Electoral results for the district of Mount Hawthorn
Appearance
This is a list of electoral results for the Electoral district of Mount Hawthorn in Western Australian state elections.
Members for Mount Hawthorn
[edit]Member | Party | Term | |
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Harry Millington | Labor | 1930–1947 | |
Les Nimmo | Liberal | 1947–1949 | |
Liberal Country League | 1949–1950 | ||
Bill Hegney | Labor | 1950–1968 | |
Ron Bertram | Labor | 1968–1983 |
Election results
[edit]Elections in the 1980s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Ron Bertram | 8,343 | 59.7 | +2.2 | |
Liberal | Anne Klatt | 5,632 | 40.3 | −2.2 | |
Total formal votes | 13,975 | 96.1 | +0.4 | ||
Informal votes | 570 | 3.9 | −0.4 | ||
Turnout | 14,545 | 86.5 | −3.2 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | +2.2 |
Elections in the 1970s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Ronald Bertram | 8,249 | 57.5 | ||
Liberal | Brian Morris | 6,105 | 42.5 | ||
Total formal votes | 14,354 | 95.7 | |||
Informal votes | 638 | 4.3 | |||
Turnout | 14,992 | 89.7 | |||
Labor hold | Swing | +0.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Ron Bertram | 7,447 | 54.7 | ||
Liberal | Timothy Foley | 5,256 | 38.6 | ||
National Alliance | Peter Tilley | 903 | 6.6 | ||
Total formal votes | 13,606 | 95.3 | |||
Informal votes | 663 | 4.7 | |||
Turnout | 14,269 | 90.6 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Ron Bertram | 7,582 | 55.7 | ||
Liberal | Timothy Foley | 6,024 | 44.3 | ||
Labor hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Ron Bertram | 6,682 | 55.5 | +2.6 | |
Liberal | John Bulbeck | 3,814 | 31.7 | −7.1 | |
Democratic Labor | Patrick Cranley | 1,546 | 12.8 | +4.6 | |
Total formal votes | 12,042 | 95.7 | +0.3 | ||
Informal votes | 540 | 4.3 | −0.3 | ||
Turnout | 12,582 | 91.2 | −0.8 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Ron Bertram | 6,914 | 57.4 | +3.2 | |
Liberal | John Bulbeck | 5,128 | 42.6 | −3.2 | |
Labor hold | Swing | +3.2 |
Elections in the 1960s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Ron Bertram | 5,831 | 52.9 | ||
Liberal and Country | James Ring | 4,279 | 38.9 | ||
Democratic Labor | Gavan O'Connor | 905 | 8.2 | ||
Total formal votes | 11,015 | 95.4 | |||
Informal votes | 528 | 4.6 | |||
Turnout | 11,543 | 92.0 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Ron Bertram | 5,967 | 54.2 | ||
Liberal and Country | James Ring | 5,048 | 45.8 | ||
Labor hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Bill Hegney | 5,175 | 52.7 | −3.5 | |
Liberal and Country | James Ring | 4,641 | 47.3 | +3.5 | |
Total formal votes | 9,816 | 96.3 | −2.3 | ||
Informal votes | 377 | 3.7 | +2.3 | ||
Turnout | 10,193 | 91.8 | −1.2 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | −3.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Bill Hegney | 5,866 | 56.2 | ||
Liberal and Country | Hugh O'Doherty | 4,571 | 43.8 | ||
Total formal votes | 10,437 | 98.6 | |||
Informal votes | 153 | 1.4 | |||
Turnout | 10,590 | 93.0 | |||
Labor hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1950s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Bill Hegney | 6,406 | 56.3 | −6.7 | |
Liberal and Country | Hugh O'Doherty | 4,795 | 42.1 | +8.8 | |
Communist | Edward Zeffertt | 183 | 1.6 | −2.1 | |
Total formal votes | 11,384 | 96.6 | +0.5 | ||
Informal votes | 398 | 3.4 | −0.5 | ||
Turnout | 11,782 | 93.4 | +0.6 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Bill Hegney | 57.7 | −8.6 | ||
Liberal and Country | Hugh O'Doherty | 42.3 | +8.6 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | −8.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Bill Hegney | 5,740 | 63.0 | ||
Liberal and Country | William Bailey | 3,032 | 33.3 | ||
Communist | William Anear | 333 | 3.7 | ||
Total formal votes | 9,105 | 96.1 | |||
Informal votes | 367 | 3.9 | |||
Turnout | 9,472 | 92.8 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Bill Hegney | 66.3 | |||
Liberal and Country | William Bailey | 33.7 | |||
Labor hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Bill Hegney | 6,473 | 65.6 | +11.5 | |
Liberal and Country | Leonard Seaton | 3,396 | 34.4 | −8.6 | |
Total formal votes | 9,869 | 98.0 | +1.4 | ||
Informal votes | 198 | 2.0 | −1.4 | ||
Turnout | 10,067 | 94.2 | +1.5 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | +9.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Bill Hegney | 4,680 | 54.1 | ||
Liberal and Country | John Mann | 3,725 | 43.1 | ||
Independent Labor | John Plummer-Leitch | 247 | 2.9 | ||
Total formal votes | 8,652 | 96.6 | |||
Informal votes | 301 | 3.4 | |||
Turnout | 8,953 | 92.7 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Bill Hegney | 56.1 | |||
Liberal and Country | John Mann | 43.9 | |||
Labor hold | Swing |
- Two party preferred vote was estimated.
Elections in the 1940s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Les Nimmo | 5,594 | 45.3 | +12.0 | |
Labor | William Beadle | 5,400 | 43.8 | −22.9 | |
Independent | Archibald Cruikshank | 920 | 7.5 | +7.5 | |
Country | Norman Hard | 281 | 2.3 | +2.3 | |
Arthur West | 145 | 1.2 | +1.2 | ||
Total formal votes | 12,340 | 96.3 | −0.7 | ||
Informal votes | 479 | 3.7 | +0.7 | ||
Turnout | 12,819 | 85.6 | −3.1 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Les Nimmo | 6,313 | 51.2 | +17.9 | |
Labor | William Beadle | 6,027 | 48.8 | −17.9 | |
Liberal gain from Labor | Swing | +17.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Harry Millington | 7113 | 66.7 | +8.1 | |
Nationalist | Norman Hard | 3,549 | 33.3 | −8.1 | |
Total formal votes | 10,662 | 97.0 | −0.9 | ||
Informal votes | 327 | 3.0 | +0.9 | ||
Turnout | 10,989 | 88.7 | −4.9 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | +8.1 |
Elections in the 1930s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Harry Millington | 5,100 | 58.6 | +4.6 | |
Nationalist | Guildford Clarke | 3,607 | 41.4 | −4.6 | |
Total formal votes | 8,707 | 97.9 | −1.2 | ||
Informal votes | 182 | 2.1 | +1.2 | ||
Turnout | 8,889 | 93.6 | +20.7 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | +4.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Harry Millington | 2,751 | 54.0 | −8.5 | |
Nationalist | Arthur Abbott | 2,345 | 46.0 | +8.5 | |
Total formal votes | 5,096 | 99.1 | +1.2 | ||
Informal votes | 46 | 0.9 | −1.2 | ||
Turnout | 5,142 | 72.9 | −21.4 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | −8.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Harry Millington | 3,512 | 62.5 | +9.0 | |
Nationalist | Hugh Henderson | 2,107 | 37.5 | −9.0 | |
Total formal votes | 5,619 | 97.9 | −0.8 | ||
Informal votes | 123 | 2.1 | +0.8 | ||
Turnout | 5,742 | 94.3 | +17.0 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | +9.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Harry Millington | 2,002 | 53.5 | ||
Nationalist | Peter Menzies | 1,739 | 46.5 | ||
Total formal votes | 3,741 | 98.7 | |||
Informal votes | 48 | 1.3 | |||
Turnout | 3,789 | 77.3 | |||
Labor 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.