ELECTIONS FOR THE DIVISION OF PERTH, WESTERN AUSTRALIA ==================================================================== ELECTION OF 29-30 MARCH 1901 ==================================================================== Inner Perth: Guildford, North Perth, Perth, Subiaco -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 18,482 Votes cast: 5,750 31.1 Informal votes: 106 01.8 Formal votes: 5,644 98.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Michael Cavanagh Prot 2,310 40.9 James FOWLER Lab 3,334 59.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 5,644 09.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Fowler was also endorsed by the AFTLA. -------------------------------------------------------------------- James Mackinnon Fowler (1865-1940): Elected 1901 Born: 20 June 1865, Scotland. Career: Educated Scotland. Migrated 1891. Goldminer, active unionist and federalist. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 16 DECEMBER 1903 ==================================================================== Inner Perth: Guildford, North Perth, Perth, Subiaco -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1901 two-party majority: Labour over NLPL 09.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 27,105 +46.7 Votes cast: 6,193 22.8 -08.3 Informal votes: 354 05.7 +03.9 Formal votes: 5,839 94.3 -03.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- James FOWLER * Lab 4,248 72.8 +13.7 Harry Venn FT 1,591 27.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 5,839 22.8 13.7 to Lab -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. The Labour majority over Free Trade is compared with the Labour majority over the Protectionists in 1901. 2. Venn was WA MLC for Wellington 1880-90, WA MLA for Wellington 1890-1901. -------------------------------------------------------------------- James Mackinnon Fowler (1865-1940): Elected 1901, 1903 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 12 DECEMBER 1906 ==================================================================== Inner Perth: Balkatta, Perth, Subiaco, West Perth -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1903 two-party majority: Labour over Free Trade 22.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 32,093 +18.4 Votes cast: 9,619 30.0 +07.2 Informal votes: 343 03.6 -02.1 Formal votes: 9,276 96.4 +02.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon James FOWLER * Lab 4,892 52.7 -20.1 Edward Thurstan WAP 4,384 47.3 +20.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 9,276 02.7 20.1 to WAP -------------------------------------------------------------------- The WAP vote is compared with the Free Trade vote in 1903. -------------------------------------------------------------------- James Mackinnon Fowler (1865-1940): Elected 1901, 1903, 1906 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Fowler, a free trader and a supporter of states' rights, opposed the trend to protectionism and centralism in ALP policy. He also disliked and distrusted Hughes. In 1909 he resigned from the ALP Caucus and joined the Liberal Party. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 13 APRIL 1910 ==================================================================== Inner Perth: Balkatta, Perth, Subiaco, West Perth -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1906 two-party majority: Labour over WAP 02.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 27,173 -15.3 Votes cast: 16,256 59.8 +29.8 Informal votes: 371 02.3 -01.3 Formal votes: 15,885 97.3 +01.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon James FOWLER * Lib 9,648 60.7 +13.4 Ernest Henshaw + ALP 6,237 39.3 -13.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 15,885 10.7 13.4 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Fowler had joined the Liberal Party in 1909 having previously sat as an ALP member. 2. Henshaw was WA MLA for Collie 1904-05. -------------------------------------------------------------------- James Mackinnon Fowler (1865-1940): Elected 1901, 1903, 1906, 1910 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 31 MAY 1913 ==================================================================== Inner Perth: East Perth, North Perth, Subiaco, West Perth -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1910 two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 10.7 Effect of 1912 redistribution: 00.5 shift to Liberal New notional majority: Liberal over ALP 11.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 40,449 +48.9 Votes cast: 28,963 71.6 +11.8 Informal votes: 1,116 03.9 +01.6 Formal votes: 27,847 96.1 -01.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon James FOWLER * Lib 14,846 53.3 -07.9 Alexander McCallum ALP 13,001 46.7 +07.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 27,847 03.3 07.9 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- McCallum was WA MLA for South Fremantle 1921-35. -------------------------------------------------------------------- James Mackinnon Fowler (1865-1940): Elected 1901, 1903, 1906, 1910, 1913 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 5 SEPTEMBER 1914 ==================================================================== Inner Perth: East Perth, North Perth, Subiaco, West Perth -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1913 two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 03.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 41,573 +02.8 Votes cast: 28,163 67.7 -03.9 Informal votes: 836 03.0 -00.9 Formal votes: 27,327 97.0 +00.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon James FOWLER * Lib 15,256 55.8 +02.5 Alexander McCallum ALP 12,071 44.2 -02.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 27,327 05.8 02.5 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- McCallum was WA MLA for South Fremantle 1921-35. -------------------------------------------------------------------- James Mackinnon Fowler (1865-1940): Elected 1901, 1903, 1906, 1910, 1913, 1914 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 5 MAY 1917 ==================================================================== Inner Perth: East Perth, North Perth, Subiaco, West Perth -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1914 two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 05.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 36,761 -11.6 Votes cast: 28,127 76.5 +08.8 Informal votes: 1,191 04.2 +01.2 Formal votes: 26,936 95.8 -01.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon James FOWLER * Nat 18,715 69.5 +13.7 Alexander Panton ALP 8,221 30.5 -13.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 26,936 19.5 13.7 to Nat -------------------------------------------------------------------- Panton was WA MLC for West 1919-22, WA MLA for Menzies 1924-30, Leederville 1930-51. -------------------------------------------------------------------- James Mackinnon Fowler (1865-1940): Elected 1901, 1903, 1906, 1910, 1913, 1914, 1917 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 13 DECEMBER 1919 ==================================================================== Inner Perth: East Perth, North Perth, Subiaco, West Perth -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1917 two-party majority: Nationalist over ALP 19.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 36,838 +02.0 Votes cast: 21,527 58.4 -18,1 Informal votes: 1,419 06.6 +02.4 Formal votes: 20,108 93.4 -02.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Lionel Carter 4,699 23.4 John Curtin ALP 6,877 34.2 +03.7 Hon James Fowler * Nat 7,721 38.4 -31.1 Gerald Hartrey 811 04.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 20,108 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Carter He was an independent Nationalist. Fowler alleged that Carter had been urged to stand by the Defence Minister, Senator George Pearce, because of criticisms Fowler had made of Pearce. Both Carter and Pearce denied this. (Age, 24 November 1919) Carter was WA MLA for Leederville 1921-24. 2. For Curtin, see Fremantle 1928. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Hartrey's 811 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Carter 248 30.6 4,947 24.6 Curtin 215 26.5 7,092 35.3 Fowler * 348 42.9 8,069 40.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 811 20,108 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Carter's 4,947 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Curtin 741 15.0 7,833 39.0 FOWLER * 4,206 85.0 12,275 61.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 4,947 20,108 11.0 08.5 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- James Mackinnon Fowler (1865-1940): Elected 1901, 1903, 1906, 1910, 1913, 1914, 1917, 1919 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 16 DECEMBER 1922 ==================================================================== Suburban Perth: East Perth, Maylands, North Perth, Subiaco -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1919 two-party majority: Nationalist over ALP 11.0 Effect of redistribution: 00.8 shift to Nationalist New notional majority: Nationalist over ALP 11.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 33,577 -08.9 Votes cast: 15,706 46.8 -11.6 Informal votes: 1,246 07.9 +01.3 Formal votes: 14,460 92.1 -01.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Harry Bolton Nat 1,728 12.0 Alfred Carson Nat 2,125 14.7 Nils Clementsen ALP 4,951 34.2 -00.3 Hon James Fowler * 2,583 17.9 Edward Mann Nat 3,073 21.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 14,460 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Bolton was WA MLA for North Fremantle 1904-11, South Fremantle 1911-17. 2. Bolton, Carson and Mann were all endorsed Nationalist candidates (West Australian, 24 November 1922). 3. Fowler had broken with Hughes in 1919, calling him a mountebank. (He left the ALP in 1909 partly because of his dislike of Hughes.) As a result he was refused Nationalist endorsement and stood as an independent Nationalist. (Australian Dictionary of Biography) 3. The combined Nationalist vote was 45.0%, a decrease of 16.8% from the 61.8% polled by two Nationalist candidates in 1919. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Bolton's 1,728 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Carson 708 41.0 2,833 19.6 Clementsen 91 05.3 5,042 34.9 Fowler * 417 24.1 3,000 20.7 Mann 512 29.6 3,585 24.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,728 14,460 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Carson's 2,833 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Clementsen 409 14.4 5,451 37.7 Fowler * 1,397 49.3 4,397 30.4 Mann 1,027 36.3 4,612 31.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 2,833 14,460 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: Fowler's 4,397 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Clementsen 496 11.3 5,947 41.1 MANN 3,901 88.7 8,513 58.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 4,397 14,460 08.9 02.9 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- > James Mackinnon Fowler (1865-1940): Elected 1901, 1903, 1906, 1910, 1913, 1914, 1917, 1919. Defeated 1922 Died 3 November 1940 > Edward Alexander Mann (1874-1951): Elected 1922 Born: 11 August 1874, Mt Gambier, South Australia. Career: Educated privately and University of Melbourne. Chemist. Government chemist, Western Australia. Ex-Labor member. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 14 NOVEMBER 1925 ==================================================================== Suburban Perth: East Perth, Maylands, North Perth, Subiaco -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1922 two-party majority: Nationalist over ALP 08.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 38,822 +15.6 Votes cast: 35,446 91.3 +44.5 Informal votes: 1,161 03.3 -04.6 Formal votes: 34,285 96.7 +04.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Richard Lane ALP 12,768 37.2 +03.0 Edward MANN * Nat 21,517 62.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 34,285 12.8 03.9 to Nat -------------------------------------------------------------------- The Nationalist vote of 62.8% was a decline of 3.0% from the 65.8% polled by four Nationalist candidates in 1922. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Edward Alexander Mann (1874-1951): Elected 1922, 1925 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 17 NOVEMBER 1928 ==================================================================== Suburban Perth: East Perth, Maylands, North Perth, Subiaco -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1925 two-party majority: Nationalist over ALP 12.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 40,731 +04.9 Votes cast: 37,386 91.8 +00.5 Informal votes: 1,803 04.8 +01.5 Formal votes: 35,583 95.2 -01.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- John McCoo 1,499 04.2 Edward MANN * Nat 22,002 61.8 -01.0 Arthur Watts ALP 12,082 34.0 -03.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 35,583 14.9 e 02.1 to Nat -------------------------------------------------------------------- Watts was WA MLA for Northam 1904-05. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Edward Alexander Mann (1874-1951): Elected 1922, 1925, 1928 -------------------------------------------------------------------- On 10 September 1929 Mann was one of four Nationalist members who voted in committee against the Maritime Services Bill, leading to the fall of the Government. He was expelled from the Nationalist Party as a result. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 12 OCTOBER 1929 ==================================================================== Suburban Perth: East Perth, Maylands, North Perth, Subiaco -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1928 two-party majority: Nationalist over ALP 14.9 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 43,532 +06.9 Votes cast: 39,119 89.9 +01.9 Informal votes: 1,020 02.6 -02.2 Formal votes: 38,099 97.4 +02.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- John McCoo 522 01.4 Edward Mann * 7,645 20.1 Walter Nairn Nat 13,521 35.5 -26.3 Edward Needham ALP 16,411 43.1 +09.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 38,099 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Mann stood as an independent Nationalist candidate having been expelled from the Nationalist Party. 2. Needham was a Senator for Western Australia 1907-20 and 1923-29. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: McCoo's 522 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Mann * 226 43.3 7,871 20.7 Nairn 153 29.3 13,674 35.9 Needham 143 27.4 16,554 43.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > 522 38,099 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Mann's 7,871 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- NAIRN 5,580 70.9 19,254 50.5 Needham 2,291 29.1 18,845 49.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > 7,871 38,099 00.5 14.4 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Edward Alexander Mann (1874-1951): Elected 1922, 1925, 1928. Defeated 1929 Later career: Influential news commentator for ABC and commercial radio (as "Watchman"). Died 13 November 1951 > Walter Maxwell Nairn (1878-1958): Elected 1929 Born: 1878, Victoria. Career: Educated Victoria. To Western Australia 1894. Journalist. Studied law, barrister 1909. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 19 DECEMBER 1931 ==================================================================== Suburban Perth: East Perth, Maylands, North Perth, Subiaco -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1929 two-party majority: Nationalist over ALP 00.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 41,978 -03.6 Votes cast: 38,323 91.3 -01.4 Informal votes: 1,762 04.6 +02.0 Formal votes: 36,561 95.4 -02.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Moloney ALP 14,459 39.5 -03.6 Walter NAIRN * UAP 22,102 60.5 +25.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 36,561 10.5 10.0 to UAP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Moloney was WA MLA for Subiaco 1933-36. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Walter Maxwell Nairn (1878-1958): Elected 1929, 1931 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 15 SEPTEMBER 1934 ==================================================================== Suburban Perth: East Perth, Maylands, North Perth, Subiaco -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1931 two-party majority: UAP over ALP 10.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 45,422 +08.2 Votes cast: 41,859 92.2 +00.9 Informal votes: 1,667 04.0 -00.6 Formal votes: 40,192 96.0 +00.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Carlyle Ferguson 3,015 07.5 Herbert Graham ALP 13,737 34.2 -05.3 Thomas Hartrey 6,713 16.7 Walter Nairn * UAP 16,727 41.6 -18.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 40,192 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Ferguson was an independent Liberal candidate. 2. Graham was WA MLA for East Perth 1943-62, Balcatta 1962-73. 3. Hartrey was WA MLA for Boulder-Dundas 1971-77. He was a Western Australian Nationalist candidate. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Ferguson's 3,015 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Graham 1,776 58.9 15,513 38.6 Hartrey 525 17.4 7,238 18.0 Nairn * 714 23.7 17,441 43.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 3,015 40,192 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Hartrey's 7,238 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Graham 1,858 25.7 17,371 43.2 NAIRN * 5,380 74.3 22,821 56.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 7,238 40,192 06.8 03.7 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Walter Maxwell Nairn (1878-1958): Elected 1929, 1931, 1934 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 23 OCTOBER 1937 ==================================================================== Inner Perth: Maylands, Nedlands, North Perth, Subiaco -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1934 two-party majority: UAP over ALP 06.8 Effect of 1937 redistribution: 00.6 shift to UAP New notional majority: UAP over ALP 07.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 58,765 +29.4 Votes cast: 54,991 93.6 +01.4 Informal votes: 1,980 03.6 -00.4 Formal votes: 53,011 96.4 +00.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Thomas Burke ALP 18,091 34.1 +00.1 Vivian James 3,085 05.8 Walter Nairn * UAP 21,800 41.1 John Simons UAP 10,035 18.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 53,011 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. For Burke, see Perth 1943. 2. Simons was WA MLA for East Perth 1921-22. 3. The combined UAP vote was 60.0%, an increase of 22.6% from the 37.4% polled by one UAP candidate in 1934. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: James's 3,085 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Burke 1,189 38.5 19,280 36.4 Nairn * 1,255 40.7 23,055 43.5 Simons 641 20.8 10,676 20.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > 3,085 53,011 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Simons's 10,676 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Burke 1,789 16.8 21,069 39.7 NAIRN * 8,887 83.2 31,942 60.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > 10,676 53,011 10.3 02.9 to UAP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Walter Maxwell Nairn (1878-1958): Elected 1929, 1931, 1934, 1937 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 21 SEPTEMBER 1940 ==================================================================== Inner Perth: Maylands, Nedlands, North Perth, Subiaco -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1937 two-party majority: UAP over ALP 10.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 60,138 +02.3 Votes cast: 56,207 93.5 -00.1 Informal votes: 1,738 03.1 -00.5 Formal votes: 54,469 97.9 +00.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- James Bolitho 3,326 06.1 Gavan McMillan ALP 17,144 31.5 -02.6 Walter NAIRN * UAP 33,999 62.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 54,469 14.5 e 04.2 to UAP -------------------------------------------------------------------- The UAP vote of 62.4% was an increase of 2.4% from the 60.0% polled by two UAP candidates in 1937. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Walter Maxwell Nairn (1878-1958): Elected 1929, 1931, 1934, 1937, 1940 Speaker of the House of Representatives 20 November 1940 to 21 June 1943 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 21 AUGUST 1943 ==================================================================== Inner Perth: Maylands, Nedlands, North Perth, Subiaco -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1940 two-party majority: ALP over UAP 14.5 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 64,882 +07.9 Votes cast: 64,243 99.0 +05.5 Informal votes: 4,311 06.7 +03.6 Formal votes: 59,932 93.3 -03.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Clarence Boyd CPA 3,639 06.1 Thomas Burke ALP 25,376 42.3 +10.8 Dorothea Foster 495 00.8 Stephenson Fox 2,611 04.4 Thomas Groves 169 00.3 William Herbert 419 00.7 Thomas Hughes 8,112 13.5 Hon Walter Nairn * UAP 17,610 29.4 -33.0 Robert Nicholson 1,501 02.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 59,932 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hughes was WA MLA for East Perth 1922-27, 1936-43. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Groves's 169 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Boyd 13 07.7 3,652 06.1 Burke 19 11.2 25,395 42.4 Foster 22 13.0 517 00.9 Fox 38 22.5 2,649 04.4 Herbert 33 19.5 452 00.8 Hughes 27 16.0 8,139 13.6 Nairn * 15 08.9 17,625 29.4 Nicholson 2 01.2 1,503 02.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 169 59,932 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Herbert's 452 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Boyd 39 08.6 3,691 06.2 Burke 32 07.1 25,427 42.4 Foster 23 05.1 540 00.9 Fox 104 23.0 2,753 04.6 Hughes 154 34.1 8,293 13.8 Nairn * 74 16.4 17,699 29.5 Nicholson 26 05.8 1,529 02.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 452 59,932 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: Foster's 540 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Boyd 82 15.2 3,773 06.3 Burke 178 33.0 25,605 42.7 Fox 127 23.5 2,880 04.8 Hughes 68 12.6 8,361 14.0 Nairn * 54 10.0 17,753 29.6 Nicholson 31 05.7 1,560 02.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 540 59,932 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 5th count: Nicholson's 1,560 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Boyd 93 06.0 3,866 06.5 Burke 158 10.1 25,763 43.0 Fox 341 21.9 3,221 05.4 Hughes 349 22.4 8,710 14.5 Nairn * 619 39.7 18,372 30.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,560 59,932 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 6th count: Fox's 3,221 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Boyd 223 06.9 4,089 06.8 Burke 474 14.7 26,237 43.8 Hughes 1,082 33.6 9,792 16.3 Nairn * 1,442 44.8 19,814 33.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 3,221 59,932 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 7th count: Boyd's 4,089 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Burke 3,558 87.0 29,795 49.7 Hughes 323 07.9 10,115 16.9 Nairn * 208 05.1 20,022 33.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 4,089 59,932 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 8th count: Hughes's 10,115 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- BURKE 3,786 37.4 33,581 56.0 Nairn * 6,329 62.6 26,351 44.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 10,115 59,932 06.0 20.5 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Walter Maxwell Nairn (1878-1958): Elected 1929, 1931, 1934, 1937, 1940, 1943 Later career: Lawyer. Died 12 December 1958 > Thomas Patrick Burke (1910-73): Elected 1943 Born: 28 August 1910, Moora, Western Australia. Career: Educated state schools. Farm worker. Studied part-time, accountant. Military Service 1939-43. Father of Hon Brian Burke, Premier of WA 1983-88. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 28 SEPTEMBER 1946 ==================================================================== Inner Perth: Maylands, Nedlands, North Perth, Subiaco -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1943 two-party majority: ALP over UAP 06.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 71,817 +10.7 Votes cast: 66,530 92.6 -06.4 Informal votes: 2,820 04.2 -02.5 Formal votes: 63,710 95.8 +02.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Thomas Burke * ALP 31,231 49.0 +06.7 John Graham 2,157 03.4 Kevin Healy CPA 2,004 03.1 -03.0 James Paton Lib 27,429 43.1 +13.7 Robert Salter 889 01.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 63,710 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Graham was a Services Party candidate. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Salter's 889 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Burke * 139 15.6 31,370 49.2 Graham 161 18.1 2,318 03.6 Healy 99 11.1 2,103 03.3 Paton 490 55.1 27,919 43.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > 889 63,710 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Healy's 2,103 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- BURKE * 1,334 63.4 32,704 51.3 Graham 444 21.1 2,762 04.3 Paton 325 15.5 28,244 44.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > 2,103 63,710 02.4 e 03.6 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- Thomas Patrick Burke (1910-73): Elected 1943, 1946 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 10 DECEMBER 1949 ==================================================================== Inner Perth: East Perth, Maylands, North Perth -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1946 two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 02.4 e Effect of 1948 redistribution: 09.0 shift to ALP New notional majority: ALP over Liberal 11.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 41,627 -42.0 Votes cast: 39,504 94.9 +02.3 Informal votes: 992 02.5 -01.7 Formal votes: 38,512 97.5 +01.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Thomas Burke * ALP 18,412 47.8 -07.7 James Collins 1,756 04.6 Gordon Hack Lib 17,858 46.4 +10.9 James Kelly CPA 486 01.3 -02.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 38,512 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Kelly's 486 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Burke * 374 77.0 18,786 48.8 Collins 45 09.3 1,801 04.7 Hack 67 13.8 17,925 46.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 486 38,512 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Collins's 1,801 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- BURKE * 508 28.2 19,294 50.1 Hack 1,293 71.8 19,218 49.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,801 38,512 00.1 11.3 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- Thomas Patrick Burke (1910-73): Elected 1943, 1946, 1949 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 28 APRIL 1951 ==================================================================== Inner Perth: East Perth, Maylands, North Perth -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1949 two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 00.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 38,801 -07.7 Votes cast: 36,703 94.6 -00.3 Informal votes: 965 02.6 +00.1 Formal votes: 35,738 97.4 -00.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Thomas Burke * ALP 17,501 49.0 +01.2 James Kelly CPA 532 01.5 +00.2 Billy Snedden Lib 17,705 49.5 +03.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 35,738 -------------------------------------------------------------------- For Snedden, see Bruce, Victoria, 1955. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Kelly's 532 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- BURKE * 425 79.9 17,926 50.2 Snedden 107 20.1 17,812 49.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 532 35,738 00.2 00.1 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Thomas Patrick Burke (1910-73): Elected 1943, 1946, 1949, 1951 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 29 MAY 1954 ==================================================================== Inner Perth: East Perth, Maylands, North Perth -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1951 two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 00.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 32,585 -16.0 Votes cast: 31,483 96.6 +02.0 Informal votes: 679 02.2 -00.4 Formal votes: 30,804 97.8 +00.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Thomas BURKE * ALP 15,912 51.7 +02.7 Carlyle Ferguson 530 01.7 Rivo Gandini CPA 275 00.9 -00.6 Robert Phillips Lib 14,087 45.7 -03.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 30,804 01.9 e 01.7 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Thomas Patrick Burke (1910-73): Elected 1943, 1946, 1949, 1951, 1954 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 10 DECEMBER 1955 ==================================================================== Inner Perth: Maylands, North Perth, Perth -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1954 two-party majority: Labor over Liberal 03.4 e Effect of 1955 redistribution: 01.1 shift to Liberal New notional majority: Labor over Liberal 02.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 37,346 +14.6 Votes cast: 35,253 94.4 -02.2 Informal votes: 1,142 03.2 +01.0 Formal votes: 34,111 96.8 -01.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Thomas Burke * ALP 16,536 48.5 -02.4 Fred CHANEY Lib 17,575 51.5 +04.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 34,111 01.5 03.8 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Thomas Patrick Burke (1910-73): Elected 1943, 1946, 1949, 1951, 1954. Defeated 1955 Died 17 January 1973 > Frederick Charles Chaney (1914-2001): Elected 1955 Born: 12 October 1914, Perth. Career: Educated Aquinas College, Perth, Claremont Teachers' College, Perth. Teacher. Military Service 1941-45. Father of Hon Fred Chaney, Senator and MP. Grandfather of Kate Chaney MP. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 22 NOVEMBER 1958 ==================================================================== Inner Perth: Maylands, North Perth, Perth -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1955 two-party majority: Liberal over Labor 01.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 34,493 -07.6 Votes cast: 32,504 94.2 -00.2 Informal votes: 1,393 04.3 +01.1 Formal votes: 31,111 96.7 -01.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Fred CHANEY * Lib 17,426 56.0 +04.5 Terence Merchant DLP 3,189 10.3 Frederick Swaine 655 02.1 Lawrence Wilkinson ALP 9,841 31.6 -16.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 31,111 15.2 e 13.7 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- For Wilkinson, see Senate WA 1966. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Frederick Charles Chaney (1914-2001): Elected 1955, 1958 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 9 DECEMBER 1961 ==================================================================== Inner Perth: Maylands, North Perth, Perth -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1958 two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 15.2 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 33,030 -04.2 Votes cast: 30,612 92.7 -01.5 Informal votes: 1,436 04.7 +00.4 Formal votes: 29,176 95.3 -00.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Fred CHANEY * Lib 16,054 55.0 -01.0 Julius Re DLP 2,679 09.2 -01.1 Lawrence Wilkinson ALP 10,443 35.8 +04.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 29,176 12.4 e 02.8 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- For Wilkinson, see Senate Western Australia 1966. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Frederick Charles Chaney (1914-2001): Elected 1955, 1958, 1961 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 30 NOVEMBER 1963 ==================================================================== Inner Perth: Maylands, North Perth, Perth -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1961 two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 12.4 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 32,078 -02.9 Votes cast: 30,099 93.8 +01.1 Informal votes: 860 02.9 -01.8 Formal votes: 29,239 97.1 +01.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Fred CHANEY * Lib 15,867 54.3 -00.7 Edward Halse ALP 11,743 40.2 +04.4 Arthur White DLP 1,629 05.6 -03.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 29,239 08.8 e 03.6 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Frederick Charles Chaney (1914-2001): Elected 1955, 1958, 1961, 1963 Minister for the Navy from 4 March 1964 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 26 NOVEMBER 1966 ==================================================================== Inner Perth: Maylands, North Perth, Perth -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1963 two-party majority: Liberal over Labor 08.8 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 30,786 -04.0 Votes cast: 28,752 93.4 -00.4 Informal votes: 2,046 07.1 +04.2 Formal votes: 26,706 92.9 -04.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Annette Aarons CPA 1,627 06.1 Alan Bate ALP 9,785 36.6 -03.6 Hon Fred Chaney * Lib 13,223 49.5 -04.8 George Mazak DLP 2,071 07.8 +02.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 26,706 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Aarons's 1,627 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Bate 1,306 80.3 11,091 41.5 CHANEY * 204 12.5 13,427 50.3 Mazak 117 07.2 2,188 08.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,627 26,706 06.9 e 01.9 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Frederick Charles Chaney (1914-2001): Elected 1955, 1958, 1961, 1963, 1966 Minister for the Navy to 14 December 1966 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 25 OCTOBER 1969 ==================================================================== Suburban Perth: Bassendean, Bayswater, Mt Lawley, Perth -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1966 two-party majority: Liberal over Labor 06.9 e Effect of 1968 redistribution: 02.9 shift to ALP New notional majority: Liberal over Labor 04.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 58,727 +90.8 Votes cast: 55,015 93.7 +00.3 Informal votes: 1,866 03.4 -03.7 Formal votes: 53,149 96.6 +03.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Joseph BERINSON ALP 29,309 55.1 +15.6 Hon Fred Chaney * Lib 20,373 38.3 -08.3 Patricia Giles 1,308 02.5 John Martyr DLP 2,159 04.1 -03.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 53,149 08.2 e 12.2 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. For Giles, see Senate WA 1980. She was a Defence of Government Schools candidate. 2. For Martyr, see Swan 1975. -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Frederick Charles Chaney (1914-2001): Elected 1955, 1958, 1961, 1963, 1966. Defeated 1969 Later career: Administrator, Northern Territory 1970-73, Lord Mayor of Perth 1978-82 Died 17 December 2001 > Joseph Max Berinson (1932-2018): Elected 1969 Born: 6 January 1932, Perth Career: Educated Perth Modern School, Pharmacy College, Perth. Pharmacist. Studied law, graduated 1971. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 2 DECEMBER 1972 ==================================================================== Suburban Perth: Bassendean, Bayswater, Mt Lawley, Perth -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1969 two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 08.2 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 61,410 +04.6 Votes cast: 56,688 92.3 -01.4 Informal votes: 1,623 02.9 -00.5 Formal votes: 55,065 97.1 +00.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Joseph BERINSON * ALP 28,226 51.3 -03.8 Dorothy Cranley DLP 2,928 05.3 +01.2 Derrick Tomlinson Lib 23,911 43.4 +05.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 55,065 02.4 e 05.8 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- Tomlinson was WA MLC for East Metropolitan 1989-2005. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Joseph Max Berinson (1932-2018): Elected 1969, 1972 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 18 MAY 1974 ==================================================================== Suburban Perth: Bassendean, Bayswater, Morley, Mt Lawley -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1972 two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 02.4 e Effect of 1974 redistribution: 01.2 shift to ALP New notional two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 03.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 65,829 +07.2 Votes cast: 61,829 93.9 +01.6 Informal votes: 2,077 03.4 +00.5 Formal votes: 59,752 96.6 -00.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Joseph BERINSON * ALP 33,786 56.5 +04.0 Wilfred Campin AP 411 00.7 Dorothy Cranley NA 2,487 04.2 -01.1 Paul Marsh CPA 539 00.9 Derrick Tomlinson Lib 22,529 37.7 -04.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 59,752 08.2 e 04.6 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Tomlinson was WA MLC from East Metropolitan 1989-2005. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Joseph Maxwell Berinson (1932-2018): Elected 1969, 1972, 1974 Minister for Environment 14 July 1975 to 11 November 1975 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 13 DECEMBER 1975 ==================================================================== Perth Suburban: Bassendean, Bayswater, Morley, Mt Lawley -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1974 two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 08.2 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 68,197 +03.6 Votes cast: 64,295 94.3 +00.4 Informal votes: 1,845 02.9 -00.5 Formal votes: 62,450 97.1 +00.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Joseph Berinson * ALP 29,902 47.9 -08.6 Ross McLEAN Lib 31,658 50.7 +13.0 Victor Slater CPA 890 01.4 +00.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 62,450 00.8 e 09.0 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Joseph Maxwell Berinson (1932-2018): Elected 1969, 1972, 1974. Defeated 1975 Later career: WA MLC for North-East Metropolitan 1980-83, North- Central Metropolitan 1983-89, North Metropolitan 1989-93. Attorney- General 1983-93. Died 2 June 2018 > Ross Malcolm McLean (born 1944): Elected 1975 Born: 30 June 1944, Perth Career: Educated University of Western Australia. Senior administrative assistant, University of Western Australia. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 10 DECEMBER 1977 ==================================================================== Suburban Perth: Morley, Mt Lawley, Perth, Yokine -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1975 two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 00.8 e Effect of 1977 redistribution: 05.7 shift to Lib New notional majority: Liberal over ALP 06.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 68,493 +00.4 Votes cast: 65,131 95.1 +00.8 Informal votes: 2,266 03.5 +00.6 Formal votes: 62,865 96.5 -00.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Lawrence Curtis 2,591 04.1 Thomas Garrick AD 6,153 09.8 Ross McLEAN * Lib 31,944 50.8 -05.6 James Moiler ALP 22,177 35.3 -06.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 62,865 09.5 e 03.0 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- Moiler was WA MLA for Toodyay 1971-74, Mundaring 1974-77. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Ross Malcolm McLean (born 1944): Elected 1975, 1977 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 18 OCTOBER 1980 ==================================================================== Inner Perth: Dianella, Mt Lawley, Perth, Yokine -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1977 two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 09.5 e Effect of 1980 redistribution: no change -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 66,935 -02.3 Votes cast: 62,246 93.0 -02.1 Informal votes: 1,843 03.0 -00.5 Formal votes: 60,403 97.0 +00.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Delaney ALP 27,599 45.7 +10.4 Robert Foster AD 3,122 05.2 -04.6 Ross McLean * Lib 29,131 48.2 -02.6 June Steen-Olsen 551 00.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 60,403 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Steen-Olsen's 551 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Delaney 130 23.6 27,729 45.9 Foster 210 38.1 3,332 05.5 McLean * 211 38.3 29,342 48.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 551 60,403 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Foster's 3,332 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Delaney 1,867 56.0 29,596 49.0 McLEAN * 1,465 44.0 30,807 51.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 3,332 60,403 01.0 08.5 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Ross Malcolm McLean (born 1944): Elected 1975, 1977, 1980 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 5 MARCH 1983 ==================================================================== Inner Perth: Dianella, Mt Lawley, Perth, Yokine -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1980 two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 01.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 69,001 +03.1 Votes cast: 63,834 92.5 -00.5 Informal votes: 1,446 02.3 -00.7 Formal votes: 62,388 97.7 +00.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Dr Richard CHARLESWORTH ALP 34,108 54.7 +09.0 Ross McLean * Lib 26,510 42.5 -05.7 Geoffrey Syme AD 1,770 02.8 -02.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 62,388 06.4 e 07.4 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Ross Malcolm McLean (born 1944): Elected 1975, 1977, 1980, 1983. Defeated 1983 > Richard Ian Charlesworth (born 1952): Elected 1983 Born: 6 February 1952, Perth Career: Educated University of Western Australia. Doctor. Leading sportsman (Shield cricketer and Olympic hockey captain). Sports broadcaster and author. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 1 DECEMBER 1984 ==================================================================== Suburban Perth: Bedford, Maylands, Morley, Mt Lawley -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1983 two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 06.4 e Effect of 1984 redistribution: 01.8 shift to ALP New notional majority: ALP over Liberal 08.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 69,748 +01.1 Votes cast: 65,259 93.6 +01.1 Informal votes: 5,670 08.7 +06.4 Formal votes: 59,589 91.3 -06.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Catherine Brown 1,535 02.6 Joan Walters Lib 25,148 42.2 +01.5 Dr Richard CHARLESWORTH * ALP 32,906 55.2 -01.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 59,589 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Brown's 1,535 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Walters 918 59.8 26,066 43.7 CHARLESWORTH * 617 40.2 33,523 56.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,535 59,589 06.3 01.9 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- Richard Ian Charlesworth (born 1952): Elected 1983, 1984 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 11 JULY 1987 ==================================================================== Suburban Perth: Bedford, Maylands, Morley, Mt Lawley -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1984 two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 06.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 70,958 +01.7 Votes cast: 66,505 93.7 +00.1 Informal votes: 5,151 07.7 -01.0 Formal votes: 61,354 92.3 +01.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Bob Campbell Lib 24,494 39.9 -02.3 Dr Richard CHARLESWORTH * ALP 34,003 55.4 +00.2 Ted Lisle NPA 2,857 04.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 61,354 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Lisle's 2,857 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Campbell l2,041 71.4 26,535 43.2 CHARLESWORTH * 816 28.6 34,819 56.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 2,857 61,354 06.8 00.5 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Richard Ian Charlesworth (born 1952): Elected 1983, 1984, 1987 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 24 MARCH 1990 ==================================================================== Suburban Perth: Bassendean, Maylands, Midland, Mt Lawley -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1987 two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 06.8 Effect of 1989 redistribution: 03.6 shift to ALP New notional majority: ALP over Liberal 10.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 74,009 +04.3 Votes cast: 69,158 93.4 -00.3 Informal votes: 3,292 04.8 -02.9 Formal votes: 65,866 95.2 +02.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Richard Cheuk 1,211 01.8 Brian Jenkins AD 5,152 07.8 Don Gudgeon 702 01.1 Marylyn Rodgers Lib 24,775 37.6 -05.9 Dr Richard Charlesworth * ALP 28,047 42.6 -16.4 Brenda Conochie Grn 5,496 08.3 William Witham NPA 483 00.7 -04.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 65,866 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Witham's 483 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Cheuk 25 05.3 1,236 01.9 Jenkins 36 07.6 5,188 07.9 Gudgeon 37 07.8 739 01.1 Rodgers 206 43.3 24,981 37.9 Charlesworth * 64 13.4 28,111 42.7 Conochie 108 22.7 5,604 08.5 (exhausted 7 7 ) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 483 65,866 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Gudgeon's 739 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Cheuk 71 09.7 1,307 02.0 Jenkins 188 25.6 5,376 08.2 Rodgers 188 25.6 25,169 38.2 Charlesworth * 86 11.7 28,197 42.8 Conochie 201 27.4 5,805 08.8 (exhausted 5 12 ) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 739 65,866 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: Cheuk's 1,307 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Jenkins 735 58.0 6,111 09.3 Rodgers 83 06.6 25,252 38.4 Charlesworth * 124 09.8 28,321 43.0 Conochie 325 25.7 6,130 09.3 (exhausted 40 52 ) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,307 65,866 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 5th count: Jenkins's 6,111 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Rodgers 1,561 25.8 26,813 40.8 Charlesworth * 1,490 24.6 29,811 45.3 Conochie 3,011 49.7 9,141 13.9 (exhausted 49 101 ) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 6,111 65,866 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 6th count: Conochie's 9,141 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Rodgers 2,642 29.1 29,455 44.8 CHARLESWORTH * 6,441 70.9 36,252 55.2 (exhausted 58 159 ) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 9,141 65,866 05.2 05.2 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- Richard Ian Charlesworth (born 1952): Elected 1983, 1984, 1987, 1990 Charlesworth retired at the 1993 election. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 13 MARCH 1993 ==================================================================== Suburban Perth: Bassendean, Maylands, Midland, Mt Lawley -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1990 two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 05.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 74,344 +00.5 Votes cast: 70,620 95.0 +01.6 Informal votes: 2,507 03.6 -01.2 Formal votes: 68,113 96.4 +01.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Chris Bignell CTA 1,499 02.2 Michelle Hovane 587 00.9 Michael Goff 857 01.3 Stephen Smith + ALP 31,585 46.4 +03.8 Patsy Molloy Grn 3,836 05.6 -02.7 Irene Knight AD 1,581 02.3 -05.5 Peter Blurton 1,460 02.1 Jennifer Benjamin 268 00.4 Barney Cresswell Lib 26,440 38.8 +01.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 68,113 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Benjamin's 268 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Bignell 8 03.0 1,507 02.2 Hovane 8 03.0 595 00.9 Goff 6 02.3 863 01.3 Smith + 27 10.2 31,612 46.4 Molloy 88 33.2 3,924 05.8 Knight 23 08.7 1,604 02.4 Blurton 47 17.7 1,507 02.2 Cresswell 58 22.0 26,498 38.9 (exhausted 3 3 ) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 268 68,113 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Hovane's 595 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Bignell 76 12.9 1,583 02.3 Goff 66 11.2 929 01.4 Smith + 96 16.3 31,708 46.6 Molloy 278 47.1 4,202 06.2 Knight 36 06.1 1,640 02.4 Blurton 15 02.5 1,522 02.2 Cresswell 23 03.9 26,521 38.9 (exhausted 5 8 ) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 595 68,113 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: Goff's 929 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Bignell 109 11.8 1,692 02.5 Smith + 347 37.5 32,055 47.1 Molloy 158 17.1 4,360 06.4 Knight 66 07.1 1,706 02.5 Blurton 180 19.5 1,702 02.5 Cresswell 65 07.0 26,586 39.0 (exhausted 4 12 ) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 929 68,113 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 5th count: Bignell's 1,692 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Smith 840 50.9 32,895 48.3 Molloy 199 12.1 4,559 06.7 Knight 93 05.6 1,799 02.6 Blurton 124 07.5 1,826 02.7 Cresswell 395 23.9 26,981 39.6 (exhausted 41 53 ) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,692 68,113 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 6th count: Knight's 1,799 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Smith 400 22.3 33,295 48.9 Molloy 729 40.6 5,288 07.8 Blurton 422 23.5 2,248 03.3 Cresswell 244 13.6 27,225 40.0 (exhausted 4 57 ) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,799 68,113 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 7th count: Blurton's 2,248 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Smith 512 22.8 33,807 49.7 Molloy 892 39.8 6,180 09.1 Cresswell 840 37.4 28,065 41.2 (exhausted 4 61 ) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 2,248 68,113 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 8th count: Molloy's 6,180 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- SMITH 4,395 71.2 38,202 56.2 Cresswell 1,774 28.8 29,839 43.9 (exhausted 11 72 ) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 6,180 68,113 06.2 01.0 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Stephen Smith (born 1955): Elected 1993 Born: 12 December 1955, Narrogin, Western Australia Career: Educated University of Western Australia, London University, England. Solicitor. Principal Private Secretary to Hon Joe Berinson MLC 1983-87. State Secretary, Western Australian ALP 1987-90. Advisor to Hon Paul Keating MP 1991-92. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 2 MARCH 1996 ==================================================================== Suburban Perth: Bassendean, Maylands, Midland, Mt Lawley -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1993 two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 06.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 74,499 +00.2 Votes cast: 69,993 94.0 -01.0 Informal votes: 2,678 03.8 +00.2 Formal votes: 67,315 96.2 -00.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Stephen Smith * ALP 32,018 47.6 +01.2 Gary Nelson 339 00.5 Anthony Benbow 418 00.6 Raymond Conder 914 01.4 Dee Kelly Lib 25,262 37.5 -01.3 Jim Kerr AD 4,175 06.2 +03.9 Elena Jeffreys Grn 4,189 06.2 +00.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 67,315 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Nelson's 339 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Smith * 83 25.1 32,101 47.7 Benbow 67 20.2 485 00.7 Conder 56 16.9 970 01.4 Kelly 35 10.6 25,297 37.6 Kerr 36 10.9 4,211 06.3 Jeffreys 54 16.3 4,243 06.3 (exhausted 8 8 ) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 339 67,315 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Benbow's 485 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Smith * 104 21.9 32,205 47.9 Conder 107 22.5 1,077 01.6 Kelly 36 07.6 25,333 37.6 Kerr 38 08.0 4,249 06.3 Jeffreys 191 40.1 4,434 06.6 (exhausted 9 17 ) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 485 67,315 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: Conder's 1,077 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Smith * 175 16.7 32,380 48.1 Kelly 296 28.2 25,629 38.1 Kerr 317 30.2 4,566 06.8 Jeffreys 261 24.9 4,695 07.0 (exhausted 28 45 ) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,077 67,315 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 5th count: Kerr's 4,566 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Smith * 907 20.1 33,287 49.5 Kelly 922 20.4 26,551 39.5 Jeffreys 2,687 59.5 7,382 11.0 (exhausted 50 95 ) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 4,566 67,315 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 6th count: Jeffreys's 7,382 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- SMITH * 4,469 63.5 37,756 56.5 Kelly 2,570 43.5 29,121 43.5 (exhausted 343 438 ) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 7,382 67,315 06.5 00.3 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Stephen Smith (born 1955): Elected 1993, 1996 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 3 OCTOBER 1998 ==================================================================== Suburban Perth: Bassendean, Bayswater, Guildford, Midland -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1996 two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 06.5 Effect of redistribution: 00.2 shift to ALP New notional majority: ALP over Liberal 06.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 83,671 +12.3 Votes cast: 79,653 95.2 +01.2 Informal votes: 3,102 03.9 +00.1 Formal votes: 76,551 96.1 -00.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Kerry Mills ON 6,555 08.5 Stephen SMITH * ALP 38,395 50.2 +02.9 Gemma Carter Grn 4,713 06.2 +00.2 Iggy Kim 682 00.9 David Montani Lib 22,689 29.6 -08.7 Brendon Entrekin AD 3,517 04.6 -01.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 76,551 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Kim's 682 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Mills 51 07.5 6,606 08.6 SMITH * 128 18.8 38,523 50.3 Carter 286 41.9 4,999 06.5 Montani 98 14.4 22,787 29.8 Entrekin 119 17.4 3,636 04.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 682 76,551 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Entrekin's 3,636 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Mills 200 05.5 6,806 08.9 SMITH * 806 22.2 39,329 51.4 Carter 1,760 48.4 6,759 08.8 Montani 870 23.9 23,657 30.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 3,636 76,551 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: Carter's 6,759 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Mills 687 10.2 7,493 09.8 SMITH * 4,539 67.2 43,868 57.3 Montani 1,533 22.7 25,190 32.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 6,759 76,551 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 5th count: Mills's 7,493 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- SMITH * 4,573 61.0 48,441 63.3 Montani 2,920 39.0 28,110 36.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 7,493 76,551 13.3 06.6 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Stephen Smith (born 1955): Elected 1993, 1996, 1998 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 10 NOVEMBER 2001 ==================================================================== Suburban Perth: Bassendean, Bayswater, Beechboro, Mt Lawley -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1998 two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 13.3 Effect of redistribution: 00.8 shift to Liberal New notional majority: ALP over Liberal 12.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 81,705 -02.3 Votes cast: 77,820 95.2 00.0 Informal votes: 3,907 05.0 +01.1 Formal votes: 73,913 95.0 -01.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Aaron Hewitt AD 5,381 07.3 +02.6 Alison Xamon Grn 5,437 07.4 +01.3 Stephen Smith * ALP 35,389 47.9 -01.9 Peter Gilberthorpe ON 3,244 04.4 -03.8 Rod Webb Lib 23,894 32.3 +01.9 Philip Chilton 568 00.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 73,913 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Chilton's 568 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hewitt 112 19.7 5,493 07.4 Xamon 173 30.5 5,610 07.6 Smith * 72 12.7 35,461 48.0 Gilberthorpe 82 14.4 3,326 04.5 Webb 129 22.7 24,023 32.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 568 73,913 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Gilberthorpe's 3,326 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hewitt 407 12.2 5,900 08.0 Xamon 651 19.6 6,261 08.5 Smith * 906 27.2 36,367 49.2 Webb 1,362 40.9 25,385 34.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 3,326 73,913 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: Hewitt's 5,900 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Xamon 3,666 62.1 9,927 13.4 SMITH * 1,396 23.7 37,763 51.1 Webb 838 14.2 26,223 35.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 5,900 73,913 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 5th count: Xamon's 9,927 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- SMITH * 7,476 75.3 45,239 61.2 Webb 2,451 24.7 28,674 38.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 9,927 73,913 11.2 01.3 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- Stephen Smith (born 1955): Elected 1993, 1996, 1998, 2001 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 9 OCTOBER 2004 ==================================================================== Suburban Perth: Bassendean, Bayswater, Beechboro, Mt Lawley -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2001 two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 11.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 84,178 +03.0 Votes cast: 78,229 92.9 -02.3 Informal votes: 4,680 06.0 +01.0 Formal votes: 73,549 94.0 -01.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Nikki Ulasowski 984 01.3 Augustine Loh CDP 1,807 02.5 Marie Edmonds ON 1,463 02.0 -02.4 Alexander Lawrance Lib 27,127 36.9 +04.5 Ray Bradbury AD 1,344 01.8 -05.4 Stephen Smith * ALP 33,532 45.6 -02.3 Ross Russell 247 00.3 Alison Xamon Grn 7,045 09.6 +02.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 73,549 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Russell's 247 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Ulasowski 39 15.8 1,023 01.4 Loh 21 08.5 1,828 02.5 Edmonds 21 08.5 1,484 02.0 Lawrance 28 11.3 27,155 36.9 Bradbury 28 11.3 1,372 01.9 Smith * 46 18.6 33,578 45.6 Xamon 64 25.9 7,109 09.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 247 73,549 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Ulasowski's 1,023 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Loh 488 47.7 2,316 03.2 Edmonds 120 11.7 1,604 02.2 Lawrance 87 08.5 27,242 37.0 Bradbury 44 04.3 1,416 01.9 Smith * 90 08.8 33,668 45.8 Xamon 194 19.0 7,303 09.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,023 73,549 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: Bradbury's 1,416 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Loh 79 05.6 2,395 03.3 Edmonds 90 06.4 1,694 02.2 Lawrance 259 18.3 27,501 37.4 Smith * 360 25.4 34,028 46.3 Xamon 628 44.4 7,931 10.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,416 73,549 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 5th count: Edmonds's 1,694 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Loh 385 22.7 2,780 03.8 Lawrance 535 31.6 28,036 38.1 Smith * 389 23.0 34,417 46.8 Xamon 385 22.7 8,316 11.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,694 73,549 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 6th count: Loh's 2,780 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Lawrance 1,958 70.4 29,994 40.8 Smith * 459 16.5 34,876 47.4 Xamon 363 13.1 8,679 11.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 2,780 73,549 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 7th count: Xamon's 8,679 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Lawrance 1,832 21.1 31,826 43.3 SMITH * 6,847 78.9 41,723 56.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 8,679 73,549 06.7 04.6 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- Stephen Smith (born 1955): Elected 1993, 1996, 1998, 2001, 2004 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 24 NOVEMBER 2007 ==================================================================== Perth: Bassendean, Bayswater, Beechboro, Mt Lawley -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2004 two-party majority: Labor over Liberal 06.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 88,156 +04.7 Votes cast: 82,023 93.0 +00.1 Informal votes: 3,757 04.6 -01.4 Formal votes: 78,266 95.4 +01.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Stephen J Brooks 1,413 01.8 Stephen Smith * ALP 36,684 46.9 +01.3 Chris Latham 464 00.6 Paul Connelly CDP 1,594 02.0 -00.4 Orm Girvan 162 00.2 Sharon Fairfull FF 838 01.1 Marie Edmonds ON 628 00.8 -01.2 Daniel Nikolic Lib 28,163 36.0 -00.9 Damian Douglas-Meyer Grn 8,320 10.6 +01.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 78,266 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Girvan's 162 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Brooks 36 22.2 1,449 01.9 Smith * 24 14.8 36,708 46.9 Latham 16 09.9 480 00.6 Connelly 36 22.2 1,630 02.1 Fairfull 18 11.1 856 01.1 Edmonds 16 09.9 644 00.8 Nikolic 9 05.6 28,172 36.0 Douglas-Meyer 7 04.3 8,327 10.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 162 78,266 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Latham's 480 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Brooks 70 14.6 1,519 01.9 Smith * 133 27.7 36,841 47.1 Connelly 45 09.4 1,675 02.1 Fairfull 35 07.3 891 01.1 Edmonds 21 04.4 665 00.9 Nikolic 24 05.0 28,196 36.0 Douglas-Meyer 152 31.7 8,479 10.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 480 78,266 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: Edmonds's 665 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Brooks 111 16.7 1,630 02.1 Smith * 96 14.4 36,937 47.2 Connelly 62 09.3 1,737 02.2 Fairfull 92 13.8 983 01.3 Nikolic 153 23.0 28,349 36.2 Douglas-Meyer 151 22.7 8,630 11.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 665 78,266 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 5th count: Fairfull's 983 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Brooks 133 13.5 1,763 02.3 Smith * 170 17.3 37,107 47.4 Connelly 179 18.2 1,916 02.5 Nikolic 262 26.7 28,611 36.6 Douglas-Meyer 239 24.3 8,869 11.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 983 78,266 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 6th count: Brooks's 1,763 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Smith * 889 50.4 37,996 48.6 Connelly 233 13.2 2,149 02.8 Nikolic 246 14.0 28,857 36.9 Douglas-Meyer 395 22.4 9,264 11.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,763 78,266 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 7th count: Connelly's 2,149 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Smith * 614 28.6 38,610 49.3 Nikolic 1,190 55.4 30,047 38.4 Douglas-Meyer 345 16.1 9,609 12.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 2,149 78,266 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 8th count: Douglas-Meyer's 9,609 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- SMITH * 7,451 77.5 46,061 58.9 Nikolic 2,158 22.5 32,205 41.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 9,609 78,266 08.9 02.1 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Stephen Smith (born 1955): Elected 1993, 1996, 1998, 2001, 2004 Minister for Foreign Affairs from 3 December 2007 Minister for Trade from 28 June 2010 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 21 AUGUST 2010 ==================================================================== Perth: Bassendean, Beechboro, Morley, Mt Lawley -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2007 two-party majority: Labor over Liberal 08.9 Effect of 2009 redistribution: 01.0 shift to Liberal 2010 notional two-party majority: Labor over Liberal 07.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 91,904 +04.3 Votes cast: 84,594 92.1 -00.9 Informal votes: 4,400 05.2 +00.6 Formal votes: 80,194 94.8 -00.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Jonathan Hallett Grn 12,948 16.2 +05.8 Paul Connelly CDP 2,093 02.6 +00.6 Hon Stephen Smith * ALP 32,228 40.2 -06.1 Nigel Irvine FF 1,243 01.6 +00.5 Alex Bainbridge 618 00.8 Joe Ferrante Lib 31,064 38.7 +01.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 80,194 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Bainbridge's 618 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hallett 298 48.2 13,246 16.5 Connelly 35 05.7 2,128 02.7 Smith * 89 14.4 32,317 40.3 Irvine 122 19.7 1,365 01.7 Ferrante 74 12.0 31,138 38.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 618 80,194 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Irvine's 1,365 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hallett 379 27.8 13,625 17.0 Connelly 417 30.6 2,545 03.2 Smith * 277 20.3 32,594 40.6 Ferrante 292 21.4 31,430 39.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,365 80,194 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: Connelly's 2,545 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hallett 588 23.1 14,213 17.7 Smith * 464 18.2 33,058 41.2 Ferrante 1,493 58.7 32,923 41.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 2,545 80,194 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 5th count: Hallett's 14,213 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- SMITH * 11,757 82.7 44,815 55.9 Ferrante 2,456 17.3 35,379 44.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 14,213 80,194 05.9 02.1 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- Stephen Francis Smith (born 1955): Elected 1993, 1996, 1998, 2001, 2004, 2010 Minister for Foreign Affairs to 14 September 2010 Minister for Defence from 14 September 2010 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Smith retired at the 2013 election. His ministerial term ended on 18 September 2013. Later career: High Commissioner to the United Kingdom 2023-26. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 7 SEPTEMBER 2013 ==================================================================== Perth: Bassendean, Beechboro, Morley, Mt Lawley -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2010 two-party majority: Labor over Liberal 05.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 95,226 +03.6 Votes cast: 87,566 92.0 -00.1 Informal votes: 4,625 05.3 +00.1 Formal votes: 82,941 94.7 -00.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Paul Connelly 1,891 02.3 Ant Clark 1,025 01.2 Hon Alannah MacTiernan + ALP 34,215 41.3 +01.1 Jonathan Hallett Grn 8,801 10.6 -05.5 Evelyn Edney 422 00.5 Lesley Croll FF 669 00.8 -00.7 Gabriel Harfouche PUP 2,897 03.5 Darryl Moore Lib 33,021 39.8 +01.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 82,941 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Edney's 422 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Connelly 76 18.0 1,967 02.4 Clark 55 13.0 1,080 01.3 MacTiernan + 43 10.2 34,258 41.3 Hallett 60 14.2 8,861 10.7 Croll 85 20.1 754 00.9 Harfouche 45 10.7 2,942 03.6 Moore 58 13.7 33,079 39.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 422 82,941 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Croll's 754 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Connelly 144 19.1 2,111 02.6 Clark 116 15.4 1,196 01.4 MacTiernan + 98 13.0 34,356 41.4 Hallett 146 19.4 9,007 10.9 Harfouche 136 18.0 3,078 03.7 Moore 114 15.1 33,193 40.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 754 82,941 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: Clark's 1,196 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Connelly 196 16.4 2,307 02.8 MacTiernan + 275 23.0 34,631 41.8 Hallett 365 30.5 9,372 11.3 Harfouche 184 15.4 3,262 03.9 Moore 176 14.7 33,369 40.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,196 82,941 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 5th count: Connelly's 2,307 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- MacTiernan + 798 34.6 35,429 42.7 Hallett 273 11.8 9,645 11.6 Harfouche 288 12.5 3,550 04.3 Moore 948 41.1 34,317 41.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 2,307 82,941 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 6th count: Harfouche's 3,550 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- MacTiernan + 1,007 28.4 36,436 43.9 Hallett 996 28.1 10,641 12.8 Moore 1,547 43.6 35,864 43.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 3,550 82,941 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 7th count: Hallett's 10,641 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- MacTIERNAN + 8,643 81.2 45,079 54.4 Moore 1,998 18.8 37,862 45.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 10,641 82,941 04.4 01.5 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- Alannah Joan Geraldine Cecilia MacTiernan (born 1953): Elected 2013 Born: 10 January 1953, Melbourne Career: Educated University of WA. Lawyer, public servant. Perth City Council 1988-93. Vincent City Council, Mayor 2011-13. State politics: WA MLC for East Metropolitan 1993-96, MLA for Armadale 1996-2010. Minister for Planning and Infrastructure 2001- 08. -------------------------------------------------------------------- MacTiernan retired at the 2016 election. Later career: WA MLC for North Metropolitan from 2017-21, for South West Region 2021-23. Minister for Regional Development, Agriculture and Food 2017-22. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 2 JULY 2016 ==================================================================== Perth: Bassendean, Maylands, Morley, Mt Lawley -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2013 two-party majority: Labor over Liberal 04.4 Effect of 2016 redistribution: 01.8 shift to Liberal 2016 notional two-party: Labor over Liberal 02.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 98,714 +03.7 Votes cast: 83,631 88.0 -04.0 Informal votes: 3,274 03.8 -01.5 Formal votes: 83,631 96.2 +01.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Jeremy Quinn Lib 35,381 42.3 +00.2 Tim Clifford Grn 14,272 17.1 +05.1 Tim Hammond + ALP 31,248 37.4 -01.0 Andrew Chambers 1,300 01.6 Mark Walmsley LDP 1,430 01.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 83,631 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Chambers's 1,300 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Quinn 173 13.3 35,554 42.5 Clifford 395 30.4 14,667 17.5 Hammond + 265 20.4 31,513 37.7 Walmsley 467 35.9 1,897 02.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,300 83,631 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Walmsley's 1,897 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Quinn 1,025 54.0 36,579 43.7 Clifford 373 19.7 15,040 18.0 Hammond + 499 26.3 32,012 38.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,897 83,631 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: Clifford's 15,040 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Quinn 2,450 16.3 39,029 46.7 HAMMOND + 12,590 83.7 44,602 53.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 15,040 83,631 03.3 01.3 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Timothy Jerome Hammond (born 1975): Elected 2016 Born: 25 March 1975, Perth Career: Educated University of WA, Murdoch University. Barrister and solicitor. ALP Senior Vice President from 2015. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Resigned 10 May 2018 (see by-elections) -------------------------------------------------------------------- BY-ELECTION OF 28 JULY 2018 ==================================================================== Perth: Bassendean, Maylands, Morley, Mt Lawley -------------------------------------------------------------------- Following the resignation of Tim Hammond -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2016 two-party majority: Labor 03.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 100,655 +02.0 Votes cast: 64,490 64.1 -23.9 Informal votes: 6,486 10.1 +06.3 Formal votes: 58,004 89.9 -06.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Julie Matheson 3,123 05.4 Nicole Arielli 1,815 03.1 Jim Grayden 2,565 04.4 Wesley Du Preeze LDP 3,880 06.7 +05.0 Colin Scott 774 01.3 Ben Mullings 930 01.6 Patrick Gorman + ALP 22,812 39.3 +02.0 Gabriel Harfouche 222 00.4 Paul Collins 5,516 09.5 Caroline Perks Grn 10,908 18.8 +01.7 A Hammond 1,002 01.7 Ellen Joubert AChr 1,474 02.5 Tony Robinson 682 01.2 Ian Britza 1,705 03.0 Barry Mason 596 01.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 58,004 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Harfouche's 222 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Matheson 26 11.7 3,149 05.4 Arielli 9 04.1 1,824 03.1 Grayden 11 05.0 2,576 04.4 Du Preeze 16 07.2 3,896 06.7 Scott 26 11.7 800 01.4 Mullings 17 07.7 947 01.6 Gorman + 47 21.2 22,859 39.4 Collins 19 08.6 5,535 09.5 Perks 18 08.1 10,926 18.8 Hammond 5 02.3 1,007 01.7 Joubert 13 05.9 1,487 02.6 Robinson 3 01.2 685 01.2 Britza 6 02.7 1,711 03.0 Mason 6 02.7 602 01.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 222 58,004 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Mason's 602 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Matheson 37 06.2 3,186 05.5 Arielli 33 05.5 1,857 03.2 Grayden 17 02.8 2,593 04.5 Du Preeze 12 02.0 3,908 06.7 Scott 24 04.0 824 01.4 Mullings 24 04.0 971 01.7 Gorman + 46 07.6 22,905 39.5 Collins 24 04.0 5,559 09.6 Perks 36 06.0 10,962 18.9 Hammond 24 04.0 1,031 01.8 Joubert 157 26.1 1,644 02.8 Robinson 27 04.5 712 01.2 Britza 141 23.4 1,852 03.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 602 58,004 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: Robinson's 712 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Matheson 39 05.5 3,225 05.6 Arielli 18 02.5 1,875 03.2 Grayden 33 04.6 2,626 04.5 Du Preeze 232 32.6 4,140 07.1 Scott 16 02.3 840 01.5 Mullings 11 01.5 982 01.7 Gorman + 44 06.2 22,949 39.6 Collins 39 05.5 5,598 09.7 Perks 33 04.6 10,995 19.0 Hammond 20 02.8 1,051 01.8 Joubert 66 09.3 1,710 03.0 Britza 161 22.6 2,013 03.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 712 58,004 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 5th count: Scott's 840 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Matheson 76 09.1 3,301 05.7 Arielli 94 11.2 1,969 03.4 Grayden 51 06.1 2,677 04.6 Du Preeze 79 09.4 4,219 07.3 Mullings 114 13.6 1,096 01.9 Gorman + 81 09.6 23,030 39.7 Collins 51 06.1 5,649 09.7 Perks 164 19.5 11,159 19.2 Hammond 76 09.1 1,127 01.9 Joubert 25 03.0 1,735 03.0 Britza 29 03.5 2,042 03.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 840 58,004 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 6th count: Mullings's 1,096 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Matheson 82 07.5 3,383 05.8 Arielli 208 19.0 2,177 03.8 Grayden 65 05.9 2,742 04.7 Du Preeze 94 08.6 4,313 07.4 Gorman + 181 16.5 23,211 40.0 Collins 87 07.9 5,736 09.9 Perks 199 18.2 11,358 19.6 Hammond 108 09.9 1,235 02.1 Joubert 27 02.5 1,762 03.0 Britza 45 04.1 2,087 03.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,096 58,004 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 7th count: Hammond's 1,235 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Matheson 155 12.6 3,538 06.1 Arielli 153 12.4 2,330 04.0 Grayden 70 05.7 2,812 04.9 Du Preeze 111 09.0 4,424 07.6 Gorman + 158 12.8 23,369 40.3 Collins 95 07.7 5,831 10.1 Perks 336 27.2 11,694 20.2 Joubert 41 03.3 1,803 03.1 Britza 116 09.4 2,203 03.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,235 58,004 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 8th count: Joubert's 1,803 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Matheson 138 07.7 3,676 06.3 Arielli 98 05.4 2,428 04.2 Grayden 105 05.8 2,917 05.0 Du Preeze 227 12.6 4,651 08.0 Gorman + 174 09.7 23,543 40.6 Collins 150 08.3 5,981 10.3 Perks 91 05.1 11,785 20.3 Britza 820 45.5 3,023 05.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,803 58,004 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 9th count: Arielli's 2,428 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Matheson 369 15.2 4,045 07.0 Grayden 237 09.8 3,154 05.4 Du Preeze 201 08.3 4,852 08.4 Gorman + 378 15.6 23,921 41.2 Collins 148 06.1 6,129 10.6 Perks 922 38.0 12,707 21.9 Britza 173 07.1 3,196 05.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 2,428 58,004 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 10th count: Grayden's 3,154 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Matheson 666 21.1 4,711 08.1 Du Preeze 719 22.8 5,571 09.6 Gorman + 200 06.3 24,121 41.6 Collins 887 28.1 7,016 12.1 Perks 156 05.0 12,863 22.2 Britza 526 16.7 3,722 06.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 3,154 58,004 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 11th count: Britza's 3,722 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Matheson 588 15.8 5,299 09.1 Du Preeze 810 21.8 6,381 11.0 Gorman + 254 06.8 24,375 42.0 Collins 1,653 44.4 8,669 15.0 Perks 417 11.2 13,280 22.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 3,722 58,004 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 12th count: Matheson's 5,299 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Du Preeze 2,268 42.8 8,649 14.9 Gorman + 694 13.1 25,069 43.2 Collins 1,765 33.3 10,434 18.0 Perks 572 10.8 13,852 23.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 5,299 58,004 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 13th count: Du Preeze's 8,649 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Gorman + 2,949 34.1 28,018 48.3 Collins 4,453 51.5 14,887 25.7 Perks 1,247 14.4 15,099 26.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 8,649 58,004 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 13th count: Collins's 14,887 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- GORMAN + 8,583 57.7 36,601 63.1 Perks 6,304 42.3 21,403 36.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 14,887 58,004 13.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Patrick Possum Gorman (born 1984): Elected 2018 by Born: 12 December 1984, Perth Career: Educated University of Western Australia, Curtin University. Staffer to Hon Ken Travers MLC, Hon Melissa Parke MHR, Hon Kevin Rudd MHR (Prime Minister) 2010. Union official. WA State Secretary ALP 2015-18. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 18 MAY 2019 ==================================================================== Perth: Bassendean, Maylands, Morley, Mt Lawley -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2016 two-party majority: Labor over Liberal 03.3 2016 by-election majority: Labor over Greens 13.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 101,535 +02.9 Votes cast: 91,926 90.5 +02.5 Informal votes: 4,220 04.6 +00.8 Formal votes: 87,706 95.4 -00.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Jane Boxall WAP 2,222 02.5 Patrick Gorman * ALP 30,207 34.4 -02.9 Jim Grayden Lib 32,800 37.4 -04.9 Gary Davies 1,329 01.5 Chas Hopkins UAP 1,661 01.9 Caroline Perks Grn 16,552 18.9 +01.8 Mel Lownds PHON 2,333 02.7 Curtis Greening 602 00.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 87,706 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Grayden was the son of Hon Bill Grayden, MHR for Swan 1949-54. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Greening's 602 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Boxall 74 12.3 2,296 02.6 Gorman * 62 10.3 30,269 34.5 Grayden 56 09.3 32,856 37.5 Davies 133 22.1 1,462 01.7 Hopkins 28 04.7 1,689 01.9 Perks 169 28.1 16,721 19.1 Lownds 80 13.3 2,413 02.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 602 87,706 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Davies's 1,462 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Boxall 335 22.9 2,631 03.0 Gorman * 246 16.8 30,515 34.8 Grayden 224 15.3 33,080 37.7 Hopkins 74 05.1 1,763 02.0 Perks 531 36.3 17,252 19.7 Lownds 52 03.6 2,465 02.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,462 87,706 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: Hopkins's 1,763 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Boxall 237 13.4 2,868 03.3 Gorman * 179 10.2 30,694 35.0 Grayden 638 36.2 33,718 38.4 Perks 225 12.8 17,477 19.9 Lownds 484 27.5 2,949 03.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,763 87,706 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 5th count: Boxall's 2,868 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Gorman * 1,046 36.5 31,740 36.2 Grayden 829 28.9 34,547 39.4 Perks 614 21.4 18,091 20.6 Lownds 379 13.2 3,328 03.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 2,868 87,706 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 6th count: Lownds's 3,328 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Gorman * 694 20.9 32,434 37.0 Grayden 1,649 49.6 36,196 41.3 Perks 985 29.6 19,076 21.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 3,328 87,706 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 7th count: Perks's 19,076 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- GORMAN * 15,742 82.5 48,176 54.9 Grayden 3,334 17.5 39,530 45.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 19,076 87,706 04.9 01.6 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Patrick Possum Gorman (born 1984): Elected 2018 by, 2019 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 21 MAY 2022 ==================================================================== Perth: Bassendean, Maylands, Mt Hawthorn, Mt Lawley, Yokine -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2019 two-party majority: Labor over Liberal 04.9 Effect of 2021 redistribution: 01.7 shift to Liberal 2022 notional two-party majority: Labor over Libeal 03.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 122,580 +21.0 Votes cast: 108,109 88.2 -02.3 Informal votes: 6,028 05.6 +01.2 Formal votes: 102,081 94.4 -01.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Cameron Bailey PHON 2,749 02.7 -00.0 Dean Powell AC 1,514 01.5 Sean Connor GAP 702 00.7 Dave Vos WAP 1,878 01.8 -00.6 Sarah Szmekura-Moor AJP 1,535 01.5 Patrick Gorman * ALP 40,066 39.2 +05.7 Evan Nickols LDP 1,407 01.4 Sonya Eberhart UAP 1,605 01.6 -00.2 Caroline Perks Grn 22,621 22.2 +03.8 David Dwyer Lib 27,294 26.7 -12.3 Aiden Gyuru AFP 710 00.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 102,081 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Connor's 702 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Bailey 131 18.7 2,880 02.8 Powell 65 09.3 1,579 01.6 Vos 109 15.5 1,987 02.0 Szmekura-Moor 36 05.1 1,571 01.5 Gorman * 35 05.0 40,101 39.3 Nickols 19 02.7 1,426 01.4 Eberhart 91 13.0 1,696 01.7 Perks 15 02.1 22,636 22.2 Dwyer 23 03.3 27,319 26.8 Gyuru 178 25.4 888 00.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 702 102,081 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Gyuru's 888 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Bailey 152 17.1 3,032 03.0 Powell 75 08.5 1,654 01.6 Vos 74 08.3 2,061 02.0 Szmekura-Moor 71 08.0 1,642 01.6 Gorman * 38 04.3 40,139 39.3 Nickols 198 22.3 1,624 01.6 Eberhart 125 14.1 1,821 01.8 Perks 71 08.0 22,707 22.2 Dwyer 84 09.5 27,401 26.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 888 102,081 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: Nickols's 1,624 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Bailey 217 13.4 3,249 03.2 Powell 143 08.8 1,797 01.8 Vos 127 07.8 2,188 02.1 Szmekura-Moor 69 04.3 1,711 01.7 Gorman * 258 15.9 40,397 39.6 Eberhart 204 12.6 2,025 02.0 Perks 145 08.9 22,852 22.4 Dwyer 461 28.4 27,862 27.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,624 102,081 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 5th count: Szmekura-Moor's 1,711 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Bailey 131 07.7 3,380 03.3 Powell 72 04.2 1,869 01.8 Vos 349 20.4 2,537 02.5 Gorman * 281 16.4 40,678 39.9 Eberhart 88 05.1 2,113 02.1 Perks 672 39.3 23,524 23.0 Dwyer 118 06.9 27,980 27.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,711 102,081 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 6th count: Powell's 1,869 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Bailey 476 25.5 3,856 03.8 Vos 260 13.9 2,797 02.7 Gorman * 187 10.0 40,865 40.0 Eberhart 292 15.6 2,405 02.4 Perks 113 06.1 23,637 23.2 Dwyer 541 29.0 28,521 27.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,869 102,081 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 7th count: Eberhart's 2,405 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Bailey 1,324 55.1 5,180 05.1 Vos 471 19.6 3,268 03.2 Gorman * 138 05.7 41,003 40.2 Perks 252 10.5 23,889 23.4 Dwyer 220 09.2 28,741 28.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 2,405 102,081 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 8th count: Vos's 3,268 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Bailey 909 27.8 6,089 06.0 Gorman * 887 27.1 41,890 41.0 Perks 674 20.6 24,563 24.1 Dwyer 798 24.4 29,539 28.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 3,268 102,081 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 9th count: Bailey's 6,089 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Gorman * 1,669 27.4 43,559 42.7 Perks 1,871 30.7 26,434 25.9 Dwyer 2,549 41.9 32,088 31.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 6,089 102,081 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 10th count: Perks's 26,434 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- GORMAN * 22,592 85.5 66,151 64.8 Dwyer 3,842 14.5 35,930 14.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 26,434 102,081 14.8 11.6 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Patrick Possum Gorman (born 1984): Elected 2018 by, 2019, 2022 Assistant Minister to the Prime Minister from 1 June 2022 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 3 MAY 2025 ==================================================================== Perth: Bayswater, Maylands, Mt Hawthorn, Mt Lawley, Yokine -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2022 two-candidate majority: Labor over Liberal 14.8 Effect of 2024 redistribution: 00.4 shift to Liberal 2025 notional two-candidate majority: Labor over Liberal 14.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 114,458 -06.4 Votes cast: 102,247 89.3 +01.1 Informal votes: 2,491 02.4 -03.1 Formal votes: 99,756 97.6 +03.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Peter Hallifax PHON 6,316 06.3 +03.7 Susanna Panaia Lib 26,026 26.1 -01.1 Sophie Greer Grn 24,467 24.5 +02.5 Hon Patrick Gorman * Labor 42,947 43.1 +03.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 99,756 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Hallifax's 6,316 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Panaia 4,275 67.7 30,301 30.4 Greer 1,187 18.8 25,654 25.7 Gorman * 854 13.5 43,801 43.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 6,316 99,756 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Greer's 25,654 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Panaia 3,105 12.1 33,406 33.5 GORMAN * 22,549 87.9 66,350 66.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 25,654 99,756 16.5 02.1 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Patrick Possum Gorman (born 1984): Elected 2018 by, 2019, 2022, 2025 Assistant Minister to the Prime Minister Assistant Minister for the Public Service Assistant Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations --------------------------------------------------------------------