Electoral results for the district of Gascoyne
Appearance
This is a list of electoral results for the Electoral district of Gascoyne in Western Australian state elections.
Members for Gascoyne
[edit]Member | Party | Term | |
---|---|---|---|
Robert Frederick Sholl | Opposition | 1890–1897 | |
George Hubble | Ministerial | 1897–1901 | |
William Butcher | Independent | 1901–1905 | |
Ministerial | 1905–1911 | ||
John McDonald | Labor | 1911–1914 | |
Archibald Gilchrist | Liberal (WA) | 1914–1917 | |
Edward Angelo | Nationalist | 1917–1920 | |
Country | 1920–1923 | ||
Country (MCP) | 1923–1924 | ||
Nationalist | 1924–1933 | ||
Frank Wise | Labor | 1933–1951 | |
Noel Butcher | Independent Liberal | 1951–1953 | |
Daniel Norton | Labor | 1953–1974 | |
Ian Laurance | Liberal | 1974–1987 | |
Dudley Maslen | Liberal | 1987–1989 |
Election results
[edit]Elections in the 1980s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Dudley Maslen | 2,165 | 53.0 | −7.5 | |
Labor | Kevin Leahy | 1,919 | 47.0 | +7.5 | |
Total formal votes | 4,084 | 98.2 | +0.4 | ||
Informal votes | 73 | 1.8 | −0.4 | ||
Turnout | 4,157 | 81.6 | −4.3 | ||
Liberal hold | Swing | −7.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Ian Laurance | 2,600 | 60.5 | −1.3 | |
Labor | Kevin Leahy | 1,697 | 39.5 | +1.3 | |
Total formal votes | 4,297 | 97.8 | +0.5 | ||
Informal votes | 96 | 2.2 | −0.5 | ||
Turnout | 4,393 | 85.9 | +1.3 | ||
Liberal hold | Swing | −1.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Ian Laurance | 2,026 | 61.8 | ||
Labor | John Cunningham | 1,253 | 38.2 | ||
Total formal votes | 3,279 | 97.3 | |||
Informal votes | 91 | 2.7 | |||
Turnout | 3,370 | 84.6 | |||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Ian Laurance | 2,015 | 61.6 | −7.9 | |
Labor | Robert Price | 1,183 | 36.1 | +9.6 | |
Independent | Robert Phillips | 75 | 2.3 | −1.7 | |
Total formal votes | 3,273 | 97.2 | +0.1 | ||
Informal votes | 95 | 2.8 | −0.1 | ||
Turnout | 3,368 | 87.7 | −1.7 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Ian Laurance | 2,052 | 62.7 | −8.9 | |
Labor | Robert Price | 1,221 | 37.3 | +8.9 | |
Liberal hold | Swing | −8.9 |
Elections in the 1970s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Ian Laurance | 2,192 | 69.5 | ||
Labor | Robert Brown | 834 | 26.5 | ||
Independent | Robert Phillips | 127 | 4.0 | ||
Total formal votes | 3,153 | 97.1 | |||
Informal votes | 95 | 2.9 | |||
Turnout | 3,248 | 89.4 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Ian Laurance | 2,256 | 71.6 | +6.2 | |
Labor | Robert Brown | 897 | 28.4 | −6.2 | |
Liberal hold | Swing | +6.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Ian Laurance | 1,610 | 50.5 | ||
Labor | Frank Davis | 955 | 30.0 | ||
National Alliance | Wilson Tuckey | 511 | 16.0 | ||
Independent | Robert Phillips | 111 | 3.5 | ||
Total formal votes | 3,187 | 95.3 | |||
Informal votes | 156 | 4.7 | |||
Turnout | 3,343 | 88.0 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Ian Laurance | 2,100 | 65.9 | ||
Labor | Frank Davis | 1,087 | 34.1 | ||
Liberal gain from Labor | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Daniel Norton | 1,546 | 58.1 | −4.1 | |
Liberal | Keith Hasleby | 839 | 31.5 | −2.6 | |
Independent | Robert Phillips | 167 | 6.3 | +6.3 | |
Democratic Labor | Kevin Courtney | 110 | 4.1 | +4.1 | |
Total formal votes | 2,662 | 96.1 | −1.3 | ||
Informal votes | 109 | 3.9 | +1.3 | ||
Turnout | 2,771 | 84.4 | −0.3 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Daniel Norton | 1,645 | 61.8 | −2.3 | |
Liberal | Keith Hasleby | 1,017 | 38.2 | +2.3 | |
Labor hold | Swing | −2.3 |
Elections in the 1960s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Daniel Norton | 1,321 | 62.2 | ||
Liberal and Country | Peter Butler | 724 | 34.1 | ||
Independent | Neville Brandstater | 79 | 3.7 | ||
Total formal votes | 2,124 | 97.4 | |||
Informal votes | 56 | 2.6 | |||
Turnout | 2,180 | 84.7 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Daniel Norton | 1,361 | 64.1 | ||
Liberal and Country | Peter Butler | 763 | 35.9 | ||
Labor hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Daniel Norton | 1,064 | 62.5 | −37.5 | |
Liberal and Country | Stewart Maver | 556 | 32.7 | +32.7 | |
Independent | Neville Brandstater | 82 | 4.8 | +4.8 | |
Total formal votes | 1,702 | 97.5 | |||
Informal votes | 43 | 2.5 | |||
Turnout | 1,745 | 85.2 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Daniel Norton | 1,106 | 65.8 | −2.2 | |
Liberal and Country | Stewart Maver | 596 | 34.2 | +2.2 | |
Labor hold | Swing | −2.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Daniel Norton | unopposed | |||
Labor hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1950s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Daniel Norton | 1,080 | 70.8 | +1.1 | |
Liberal and Country | Thomas Orr | 446 | 29.2 | −1.1 | |
Total formal votes | 1,526 | 98.8 | +1.0 | ||
Informal votes | 19 | 1.2 | −1.0 | ||
Turnout | 1,545 | 87.1 | +2.7 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | +1.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Daniel Norton | 1,068 | 69.7 | ||
Liberal and Country | Kenneth Illingworth | 465 | 30.3 | ||
Total formal votes | 1,533 | 97.8 | |||
Informal votes | 35 | 2.2 | |||
Turnout | 1,568 | 84.4 | |||
Labor hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Daniel Norton | 726 | 50.4 | −26.1 | |
Independent Liberal | Noel Butcher | 519 | 36.0 | +36.0 | |
Liberal and Country | Robert Iles | 116 | 8.1 | −15.4 | |
Total formal votes | 1,440 | 96.3 | −0.9 | ||
Informal votes | 55 | 3.7 | +0.9 | ||
Turnout | 1,495 | 90.2 | +4.4 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | N/A |
- Preferences were not distributed.
- Gascoyne had been won by the Independent Liberal candidate in the 1951 by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Daniel Norton | 537 | 45.7 | −30.8 | |
Independent Liberal | Noel Butcher | 356 | 30.3 | +30.3 | |
Liberal and Country | John Dempster | 256 | 21.8 | −1.7 | |
All Parties Administration | Carlyle Ferguson | 27 | 2.3 | +2.3 | |
Total formal votes | 1,176 | 98.9 | +1.7 | ||
Informal votes | 13 | 1.1 | −1.7 | ||
Turnout | 1,189 | 87.6 | +1.8 | ||
Two-candidate-preferred result | |||||
Independent Liberal | Noel Butcher | 603 | 51.3 | +51.3 | |
Labor | Daniel Norton | 573 | 48.7 | −27.8 | |
Independent Liberal gain from Labor | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Frank Wise | 946 | 76.5 | ||
Liberal and Country | Noel Butcher | 290 | 23.5 | ||
Total formal votes | 1,236 | 97.2 | |||
Informal votes | 35 | 2.8 | |||
Turnout | 1,271 | 85.8 | |||
Labor hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1940s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Frank Wise | unopposed | |||
Labor hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Frank Wise | unopposed | |||
Labor hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1930s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Frank Wise | unopposed | |||
Labor hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Frank Wise | 683 | 81.4 | +19.0 | |
Country | Jack Pericles | 156 | 18.6 | +18.6 | |
Total formal votes | 839 | 99.5 | +0.4 | ||
Informal votes | 4 | 0.5 | −0.4 | ||
Turnout | 843 | 71.5 | −11.9 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | +19.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Frank Wise | 610 | 62.4 | +17.7 | |
Nationalist | Edward Angelo | 368 | 37.6 | −17.7 | |
Total formal votes | 969 | 99.1 | −0.1 | ||
Informal votes | 9 | 0.9 | +0.1 | ||
Turnout | 987 | 83.4 | +0.9 | ||
Labor gain from Nationalist | Swing | +17.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nationalist | Edward Angelo | 639 | 55.3 | ||
Labor | James Hickey | 517 | 44.7 | ||
Total formal votes | 1,156 | 99.2 | |||
Informal votes | 9 | 0.8 | |||
Turnout | 1,165 | 82.5 | |||
Nationalist hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1920s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Nationalist | Edward Angelo | 613 | 58.8 | +3.2 | |
Labor | William Willesee | 430 | 41.2 | −3.2 | |
Total formal votes | 1,043 | 98.7 | −0.6 | ||
Informal votes | 14 | 1.3 | +0.6 | ||
Turnout | 1,057 | 76.2 | +8.0 | ||
Nationalist hold | Swing | +3.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Country | Edward Angelo | 490 | 55.6 | −5.1 | |
Labor | William Willesee | 391 | 44.4 | +17.9 | |
Total formal votes | 881 | 99.3 | +0.3 | ||
Informal votes | 6 | 0.7 | −0.3 | ||
Turnout | 887 | 68.2 | +7.3 | ||
Country hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Country | Edward Angelo | 412 | 60.7 | +60.7 | |
Labor | George Jones | 180 | 26.5 | +26.5 | |
Independent | Edmund Holden | 87 | 12.8 | +12.8 | |
Total formal votes | 679 | 99.0 | −1.0 | ||
Informal votes | 7 | 1.0 | +1.0 | ||
Turnout | 686 | 60.9 | +7.6 | ||
Country gain from Nationalist | Swing | N/A |
Elections in the 1910s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Nationalist | Edward Angelo | 313 | 65.2 | +65.2 | |
National Liberal | Archibald Gilchrist | 167 | 34.8 | –24.9 | |
Total formal votes | 480 | 100.0 | +0.4 | ||
Informal votes | 0 | 0.0 | –0.4 | ||
Turnout | 480 | 53.3 | –10.1 | ||
Nationalist gain from National Liberal | Swing | +65.2 |
- Gilchrist's designation at the 1914 election was simply "Liberal", rather than "National Liberal".
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Archibald Gilchrist | 435 | 59.7 | +13.3 | |
Labor | Edward Pearson | 294 | 40.3 | −13.3 | |
Total formal votes | 729 | 99.6 | +0.2 | ||
Informal votes | 3 | 0.4 | −0.2 | ||
Turnout | 732 | 63.4 | +14.9 | ||
Liberal gain from Labor | Swing | +13.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | John McDonald | 468 | 53.6 | ||
Ministerialist | William Butcher | 405 | 46.4 | ||
Total formal votes | 873 | 99.4 | |||
Informal votes | 5 | 0.6 | |||
Turnout | 878 | 48.5 | |||
Labor gain from Ministerialist | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ministerialist | William Butcher | unopposed | |||
Ministerialist hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1900s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Ministerialist | William Butcher | unopposed | |||
Ministerialist hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ministerialist | William Butcher | unopposed | |||
Ministerialist hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | William Butcher | unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Opposition | William Butcher | 126 | 66.0 | +66.0 | |
Ministerialist | David Forrest | 65 | 34.0 | –66.0 | |
Total formal votes | 191 | 99.5 | n/a | ||
Informal votes | 1 | 0.5 | n/a | ||
Turnout | 192 | 47.6 | n/a | ||
Opposition gain from Ministerialist | Swing | +66.0 |
- George Hubble, the sitting Ministerialist member, had held the seat unopposed in 1897.
Elections in the 1890s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ministerialist | George Hubble | unopposed | |||
Ministerialist hold | Swing |
- This by-election was called because sitting member George Hubble was declared bankrupt, and the law at the time required that he had to resign his seat. However, he won it unopposed in the resulting by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ministerialist | George Hubble | unopposed | |||
Ministerialist hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
None | Robert Sholl | unopposed |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
None | Robert F. Sholl | unopposed |
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.