Electoral results for the district of Dale

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

Members for Dale

Member		Party	Term
	Gerald Wild	Liberal Country League	1950–1965
	Cyril Rushton	Liberal Country League	1965–1968
		Liberal	1968–1988
	Fred Tubby	Liberal	1988–1989

Election results

Elections in the 1980s

1988 Dale state by-election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Fred Tubby	5,323	53.2	+3.4
	Independent	Michael Marsh	2,561	25.6	+25.6
	Democrats	Mark Beadle	918	9.2	+5.6
	Independent	Alexander Coffey	639	6.4	+6.4
	One Australia	Willem Schultink	438	4.4	+4.4
	Independent	Maralyn	124	1.2	+1.2
Total formal votes			10,003	95.5	−1.9
Informal votes			469	4.5	+1.9
Turnout			10,472	79.0	−13.9
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Liberal	Fred Tubby	5,913	59.1	+7.5
	Independent	Michael Marsh	4,090	40.9	+40.9
	Liberal hold		Swing	N/A

1986 Western Australian state election: Dale

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Cyril Rushton	5,547	49.8	+2.1
	Labor	Philip Vincent	5,175	46.5	−1.4
	Democrats	Mark Beadle	405	3.6	−0.8
Total formal votes			11,127	97.4	+0.3
Informal votes			293	2.6	−0.3
Turnout			11,420	92.9	+3.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Cyril Rushton	5,741	51.6	+1.5
	Labor	Philip Vincent	5,386	48.4	−1.5
	Liberal hold		Swing	+1.5

1983 Western Australian state election: Dale

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Philip Vincent	4,089	47.9
	Liberal	Cyril Rushton	4,075	47.7
	Democrats	Joan Farrelly	378	4.4
Total formal votes			8,542	97.1
Informal votes			258	2.9
Turnout			8,800	89.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Cyril Rushton	4,276	50.1
	Labor	Philip Vincent	4,266	49.9
	Liberal hold		Swing

1980 Western Australian state election: Dale

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Cyril Rushton	4,098	53.3	−3.9
	Labor	David Carlson	3,585	46.7	+3.9
Total formal votes			7,683	97.0	+0.1
Informal votes			239	3.0	−0.1
Turnout			7,922	89.9	−1.0
	Liberal hold		Swing	−3.9

Elections in the 1970s

1977 Western Australian state election: Dale

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Cyril Rushton	3,751	57.2
	Labor	Michael Marsh	2,804	42.8
Total formal votes			6,555	96.9
Informal votes			210	3.1
Turnout			6,765	90.9
	Liberal hold		Swing	+2.4

1974 Western Australian state election: Dale

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Cyril Rushton	4,730	51.0
	Labor	Reginald Ewers	3,944	42.5
	National Alliance	June Fitzgerald	598	6.5
Total formal votes			9,272	94.6
Informal votes			532	5.4
Turnout			9,804	91.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Cyril Rushton	5,238	56.5
	Labor	Reginald Ewers	4,034	43.5
	Liberal hold		Swing

1971 Western Australian state election: Dale

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Cyril Rushton	5,300	48.4	−17.0
	Labor	Owen Hanlon	4,155	37.5	+2.9
	Law Reform	Joseph Hunt	604	5.5	+5.5
	Independent	Ian Trainer	511	4.7	+4.7
	Democratic Labor	Rose Johnson	382	3.5	+3.5
Total formal votes			10,952	96.5	+0.7
Informal votes			401	3.5	−0.7
Turnout			11,353	91.4	−4.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Cyril Rushton	6,136	56.0	−9.4
	Labor	Owen Hanlon	4,816	44.0	+9.4
	Liberal hold		Swing	−9.4

Elections in the 1960s

1968 Western Australian state election: Dale

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal and Country	Cyril Rushton	4,260	65.4
	Labor	James Wolfe	2,255	34.6
Total formal votes			6,515	95.8
Informal votes			288	4.2
Turnout			6,803	95.4
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing

1965 Western Australian state election: Dale

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal and Country	Gerald Wild	3,536	59.8	+1.2
	Labor	Donald Culley	2,380	40.2	−1.2
Total formal votes			5,916	96.9	−2.0
Informal votes			187	3.1	+2.0
Turnout			6,103	92.1	−1.4
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing	+1.2

1962 Western Australian state election: Dale

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal and Country	Gerald Wild	3,084	58.6
	Labor	Donald Culley	2,181	41.4
Total formal votes			5,265	98.9
Informal votes			57	1.1
Turnout			5,322	93.5
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing

Elections in the 1950s

1959 Western Australian state election: Dale

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal and Country	Gerald Wild	2,626	45.4	−11.3
	Country	Arthur Mills	1,450	25.1	+25.1
	Independent Labor	William Williams	1,054	18.2	+18.2
	Country	Andrew McPhail	653	11.3	+11.3
Total formal votes			5,783	96.8	−0.4
Informal votes			188	3.2	+0.4
Turnout			5,971	93.6	+1.0
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Liberal and Country	Gerald Wild	3,065	53.0	−3.7
	Country	Arthur Mills	2,718	47.0	+47.0
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing	N/A

1956 Western Australian state election: Dale

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal and Country	Gerald Wild	2,911	56.7
	Independent	Ivan Locke	2,221	43.3
Total formal votes			5,132	97.2
Informal votes			146	2.8
Turnout			5,278	92.6
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing

1953 Western Australian state election: Dale

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal and Country	Gerald Wild	3,205	57.3	−1.1
	Labor	Ronald Knowler	2,389	42.7	+14.6
Total formal votes			5,594	97.7	−0.5
Informal votes			134	2.3	+0.5
Turnout			5,728	92.5	+1.6
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing	−13.3

1950 Western Australian state election: Dale

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal and Country	Gerald Wild	2,869	58.4
	Labor	Ronald Knowler	1,379	28.1
	Country	John Ellis	661	13.5
Total formal votes			4,909	98.2
Informal votes			89	1.8
Turnout			4,998	90.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal and Country	Gerald Wild		70.6
	Labor	Ronald Knowler		29.4
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing

• Two party preferred vote was estimated.