Electoral results for the district of Mitchell (Western Australia)

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

Members for Mitchell

2005 Western Australian state election: Leschenault
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Dan Sullivan	6,022	50.8	−1.3
	Labor	Anthony Marinovich	4,247	35.8	+9.1
	Greens	Dee Wickham	761	6.4	+0.7
	Christian Democrats	Ross Lecras	426	3.6	+3.6
	One Nation	Caroline Whitworth	405	3.4	−7.6
Total formal votes			11,861	95.1	−2.1
Informal votes			617	4.9	+2.1
Turnout			12,478	91.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Dan Sullivan	6,836	57.7	−4.1
	Labor	Anthony Marinovich	5,014	42.3	+4.1
	Liberal hold		Swing	−4.1

2001 Western Australian state election: Mitchell
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Dan Sullivan	7,475	48.8	+0.6
	Labor	Margaret Lane	4,537	29.6	−11.8
	One Nation	Andy Konnecke	1,742	11.4	+11.4
	Greens	Patsie Gubler	897	5.9	+0.4
	Independent	Ross Slater	267	1.7	+1.7
	Independent	Lyn Kearsley	224	1.5	+1.5
	Democrats	Elizabeth Hellyer	185	1.2	−1.0
Total formal votes			15,327	96.7	+0.1
Informal votes			529	3.3	−0.1
Turnout			15,856	91.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Dan Sullivan	8,866	58.2	+5.0
	Labor	Margaret Lane	6,367	41.8	−5.0
	Liberal hold		Swing	+5.0

1996 Western Australian state election: Mitchell
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Dan Sullivan	6,146	48.2	+6.6
	Labor	Melissa Parke	5,272	41.4	−2.6
	Greens	Peter Eckersley	701	5.5	+0.2
	National	Peter Prowse	343	2.7	+2.7
	Democrats	Morgan Wilde	279	2.2	+0.8
Total formal votes			12,741	96.6	−0.2
Informal votes			450	3.4	+0.2
Turnout			13,191	92.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Dan Sullivan	6,774	53.2	+3.7
	Labor	Melissa Parke	5,961	46.8	−3.7
	Liberal gain from Labor		Swing	+3.7

1993 Western Australian state election: Mitchell
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	David Smith	5,245	46.1	−11.3
	Liberal	Kerrol Gildersleeve	4,454	39.2	−3.4
	Greens	Jill Reading	557	4.9	+4.9
	Independent	John Sibson	513	4.5	+4.5
	Independent	Ronald Cook	468	4.1	+4.1
	Democrats	Bernard Noonan	133	1.2	+1.2
Total formal votes			11,370	96.6	−1.3
Informal votes			405	3.4	+1.3
Turnout			11,775	95.0	+2.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	David Smith	6,012	52.9	−4.5
	Liberal	Kerrol Gildersleeve	5,358	47.1	+4.5
	Labor hold		Swing	−4.5

1989 Western Australian state election: Mitchell
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	David Smith	5,394	57.4	−5.5
	Liberal	Beverley Bradshaw	4,002	42.6	+5.5
Total formal votes			9,396	97.9
Informal votes			204	2.1
Turnout			9,600	92.1
	Labor hold		Swing	−5.5

1986 Western Australian state election: Mitchell
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	David Smith	6,376	60.0	+3.1
	Liberal	Trevor Slater	4,243	40.0	−3.1
Total formal votes			10,619	98.1	+0.5
Informal votes			205	1.9	−0.5
Turnout			10,824	93.0	+0.9
	Labor hold		Swing	+3.1

1983 Western Australian state election: Mitchell
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labor	David Smith	5,001	56.9
	Liberal	Margaret Craig	3,785	43.1
Total formal votes			8,716	97.6
Informal votes			215	2.4
Turnout			9,001	92.1
	Labor hold		Swing