Electoral results for the district of Gosnells

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

Members for Gosnells

Gosnells (1977–1989)
Member		Party	Term
	Bob Pearce	Labor	1977–1983
	Yvonne Henderson	Labor	1983–1989
Gosnells (2008–present)
	Chris Tallentire	Labor	2008–present

Election results

Elections in the 2010s

Western Australian state election, 2013: Gosnells

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Chris Tallentire	9,237	44.8	+2.1
	Liberal	David Goode	8,040	39.0	+2.6
	Greens	Luke Edmonds	1,207	5.9	–6.4
	Independent	Chris Fernandez	850	4.1	+4.1
	Christians	Mark Staer	782	3.8	–0.7
	Independent	Debbie Butler	501	2.4	+2.4
Total formal votes			20,617	92.5	-1.6
Informal votes			1,682	7.5	+1.6
Turnout			22,299	89.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Chris Tallentire	10,896	52.9	–1.9
	Liberal	David Goode	9,701	47.1	+1.9
	Labor hold		Swing	–1.9

Elections in the 2000s

Western Australian state election, 2008: Gosnells^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Chris Tallentire	7,874	42.9	-9.1
	Liberal	Chris Fernandez	6,453	35.2	+6.1
	Greens	Luke Edmonds	2,251	12.3	+6.1
	Christian Democrats	Madeleine Goiran	923	5.0	+0.7
	Family First	Dave Bolt	846	4.6	+0.7
Total formal votes			18,347	93.9	+0.2
Informal votes			1,183	6.1	-0.2
Turnout			19,530	86.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Chris Tallentire	10,172	55.5	-5.9
	Liberal	Chris Fernandez	8,162	44.5	+5.9
	Labor hold		Swing	-5.9

Elections in the 1980s

Western Australian state election, 1986: Gosnells

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Yvonne Henderson	12,112	64.8	+3.4
	Liberal	Michael Smith	6,588	35.2	-0.1
Total formal votes			18,700	97.5	+0.8
Informal votes			482	2.5	-0.8
Turnout			19,182	92.9	+3.9
	Labor hold		Swing	+1.7

Western Australian state election, 1983: Gosnells

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Yvonne Henderson	8,981	61.4
	Liberal	Michael Mitchell	5,158	35.3
	Independent	Gordon Stapp	487	3.3
Total formal votes			14,626	96.7
Informal votes			493	3.3
Turnout			15,119	89.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Yvonne Henderson	9,229	63.1
	Liberal	Michael Mitchell	5,397	36.9
	Labor hold		Swing

Western Australian state election, 1980: Gosnells

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Bob Pearce	9,934	54.8	+5.9
	Liberal	Nancye Jones	7,268	40.1	-7.8
	Independent	Gordon Stapp	930	5.1	+1.9
Total formal votes			18,132	95.6	-0.4
Informal votes			831	4.4	+0.4
Turnout			18,963	89.2	-2.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Bob Pearce	10,399	57.4	+6.6
	Liberal	Nancye Jones	7,733	42.6	-6.6
	Labor hold		Swing	+6.6

Elections in the 1970s

Western Australian state election, 1977: Gosnells

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Bob Pearce	6,840	48.9
	Liberal	Brian Piesse	6,712	47.9
	Independent	Gordon Stapp	450	3.2
Total formal votes			14,002	96.0
Informal votes			585	4.0
Turnout			14,587	91.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Bob Pearce	7,120	50.9
	Liberal	Brian Piesse	6,882	49.1
	Labor hold		Swing

References

1. "2008 State General Election Details: District of Gosnells Results". Western Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 3 December 2011.