Results of the Western Australian state election, 1980 (Legislative Council)

Western Australian state election, 23 February 1980^[1] Legislative Council
Enrolled voters		714,724
Votes cast		631,915		Turnout	88.41%	–2.29%
Informal votes		27,692		Informal	4.38%	–0.03%
Summary of votes by party
Party		Primary votes	%	Swing	Seats won	Seats held
	Liberal	287,058	47.51%	–2.80%	10	19
	Labor	270,538	44.77%	+2.82%	5	9
	National Country^[1]	23,101	3.82%	+0.65%	1	3
	National^[1]	20,704	3.43%	+1.04%	0	1
	Progress	2,822	0.47%	+0.47%	0	0
	Independent	0	0.00%	–2.18%	0	0
Total		604,223			16	32
Two-party-preferred
	Liberal/NCP	316,398	52.36%	–3.26%
	Labor	287,825	47.64%	+3.26%

This is a list of electoral region results for the Western Australian Legislative Council in the 1980 Western Australian state election.

Results by Electoral province

Central

Western Australian state election, 1980: Central Province
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	National Country	Harry Gayfer	7,971	38.5	-14.6
	Labor	Pamela Doust	4,457	21.5	+21.5
	Liberal	Gordon Atkinson	4,424	21.4	-8.3
	WA Nationals	Murray Anderson	3,855	18.6	+18.6
Total formal votes			20,707	95.7	+1.4
Informal votes			923	4.3	-1.4
Turnout			21,630	91.8	-1.1
After distribution of preferences
	National Country	Harry Gayfer	10,813	52.2
	Liberal	Gordon Atkinson	5,199	25.1
	Labor	Pamela Doust	4,695	22.7
	National Country hold		Swing	N/A

Preferences were not distributed to completion.

East Metropolitan

Western Australian state election, 1980: East Metropolitan Province
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Bob Hetherington	32,350	58.0	+0.9
	Liberal	Brian Brand	23,383	42.0	-0.9
Total formal votes			55,733	94.6	-0.3
Informal votes			3,206	5.4	+0.3
Turnout			58,939	87.6	-2.5
	Labor hold		Swing	+0.9

Lower Central

Western Australian state election, 1980: Lower Central Province
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Douglas Simcock	8,647	38.0	+0.5
	Liberal	Sandy Lewis	6,840	30.0	+0.4
	National Country	Robert Reid	5,722	25.1	-7.8
	WA Nationals	Robert Wardell-Johnson	1,570	6.9	+6.9
Total formal votes			22,779	96.0	-0.2
Informal votes			951	4.0	+0.2
Turnout			23,730	91.9	-1.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Sandy Lewis	12,789	56.1	+56.1
	Labor	Douglas Simcock	9,990	43.9	+3.5
	Liberal hold		Swing	-3.5

Lower North

Western Australian state election, 1980: Lower North Province
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Phil Lockyer	2,389	50.0	-11.5
	Labor	Lino Paggi	1,928	40.4	+1.9
	WA Nationals	Robert Crombie	459	9.6	+9.6
Total formal votes			4,776	96.4	+0.4
Informal votes			178	3.6	-0.4
Turnout			4,954	84.8	-1.8
	Liberal hold		Swing	N/A

Preferences were not distributed.

Lower West

Western Australian state election, 1980: Lower West Province
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Ian Pratt	13,615	49.3	-6.2
	Labor	Richard Savage	12,892	46.6	+2.1
	Progress	John Trewick	1,104	4.0	+4.0
Total formal votes			27,611	94.7	-1.5
Informal votes			1,556	5.3	+1.5
Turnout			29,167	90.8	-1.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Ian Pratt	13,979	50.6	-4.9
	Labor	Richard Savage	13,632	49.4	+4.9
	Liberal hold		Swing	-4.9

Metropolitan

Western Australian state election, 1980: Metropolitan Province
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Ian Medcalf	38,034	60.5	+1.4
	Labor	Gordon Payne	24,869	39.5	+5.1
Total formal votes			62,903	96.5	+0.2
Informal votes			2,249	3.5	-0.2
Turnout			65,152	86.1	-2.9
	Liberal hold		Swing	N/A

North

Western Australian state election, 1980: North Province
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Peter Dowding	8,855	51.7	+5.3
	Liberal	John Tozer	8,275	48.3	-5.3
Total formal votes			17,130	95.4	+0.8
Informal votes			816	4.6	-0.8
Turnout			17,946	78.8	-4.0
	Labor gain from Liberal		Swing	+5.3

North Metropolitan

Western Australian state election, 1980: North Metropolitan Province
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Peter Wells	42,282	51.9	-2.0
	Labor	Roy Claughton	39,174	48.1	+2.0
Total formal votes			81,456	95.4	-0.5
Informal votes			3,961	4.6	+0.5
Turnout			85,417	88.3	-2.6
	Liberal gain from Labor		Swing	-2.0

North-East Metropolitan

Western Australian state election, 1980: North-East Metropolitan Province
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Joe Berinson	43,676	59.6	+5.4
	Liberal	Wouterina Klein	29,568	40.4	-5.4
Total formal votes			73,244	95.1	-0.2
Informal votes			3,775	4.9	+0.2
Turnout			77,019	88.4	-2.2
	Labor hold		Swing	+5.4

South

Western Australian state election, 1980: South Province
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Thomas Knight	10,982	47.1	-5.5
	WA Nationals	Robert Whalley	7,362	31.6	+31.6
	National Country	Robert Russell	4,951	21.3	-14.2
Total formal votes			23,295	96.4	+1.5
Informal votes			876	3.6	-1.5
Turnout			24,171	91.3	-1.3
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Liberal	Thomas Knight	15,142	65.0
	WA Nationals	Robert Whalley	8,153	35.0
	Liberal hold		Swing	N/A

South Metropolitan

Western Australian state election, 1980: South Metropolitan Province
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Howard Olney	32,765	58.1	+5.2
	Liberal	John Buhagiar	23,656	41.9	-5.2
Total formal votes			56,421	95.6	-0.1
Informal votes			2,603	4.4	+0.1
Turnout			59,024	89.2	-2.2
	Labor hold		Swing	+5.2

South-East

Western Australian state election, 1980: South-East Province
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	James Brown	11,027	58.2	+6.7
	Liberal	Irvin Muir	7,928	41.8	-6.7
Total formal votes			18,955	93.4	-1.2
Informal votes			1,340	6.6	+1.2
Turnout			20,295	86.9	-2.3
	Labor hold		Swing	+6.7

South-East Metropolitan

Western Australian state election, 1980: South-East Metropolitan Province
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Phillip Pendal	34,749	53.2	-4.7
	Labor	Grace Vaughan	30,610	46.8	+4.7
Total formal votes			65,359	96.6	+0.5
Informal votes			2,613	3.4	-0.5
Turnout			67,972	88.6	-2.4
	Liberal gain from Labor		Swing	-4.7

South-West

Western Australian state election, 1980: South-West Province
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Graham MacKinnon	14,927	59.1	+2.7
	Labor	Pandora Nikola	10,320	40.9	+6.3
Total formal votes			25,247	96.6	+0.5
Informal votes			892	3.4	-0.5
Turnout			26,139	91.4	-2.1
	Liberal hold		Swing	N/A

Upper West

Western Australian state election, 1980: Upper West Province
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Margaret McAleer	11,453	45.6	-0.4
	WA Nationals	Sue Shields	7,458	29.7	+29.7
	National Country	Robert Michael	4,457	17.8	-9.3
Total formal votes			25,086	96.3	+0.2
Informal votes			952	3.7	-0.2
Turnout			26,038	89.9	-1.9
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Liberal	Margaret McAleer	15,829	63.1	+13.7
	WA Nationals	Sue Shields	9,257	36.9	+36.9
	Liberal hold		Swing	N/A

West

Western Australian state election, 1980: West Province
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Gordon Masters	14,553	61.9	+0.6
	Labor	Jan Kaub	8,968	38.1	-0.6
Total formal votes			23,521	96.7	+1.1
Informal votes			801	3.3	-1.1
Turnout			24,322	88.9	-1.2
	Liberal hold		Swing	+0.6

See also

Results of the Western Australian state election, 1980 (Legislative Assembly)
Western Australian state election, 1980
Candidates of the Western Australian state election, 1980
Members of the Western Australian Legislative Council, 1980–1983

References

↑ http://elections.uwa.edu.au/elecdetail.lasso?keyvalue=1565

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