Electoral results for the district of Murray-Wellington

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

Members for Murray-Wellington

Western Australian state election, 2013: Murray-Wellington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Murray Cowper	10,044	49.9	+4.9
	Labor	David Scaife	5,674	28.2	–1.4
	WA Nationals	Michael Rose	2,280	11.3	+3.3
	Greens	Deni Fuller	1,134	5.6	–1.2
	Family First	Laurie Rankin	621	3.1	–3.1
	Independent	Norm Heslington	383	1.9	+1.9
Total formal votes			20,136	93.0	-1.1
Informal votes			1,507	7.0	+1.1
Turnout			21,643	90.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Murray Cowper	12,476	62.0	+3.2
	Labor	David Scaife	7,653	38.0	–3.2
	Liberal hold		Swing	+3.2

Western Australian state election, 2008: Murray-Wellington^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Murray Cowper	8,713	44.4	+1.1
	Labor	Anthony Marinovich	5,824	29.6	-5.7
	WA Nationals	Michael Rose	1,643	8.4	+0.8
	Greens	Deni Fuller	1,374	7.0	+2.5
	Family First	David Bolt	1,232	6.3	+4.7
	Christian Democrats	Vivian Hill	415	2.1	+0.2
	Independent	Alycia Bermingham	216	1.1	+1.1
	Independent	Kevin Cloghan	143	0.7	+0.7
	CEC	Brian McCarthy	85	0.4	+0.2
Total formal votes			19,645	94.1	-0.4
Informal votes			1,234	5.9	+0.4
Turnout			20,879	87.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Murray Cowper	11,467	58.4	+2.4
	Labor	Anthony Marinovich	8,154	41.6	-2.4
	Liberal hold		Swing	+2.4

Western Australian state election, 2005: Murray
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Nuala Keating	5,242	42.0	+7.8
	Liberal	Murray Cowper	4,991	40.0	+3.9
	WA Nationals	Julie Giumelli	517	4.1	+4.1
	Independent	Morris Bessant	454	3.6	+3.6
	Greens	Rochelle Brady	445	3.6	+1.2
	Family First	Ron Armstrong	314	2.5	+2.5
	One Nation	Angelo Dacheff	244	2.0	-17.5
	Christian Democrats	Saskia Matthews	137	1.1	+1.1
	Independent	Wayne Donnelly	79	0.6	+0.6
	CEC	Brian McCarthy	52	0.4	+0.4
Total formal votes			12,475	94.3	-2.3
Informal votes			753	5.7	+2.3
Turnout			13,228	89.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Murray Cowper	6,331	50.8	+1.5
	Labor	Nuala Keating	6,133	49.2	-1.5
	Liberal gain from Labor		Swing	+1.5

Western Australian state election, 2001: Murray-Wellington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	John Bradshaw	4,690	36.8	-17.9
	Labor	Patricia Briggs	3,826	30.0	0.0
	One Nation	Joe Dacheff	2,656	20.8	+20.8
	Independent	Ian Campbell	1,135	8.9	+8.9
	Curtin Labor Alliance	Brian McCarthy	451	3.5	+1.9
Total formal votes			12,758	95.1	-0.2
Informal votes			658	4.9	+0.2
Turnout			13,416	92.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	John Bradshaw	6,695	53.0	-9.0
	Labor	Patricia Briggs	5,926	47.0	+9.0
	Liberal hold		Swing	-9.0

Western Australian state election, 1996: Murray-Wellington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	John Bradshaw	6,401	54.7	+0.9
	Labor	Laurie Preston	3,513	30.0	-4.8
	Australia First	Morris Bessant	1,006	8.6	+8.6
	Democrats	Les Taylor	592	5.1	+2.4
	CEC	Brian McCarthy	186	1.6	+1.6
Total formal votes			11,698	95.3	-0.4
Informal votes			579	4.7	+0.4
Turnout			12,277	91.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	John Bradshaw	7,247	62.0	+1.7
	Labor	Laurie Preston	4,434	38.0	-1.7
	Liberal hold		Swing	+1.7

Western Australian state election, 1993: Murray
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Arthur Marshall	6,330	44.8	-0.4
	Labor	Keith Read	6,160	43.6	-0.6
	WA Nationals	Frank Letchford	586	4.2	+4.2
	Independent	Kim Blacklock	361	2.6	+2.6
	Democrats	Susan Ishmael	213	1.5	+1.5
	Independent	Wayne Whitcroft	206	1.5	+1.5
	Independent	Laurence Preston	173	1.2	+1.2
	Independent	Theo Kearing	87	0.6	+0.6
Total formal votes			14,116	95.8	+3.3
Informal votes			612	4.2	-3.3
Turnout			14,728	94.1	+2.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Arthur Marshall	7,242	51.3	+2.2
	Labor	Keith Read	6,874	48.7	-2.2
	Liberal gain from Labor		Swing	+2.2

Western Australian state election, 1989: Murray
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Brian McLean	4,086	45.2	-1.3
	Labor	Keith Read	3,991	44.2	-7.2
	Independent	Luna Gardiner	488	5.4	+5.4
	Independent	Terence Caraher	287	3.2	+3.2
	Independent	Susan Ishmael	183	2.0	+2.0
Total formal votes			9,035	92.5
Informal votes			727	7.5
Turnout			9,762	92.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Keith Read	4,598	50.9	-1.5
	Liberal	Brian McLean	4,437	49.1	+1.5
	Labor gain from Liberal		Swing	-1.5

Western Australian state election, 1986: Murray-Wellington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	John Bradshaw	6,119	59.8	+3.1
	Labor	Terrence Caraher	4,112	40.2	-0.1
Total formal votes			10,231	97.8	+0.5
Informal votes			233	2.2	-0.5
Turnout			10,464	93.2	+2.4
	Liberal hold		Swing	+1.6

Western Australian state election, 1983: Murray-Wellington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	John Bradshaw	4,666	56.7
	Labor	James Hersey	3,317	40.3
	Independent	Marius Loeffler	242	2.9
Total formal votes			8,225	97.3
Informal votes			232	2.7
Turnout			8,457	90.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	John Bradshaw	4,787	58.2
	Labor	James Hersey	3,438	41.8
	Liberal hold		Swing

Western Australian state election, 1980: Murray
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Richard Shalders	5,640	59.2	-1.1
	Labor	David King	3,893	40.8	+1.1
Total formal votes			9,533	97.8	+0.4
Informal votes			217	2.2	-0.4
Turnout			9,750	92.1	-1.6
	Liberal hold		Swing	-1.1

Western Australian state election, 1977: Murray
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Richard Shalders	4,805	60.3
	Labor	Noel Truman	3,157	39.7
Total formal votes			7,962	97.4
Informal votes			7,962	2.6
Turnout			8,170	93.7
	Liberal hold		Swing

Western Australian state election, 1974: Murray
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labor	Geoffrey Dix	3,409	45.5
	Liberal	Richard Shalders	3,241	43.2
	National Alliance	Wayne McRostie	848	11.3
Total formal votes			7,498	96.9
Informal votes			243	3.1
Turnout			7,741	92.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Richard Shalders	3,887	51.8
	Labor	Geoffrey Dix	3,611	48.2
	Liberal hold		Swing

Western Australian state election, 1971: Murray
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Spencer Geroff	3,235	42.8	-3.4
	Liberal	Ewart Runciman	2,864	37.9	-15.9
	Country	Dudley Tuckey	1,130	14.9	+14.9
	Democratic Labor	Peter O'Shea	335	4.4	+4.4
Total formal votes			7,564	97.3	-1.2
Informal votes			208	2.7	+1.2
Turnout			7,772	94.0	-0.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Ewart Runciman	4,027	53.2	-0.7
	Labor	Spencer Geroff	3,537	46.8	+0.7
	Liberal hold		Swing	-0.7

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