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Electoral results for the district of Canning

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

Members for Canning

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Canning (1897–1901)
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

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Elections in the 1980s

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1986 Western Australian state election: Canning[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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
1983 Western Australian state election: Canning
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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
1980 Western Australian state election: Canning
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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

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1977 Western Australian state election: Canning
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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
1974 Western Australian state election: Canning
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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
1971 Western Australian state election: Canning
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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

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1968 Western Australian state election: Canning
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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
1965 Western Australian state election: Canning
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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
1962 Western Australian state election: Canning
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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

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1959 Western Australian state election: Canning
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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.
1956 Western Australian state election: Canning
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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
1953 Western Australian state election: Canning
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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
1950 Western Australian state election: Canning
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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

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1947 Western Australian state election: Canning
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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
1943 Western Australian state election: Canning
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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

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1939 Western Australian state election: Canning
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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
1936 Western Australian state election: Canning
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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.
1933 Western Australian state election: Canning
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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
1930 Western Australian state election: Canning
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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

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1927 Western Australian state election: Canning
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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
1924 Western Australian state election: Canning
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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
1921 Western Australian state election: Canning
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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

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1917 Western Australian state election: Canning
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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
1914 Western Australian state election: Canning
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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
1911 Western Australian state election: Canning
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

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1908 Western Australian state election: Canning
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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
1905 Western Australian state election: Canning
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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
1904 Western Australian state election: Canning [2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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

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1897 Western Australian colonial election: Canning
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ "Canning (2,983). Mr Gordon re-elected". Western Mail. 2 July 1904. p. 15. Retrieved 25 July 2022 – via Trove.