Electoral results for the district of Canning
Appearance
This is a list of electoral results for the Electoral district of Canning in Western Australian state elections.
Members for Canning
[edit]Canning (1897–1901) | |||
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Member | Party | Term | |
Frank Wilson | Oppositionist | 1897–1901 | |
Canning (1904–1989) | |||
William Gordon | Ministerial | 1904–1911 | |
Charles Lewis | Labor | 1911–1914 | |
Robert Robinson | Liberal | 1914–1917 | |
Nationalist | 1917–1921 | ||
Alec Clydesdale | Labor | 1921–1930 | |
Herbert Wells | Nationalist | 1930–1933 | |
Charles Cross | Labor | 1933–1947 | |
George Yates | Liberal | 1947–1949 | |
LCL | 1949–1950 | ||
Arthur Griffith | LCL | 1950–1953 | |
Colin Jamieson | Labor | 1953–1956 | |
William Gaffy | Labor | 1956–1959 | |
Des O'Neil | LCL | 1959–1962 | |
Don May | Labor | 1962–1965 | |
Ross Elliott | LCL | 1965–1968 | |
Tom Bateman | Labor | 1968–1986 | |
Judyth Watson | Labor | 1986–1989 |
Election results
[edit]Elections in the 1980s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Judyth Watson | 11,365 | 65.8 | +0.2 | |
Liberal | Elkin Conway | 5,918 | 34.2 | −0.2 | |
Total formal votes | 17,283 | 3.2 | 0.0 | ||
Informal votes | 575 | 3.2 | 0.0 | ||
Turnout | 17,858 | 91.5 | +4.0 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | +0.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Tom Bateman | 9,512 | 65.6 | ||
Liberal | John Nagle | 4,980 | 34.4 | ||
Total formal votes | 14,492 | 96.8 | |||
Informal votes | 480 | 3.2 | |||
Turnout | 14,972 | 87.5 | |||
Labor hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Tom Bateman | 10,025 | 58.5 | +5.4 | |
Liberal | Jack Courtis | 7,109 | 41.5 | −5.4 | |
Total formal votes | 17,134 | 96.2 | −0.3 | ||
Informal votes | 675 | 3.8 | +0.3 | ||
Turnout | 17,809 | 88.3 | −1.9 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | +5.4 |
Elections in the 1970s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Tom Bateman | 7,686 | 53.1 | ||
Liberal | Richard Shellabear | 6,800 | 46.9 | ||
Total formal votes | 14,486 | 96.5 | |||
Informal votes | 524 | 3.5 | |||
Turnout | 15,010 | 90.2 | |||
Labor hold | Swing | −4.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Tom Bateman | 10,283 | 54.6 | ||
Liberal | John Sinclair | 7,145 | 37.9 | ||
National Alliance | Paul Clune | 1,010 | 5.4 | ||
Australia | Robert Russell-Brown | 394 | 2.1 | ||
Total formal votes | 18,832 | 96.3 | |||
Informal votes | 725 | 3.7 | |||
Turnout | 19,557 | 91.5 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Tom Bateman | 10,582 | 56.2 | ||
Liberal | John Sinclair | 8,250 | 43.8 | ||
Labor hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Tom Bateman | 10,602 | 55.4 | +6.9 | |
Liberal | Neil Charles | 6,800 | 35.6 | −8.9 | |
Democratic Labor | Bill Wallace | 1,228 | 6.4 | +2.5 | |
Independent | Victor Hawtin | 494 | 2.6 | +2.6 | |
Total formal votes | 19,124 | 96.8 | +0.5 | ||
Informal votes | 621 | 3.2 | −0.5 | ||
Turnout | 19,745 | 92.5 | −0.3 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Tom Bateman | 11,206 | 58.6 | +8.1 | |
Liberal | Neil Charles | 7,918 | 41.4 | −8.1 | |
Labor hold | Swing | +8.1 |
Elections in the 1960s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Tom Bateman | 6,185 | 48.5 | ||
Liberal and Country | Ross Elliott | 5,683 | 44.5 | ||
Democratic Labor | Lydia Obbes | 498 | 3.9 | ||
Independent | Melford Roe | 397 | 3.1 | ||
Total formal votes | 12,763 | 96.3 | |||
Informal votes | 485 | 3.7 | |||
Turnout | 13,248 | 92.8 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Tom Bateman | 6,441 | 50.5 | ||
Liberal and Country | Ross Elliott | 6,322 | 49.5 | ||
Labor gain from Liberal and Country | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Don May | 4,972 | 48.3 | +0.9 | |
Liberal and Country | Ross Elliott | 4,890 | 47.5 | +8.4 | |
Democratic Labor | Louis Raven | 434 | 4.2 | +4.2 | |
Total formal votes | 10,296 | 96.9 | −1.5 | ||
Informal votes | 325 | 3.1 | +1.5 | ||
Turnout | 10,621 | 92.9 | −1.5 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal and Country | Ross Elliott | 5,221 | 50.7 | +1.9 | |
Labor | Don May | 5,075 | 49.3 | −1.9 | |
Liberal and Country gain from Labor | Swing | +1.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Donald May | 4,206 | 47.4 | ||
Liberal and Country | Raymond Richardson | 3,472 | 39.1 | ||
Country | Arthur Mills | 1,193 | 13.5 | ||
Total formal votes | 8,871 | 98.4 | |||
Informal votes | 146 | 1.6 | |||
Turnout | 9,017 | 94.4 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Donald May | 4,527 | 51.0 | ||
Liberal and Country | Raymond Richardson | 4,344 | 49.0 | ||
Labor gain from Liberal and Country | Swing |
Elections in the 1950s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal and Country | Des O'Neil | 6,514 | 51.0 | +2.1 | |
Labor | Bill Gaffy | 5,161 | 40.4 | −10.7 | |
Democratic Labor | Michael O'Brien | 1,087 | 8.5 | +8.5 | |
Total formal votes | 12,762 | 98.6 | +0.2 | ||
Informal votes | 178 | 1.4 | −0.2 | ||
Turnout | 12,940 | 93.4 | −0.4 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal and Country | Des O'Neil | 58.2 | +9.3 | ||
Labor | Bill Gaffy | 41.8 | −9.3 | ||
Liberal and Country gain from Labor | Swing | +9.3 |
- Two party preferred vote was estimated.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Bill Gaffy | 4,825 | 51.1 | ||
Liberal and Country | Richard Marris | 4,615 | 48.9 | ||
Total formal votes | 9,440 | 98.4 | |||
Informal votes | 157 | 1.6 | |||
Turnout | 9,597 | 93.8 | |||
Labor hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Colin Jamieson | 6,344 | 51.3 | +6.0 | |
Liberal and Country | Arthur Griffith | 6,022 | 48.7 | +1.9 | |
Total formal votes | 12,366 | 97.5 | −0.1 | ||
Informal votes | 312 | 2.5 | +0.1 | ||
Turnout | 12,678 | 93.8 | +2.9 | ||
Labor gain from Liberal and Country | Swing | +4.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal and Country | Arthur Griffith | 3,793 | 46.8 | ||
Labor | Alfred Reynolds | 3,669 | 45.3 | ||
Independent Country | Carlyle Ferguson | 639 | 7.9 | ||
Total formal votes | 8,101 | 97.6 | |||
Informal votes | 197 | 2.4 | |||
Turnout | 8,298 | 90.9 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal and Country | Arthur Griffith | 4,274 | 52.8 | ||
Labor | Alfred Reynolds | 3,827 | 47.2 | ||
Liberal and Country hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1940s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | George Yates | 7,278 | 56.0 | +25.6 | |
Labor | Charles Cross | 5,714 | 44.0 | −6.1 | |
Total formal votes | 12,992 | 96.9 | +0.2 | ||
Informal votes | 388 | 3.1 | −0.2 | ||
Turnout | 13,380 | 87.1 | −1.4 | ||
Liberal gain from Labor | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Charles Cross | 5,636 | 50.1 | +5.1 | |
Nationalist | Arthur Bishop | 3,421 | 30.4 | −3.2 | |
Independent | Carlyle Ferguson | 1,583 | 14.1 | −7.3 | |
Independent | William Herbert | 608 | 5.4 | +5.4 | |
Total formal votes | 11,248 | 96.7 | −2.0 | ||
Informal votes | 386 | 3.3 | +2.0 | ||
Turnout | 11,634 | 88.5 | −4.3 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | N/A |
- Preferences were not distributed.
Elections in the 1930s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Charles Cross | 4,692 | 45.0 | −3.6 | |
Nationalist | Frederick Aberle | 3,511 | 33.6 | +10.5 | |
Independent | Carlyle Ferguson | 2,230 | 21.4 | +10.7 | |
Total formal votes | 10,433 | 98.7 | +0.5 | ||
Informal votes | 140 | 1.3 | −0.5 | ||
Turnout | 10,573 | 92.8 | +21.6 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Charles Cross | 5,529 | 53.0 | ||
Nationalist | Frederick Aberle | 4,904 | 47.0 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Charles Cross | 3,299 | 48.6 | +3.5 | |
Nationalist | Herbert Wells | 1,567 | 23.1 | +0.6 | |
Nationalist | Thomas Willsmore | 988 | 14.6 | +14.6 | |
Independent | Carlyle Ferguson | 728 | 10.7 | +10.7 | |
Ind. Nationalist | Oliver Strang | 201 | 3.0 | +3.0 | |
Total formal votes | 6,783 | 98.2 | +1.5 | ||
Informal votes | 125 | 1.8 | −1.5 | ||
Turnout | 6,908 | 71.2 | −21.1 | ||
After distribution of preferences | |||||
Labor | Charles Cross | 3,507 | 51.9 | ||
Nationalist | Herbert Wells | 1,938 | 28.7 | ||
Nationalist | Thomas Willsmore | 1,312 | 19.4 | ||
Labor hold | Swing |
- Preferences were not distributed to completion.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Charles Cross | 3,560 | 45.1 | −4.1 | |
Nationalist | Herbert Wells | 1,782 | 22.5 | −28.3 | |
Nationalist | Henry Pilgrim | 1,726 | 21.8 | +21.8 | |
Country | Leonard Perrin | 834 | 10.6 | +10.6 | |
Total formal votes | 7,902 | 96.7 | −2.6 | ||
Informal votes | 269 | 3.3 | +2.6 | ||
Turnout | 8,171 | 92.3 | +19.3 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Charles Cross | 4,002 | 52.8 | +3.6 | |
Nationalist | Herbert Wells | 3,578 | 47.2 | −3.6 | |
Labor gain from Nationalist | Swing | +3.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Nationalist | Herbert Wells | 2,967 | 50.8 | ||
Labor | Alexander Clydesdale | 2,875 | 49.2 | ||
Total formal votes | 5,842 | 99.3 | |||
Informal votes | 40 | 0.7 | |||
Turnout | 5,882 | 73.0 | |||
Nationalist gain from Labor | Swing |
Elections in the 1920s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Alexander Clydesdale | 6,815 | 60.0 | −9.8 | |
Nationalist | Herbert Wells | 4,549 | 40.0 | +9.8 | |
Total formal votes | 11,364 | 98.8 | −0.5 | ||
Informal votes | 138 | 1.2 | +0.5 | ||
Turnout | 11,502 | 66.3 | +16.6 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | −9.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Alec Clydesdale | 3,976 | 69.8 | +21.9 | |
Nationalist | Peter Wedd | 1,719 | 30.2 | −8.1 | |
Total formal votes | 5,695 | 99.3 | +1.3 | ||
Informal votes | 41 | 0.7 | −1.3 | ||
Turnout | 5,736 | 49.7 | −20.0 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | +14.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Alexander Clydesdale | 3,213 | 47.9 | +17.7 | |
Nationalist | Robert Robinson | 2,571 | 38.3 | −31.5 | |
Independent | Ada Butler | 563 | 8.4 | +8.4 | |
Independent | Duncan Munro | 364 | 5.4 | +5.4 | |
Total formal votes | 6,711 | 98.0 | −0.6 | ||
Informal votes | 138 | 2.0 | +0.6 | ||
Turnout | 6,849 | 69.7 | +17.1 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Alexander Clydesdale | 3,687 | 54.9 | +24.7 | |
Nationalist | Robert Robinson | 3,024 | 45.1 | −24.7 | |
Labor gain from Nationalist | Swing | +24.7 |
Elections in the 1910s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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National Liberal | Robert Robinson | 2,685 | 69.8 | +16.0 | |
Labor | Donald Cameron | 1,161 | 30.2 | –16.0 | |
Total formal votes | 3,846 | 98.6 | –1.0 | ||
Informal votes | 56 | 1.4 | +1.0 | ||
Turnout | 3,902 | 52.6 | –26.9 | ||
National Liberal hold | Swing | +16.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Charles Lewis | 2,365 | 46.1 | −6.1 | |
Liberal | Robert Robinson | 1,578 | 30.7 | +12.5 | |
Liberal | George Wilson | 841 | 16.4 | +1.1 | |
Liberal | Arthur Gull | 347 | 6.8 | +6.8 | |
Total formal votes | 5,131 | 99.0 | −0.1 | ||
Informal votes | 54 | 1.0 | +0.1 | ||
Turnout | 5,185 | 66.7 | −15.0 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Robert Robinson | 2,624 | 51.1 | ||
Labor | Charles Lewis | 2,507 | 48.9 | ||
Liberal gain from Labor | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Charles Lewis | 1,711 | 52.2 | ||
Ministerialist | Hugh Duncan | 597 | 18.2 | ||
Ministerialist | George Wilson | 502 | 15.3 | ||
Ministerialist | William Gordon | 299 | 9.1 | ||
Ministerialist | Robert McMasters | 168 | 5.1 | ||
Total formal votes | 3,277 | 99.1 | |||
Informal votes | 29 | 0.9 | |||
Turnout | 3,306 | 81.7 | |||
Labor gain from Ministerialist | Swing |
- Preferences were not distributed.
Elections in the 1900s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Ministerialist | William Gordon | 877 | 42.4 | −8.2 | |
Ministerialist | James Clydesdale | 625 | 30.2 | +30.2 | |
Ministerialist | George Wilson | 566 | 27.4 | +27.4 | |
Total formal votes | 2,068 | 98.7 | −1.2 | ||
Informal votes | 28 | 1.3 | +1.2 | ||
Turnout | 2,096 | 73.9 | +28.9 | ||
Two-candidate-preferred result | |||||
Ministerialist | William Gordon | 1,064 | 55.7 | ||
Ministerialist | James Clydesdale | 846 | 44.3 | ||
Ministerialist hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Ministerialist | William Gordon | 643 | 50.6 | +5.3 | |
Independent | James Milligan | 496 | 39.1 | +14.5 | |
Ministerialist | Joseph Charles | 131 | 10.3 | +10.3 | |
Total formal votes | 1,270 | 99.9 | +1.0 | ||
Informal votes | 1 | 0.1 | –1.0 | ||
Turnout | 1,271 | 45.0 | –9.0 | ||
Ministerialist hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Ministerialist | William Gordon | 723 | 45.3 | +45.3 | |
Independent | James Milligan | 392 | 24.6 | +24.6 | |
Independent | Norman Ewing | 349 | 21.9 | +21.9 | |
Labour | James Healey | 131 | 8.2 | +8.2 | |
Total formal votes | 1,595 | 98.9 | n/a | ||
Informal votes | 17 | 1.1 | n/a | ||
Turnout | 1,612 | 54.0 | n/a | ||
Ministerialist win | (new seat) |
Elections in the 1890s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Opposition | Frank Wilson | 90 | 48.1 | ||
Ministerialist | William Gibbs | 41 | 21.9 | ||
Ministerialist | Edward Rodoreda | 29 | 15.5 | ||
Ind. Ministerialist | William Stubbs | 14 | 7.5 | ||
Opposition | Marinus Canning | 13 | 7.0 | ||
Total formal votes | 187 | 93.5 | |||
Informal votes | 13 | 6.5 | |||
Turnout | 200 | 62.3 | |||
Opposition hold | Swing |
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.
- ^ "Canning (2,983). Mr Gordon re-elected". Western Mail. 2 July 1904. p. 15. Retrieved 25 July 2022 – via Trove.