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Electoral results for the district of Clontarf

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

Members for Clontarf

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Member Party Term
  Donald May Labor 1968–1977
  Tony Williams Liberal 1977–1989

Election results

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Elections in the 1980s

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1986 Western Australian state election: Clontarf[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Tony Williams 8,538 58.1 +3.9
Labor Kon Vatskalis 6,156 41.9 −3.9
Total formal votes 14,694 97.6 +0.1
Informal votes 357 2.4 −0.1
Turnout 15,051 91.5 +2.8
Liberal hold Swing +3.9
1983 Western Australian state election: Clontarf
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Tony Williams 7,670 54.2
Labor David Dale 6,473 45.8
Total formal votes 14,143 97.5
Informal votes 356 2.5
Turnout 14,499 88.7
Liberal hold Swing
1980 Western Australian state election: Clontarf
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Tony Williams 8,052 53.9 −3.7
Labor Robert Holland 6,887 46.1 +3.7
Total formal votes 14,939 96.8 +0.1
Informal votes 490 3.2 −0.1
Turnout 15,429 88.9 −3.5
Liberal hold Swing −3.7

Elections in the 1970s

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1977 Western Australian state election: Clontarf
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Tony Williams 8,296 57.6
Labor Colin Puls 6,111 42.4
Total formal votes 14,407 96.7
Informal votes 490 3.3
Turnout 14,897 92.4
Liberal gain from Labor Swing +9.8
1974 Western Australian state election: Clontarf
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Donald May 7,452 50.8
Liberal Tony Williams 6,168 42.0
National Alliance Anne-Marie Loney 1,056 7.2
Total formal votes 14,676 97.2
Informal votes 420 2.8
Turnout 15,096 90.5
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Donald May 7,610 51.9
Liberal Tony Williams 7,066 48.1
Labor hold Swing
1971 Western Australian state election: Clontarf
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Donald May 7,314 54.3 +4.2
Liberal Malcolm Atwell 5,035 37.4 −4.5
Democratic Labor Bill O'Grady 1,120 8.3 +2.9
Total formal votes 13,469 96.9 +0.9
Informal votes 432 3.1 −0.9
Turnout 13,901 91.8 +0.4
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Donald May 7,482 55.5 +3.3
Liberal Malcolm Atwell 5,987 44.5 −3.3
Labor hold Swing +3.3

Elections in the 1960s

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1968 Western Australian state election: Clontarf
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Donald May 5,613 50.1
Liberal and Country Paul Buddee 4,697 41.9
Democratic Labor John Martyr 604 5.4
Independent Ian Skipworth 284 2.5
Total formal votes 11,198 96.0
Informal votes 467 4.0
Turnout 11,665 91.4
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Donald May 5,846 52.2
Liberal and Country Paul Buddee 5,352 47.8
Labor gain from Liberal and Country 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.