Electoral results for the district of East Melville
Appearance
This is a list of electoral results for the Electoral district of East Melville in Western Australian state elections.
Members for East Melville
[edit]Member | Party | Term | |
---|---|---|---|
Des O'Neil | Liberal Country League | 1962–1968 | |
Liberal | 1968–1980 | ||
Anthony Trethowan | Liberal | 1980–1986 | |
Richard Lewis | Liberal | 1986–1989 |
Election results
[edit]Elections in the 1980s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Richard Lewis | 9,491 | 60.0 | +6.4 | |
Labor | Gary Low | 6,330 | 40.0 | +4.2 | |
Total formal votes | 15,821 | 97.7 | −0.1 | ||
Informal votes | 379 | 2.3 | +0.1 | ||
Turnout | 16,200 | 92.2 | −1.5 | ||
Liberal hold | Swing | +1.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Anthony Trethowan | 7,907 | 53.6 | ||
Labor | Carmen Lawrence | 5,281 | 35.8 | ||
Democrats | Shirley De La Hunty | 1,565 | 10.6 | ||
Total formal votes | 14,753 | 97.8 | |||
Informal votes | 330 | 2.2 | |||
Turnout | 15,083 | 93.7 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Anthony Trethowan | 8,690 | 58.9 | ||
Labor | Carmen Lawrence | 6,063 | 41.1 | ||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Anthony Trethowan | unopposed | |||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1970s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Des O'Neil | 9,720 | 65.5 | ||
Labor | Lionel Christensen | 5,119 | 34.5 | ||
Total formal votes | 14,839 | 97.6 | |||
Informal votes | 359 | 2.4 | |||
Turnout | 15,198 | 91.8 | |||
Liberal hold | Swing | +6.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Des O'Neil | 8,029 | 52.8 | ||
Labor | Percy Johnson | 6,079 | 40.0 | ||
National Alliance | Rosemary Taboni | 1,097 | 7.2 | ||
Total formal votes | 15,205 | 97.1 | |||
Informal votes | 452 | 2.9 | |||
Turnout | 15,657 | 91.4 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Des O'Neil | 8,961 | 58.9 | ||
Labor | Percy Johnson | 6,244 | 41.1 | ||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Des O'Neil | 8,839 | 59.4 | −15.5 | |
Labor | Herman Baer | 4,784 | 32.2 | +32.2 | |
Democratic Labor | Rosemary Lorrimar | 1,257 | 8.4 | +8.4 | |
Total formal votes | 14,880 | 97.7 | +3.1 | ||
Informal votes | 357 | 2.3 | −3.1 | ||
Turnout | 15,237 | 92.5 | −0.4 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Des O'Neil | 9,907 | 66.6 | −2.4 | |
Labor | Herman Baer | 4,973 | 33.4 | +2.4 | |
Liberal hold | Swing | −2.4 |
Elections in the 1960s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal and Country | Des O'Neil | 8,800 | 74.9 | ||
Communist | Victor Williams | 1,694 | 14.4 | ||
Independent | Ralph Von Paleske | 1,249 | 10.6 | ||
Total formal votes | 11,743 | 94.6 | |||
Informal votes | 666 | 5.4 | |||
Turnout | 12,409 | 92.9 | |||
Two-candidate-preferred result | |||||
Liberal and Country | Des O'Neil | 9,425 | 80.3 | ||
Communist | Victor Williams | 2,318 | 19.7 | ||
Liberal and Country hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal and Country | Des O'Neil | 6,773 | 59.4 | −4.2 | |
Independent | Louis Joseph | 4,630 | 40.6 | +40.6 | |
Total formal votes | 11,403 | 95.1 | −4.0 | ||
Informal votes | 585 | 4.9 | +4.0 | ||
Turnout | 11,988 | 93.2 | −1.6 | ||
Liberal and Country hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal and Country | Des O'Neil | 6,527 | 63.6 | ||
Labor | Mervyn Jahn | 3,739 | 36.4 | ||
Total formal votes | 10,266 | 99.1 | |||
Informal votes | 90 | 0.9 | |||
Turnout | 10,356 | 94.8 | |||
Liberal and Country 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.