,445 42.3 +42.3
Total formal votes 3,417 97.5 −0.5
Informal votes 89 2.5 +0.5
Turnout 3,506 93.5 +25.9
Country hold Swing N/A
1936 Western Australian state election: Avon
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Ignatius Boyle 1,301 52.9 +11.3
Country Hugh Harling 1,160 47.1 +47.1
Total formal votes 2,461 98.0 +0.3
Informal votes 51 2.0 −0.3
Turnout 2,512 67.6 −24.2
Country hold Swing N/A
1933 Western Australian state election: Avon
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Fred Law 1,608 46.0 +9.2
Country Harry Griffiths 1,453 41.6 −21.6
Country John Mann 433 12.4 +12.4
Total formal votes 3,494 97.7 −1.5
Informal votes 83 2.3 +1.5
Turnout 3,577 91.8 +17.3
Two-party-preferred result
Country Harry Griffiths 1,781 51.0 −12.2
Labor Fred Law 1,713 49.0 +12.2
Country hold Swing −12.2
1930 Western Australian state election: Avon
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Harry Griffiths 1,981 63.2
Labor James Bermingham 1,153 36.8
Total formal votes 3,134 99.2
Informal votes 25 0.8
Turnout 3,159 74.5
Country hold Swing

Elections in the 1920s

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1927 Western Australian state election: Avon
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Harry Griffiths 2,143 59.7 +35.1
Labor Patrick Coffey 1,449 40.3 −4.6
Total formal votes 3,565 99.2 +0.9
Informal votes 27 0.8 −0.9
Turnout 3,619 69.1 +8.1
Country hold Swing +9.2
1924 Western Australian state election: Avon
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Patrick Coffey 1,199 44.9 −0.6
Executive Country Harry Griffiths 657 24.6 +24.6
Country Tom Harrison 504 18.9 −30.6
Executive Country Tom Bolton 311 11.6 +11.6
Total formal votes 2,671 98.3 +0.2
Informal votes 46 1.7 −0.2
Turnout 2,717 61.0 +4.3
Two-party-preferred result
Executive Country Harry Griffiths 1,350 50.5 +50.5
Labor Patrick Coffey 1,321 49.5 +2.2
Executive Country gain from Country Swing N/A
1921 Western Australian state election: Avon
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Tom Harrison 1,028 49.5 +14.2
Labor Steven Donovan 943 45.5 +7.8
Independent Country Alma McCorry 104 5.0 +5.0
Total formal votes 2,075 98.1 +1.1
Informal votes 40 1.9 −1.1
Turnout 2,115 56.7 −1.4
Two-party-preferred result
Country Tom Harrison 1,093 52.7 −2.3
Labor Steven Donovan 982 47.3 +2.3
Country hold Swing −2.3

Elections in the 1910s

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1917 Western Australian state election: Avon
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Patrick Coffey 843 37.7 –8.0
National Country Thomas Harrison 789 35.3 –19.0
Nationalist Thomas Duff 314 14.1 +14.1
Country William Carroll 288 12.9 +12.9
Total formal votes 2,234 97.0 –2.7
Informal votes 68 3.0 +2.7
Turnout 2,302 58.1 +0.3
Two-party-preferred result
National Country Thomas Harrison 1,228 55.0 +0.7
Labor Patrick Coffey 1,006 45.0 –0.7
National Country hold Swing +0.7
  • Harrison's designation at the 1914 election was simply "Country", rather than "National Country".
1914 Western Australian state election: Avon
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Tom Harrison 1,318 54.3 +54.3
Labor Fred Membrey 1,110 45.7 −7.1
Total formal votes 2,428 99.7 +0.1
Informal votes 8 0.3 −0.1
Turnout 2,436 57.7 +12.1
Country gain from Labor Swing N/A
1911 Western Australian state election: Avon
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Thomas Bath 1,155 52.8
Ministerialist Hal Colebatch 1,032 47.2
Total formal votes 2,187 99.6
Informal votes 8 0.4
Turnout 2,195 69.8
Labor win (new seat)

References

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