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Results of the 1977 Western Australian state election (Legislative Council)

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Western Australian state election, 19 February 1977[1]
Legislative Council

Enrolled voters 663,113
Votes cast 601,442 Turnout 90.70% +0.76%
Informal votes 26,160 Informal 4.35% –0.44%
Summary of votes by party
Party Primary votes % Swing Seats
won 		Seats
held
  Liberal 289,416 50.31% +4.88% 9 18
  Labor 241,359 41.95% –5.28% 4 10
  National Country 31,974 5.56% –1.78% 3 4
  Independent 12,533 2.18% +2.18% 0 0
Total 575,282     16 32
Two-party-preferred
  Liberal/NCP 319,952 55.62% +3.72%
  Labor 255,330 44.38% –3.72%

This is a list of electoral region results for the Western Australian Legislative Council in the 1977 Western Australian state election.

Results by Electoral province

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Central

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1977 Western Australian state election: Central Province
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National Country Norm Baxter 10,936 53.1
Liberal Evelyn Carter 6,113 29.7
Independent Adam Nicol 3,563 17.3
Total formal votes 20,612 94.3
Informal votes 1,254 5.7
Turnout 21,866 92.9
National Country hold Swing
  • Preferences were not distributed.

East Metropolitan

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1977 Western Australian state election: East Metropolitan Province
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Fred McKenzie 31,288 57.1
Liberal Paul Nichols 23,527 42.9
Total formal votes 54,815 94.9
Informal votes 2,930 5.1
Turnout 57,745 90.1
Labor hold Swing

Lower Central

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1977 Western Australian state election: Lower Central Province
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor James Laffer 8,305 37.5
National Country Winifred Piesse 7,277 32.9
Liberal Anthony Sands 6,564 29.6
Total formal votes 22,146 90.3
Informal votes 875 3.8
Turnout 23,021 93.8
Two-party-preferred result
National Country Winifred Piesse 13,195 59.6
Labor James Laffer 8,951 40.4
National Country hold Swing

Lower North

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1977 Western Australian state election: Lower North Province
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Norman Moore 2,935 61.5
Labor Stan Dellar 1,838 38.5
Total formal votes 4,773 96.0
Informal votes 199 4.0
Turnout 4,972 86.6
Liberal gain from Labor Swing

Lower West

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1977 Western Australian state election: Lower West Province
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Neil McNeill 12,830 55.5
Labor Patrick Weir 10,302 44.5
Total formal votes 23,132 96.2
Informal votes 917 3.8
Turnout 24,049 92.4
Liberal hold Swing

Metropolitan

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1977 Western Australian state election: Metropolitan Province
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Richard Williams 39,207 59.1
Labor Simon French 22,827 34.4
Independent Syd Negus 3,187 4.8
Independent Jeannette Forsyth 1,150 1.7
Total formal votes 66,371 96.3
Informal votes 2,545 3.7
Turnout 68,916 89.0
Liberal hold Swing
  • Preferences were not distributed.

North Province

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1977 Western Australian state election: North Province
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Bill Withers 7,930 53.6
Labor Eric Williams 6,858 46.4
Total formal votes 14,788 94.6
Informal votes 846 5.4
Turnout 15,634 82.8
Liberal hold Swing

North Metropolitan

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1977 Western Australian state election: North Metropolitan Province
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Bob Pike 39,935 53.9
Labor Graham Burkett 34,177 46.1
Total formal votes 74,112 95.9
Informal votes 3,130 4.1
Turnout 77,242 90.9
Liberal hold Swing

North-East Metropolitan

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1977 Western Australian state election: North-East Metropolitan Province
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Lyla Elliott 38,769 54.2
Liberal Brian Breese 32,765 45.8
Total formal votes 71,534 95.3
Informal votes 3,504 4.7
Turnout 75,038 90.6
Labor hold Swing

South Province

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1977 Western Australian state election: South Province
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal David Wordsworth 11,315 52.6
National Country Eric James 7,619 35.5
Independent Robert Burns 2,558 11.9
Total formal votes 21,492 94.9
Informal votes 1,099 5.1
Turnout 22,591 92.6
Liberal hold Swing

South Metropolitan

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1977 Western Australian state election: South Metropolitan Province
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Des Dans 30,103 52.9
Liberal Peter Shack 26,834 47.1
Total formal votes 56,937 95.7
Informal votes 2,573 4.3
Turnout 59,510 91.4
Labor hold Swing

South-East

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1977 Western Australian state election: South-East Province
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Ron Leeson 10,499 51.5
Liberal Eric Bingley 9,894 48.5
Total formal votes 20,393 94.6
Informal votes 1,169 5.4
Turnout 21,562 89.2
Labor hold Swing

South-East Metropolitan

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1977 Western Australian state election: South-East Metropolitan Province
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Clive Griffiths 33,134 57.9
Labor Nicholas Clarke 24,121 42.1
Total formal votes 57,255 96.1
Informal votes 2,314 3.9
Turnout 59,569 91.0
Liberal hold Swing

South West

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1977 Western Australian state election: South West Province
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Vic Ferry 13,158 56.4
Labor Geoffrey Baker 8,075 34.6
Independent Stewart Melville 2,075 8.9
Total formal votes 23,308 96.1
Informal votes 933 3.9
Turnout 24,241 93.5
Liberal hold Swing
  • Preferences were not distributed.

Upper West

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1977 Western Australian state election: Upper West Province
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Michael Flanagan 10,420 46.0
National Country Tom McNeil 6,142 27.1
Labor Alan Fewster 6,091 26.9
Total formal votes 22,653 96.1
Informal votes 915 3.9
Turnout 23,568 91.8
Two-candidate-preferred result
National Country Tom McNeil 11,471 50.6
Liberal Michael Flanagan 11,182 49.4
National Country hold Swing

West

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1977 Western Australian state election: West Province
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Neil Oliver 12,855 61.3
Labor Graham Hawkes 8,106 38.7
Total formal votes 20,961 95.6
Informal votes 957 4.4
Turnout 21,918 90.1
Liberal hold Swing

See also

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References

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