Electoral results for the district of Wembley
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This is a list of electoral results for the Electoral district of Wembley in Western Australian state elections.
Members for Wembley
[edit]| Member | Party | Term | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Guy Henn | Liberal Country League | 1962–1968 | |
| Liberal | 1968–1971 | ||
| Ray Young | Liberal | 1971–1974 | |
Election results
[edit]Elections in the 1970s
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Ray Young | 6,937 | 48.0 | −52.0 | |
| Labor | John Elsegood | 5,209 | 36.0 | +36.0 | |
| Democratic Labor | Brian Peachey | 2,310 | 16.0 | +16.0 | |
| Total formal votes | 14,456 | 97.5 | |||
| Informal votes | 372 | 2.5 | |||
| Turnout | 14,828 | 92.9 | |||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| Liberal | Ray Young | 8,899 | 61.6 | −38.4 | |
| Labor | John Elsegood | 5,557 | 38.4 | +38.4 | |
| Liberal hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Elections in the 1960s
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal and Country | Guy Henn | unopposed | |||
| Liberal and Country hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal and Country | Guy Henn | 8,466 | 69.6 | −30.4 | |
| Labor | Denis Kemp | 3,702 | 30.4 | +30.4 | |
| Total formal votes | 12,168 | 98.8 | |||
| Informal votes | 142 | 1.2 | |||
| Turnout | 12,310 | 94.5 | |||
| Liberal and Country hold | Swing | N/A | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal and Country | Guy Henn | unopposed | |||
| Liberal and Country 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.