Electoral results for the district of Mount Marshall

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

Members for Mount Marshall

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Member Party Term
  John Lindsay Country 1930–1933
  Frederick Warner Ind. Country 1933–1936
  Country 1936–1943
  Hugh Leslie Country 1943–1950
  George Cornell Country 1950–1967
  Ray McPharlin Country 1967–1975
  National Country 1975–1978
  National (WA) 1978–1982
  National Country 1982–1983
  Bill McNee Liberal 1983–1986
  Mort Schell National 1986–1989

Election results

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Elections in the 1980s

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1986 Western Australian state election: Mount Marshall[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Bill McNee 3,596 44.0 +11.0
National Mort Schell 3,220 39.4 +16.3
Labor Robert Couzens 1,358 16.6 -0.4
Total formal votes 8,174 98.5 +0.9
Informal votes 125 1.5 −0.9
Turnout 8,299 93.8 +4.0
Two-candidate-preferred result
National Mort Schell 4,357 53.3 +9.0
Liberal Bill McNee 3,817 46.7 -9.0
National gain from Liberal Swing +9.0
1983 Western Australian state election: Mount Marshall
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Bill McNee 2,596 33.0
National Country Ray McPharlin 2,119 26.9
National Ronald Aitkenhead 1,815 23.1
Labor Robert Couzens 1,333 17.0
Total formal votes 7,863 97.6
Informal votes 191 2.4
Turnout 8,054 89.8
Two-candidate-preferred result
Liberal Bill McNee 4,381 55.7
National Ronald Aitkenhead 3,482 44.3
Liberal gain from National Country Swing
1980 Western Australian state election: Mount Marshall
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National Ray McPharlin 3,958 56.1 +56.1
Liberal Bill McNee 1,769 25.1 -5.1
National Country Joan Hardwick 1,323 18.8 -51.0
Total formal votes 7,050 97.7 +1.3
Informal votes 163 2.3 −1.3
Turnout 7,213 91.6 0.0
Two-candidate-preferred result
National Walter McPharlin 4,289 60.8 +60.8
Liberal Bill McNee 2,761 39.2 +9.0
National gain from National Country Swing N/A

Elections in the 1970s

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1977 Western Australian state election: Mount Marshall
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National Country Ray McPharlin 4,937 69.8
Liberal Harold Lundy 2,140 30.2
Total formal votes 7,077 96.4
Informal votes 265 3.6
Turnout 7,342 91.6
National Country hold Swing N/A
1974 Western Australian state election: Mount Marshall
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National Alliance Ray McPharlin unopposed
National Alliance hold Swing
1971 Western Australian state election: Mount Marshall
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Ray McPharlin 3,229 56.8 -43.2
Labor Kathleen Knopp 1,237 21.8 +21.8
United Farmers Kenneth May 715 12.6 +12.6
Democratic Labor Ronald Richards 505 8.9 +8.9
Total formal votes 5,686 96.4
Informal votes 211 3.6
Turnout 5,897 91.9
Two-party-preferred result
Country Ray McPharlin 4,126 72.6 -27.4
Labor Kathleen Knopp 1,560 27.4 +27.4
Country hold Swing N/A

Elections in the 1960s

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1968 Western Australian state election: Mount Marshall
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Ray McPharlin unopposed
Country hold Swing
1967 Mount Marshall state by-election[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Ray McPharlin 2,662 64.21
Liberal Bill McNee 1,010 24.36
Labor Djordje Miličić 474 11.43
Total formal votes 4,146 98.55
Informal votes 61 1.45
Turnout 4,207 80.89
Country hold Swing N/A
1965 Western Australian state election: Mount Marshall
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country George Cornell unopposed
Country hold Swing
1962 Western Australian state election: Mount Marshall
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country George Cornell unopposed
Country hold Swing

Elections in the 1950s

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1959 Western Australian state election: Mount Marshall
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country George Cornell unopposed
Country hold Swing
1956 Western Australian state election: Mount Marshall
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country George Cornell unopposed
Country hold Swing
1953 Western Australian state election: Mount Marshall
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country George Cornell unopposed
Country hold Swing
1950 Western Australian state election: Mount Marshall
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country George Cornell unopposed
Country hold Swing

Elections in the 1940s

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1947 Western Australian state election: Mount Marshall
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Hugh Leslie unopposed
Country hold Swing
1943 Western Australian state election: Mount Marshall
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Stanley Hook 996 35.7 +35.7
Country Hugh Leslie 950 34.0 -20.4
Independent John Lindsay 845 30.3 +30.3
Total formal votes 2,791 98.0 −0.6
Informal votes 57 2.0 +0.6
Turnout 2,848 82.2 −8.1
Two-party-preferred result
Country Hugh Leslie 1,605 57.5 +3.1
Labor Stanley Hook 1,186 42.5 +42.5
Country hold Swing N/A

Elections in the 1930s

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1939 Western Australian state election: Mount Marshall
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Frederick Warner 1,919 54.4 -19.2
Independent Country Len Hamilton 1,608 45.6 +45.6
Total formal votes 3,527 98.6 −0.8
Informal votes 50 1.4 +0.8
Turnout 3,577 90.3 +28.1
Country hold Swing N/A
1936 Western Australian state election: Mount Marshall
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Frederick Warner 1,933 73.6 +18.8
Country Joseph Diver 694 26.4 +26.4
Total formal votes 2,627 99.4 +0.4
Informal votes 17 0.6 −0.4
Turnout 2,644 62.2 −23.0
Country hold Swing N/A
1933 Western Australian state election: Mount Marshall
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Country Frederick Warner 2,030 54.8 +54.8
Country John Lindsay 1,673 45.2 -26.8
Total formal votes 3,703 99.0 −0.3
Informal votes 37 1.0 +0.3
Turnout 3,740 85.2 +17.9
Independent Country gain from Country Swing N/A
1930 Western Australian state election: Mount Marshall
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country John Lindsay 2,356 72.0
Labor John Mulqueeny 915 28.0
Total formal votes 3,271 99.3
Informal votes 24 0.7
Turnout 3,295 67.3
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.
  2. ^ Black, David; Prescott, Valerie (1997). Election statistics, Legislative Assembly of Western Australia, 1890-1996. Perth: Parliamentary History Project and Western Australian Electoral Commission. p. 220. ISBN 0-7309-8409-5.