Electoral results for the district of Blackwood

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

Members for Blackwood

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Member Party Term
  John Hearman Liberal Country League 1950–1968
  Ron Kitney Country 1968–1971
  David Reid Country 1971–1972
  Sandy Lewis Liberal 1972–1974

Election results

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Elections in the 1970s

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1972 Blackwood state by-election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Sandy Lewis 2,023 39.5 +9.2
Labor Fred Hebbard 1,642 32.0 +6.3
Country Robert Wardell-Johnson 1,460 28.5 +2.6
Total formal votes 5,125 98.7 +3.7
Informal votes 67 1.3 −3.7
Turnout 5,192 86.6 −6.5
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Sandy Lewis 3,284 64.1 +25.7
Labor Fred Hebbard 1,841 35.9 +35.9
Liberal gain from Country Swing N/A
1971 Western Australian state election: Blackwood[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Del Willmott 1,627 30.3 -15.1
Country David Reid 1,392 25.9 -28.7
Labor Col Sumner 1,382 25.7 +25.7
Independent Peter Cracknell 559 10.4 +10.4
Democratic Labor John Fleeton 417 7.8 +7.8
Total formal votes 5,377 95.0 −1.5
Informal votes 282 5.0 +1.5
Turnout 5,659 93.1 −0.6
Two-candidate-preferred result
Country David Reid 3,314 61.6 +7.0
Liberal Del Willmott 2,063 38.4 -7.0
Country hold Swing +7.0

Elections in the 1960s

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1968 Western Australian state election: Blackwood
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Ron Kitney 2,798 54.6
Liberal and Country John Hearman 2,324 45.4
Total formal votes 5,122 96.5
Informal votes 184 3.5
Turnout 5,306 93.7
Country gain from Liberal and Country Swing
1965 Western Australian state election: Blackwood
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal and Country John Hearman unopposed
Liberal and Country hold Swing
1962 Western Australian state election: Blackwood
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal and Country John Hearman 3,549 74.1
Independent Henry Rudd 1,242 25.9
Total formal votes 4,791 98.7
Informal votes 65 1.3
Turnout 4,856 94.1
Liberal and Country hold Swing

Elections in the 1950s

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1959 Western Australian state election: Blackwood
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal and Country John Hearman 2,239 50.8 -49.2
Country Duncan Muir 2,168 49.2 +49.2
Total formal votes 4,407 97.6
Informal votes 110 2.4
Turnout 4,517 92.7
Liberal and Country hold Swing N/A
1956 Western Australian state election: Blackwood
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal and Country John Hearman unopposed
Liberal and Country hold Swing
1953 Western Australian state election: Blackwood
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal and Country John Hearman unopposed
Liberal and Country hold Swing
1950 Western Australian state election: Blackwood
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal and Country John Hearman 1,503 34.5
Independent John Smith 1,149 26.3
Labor William Eastcott 981 22.5
Country Alwyn Wagner 727 16.7
Total formal votes 4,360 98.4
Informal votes 69 1.6
Turnout 4,429 92.6
Two-candidate-preferred result
Liberal and Country John Hearman 2,284 52.4
Independent John Smith 2,076 47.6
Liberal and Country hold Swing

References

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  1. ^ 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.