Electoral results for the district of Clontarf
Appearance
This is a list of electoral results for the Electoral district of Clontarf in Western Australian state elections.
Members for Clontarf
[edit]Member | Party | Term | |
---|---|---|---|
Donald May | Labor | 1968–1977 | |
Tony Williams | Liberal | 1977–1989 |
Election results
[edit]Elections in the 1980s
[edit]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 |
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 |
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
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
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 |
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
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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
[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.