Electoral results for the district of Whitford
This is a list of electoral results for the Electoral district of Whitford in Western Australian state elections.
Members for Whitford
[edit]Member | Party | Term | |
---|---|---|---|
Mick Nanovich | Liberal | 1977–1983 | |
Pam Beggs | Labor | 1983–1993 | |
Rob Johnson | Liberal | 1993–1996 |
Election results
[edit]Elections in the 1990s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Rob Johnson | 8,913 | 46.4 | +11.3 | |
Labor | Pam Beggs | 7,045 | 36.7 | -7.0 | |
Independent | Jannifer Pearce | 884 | 4.6 | +4.6 | |
Greens | Miguel Castillo | 825 | 4.3 | +4.3 | |
Democrats | Geoffrey Curtis | 798 | 4.2 | +4.2 | |
Independent | Norma Rundle | 731 | 3.8 | +3.8 | |
Total formal votes | 19,196 | 96.9 | +3.1 | ||
Informal votes | 615 | 3.1 | −3.1 | ||
Turnout | 19,811 | 94.9 | +2.8 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Rob Johnson | 10,768 | 56.1 | +7.8 | |
Labor | Pam Beggs | 8,428 | 43.9 | -7.8 | |
Liberal gain from Labor | Swing | +7.8 |
Elections in the 1980s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Pam Beggs | 7,065 | 43.7 | -18.0 | |
Liberal | Peter Harrop | 5,670 | 35.1 | +2.1 | |
Independent | John Clifford | 2,501 | 15.5 | +15.5 | |
Grey Power | Geoffrey Smart | 926 | 5.7 | +5.7 | |
Total formal votes | 16,162 | 93.8 | |||
Informal votes | 1,071 | 6.2 | |||
Turnout | 17,233 | 92.1 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Pam Beggs | 8,356 | 51.7 | -12.7 | |
Liberal | Peter Harrop | 7,806 | 48.3 | +12.7 | |
Labor hold | Swing | -12.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Pam Beggs | 12,637 | 56.5 | -1.2 | |
Liberal | Kenneth Schulz | 8,318 | 37.2 | -5.1 | |
Democrats | Graeme Major | 1,397 | 6.3 | +6.3 | |
Total formal votes | 22,352 | 98.1 | 0.0 | ||
Informal votes | 425 | 1.9 | 0.0 | ||
Turnout | 22,777 | 92.5 | +3.9 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Pam Beggs | 13,366 | 59.8 | +2.1 | |
Liberal | Kenneth Schulz | 8,986 | 40.2 | -2.1 | |
Labor hold | Swing | +2.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Pam Beggs | 8,778 | 57.7 | ||
Liberal | Darryll Retallack | 6,434 | 42.3 | ||
Total formal votes | 15,212 | 98.1 | |||
Informal votes | 287 | 1.9 | |||
Turnout | 15,499 | 88.6 | |||
Labor gain from Liberal | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Mick Nanovich | 13,337 | 54.5 | -7.9 | |
Labor | Nick Griffiths | 9,266 | 37.8 | +0.2 | |
Democrats | Harvard Barclay | 1,882 | 7.7 | +7.7 | |
Total formal votes | 24,485 | 96.9 | −0.9 | ||
Informal votes | 769 | 3.1 | +0.9 | ||
Turnout | 25,254 | 90.4 | −2.4 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Mick Nanovich | 14,278 | 58.3 | -4.1 | |
Labor | Nick Griffiths | 10,207 | 41.7 | +4.1 | |
Liberal hold | Swing | -4.1 |
Elections in the 1970s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Mick Nanovich | 10,660 | 62.4 | ||
Labor | Marilyn Anthony | 6,426 | 37.6 | ||
Total formal votes | 17,086 | 97.8 | |||
Informal votes | 389 | 2.2 | |||
Turnout | 17,475 | 92.8 | |||
Liberal hold | Swing | +7.5 |
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.