Electoral results for the district of Perth
This is a list of results for the electoral district of Perth in Western Australian state elections from the district's creation in 1890 until the present.
Members for Perth
Perth (1890–1950) | |||
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Member | Party | Term | |
Edward Scott | Non-aligned | 1890–1892 | |
Thomas Molloy | Non-aligned | 1892–1894 | |
George Randell | Oppositionist | 1894–1897 | |
Lyall Hall | Ministerialist | 1897–1901 | |
Frank Wilson | Ministerialist | 1901 | |
William Purkiss | Oppositionist | 1901–1904 | |
Harry Brown | Ministerialist | 1904–1911 | |
Sir Walter Dwyer | Labor | 1911–1914 | |
Sir James Connolly | Liberal | 1914–1917 | |
Robert Pilkington | Nationalist | 1917–1921 | |
Harry Mann | Nationalist | 1921–1933 | |
Ted Needham | Labor | 1933–1950 | |
Perth (1961–present) | |||
Member | Party | Term | |
Stanley Heal | Labor | 1962–1965 | |
Peter Durack | Liberal | 1965–1968 | |
Terry Burke | Labor | 1968–1987 | |
Dr Ian Alexander | Labor | 1987–1991 | |
Independent | 1991–1993 | ||
Diana Warnock | Labor | 1993–2001 | |
John Hyde | Labor | 2001–2013 | |
Eleni Evangel | Liberal | 2013–present | |
Election results
Elections in the 2010s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Liberal | Eleni Evangel | 10,318 | 48.6 | +12.0 | |
Labor | John Hyde | 7,666 | 36.1 | -4.8 | |
Greens | Jonathan Hallett | 2,706 | 12.8 | -6.6 | |
Christians | Kevin Host | 324 | 1.5 | -1.5 | |
Independent | Farida Iqbal | 198 | 0.9 | +0.9 | |
Total formal votes | 23,812 | 93.2 | |||
Informal votes | 1,300 | 6.8 | |||
Turnout | 22,512 | 86.4 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Eleni Evangel | 11,165 | 52.6 | +10.4 | |
Labor | John Hyde | 10,045 | 47.4 | -10.4 | |
Liberal gain from Labor | Swing | +10.4 | |||
Elections in the 2000s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Labor | John Hyde | 7,724 | 41.00 | –7.01 | |
Liberal | Chris Edwards | 6,907 | 36.67 | +2.82 | |
Greens | Jonathan Hallett | 3,631 | 19.28 | +6.47 | |
Christian Democrats | Guennadi Moukine | 576 | 3.06 | +0.49 | |
Total formal votes | 18,837 | 94.90 | +0.01 | ||
Informal votes | 1,013 | 5.10 | –0.01 | ||
Turnout | 19,850 | 81.42 | –6.36 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | John Hyde | 10,899 | 57.84 | –2.96 | |
Liberal | Chris Edwards | 7,937 | 42.16 | +2.96 | |
Labor hold | Swing | –2.96 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Labor | John Hyde | 11,303 | 49.07 | +3.44 | |
Liberal | David Lagan | 7,596 | 32.97 | +0.91 | |
Greens | Damian Douglas-Meyer | 2,982 | 12.94 | +1.94 | |
Christian Democrats | Gus Loh | 594 | 2.58 | +2.58 | |
Independent | Don Hyland | 375 | 1.63 | +1.63 | |
One Nation | Marie Edmonds | 186 | 0.81 | -3.34 | |
Total formal votes | 23,036 | 94.89 | +0.82 | ||
Informal votes | 1,240 | 5.11 | -0.82 | ||
Turnout | 24,276 | 87.78 | +0.53 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | John Hyde | 14,287 | 62.04 | +0.78 | |
Liberal | David Lagan | 8,741 | 37.96 | -0.78 | |
Labor hold | Swing | 0.78 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Labor | John Hyde | 8,423 | 45.63 | -1.33 | |
Liberal | Peter Boyle | 5,918 | 32.06 | -5.01 | |
Greens | Su Hsien-Lee | 2,031 | 11.00 | -0.53 | |
Democrats | Paul Hubbard | 819 | 4.44 | +4.44 | |
One Nation | John Hakesley | 766 | 4.15 | +4.15 | |
Independent | Dave Chambers | 303 | 1.64 | +1.64 | |
Julius Re | 103 | 0.56 | +0.56 | ||
Roberto Jorquera | 99 | 0.53 | +0.53 | ||
Total formal votes | 18,461 | 94.07 | -0.65 | ||
Informal votes | 1,163 | 5.93 | +0.65 | ||
Turnout | 19,624 | 87.25 | +0.94 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | John Hyde | 11,263 | 61.26 | +3.33 | |
Liberal | Peter Boyle | 7,123 | 38.74 | -3.33 | |
Labor hold | Swing | 3.33 | |||
Elections in the 1990s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Labor | Diana Warnock | 8,501 | 46.96 | +2.60 | |
Liberal | Janet Davidson | 6,710 | 37.07 | -1.62 | |
Greens | Elena Jeffreys | 2,087 | 11.53 | +5.19 | |
Independent | Raymond Conder | 803 | 4.44 | ||
Other | -10.61 | ||||
Total formal votes | 18,101 | 94.72 | +1.83 | ||
Informal votes | 1,008 | 5.28 | -1.83 | ||
Turnout | 19,109 | 86.31 | -4.86 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Diana Warnock | 10,461 | 57.93 | +3.53 | |
Liberal | Janet Davidson | 7,597 | 42.07 | -3.53 | |
Labor hold | Swing | 3.53 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Liberal | Hal Colebatch | 7,741 | 42.4 | -0.7 | |
Labor | Diana Warnock | 7,167 | 39.3 | -6.6 | |
Independent | Kathleen Mallott | 1,351 | 7.4 | +7.4 | |
Greens | Penelope Robinson | 1,319 | 7.2 | +7.2 | |
Democratic Socialist | Michelle Hovane | 276 | 1.5 | +1.5 | |
Independent | Christopher Bignell | 145 | 0.8 | +0.8 | |
Independent | Life Addvalue | 137 | 0.8 | +0.8 | |
Alexander Manfrin | 122 | 0.7 | +0.7 | ||
Total formal votes | 18,258 | 7.1 | +1.3 | ||
Informal votes | 1,398 | 7.1 | -1.3 | ||
Turnout | 19,656 | 91.2 | +2.7 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Diana Warnock | 9,182 | 50.3 | -0.9 | |
Liberal | Hal Colebatch | 9,076 | 49.7 | +0.9 | |
Labor hold | Swing | -0.9 | |||
Elections in the 1980s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Labor | Ian Alexander | 8,305 | 45.9 | +12.8 | |
Liberal | Kim Hames | 7,806 | 43.1 | +3.9 | |
Democrats | Frederick Long | 1,023 | 5.7 | +5.7 | |
Grey Power | Gerrard Taylor | 974 | 5.4 | +5.4 | |
Total formal votes | 18,108 | 91.6 | |||
Informal votes | 1,654 | 8.4 | |||
Turnout | 19,762 | 88.5 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Ian Alexander | 9,263 | 51.2 | -8.5 | |
Liberal | Kim Hames | 8,845 | 48.8 | +8.5 | |
Labor hold | Swing | -8.5 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Labor | Ian Alexander | 6,805 | 56.2 | -7.1 | |
Liberal | Michael Lekias | 4,707 | 38.8 | +5.4 | |
Educationalist | Charles Hall | 607 | 5.0 | +5.0 | |
Total formal votes | 12,119 | 94.2 | -1.1 | ||
Informal votes | 748 | 5.8 | +1.1 | ||
Turnout | 12,867 | 74.2 | -13.4 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | N/A | |||
- Preferences were not distributed.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Labor | Terry Burke | 9,644 | 63.3 | -4.5 | |
Liberal | Peter Evans | 5,090 | 33.4 | +1.2 | |
Independent | Michael Crossing | 510 | 3.3 | +3.3 | |
Total formal votes | 15,244 | 95.3 | -0.2 | ||
Informal votes | 746 | 4.7 | +0.2 | ||
Turnout | 15,990 | 87.6 | +6.9 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Terry Burke | 9,893 | 64.9 | -2.9 | |
Liberal | Peter Evans | 5,351 | 35.1 | +2.9 | |
Labor hold | Swing | -2.9 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Labor | Terry Burke | 9,023 | 67.8 | ||
Liberal | Peter Bogue | 4,289 | 32.2 | ||
Total formal votes | 13,312 | 95.5 | |||
Informal votes | 630 | 4.5 | |||
Turnout | 13,942 | 80.7 | |||
Labor hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Labor | Terry Burke | 6,638 | 61.8 | +2.1 | |
Liberal | Bernard Smith | 3,515 | 32.7 | -7.6 | |
Independent | James Connolly | 597 | 5.5 | +5.5 | |
Total formal votes | 10,750 | 94.3 | -1.9 | ||
Informal votes | 650 | 5.7 | +1.9 | ||
Turnout | 11,400 | 80.2 | -5.0 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Terry Burke | 7,116 | 66.2 | +6.5 | |
Liberal | Bernard Smith | 3,634 | 33.8 | -6.5 | |
Labor hold | Swing | +6.5 | |||
Elections in the 1970s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Labor | Terry Burke | 7,525 | 59.7 | ||
Liberal | Hal Colebatch | 5,083 | 40.3 | ||
Total formal votes | 12,608 | 96.2 | |||
Informal votes | 504 | 3.8 | |||
Turnout | 13,112 | 85.2 | |||
Labor hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Labor | Terry Burke | 6,997 | 59.6 | ||
Liberal | Julius Re | 3,769 | 32.1 | ||
National Alliance | Robert Burns | 518 | 4.4 | ||
Australia Party | William Barrett | 456 | 3.9 | ||
Total formal votes | 11,740 | 92.6 | |||
Informal votes | 933 | 7.4 | |||
Turnout | 12,673 | 84.1 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Terry Burke | 7,303 | 62.2 | ||
Liberal | Julius Re | 4,437 | 37.8 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Labor | Terry Burke | 5,002 | 56.0 | +6.1 | |
Liberal | Bob Pike | 2,851 | 31.9 | -3.4 | |
Democratic Labor | John Martyr | 545 | 6.1 | +2.3 | |
Independent | Francesco Nesci | 387 | 4.3 | +4.3 | |
Independent | John Dawson | 91 | 1.0 | +1.0 | |
Independent | Thomas Cain | 60 | 0.7 | +0.7 | |
Total formal votes | 8,936 | 91.0 | -4.7 | ||
Informal votes | 888 | 9.0 | +4.7 | ||
Turnout | 9,824 | 84.9 | -1.3 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Terry Burke | 5,352 | 59.9 | +3.7 | |
Liberal | Bob Pike | 3,584 | 40.1 | -3.7 | |
Labor hold | Swing | +3.7 | |||
Elections in the 1960s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Labor | Terry Burke | 5,141 | 49.89 | +2.49 | |
Liberal | Peter Durack | 3,643 | 35.35 | -12.05 | |
Independent | Paul Ritter | 1,128 | 10.95 | +10.95 | |
Democratic Labor | William Spence | 393 | 3.81 | -1.44 | |
Total formal votes | 10,308 | 95.74 | -0.23 | ||
Informal votes | 458 | 4.26 | +0.23 | ||
Turnout | 10,763 | 86.19 | -1.33 | ||
Labor gain from Liberal | Swing | +3.86 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Liberal | Peter Durack | 4,428 | 47.40 | +7.02 | |
Labor | Stanley Heal | 4,422 | 47.33 | -6.03 | |
Democratic Labor | Terence Merchant | 491 | 5.25 | -0.99 | |
Total formal votes | 9,341 | 95.97 | -1.56 | ||
Informal votes | 391 | 4.03 | +1.56 | ||
Turnout | 9,733 | 87.52 | -2.45 | ||
Liberal gain from Labor | Swing | +6.32 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Labor | Stanley Heal | 5,485 | 53.36 | ||
Liberal | Raymond Waller Newland | 4,151 | 40.38 | ||
Democratic Labor | Terence Merchant | 642 | 6.24 | ||
Total formal votes | 10,278 | 97.53 | |||
Informal votes | 260 | 2.47 | |||
Turnout | 10,538 | 89.97 | |||
Labor hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Elections in the 1910s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Nationalist | Robert Pilkington | 1,589 | 56.57 | ||
Labor | Edmund Dunn | 929 | 33.07 | ||
Nationalist | Henry Mills | 291 | 10.36 | ||
Total formal votes | 2,809 | 96.60 | |||
Informal votes | 99 | 3.40 | |||
Turnout | 2,908 | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Nationalist | Robert Pilkington | 1,029 | 47.77 | ||
Nationalist | Thomas Molloy | 713 | 33.10 | ||
Nationalist | Francis Rea | 412 | 19.13 | ||
Total formal votes | 2,154 | 97.47 | |||
Informal votes | 56 | 2.53 | |||
Turnout | 2,210 | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Labor | Walter Dwyer | 1,507 | 42.96 | ||
Liberal (WA) | Sir James Connolly | 1,340 | 38.20 | ||
Liberal (WA) | Arthur Berryman | 661 | 18.84 | ||
Total formal votes | 3,508 | 97.88 | |||
Informal votes | 76 | 2.12 | |||
Turnout | 3,584 | ||||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal (WA) | Sir James Connolly | 1,941 | 55.33 | +8.64 | |
Labor | Walter Dwyer | 1,567 | 44.67 | –8.64 | |
Liberal (WA) gain from Labor | Swing | +8.64 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Labor | Walter Dwyer | 1,932 | 53.31 | ||
Ministerial | Harry Brown | 1,692 | 46.69 | ||
Total formal votes | 3,624 | 98.72 | |||
Informal votes | 47 | 1.28 | |||
Turnout | 3,671 | ||||
Elections in the 1900s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Ministerial | Harry Brown | 1,037 | 71.91 | ||
Ministerial | Arthur O'Connor | 405 | 28.09 | ||
Total formal votes | 1,442 | 98.70 | |||
Informal votes | 19 | 1.30 | |||
Turnout | 1,461 | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ministerial | Harry Brown | 567 | 52.99 | ||
Independent | Charles Moran | 336 | 31.40 | ||
Ministerial | Henry Braidwood | 167 | 15.61 | ||
Total formal votes | 1,070 | 98.17 | |||
Informal votes | 20 | 1.83 | |||
Turnout | 1,090 | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ministerial | Harry Brown | 990 | 62.98 | ||
Labor | Frederick Gates | 582 | 37.02 | ||
Total formal votes | 1,572 | 99.12 | |||
Informal votes | 14 | 0.88 | |||
Turnout | 1,586 | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
William Purkiss | 772 | 54.37 | |||
Frank Wilson | 648 | 45.63 | |||
Total formal votes | 1,420 | 99.37 | |||
Informal votes | 9 | 0.63 | |||
Turnout | 1,429 | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Opposition | Frank Wilson | 691 | 65.37 | ||
Ministerial (Throssell) | Thomas Molloy | 366 | 34.63 | ||
Total formal votes | 1,057 | 99.16 | |||
Informal votes | 9 | 0.84 | |||
Turnout | 1,066 | ||||
Elections in the 1890s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Ministerial (Forrest) | Lyall Hall | 268 | 50.47 | ||
Opposition (Leake) | Stephen Henry Parker | 263 | 49.53 | ||
Total formal votes | 531 | 98.33 | |||
Informal votes | 9 | 1.67 | |||
Turnout | 540 | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
George Randell | 378 | 61.26 | |||
Thomas Molloy | 239 | 38.74 | |||
Total formal votes | 617 | 98.56 | |||
Informal votes | 9 | 1.44 | |||
Turnout | 626 | 66.10 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Thomas Molloy | 187 | 53.74 | |||
Edward Keane | 161 | 46.36 | |||
Total formal votes | 348 | 95.60 | |||
Informal votes | 16 | 4.39 | |||
Turnout | 364 | 77.78 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Edward Scott | 234 | 61.58 | |||
Edward Kay Courthope | 146 | 38.42 | |||
Total formal votes | 380 | ||||
Turnout | 380 | 83.52 | |||
References
- ↑ "Perth District Results". Western Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 2013-03-30.
- ↑ "2008 State General Election Details: District of Perth Results". Western Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 4 December 2011.
- Black, David; Prescott, Valerie (1997). Election statistics, Legislative Assembly of Western Australia, 1890-1996. Perth: Parliamentary History Project and Western Australian Electoral Commission. ISBN 0-7309-8409-5.
- State Electoral Office (Western Australia). Legislative Assembly : statistics relating to the general elections. Government Printer, various years (1917–1983).
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