Results of the 1986 Western Australian state election (Legislative Council)
Appearance
Western Australian state election, 8 February 1986 | ||||||
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Enrolled voters | 883,239 | |||||
Votes cast | 807,496 | Turnout | 91.42% | +2.44% | ||
Informal votes | 26,530 | Informal | 3.29% | –0.43% | ||
Summary of votes by party | ||||||
Party | Primary votes | % | Swing | Seats won |
Seats held | |
Labor | 352,437 | 45.13% | –5.50% | 9 | 15 | |
Liberal | 327,786 | 41.97% | +0.40% | 6 | 15 | |
National | 37,194 | 4.76% | –1.59% | 2 | 4 | |
Democrats | 63,483 | 8.13% | +6.68% | 0 | 0 | |
Independent | 66 | 0.01% | +0.01% | 0 | 0 | |
Total | 780,966 | 17 | 34 | |||
Two-party-preferred | ||||||
Labor | 418,124 | 53.54% | +0.57% | |||
Liberal | 361,160 | 46.25% | –0.57% |
This is a list of electoral region results for the Western Australian Legislative Council in the 1986 Western Australian state election.
Results by Electoral province
[edit]Central
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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National | Harry Gayfer | 11,629 | 45.5 | +21.5 | |
Liberal | John Panizza | 7,258 | 28.4 | +2.3 | |
Labor | Kim Chance | 6,660 | 26.1 | −2.2 | |
Total formal votes | 25,547 | 98.0 | +1.5 | ||
Informal votes | 525 | 2.0 | −1.5 | ||
Turnout | 26,072 | 94.2 | +4.1 | ||
Two-candidate-preferred result | |||||
National | Harry Gayfer | 13,216 | 51.7 | +51.7 | |
Liberal | John Panizza | 12,331 | 48.3 | −17.3 | |
National hold | Swing | N/A |
Lower Central
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | John Bird | 9,638 | 38.3 | −7.2 | |
Liberal | Sandy Lewis | 8,791 | 34.9 | +6.8 | |
National | Eric Blight | 5,815 | 23.1 | −3.4 | |
Democrats | Violet Fussell | 927 | 3.7 | +3.7 | |
Total formal votes | 25,171 | 97.4 | +0.2 | ||
Informal votes | 659 | 2.6 | −0.2 | ||
Turnout | 25,830 | 94.2 | +2.8 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Sandy Lewis | 14,122 | 56.1 | +4.3 | |
Labor | John Bird | 11,049 | 43.9 | −4.3 | |
Liberal hold | Swing | +4.3 |
Lower North
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Phil Lockyer | 4,083 | 59.0 | +0.6 | |
Labor | Lesley-Ann Hoare | 2,299 | 33.2 | −5.9 | |
Democrats | Kenneth Winder | 472 | 6.8 | +6.8 | |
Independent | Francesco Nesci | 66 | 1.0 | −1.5 | |
Total formal votes | 6,920 | 95.2 | +0.2 | ||
Informal votes | 346 | 4.8 | −0.2 | ||
Turnout | 7,266 | 82.4 | +1.3 | ||
Liberal hold | Swing | N/A |
- Preferences were not distributed.
Lower West
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Ian Pratt | 15,221 | 46.7 | −2.2 | |
Labor | Beryl Jones | 15,185 | 46.6 | +3.7 | |
Democrats | Shirley de la Hunty | 2,210 | 6.8 | −1.4 | |
Total formal votes | 32,616 | 97.3 | +0.2 | ||
Informal votes | 910 | 2.7 | −0.2 | ||
Turnout | 33,526 | 93.4 | +2.6 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Beryl Jones | 16,359 | 50.2 | +3.7 | |
Liberal | Ian Pratt | 16,257 | 49.8 | −3.7 | |
Labor gain from Liberal | Swing | +3.7 |
Metropolitan
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Max Evans | 41,833 | 52.4 | −4.0 | |
Democrats | Jack Evans | 33,642 | 42.2 | +42.2 | |
Independent Labor | Patrick Finn | 4,309 | 5.4 | +5.4 | |
Total formal votes | 79,784 | 96.7 | −0.3 | ||
Informal votes | 2,726 | 3.3 | +0.3 | ||
Turnout | 82,510 | 89.5 | +3.3 | ||
Liberal hold | Swing | N/A |
- Preferences were not distributed.
North
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Tom Helm | 14,319 | 58.5 | −6.7 | |
Labor | Frank Butler | 8,855 | 36.2 | +36.2 | |
Democrats | Helen Aquilina | 1,293 | 5.3 | +5.3 | |
Total formal votes | 24,467 | 94.1 | −1.6 | ||
Informal votes | 1,541 | 5.9 | +1.6 | ||
Turnout | 26,008 | 78.9 | −8.6 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | N/A |
- Preferences were not distributed.
North Central Metropolitan
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Joe Berinson | 41,580 | 59.5 | −0.5 | |
Liberal | Frank Hansford-Miller | 25,105 | 35.9 | −4.1 | |
Democrats | Jean Foster | 3,219 | 4.6 | +4.6 | |
Total formal votes | 69,904 | 96.1 | +0.2 | ||
Informal votes | 2,836 | 3.9 | −0.2 | ||
Turnout | 72,740 | 92.3 | +4.5 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | N/A |
- Preferences were not distributed.
North Metropolitan
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | John Halden | 41,060 | 49.0 | −1.5 | |
Liberal | Peter Wells | 36,815 | 43.9 | −2.1 | |
Democrats | Jean Jenkins | 5,983 | 7.1 | +4.6 | |
Total formal votes | 83,858 | 97.5 | +1.0 | ||
Informal votes | 2,168 | 2.5 | −1.0 | ||
Turnout | 86,026 | 92.5 | +3.8 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | John Halden | 44,322 | 52.9 | ||
Liberal | Peter Wells | 39,536 | 47.1 | ||
Labor gain from Liberal | Swing | N/A |
North-East Metropolitan
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Tom Butler | 52,785 | 61.5 | −2.0 | |
Liberal | Robert Nicholson | 28,113 | 32.8 | +0.1 | |
Democrats | Fred Long | 4,901 | 5.7 | +1.9 | |
Total formal votes | 85,799 | 95.9 | +2.0 | ||
Informal votes | 3,667 | 4.1 | −2.0 | ||
Turnout | 89,466 | 92.0 | +3.3 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | N/A |
- Preferences were not distributed.
South
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Thomas Knight | 11,571 | 44.0 | +7.9 | |
National | John Caldwell | 7,427 | 28.3 | +9.5 | |
Labor | Albert Newman | 7,282 | 27.7 | +0.5 | |
Total formal votes | 26,280 | 97.2 | +0.5 | ||
Informal votes | 640 | 2.8 | −0.5 | ||
Turnout | 26,920 | 93.6 | +3.3 | ||
Two-candidate-preferred result | |||||
National | John Caldwell | 13,781 | 52.4 | +52.4 | |
Liberal | Thomas Knight | 12,499 | 47.6 | −19.1 | |
National gain from Liberal | Swing | N/A |
South Central Metropolitan
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Phillip Pendal | 31,320 | 51.8 | +1.9 | |
Labor | John Bissett | 24,814 | 41.0 | −3.7 | |
Democrats | Alan Needham | 4,347 | 7.2 | +1.7 | |
Total formal votes | 60,481 | 97.2 | +0.6 | ||
Informal votes | 1,736 | 2.8 | −0.6 | ||
Turnout | 62,217 | 90.9 | +2.6 | ||
Liberal hold | Swing | N/A |
- Preferences were not distributed.
South East
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | James Brown | 11,801 | 60.1 | +0.1 | |
Liberal | Douglas Krepp | 7,826 | 39.9 | −0.1 | |
Total formal votes | 19,627 | 95.9 | −0.6 | ||
Informal votes | 840 | 4.1 | +0.6 | ||
Turnout | 20,467 | 89.5 | +1.0 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | +0.1 |
South Metropolitan
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Garry Kelly | 51,141 | 69.8 | +0.1 | |
Liberal | Alan Harste | 22,126 | 30.2 | −0.1 | |
Total formal votes | 73,267 | 96.3 | +0.4 | ||
Informal votes | 2,814 | 3.7 | −0.4 | ||
Turnout | 76,081 | 92.3 | −0.1 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | +0.1 |
South-East Metropolitan
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Bob Hetherington | 44,649 | 55.1 | −4.5 | |
Liberal | Jonathan Shack | 33,428 | 41.2 | +0.8 | |
Democrats | Douglas Gettingby | 2,983 | 3.7 | +3.7 | |
Total formal votes | 81,060 | 96.8 | −0.1 | ||
Informal votes | 2,690 | 3.2 | +0.1 | ||
Turnout | 83,750 | 92.3 | +3.3 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | N/A |
- Preferences were not distributed.
South West
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | James Dwyer | 13,948 | 48.5 | −2.4 | |
Labor | Doug Wenn | 13,516 | 47.0 | −2.1 | |
Democrats | Janice Bowen | 1,302 | 4.5 | +4.5 | |
Total formal votes | 28,766 | 97.4 | +0.4 | ||
Informal votes | 764 | 2.6 | −0.4 | ||
Turnout | 29,530 | 93.3 | +1.6 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Doug Wenn | 14,418 | 50.1 | +1.0 | |
Liberal | James Dwyer | 14,348 | 49.9 | −1.0 | |
Labor gain from Liberal | Swing | +1.0 |
Upper West
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Margaret McAleer | 16,245 | 56.9 | +21.4 | |
National | Sue Shields | 12,323 | 43.1 | −3.2 | |
Total formal votes | 28,568 | 96.8 | 0.0 | ||
Informal votes | 954 | 3.2 | 0.0 | ||
Turnout | 29,522 | 92.1 | +2.7 | ||
Liberal hold | Swing | +8.4 |
West
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Gordon Masters | 15,248 | 52.8 | −0.9 | |
Labor | Nadeem Ramsay | 11,399 | 39.5 | −6.8 | |
Democrats | Kenneth Goodman | 2,204 | 7.6 | +7.6 | |
Total formal votes | 28,851 | 97.6 | −0.3 | ||
Informal votes | 714 | 2.4 | +0.3 | ||
Turnout | 29,565 | 91.8 | +2.6 | ||
Liberal hold | Swing | N/A |
- Preferences were not distributed.
See also
[edit]- Results of the Western Australian state election, 1986 (Legislative Assembly A-L)
- Results of the Western Australian state election, 1986 (Legislative Assembly M-Z)
- 1986 Western Australian state election
- Candidates of the Western Australian state election, 1986
- Members of the Western Australian Legislative Council, 1986–1989
References
[edit]- ^ Black, David (1991). Legislative Council of Western Australia : membership register, electoral law and statistics 1890-1989 (Rev. ed.). Perth, W.A.: Western Australian Parliamentary History Project. ISBN 0730936414.