Electoral results for the district of Wellington (Western Australia)

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

Members for Wellington

Wellington (1890–1911)
Member		Party	Term
	Harry Venn	Ministerial	1890–1901
	Henry Teesdale Smith	Ministerial	1901–1904
	Thomas Hayward	Ministerial	1904–1911
Wellington (1962–1983)
Member		Party	Term
	Iven Manning	Liberal Country League	1962–1968
		Liberal	1968–1974
	June Craig	Liberal	1974–1983
Wellington (1989–1996)
Member		Party	Term
	John Bradshaw	Liberal	1989–1996

Election results

Elections in the 1990s

Western Australian state election, 1993: Wellington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	John Bradshaw	6,503	62.4	-0.7
	Labor	Marilyn Elson	2,892	27.8	-2.7
	Greens	Judyth Salom	651	6.3	+6.3
	Democrats	Bernard Noonan	371	3.6	+3.6
Total formal votes			10,417	96.1	+2.8
Informal votes			421	3.9	-2.8
Turnout			10,838	94.9	+1.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	John Bradshaw	6,997	67.2	-0.3
	Labor	Marilyn Elson	3,420	32.8	+0.3
	Liberal hold		Swing	-0.3

Elections in the 1980s

Western Australian state election, 1989: Wellington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	John Bradshaw	5,625	63.1	+0.2
	Labor	Ronald Mitchell	2,714	30.5	-6.6
	Grey Power	Wesley Betterton	570	6.4	+6.4
Total formal votes			8,909	93.3
Informal votes			642	6.7
Turnout			9,551	93.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	John Bradshaw	6,013	67.5	+4.6
	Labor	Ronald Mitchell	2,896	32.5	-4.6
	Liberal hold		Swing	+4.6

Western Australian state election, 1980: Wellington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	June Craig	4,780	59.2	-2.1
	Labor	Patricia Rutherford	3,298	40.8	+2.1
Total formal votes			8,078	96.7	-0.4
Informal votes			274	3.3	+0.4
Turnout			8,352	91.4	-1.3
	Liberal hold		Swing	-2.1

Elections in the 1970s

Western Australian state election, 1977: Wellington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	June Craig	4,630	61.3
	Labor	Robert Greeve	2,928	38.7
Total formal votes			7,558	97.1
Informal votes			224	2.9
Turnout			7,782	92.7
	Liberal hold		Swing	+6.7

Western Australian state election, 1974: Wellington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Andrew Thomson	3,036	41.1
	Liberal	June Craig	2,978	40.4
	National Alliance	John Chidlow	1,365	18.5
Total formal votes			7,379	95.1
Informal votes			378	4.9
Turnout			7,757	92.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	June Craig	4,139	56.1
	Labor	Andrew Thomson	3,240	43.9
	Liberal hold		Swing

Western Australian state election, 1971: Wellington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Iven Manning	2,564	43.0	-57.0
	Labor	Leslie Pitcher	2,424	40.6	+40.6
	Country	Michael Glendon	622	10.4	+10.4
	Democratic Labor	Francis Cowcher	236	4.0	+4.0
	Independent	Francois Baljeu	118	2.0	+2.0
Total formal votes			5,964	94.5
Informal votes			347	5.5
Turnout			6,311	92.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Iven Manning	3,397	57.0	-43.0
	Labor	Leslie Pitcher	2,567	43.0	+43.0
	Liberal hold		Swing	N/A

Elections in the 1960s

Western Australian state election, 1968: Wellington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal and Country	Iven Manning	unopposed
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing

Western Australian state election, 1965: Wellington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal and Country	Iven Manning	3,521	63.6	-36.4
	Labor	Ivor Hill	2,013	36.4	+36.4
Total formal votes			5,534	96.0
Informal votes			229	4.0
Turnout			5,763	92.9
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing	N/A

Western Australian state election, 1962: Wellington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal and Country	Iven Manning	unopposed
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing

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