ELECTIONS FOR THE DIVISION OF SWAN, WESTERN AUSTRALIA ==================================================================== ELECTION OF 29-30 MARCH 1901 ==================================================================== Country Western Australia: Albany, Collie, Northam, Williams -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 19,024 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Rt Hon Sir John FORREST Prot Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Forrest (1847-1918): Elected 1901 Born: 22 August 1847, Bunbury, Western Australia. Career: Educated Bishop Hale's School, Perth. Surveyor and explorer. Surveyor-General of Western Australia 1883-90. Colonial politics: WA MLC 1883-90, WA MLA for Bunbury 1890-1901. Premier and Colonial Treasurer 1890-1901, Colonial Secretary 1894- 98. Delegate to Federal Convention 1891 and 1897. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Postmaster-General 1 January 1901 to 17 January 1901 Minister for Defence 17 January 1901 to 10 August 1903 Minister for Home Affairs from 11 August 1903 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Forrest was personally a free trader, but his loyalty to Barton and Deakin led him to accept office in the Protectionist ministry, and he is therefore classed as a Protectionist. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 16 DECEMBER 1903 ==================================================================== Country Western Australia: Albany, Collie, Northam, Williams -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1901 majority: none (Protectionist unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 25,432 +33.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Rt Hon Sir John FORREST * Prot Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Forrest (1847-1918): Elected 1901, 1903 Minister for Home Affairs to 27 April 1904 Treasurer from 5 July 1905 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Forrest was one of the group of conservative Protectionists who supported an alliance with Reid against Labour. Despite this, he refused office under Reid out of loyalty to Deakin and served in Deakin's second ministry. He formed the Western Australian Party to contest the 1906 election. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 12 DECEMBER 1906 ==================================================================== Country Western Australia: Albany, Collie, Northam, Williams -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1903 majority: none (Protectionist unopposed) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 29,269 Votes cast: 13,163 45.0 Informal votes: 453 03.4 Formal votes: 12,710 96.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Rt Hon Sir John FORREST * WAP 8,418 66.2 Peter O'Loughlen Lab 4,292 33.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 12,710 12.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- O'Loughlen was WA MLA for Forrest 1908-23. -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Forrest (1847-1918): Elected 1901, 1903, 1906 Treasurer to 30 July 1907 Treasurer from 2 June 1909 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Forrest resigned as Treasurer because, despite his loyalty to Deakin, he no longer felt able to serve in a government which relied on Labour support. He joined the Liberal party in 1909 and resumed office in Deakin's majority Liberal government. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 13 APRIL 1910 ==================================================================== Country Western Australia: Albany, Collie, Northam, Williams -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1906 two-party majority: WAP over Labour 12.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 39,377 +34.5 Votes cast: 25,302 64.3 +19.3 Informal votes: 360 01.4 -02.0 Formal votes: 24,942 98.6 +02.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Rt Hon Sir John FORREST * Lib 15,012 60.2 -06.0 Peter O'Loughlen ALP 9,930 39.8 +06.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 24,942 10.2 02.0 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- O'Loughlen was WA MLA for Forrest 1908-23. -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Forrest (1847-1918): Elected 1901, 1903, 1906, 1910 Treasurer to 24 April 1910 Deputy Leader of the Liberal Party from 20 January 1913 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 31 MAY 1913 ==================================================================== Country Western Australia: Albany, Forrest, Nelson, Williams -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1910 two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 10.2 Effect of 1912 redistribution: 03.9 shift to ALP New notional majority: Liberal over ALP 06.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 36,385 -07.6 Votes cast: 27,830 76.5 +12.2 Informal votes: 396 01.4 00.0 Formal votes: 27,434 98.6 00.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Rt Hon Sir John FORREST * Lib 15,055 54.9 -01.4 Peter O'Loughlen ALP 12,379 45.1 +01.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 27,434 04.9 01.4 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- O'Loughlen was WA MLA for Forrest 1908-23. -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Forrest (1847-1918): Elected 1901, 1903, 1906, 1910, 1913 Treasurer from 24 June 1913 Deputy Leader of the Liberal Party -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 5 SEPTEMBER 1914 ==================================================================== Country Western Australia: Albany, Forrest, Nelson, Williams -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1913 two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 04.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 38,089 +04.7 Votes cast: 27,722 72.8 -03.7 Informal votes: 787 02.8 +01.4 Formal votes: 26,935 97.2 -01.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Rt Hon Sir John FORREST * Lib 15,950 59.2 +04.3 Walter Peters ALP 10,985 40.8 -04.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 26,935 09.2 04.3 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Forrest (1847-1918): Elected 1901, 1903, 1906, 1910, 1913, 1914 Treasurer to 17 September 1914 Treasurer from 17 February 1917 Deputy Leader of the Liberal Party to 17 February 1917 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 5 MAY 1917 ==================================================================== Country Western Australia: Albany, Forrest, Nelson, Williams -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1914 two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 09.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 31,720 -16.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Rt Hon Sir John FORREST * Nat Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Forrest (1847-1918): Elected 1901, 1903, 1906, 1910, 1913, 1914, 1917 Treasurer to 17 March 1918 Died 2 September 1918 (see By-elections) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Forrest was created Baron Forrest of Bunbury in 1918. He died while travelling to London to take his seat in the House of Lords, and was thus not technically a peer. -------------------------------------------------------------------- BY-ELECTION OF 28 OCTOBER 1918 ==================================================================== Country Western Australia: Albany, Forrest, Nelson, Williams -------------------------------------------------------------------- Following the death of Rt Hon Sir John Forrest -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1917 majority: none (Nationalist unopposed) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 29,892 -05.8 Votes cast: 19,213 64.3 Informal votes: 179 00.9 Formal votes: 19,034 99.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Edwin CORBOY ALP 6,540 34.4 William Hedges + Nat 5,635 29.6 Basil Murray CP 5,975 31.4 William Watson 884 04.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 19,034 01.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Hedges was Member for Fremantle 1906-13. 2. For Watson, see Fremantle 1922. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Edwin Wilkie Corboy (1897-1950): Elected 1918 By Born: 24 August 1897, Victoria. Career: Educated Perth Boys School. Military Service 1915-17. Clerk. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. This by-election, at which the ALP won a safe Nationalist seat following the intervention of the Country Party, led directly to the introduction of preferential voting. 2. Corboy, at 21, was the youngest member elected to the Commonwealth Parliament to this time, and remained so until 2010. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 13 DECEMBER 1919 ==================================================================== Country Western Australia: Albany, Forrest, Nelson, Williams -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1917 majority: none (Nationalist unopposed) 1918 by-election two-party majority: ALP over Country Party 01.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 30,997 -02.3 Votes cast: 20,263 65.4 Informal votes: 1,246 06.1 Formal votes: 19,017 93.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Edwin Corboy * ALP 7,444 39.1 William Hedges Nat 4,260 22.4 John Prowse FSA 7,313 38.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 19,017 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hedges was Member for Fremantle 1906-13. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Hedges's 4,260 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Corboy * 534 12.5 7,978 42.0 PROWSE 3,726 87.5 11,039 58.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 4,260 19,017 08.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Edwin Wilkie Corboy (1897-1950): Elected 1918 By. Defeated 1919 Later career: WA MLA for Yilgarn 1921-30, Yilgarn-Coolgardie 1930- 33. Military Service 1939-45. Public servant, Perth. Died 6 August 1950 > John Henry Prowse (1871-1944): Elected 1919 Born: 16 June 1871, Adelong, NSW. Career: Educated public schools and Kings College, Melbourne. Insurance agent. Station owner, Western Australia. Perth City Council. Uncle of Senator Edgar Prowse. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Prowse joined the Country Party when it was formed in 1920. He contested Forrest in 1922. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 16 DECEMBER 1922 ==================================================================== Country Western Australia: Canning, Guildford, Northam, Swan -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1919 majority: FSA over ALP 08.0 Effect of redistribution: cannot be calculated -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 33,034 +06.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Henry GREGORY * CP Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Gregory was member for Dampier 1913-22 (Dampier was abolished at the 1922 redistribution). -------------------------------------------------------------------- Henry Gregory (1860-1940): Elected 1913, 1914, 1917, 1919, 1922 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Deputy Leader of the Country Party -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 14 NOVEMBER 1925 ==================================================================== Country Western Australia: Canning, Guildford, Northam, Swan -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1922 majority: none (Country Party unopposed) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 44,155 +33.7 Votes cast: 39,020 88.4 Informal votes: 1,269 03.3 Formal votes: 37,751 96.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Ben Davies ALP 12,773 33.8 Henry GREGORY * CP 24,978 66.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 37,751 16.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Henry Gregory (1860-1940): Elected 1913, 1914, 1917, 1919, 1922, 1925 Deputy Leader of the Country Party to 1927 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 17 NOVEMBER 1928 ==================================================================== Country Western Australia: Canning, Guildford, Northam, Swan -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1925 two-party majority: Country Party over ALP 16.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 48,648 +10.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Henry GREGORY * CP Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Henry Gregory (1860-1940): Elected 1913, 1914, 1917, 1919, 1922, 1925, 1928 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 12 OCTOBER 1929 ==================================================================== Country Western Australia: Canning, Guildford, Northam, Swan -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1928 majority: none (Country Party unopposed) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 50,701 +04.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Henry GREGORY * CP Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Henry Gregory (1860-1940): Elected 1913, 1914, 1917, 1919, 1922, 1925, 1928, 1929 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 19 DECEMBER 1931 ==================================================================== Country Western Australia: Canning, Guildford, Northam, Swan -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1929 majority: none (Country Party unopposed) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 54,089 +06.7 Votes cast: 50,002 92.5 Informal votes: 2,131 04.3 Formal votes: 47,921 95.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Carlyle Ferguson 4,623 09.6 John Fraser ALP 14,232 29.7 Henry GREGORY * CP 26,234 54.7 Alfred Reynolds 2,832 05.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 47,921 13.8 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Reynolds was WA MLA for Forrest 1947-50. He was an independent Country candidate. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Henry Gregory (1860-1940): Elected 1913, 1914, 1917, 1919, 1922, 1925, 1928, 1929, 1931 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 15 SEPTEMBER 1934 ==================================================================== Country Western Australia: Canning, Guildford, Northam, Swan -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1931 two-party majority: Country Party over ALP 13.8 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 58,436 +08.0 Votes cast: 52,953 90.6 -01.9 Informal votes: 2,139 04.0 -00.3 Formal votes: 50,814 96.0 +00.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Henry GREGORY * CP 32,101 63.2 +08.5 Frederick Law ALP 18,713 36.8 +07.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 50,814 13.2 00.6 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Henry Gregory (1860-1940): Elected 1913, 1914, 1917, 1919, 1922, 1925, 1928, 1929, 1931, 1934 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 23 OCTOBER 1937 ==================================================================== Country Western Australia: Canning, Guildford, Northam, Swan -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1934 two-party majority: Country Party over ALP 13.2 Effect of 1937 redistribution: 00.8 shift to Country Party New notional majority: Country Party over ALP 14.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 50,685 -13.3 Votes cast: 46,873 92.5 +01.9 Informal votes: 1,623 03.5 -00.5 Formal votes: 45,250 96.5 +00.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Henry GREGORY * CP 26,299 58.1 -05.9 John Steele ALP 18,951 41.9 +05.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 45,250 08.1 05.9 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Henry Gregory (1860-1940): Elected 1913, 1914, 1917, 1919, 1922, 1925, 1928, 1929, 1931, 1934, 1937 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 21 SEPTEMBER 1940 ==================================================================== Country Western Australia: Canning, Guildford, Northam, Swan -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1937 two-party majority: Country Party over ALP 08.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 52,798 +04.2 Votes cast: 48,807 92.4 -00.1 Informal votes: 2,073 04.2 -00.7 Formal votes: 46,734 95.8 +00.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Claude Barker 7,758 16.6 James Dinan ALP 13,193 28.2 -13.7 Henry Gregory * CP 15,997 34.2 Thomas Marwick CP 8,800 18.8 John Tregenza 986 02.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 46,734 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Barker was WA MLA for Irwin-Moore 1939. 2. For Marwick, See Swan 1941 by-election. 3. The combined Country Party vote was 53.0%, an increase of 5.1% from the 58.1% polled by one Country Party candidate in 1937. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Tregenza's 986 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Barker 141 14.3 7,899 16.9 Dinan 106 10.8 13,299 28.5 Gregory * 267 27.1 16,264 34.8 Marwick 472 47.9 9,272 19.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 986 46,734 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Barker's 7,899 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Dinan 5,117 64.8 18,416 39.4 Gregory * 1,566 (19.8 17,830 38.2 Marwick 1,216 15.4 10,488 22.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 7,899 46,734 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: Marwick's 10,488 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Dinan 1,463 13.9 19,879 42.5 GREGORY * 9,025 86.1 26,855 57.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 10,488 46,734 07.5 00.6 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Henry Gregory (1860-1940): Elected 1913, 1914, 1917, 1919, 1922, 1925, 1928, 1929, 1931, 1934, 1937, 1940 Died 15 November 1940 (see By-elections) -------------------------------------------------------------------- BY-ELECTION OF 21 DECEMBER 1940 ==================================================================== Country Western Australia: Canning, Guildford, Northam, Swan -------------------------------------------------------------------- Following the death of Henry Gregory -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1940 two-party majority: Country Party over ALP 07.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 53,685 +01.7 Votes cast: 45,392 84.6 -07.8 Informal votes: 701 01.5 -02.7 Formal votes: 44,691 98.5 +02.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Claude Barker 4,980 11.1 James Dinan ALP 16,729 37.4 +09.2 Percy Ferguson + CP 10,628 23.8 Thomas Marwick + CP 12,354 27.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 44,691 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Barker was WA MLA for Irwin-Moore 1939. 2. Ferguson was WA MLA for Moore 1927-30, Irwin-Moore 1930-39. 3. The combined Country Party vote was 51.4%, a decrease of 1.6% from the 53.0% polled by two Country Party candidates at the 1940 election. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Barker's 4,980 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Dinan 3,493 70.1 20,222 45.3 Ferguson + 755 15.2 11,383 25.5 Marwick + 732 14.7 13,086 29.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 4,980 44,691 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Ferguson's votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Dinan 932 08.2 21,154 47.3 MARWICK + 10,451 91.8 23,537 52.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 11,383 44,691 02.3 05.2 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Thomas William Marwick (1895-1960): Elected 1940 By Born: 29 April 1895, York, Western Australia Career: Educated Catholic schools and Perth Technical College. Engineer. Farmer at Brooktown and York, Western Australia. Senate: Senator for Western Australia 1936-37. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 21 AUGUST 1943 ==================================================================== Country Western Australia: Canning, Guildford, Northam, Swan -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1940 two-party majority: Country Party over ALP 07.5 1940 by-election two-party majority: Country Party over ALP 02.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 55,568 +05.2 Votes cast: 52,674 94.8 -02.4 Informal votes: 1,369 02.6 -01.6 Formal votes: 51,305 97.4 +01.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Cecil Elsegood CP 5,632 11.0 Thomas Marwick * CP 18,124 35.3 Donald MOUNTJOY ALP 25,690 50.1 +21.9 John Tregenza 1,859 03.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 51,305 03.0 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- The 46.3% polled by two CP candidates was a decrease of 6.7% from the 53.0% polled by two CP candidates in 1940. -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Thomas William Marwick (1895-1960): Elected 1940 By. Defeated 1943 Later career: Farmer. Died 3 April 1960 > Donald Alfred Mountjoy (1906-88): Elected 1943 Born: 19 October 1906, Middle Swan, Western Australia. Career: Educated state schools. Laborer, railwayman. Official, Australian Railways Union. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 28 SEPTEMBER 1946 ==================================================================== Country Western Australia: Canning, Guildford, Northam, Swan -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1943 majority: ALP over Independent 03.0 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 61,739 +11.1 Votes cast: 56,944 92.2 -02.6 Informal votes: 1,605 02.8 +00.2 Formal votes: 55,339 97.2 -00.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Grayden 12,856 23.2 Leonard Hamilton CP 17,223 31.1 +20.1 Donald Mountjoy * ALP 25,260 45.6 -04.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 55,339 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. The CP vote of 31.1% was a decrease of 15.2% from the 46.3% polled by two CP candidates in 1943. 2. For Grayden, see Swan 1949. He was an independent Liberal candidate. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Grayden's 12,856 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- HAMILTON 10,567 82.2 27,790 50.2 Mountjoy * 2,289 17.8 27,549 49.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > 12,856 55,339 00.2 03.2 to CP -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Donald Alfred Mountjoy (born 1906): Elected 1943. Defeated 1946 Later career: Executive member, CSIRO 1946-49. > Leonard William Hamilton (1899-1987): Elected 1946 Born: 7 July 1899, Jarrahdale, Western Australia. Career: Educated Perth Boys School. Wheat and sheep farmer. Military Service 1917-20, 1940-45. Hamilton contested Canning in 1949. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 10 DECEMBER 1949 ==================================================================== Suburban Perth: Belmont, Guildford, South Perth, Victoria Park -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1946 two-party majority: Country Party over ALP 00.2 Effect of 1948 redistribution: 08.0 shift to ALP New notional majority: ALP over Liberal 07.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 46,789 -24.2 Votes cast: 44,530 95.2 +03.0 Informal votes: 1,010 02.3 -00.5 Formal votes: 43,520 97.7 +00.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- William GRAYDEN Lib 22,821 52.4 +11.1 Harry Webb + ALP 20,699 47.6 -09.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 43,520 02.4 10.2 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. The redistribution removed nearly all of the rural areas from this seat, leaving it a largely suburban seat. The Country Party did not contest it. Following the redistribution, Labor is shown as the defending party. 2. For Webb, see Swan 1954. -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Leonard Grayden (born 1920): Elected 1949 Born: 5 August 1920, Perth. Career: Educated state schools, Perth Technical College. Mechanical engineer. Military Service 1940-46. State politics: WA MLA for Middle Swan 1947-49. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 28 APRIL 1951 ==================================================================== Suburban Perth: Belmont, Guildford, South Perth, Victoria Park -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1949 two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 02.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 49,081 +04.9 Votes cast: 47,029 95.8 +00.6 Informal votes: 1,155 02.5 +00.2 Formal votes: 45,874 97.5 -00.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- William GRAYDEN * Lib 24,336 53.0 +00.6 Alexander Jolly CPA 1,280 02.8 Harry Webb ALP 20,258 44.2 -03.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 45,874 03.3 e 00.9 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- For Webb, see Swan 1954. -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Leonard Grayden (born 1920): Elected 1949, 1951 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 29 MAY 1954 ==================================================================== Suburban Perth: Belmont, Guildford, South Perth, Victoria Park -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1951 two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 03.3 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 56,761 +15.6 Votes cast: 54,386 95.8 00.0 Informal votes: 856 02.5 00.0 Formal votes: 53,530 97.5 00.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Grayden * Lib 25,893 48.4 -04.6 Albert Marks CPA 838 01.6 -01.2 Harry WEBB ALP 26,799 50.1 +05.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 53,530 01.5 e 04.8 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- > William Leonard Grayden (born 1920): Elected 1949, 1951. Defeated 1954 Later career: WA MLA South Perth 1956-93. > Charles Harry Webb (1908-2000): Elected 1954 Born: 2 February 1908, England Career: Migrated 1913, educated state schools, locomotive engineman. WA Secretary AFULE, executive member ACTU, president WA Trades Union Industrial Council, WA Labor Party. Webb contested Stirling in 1955. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 10 DECEMBER 1955 ==================================================================== Suburban Perth: Belmont, South Perth, Victoria Park -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1954 two-party majority: Labor over Liberal 01.6 e Effect of 1955 redistribution: 02.4 shift to Liberal New notional majority: Liberal over Labor 00.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 41,812 -26.3 Votes cast: 40,021 95.7 -00.1 Informal votes: 1,439 03.6 +01.1 Formal votes: 38,582 96.4 -01.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Richard CLEAVER + Lib 22,268 57.7 +06.9 Thomas Williams ALP 16,314 42.3 -06.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 38,582 07.7 06.9 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- Following the redistribution, the Liberals are shown as the defending party. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Richard Cleaver (1917-2006): Elected 1955 Born: 16 August 1917, Perth. Career: Educated Perth Modern School. Chartered secretary and accountant. Management consultant. Military Service 1941-46. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 22 NOVEMBER 1958 ==================================================================== Suburban Perth: Belmont, South Perth, Victoria Park -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1955 two-party majority: Liberal over Labor 07.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 47,126 +12.7 Votes cast: 45,156 95.8 +00.1 Informal votes: 1,394 03.1 -00.5 Formal votes: 43,762 96.9 +00.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Richard Cleaver * Lib 21,428 49.0 -08.7 Keith Dowding ALP 17,097 39.1 -03.2 Charles Noonan DLP 5,237 12.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 43,762 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Dowding was the father of Hon Peter Dowding MLA, WA Premier. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Noonan's 5,237 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- CLEAVER * 3,712 70.9 25,140 57.4 Dowding 1,525 29.1 18,622 42.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 5,237 43,762 07.4 00.3 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Richard Cleaver (1917-2006): Elected 1955, 1958 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 9 DECEMBER 1961 ==================================================================== Suburban Perth: Belmont, South Perth, Victoria Park -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1958 two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 07.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 50,202 +06.5 Votes cast: 47,617 94.9 -00.9 Informal votes: 1,403 02.9 -00.2 Formal votes: 46,214 97.1 +00.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Richard Cleaver * Lib 22,770 49.3 +00.3 Stephen Johnson ALP 19,712 42.7 +03.6 Terence Merchant DLP 3,732 08.1 -03.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 46,214 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Johnson was WA MLA for Leederville 1952-59. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Merchant's 3,732 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- CLEAVER * 2,901 77.7 25,671 55.5 Johnson 831 22.3 20,543 44.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 3,732 46,214 05.5 01.9 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Richard Cleaver (1917-2006): Elected 1955, 1958, 1961 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 30 NOVEMBER 1963 ==================================================================== Suburban Perth: Belmont, South Perth, Victoria Park -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1961 two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 05.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 52,672 +04.9 Votes cast: 50,464 95.8 +00.9 Informal votes: 937 01.9 -01.0 Formal votes: 49,527 98.1 +01.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Joseph Berinson ALP 23,415 47.3 +04.6 Richard Cleaver * Lib 23,547 47.5 -01.8 Warwick Hill 312 00.6 Gerardus Sappelli DLP 2,253 04.5 -03.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 49,527 -------------------------------------------------------------------- For Berinson, see Perth 1969. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Hill's 312 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Berinson 97 31.1 23,512 47.5 Cleaver * 153 49.0 23,700 47.9 Sappelli 62 (19.9 2,315 04.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 312 49,527 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Sappelli's 2,315 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Berinson 216 09.3 23,728 47.9 CLEAVER * 2,099 90.7 25,799 52.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 2,315 49,527 02.1 03.4 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Richard Cleaver (1917-2006): Elected 1955, 1958, 1961, 1963 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 26 NOVEMBER 1966 ==================================================================== Suburban Perth: Belmont, South Perth, Victoria Park -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1963 two-party majority: Liberal over Labor 02.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 58,491 +11.0 Votes cast: 55,073 94.2 -01.6 Informal votes: 1,963 03.6 +01.7 Formal votes: 53,110 96.4 -01.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Richard Cleaver * Lib 25,014 47.1 -00.4 Alan Crofts DLP 4,154 07.8 +03.3 Edward Gillett ALP 23,942 45.1 -02.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 53,110 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Crofts's 4,154 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- CLEAVER * 3,426 82.5 28,440 53.5 Gillett 728 17.5 24,670 46.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 4,154 53,110 03.5 01.4 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- Richard Cleaver (1917-2006): Elected 1955, 1958, 1961, 1963, 1966 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 25 OCTOBER 1969 ==================================================================== Suburban Perth: Belmont, Bentley, Rivervale, Victoria Park -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1966 two-party majority: Liberal over Labor 03.5 Effect of 1968 redistribution: 00.7 shift to Liberal New notional majority: Liberal over Labor 04.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 60,521 +03.5 Votes cast: 56,773 93.8 -00.4 Informal votes: 1,344 02.4 -01.2 Formal votes: 55,429 97.6 +01.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Adrian BENNETT ALP 28,960 52.2 +07.8 Richard Cleaver * Lib 22,982 41.5 -06.3 Alan Crofts DLP 2,608 04.7 -03.1 Arthur Williams AP 879 01.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 55,429 04.1 e 08.3 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Richard Cleaver (1917-2006): Elected 1955, 1958, 1961, 1963, 1966. Defeated 1969 Died 25 October 2006 > Adrian Frank Bennett (1933-2006): Elected 1969 Born: 21 January 1933, Perth Career: Educated Catholic schools. Transport worker. Secretary, Transport Workers Union. Canning Shire Council, Canning Town Council. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 2 DECEMBER 1972 ==================================================================== Suburban Perth: Belmont, Bentley, Rivervale, Victoria Park -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1969 two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 04.1 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 62,844 +03.8 Votes cast: 58,929 93.8 00.0 Informal votes: 1,699 02.9 +00.5 Formal votes: 57,230 97.1 -00.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Adrian Bennett * ALP 28,347 49.5 -02.7 Richard Cleaver Lib 24,724 43.2 +01.7 Archelaus Marshall AP 1,075 01.9 +00.3 David Milne DLP 2,163 03.8 -00.9 David Smith 921 01.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 57,230 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Cleaver was member for Swan 1955-69. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Smith's 921 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Bennett * 247 26.8 28,594 50.0 Cleaver 323 35.1 25,047 43.8 Marshall 144 15.6 1,219 02.1 Milne 207 22.5 2,370 04.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 921 57,230 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Marshall's 1,219 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- BENNETT * 742 60.9 29,336 51.3 Cleaver 275 22.6 25,322 44.2 Milne 202 16.6 2,572 04.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,219 57,230 02.2 e 01.9 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- Adrian Frank Bennett (1933-2006): Elected 1969, 1972 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 18 MAY 1974 ==================================================================== Suburban Perth: Belmont, Como, Midland, Rivervale -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1972 two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 02.2 e Effect of 1974 redistribution: 00.5 shift to Lib New notional two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 01.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 68,011 +08.2 Votes cast: 64,193 94.4 +00.6 Informal votes: 1,816 02.8 -00.1 Formal votes: 62,377 97.2 +00.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Pietro Bendotti NA 4,087 06.6 +02.8 Adrian BENNETT * ALP 33,225 53.3 +04.3 Geoffrey Hale Lib 24,251 38.9 -04.8 Archelaus Marshall AP 814 01.3 -00.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 62,377 05.6 e 03.9 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Adrian Frank Bennett (1933-2006): Elected 1969, 1972, 1974 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 13 DECEMBER 1975 ==================================================================== Perth Suburban: Belmont, Como, Midland, Rivervale -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1974 two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 05.6 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 69,090 +01.6 Votes cast: 65,149 94.3 -00.1 Informal votes: 1,748 02.7 -00.1 Formal votes: 63,401 97.3 +00.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Adrian Bennett * ALP 29,954 47.2 -06.1 John Martyr Lib 30,914 48.8 +09.9 Peter Masson NCP 2,533 04.0 -02.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 63,401 -------------------------------------------------------------------- The NCP vote is compared with the National Alliance vote in 1974. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Masson's 2,533 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Bennett * 418 16.5 30,372 47.9 MARTYR 2,115 83.5 33,029 52.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 2,533 63,401 02.1 07.7 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Adrian Frank Bennett (1933-2006): Elected 1969, 1972, 1974. Defeated 1975 Died 9 May 2006 > John Raymond Martyr (1932-2021): Elected 1975 Born: 25 May 1932, Melbourne Career: Political and economic consultant. Official and candidate, Democratic Labour Party. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 10 DECEMBER 1977 ==================================================================== Suburban Perth: Belmont, Riverdale, South Perth, Victoria Park -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1975 two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 02.1 Effect of 1977 redistribution: 02.6 shift to ALP New notional majority: ALP over Liberal 00.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 70,203 +01.6 Votes cast: 66,791 95.1 +00.8 Informal votes: 2,936 04.4 +01.7 Formal votes: 63,855 95.6 -01.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Deller 2,474 03.9 Patricia Fowkes + ALP 25,276 39.6 -10.2 Hubert Lennerts AD 7,526 11.8 John Martyr * Lib 27,385 42.9 -03.3 Bryan Scott-Courtland 1,194 01.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 63,855 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Following the redistribution, Labor is shown as the defending party. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Scott-Courtland's 1,194 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Deller 122 10.2 2,596 04.1 Fowkes + 144 12.1 25,420 39.8 Lennerts 189 15.8 7,715 12.1 Martyr * 739 61.9 28,124 44.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,194 63,855 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Deller's 2,596 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Fowkes + 2,052 79.0 27,472 43.0 Lennerts 340 13.1 8,055 12.6 Martyr * 204 07.9 28,328 44.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 2,596 63,855 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: Lennerts's 8,055 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Fowkes + 4,116 51.1 31,588 49.5 MARTYR * 3,939 48.9 32,267 50.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 8,055 63,855 00.5 01.0 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Raymond Martyr (1932-2021): Elected 1975, 1977 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 18 OCTOBER 1980 ==================================================================== Perth Suburban: Bassendean, Belmont, Riverdale, South Perth -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1977 two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 00.5 Effect of 1980 redistribution: no change -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 67,225 -04.2 Votes cast: 62,705 93.3 -01.8 Informal votes: 1,790 02.9 -01.5 Formal votes: 60,915 97.1 +01.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Kim BEAZLEY ALP 32,476 53.3 +13.7 John Martyr * Lib 24,401 40.1 -02.8 Stephen Painter 750 01.2 Jean Ritter AD 3,288 05.4 -06.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 60,915 07.6 e 08.1 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- > John Raymond Martyr (1932-2021): Elected 1975, 1977. Defeated 1980 Later career: See Senate 1980, Appointments > Kim Christian Beazley (born 1948): Elected 1980 Born: 14 December 1948, Perth Career: Educated University of Western Australia, Oxford University. Lecturer in Social and Political Theory, Murdoch University, author. Son of Hon Kim Edward Beazley MP. Father of Hannah Beazley MLA. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 5 MARCH 1983 ==================================================================== Perth Suburban: Bassendean, Belmont, Riverdale, South Perth -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1980 two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 07.6 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 68,223 +01.5 Votes cast: 63,407 92.9 -00.4 Informal votes: 1,391 02.2 -00.7 Formal votes: 62,016 97.8 +00.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Kim BEAZLEY * ALP 38,908 62.7 +09.4 Linda Mere 621 01.0 Jeffrey Roberts Lib 19,825 32.0 -08.1 Kevin Trent AD 2,662 04.3 -01.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 62,016 16.2 e 08.6 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Kim Christian Beazley (born 1948): Elected 1980, 1983 Minister for Aviation from 11 March 1983 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 1 DECEMBER 1984 ==================================================================== Suburban Perth: Belmont, Riverdale, South Perth, Victoria Park -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1983 two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 16.2 e Effect of 1984 redistribution: 04.1 shift to Liberal New notional majority: ALP over Liberal 12.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 69,892 +02.4 Votes cast: 65,110 93.2 +00.3 Informal votes: 5,352 08.2 +06.0 Formal votes: 59,758 91.8 -06.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Frank Hayes Lib 24,305 40.7 +04.6 Linda Mottram AD 3,077 05.1 +00.8 Hon Kim BEAZLEY * ALP 32,376 54.2 -04.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 59,758 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Mottram's 3,077 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hayes 1,409 45.8 25,714 43.0 BEAZLEY * 1,668 54.2 34,044 57.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 3,077 59,758 07.0 05.1 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- Kim Christian Beazley (born 1948): Elected 1980, 1983, 1984 Minister for Aviation to 13 December 1984 Minister for Defence from 13 December 1984 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 11 JULY 1987 ==================================================================== Suburban Perth: Belmont, Riverdale, South Perth, Victoria Park -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1984 two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 07.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 68,327 -02.2 Votes cast: 63,372 92.7 -00.5 Informal votes: 4,348 06.9 -01.3 Formal votes: 59,024 93.1 +01.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Kim BEAZLEY * ALP 32,201 54.6 +00.4 Harry Klapp Lib 21,555 36.5 -04.2 Adelia Bernard NPA 2,750 04.7 Georgina Motion 2,518 04.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 59,024 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Motion's 2,518 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- BEAZLEY * 1,272 50.5 33,473 56.7 Klapp 428 17.0 21,983 37.2 Bernard 818 32.5 3,568 06.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 2,518 59,024 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Bernard's 3,568 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- BEAZLEY * 747 20.9 34,220 58.0 Klapp 2,821 79.1 24,804 42.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 3,568 59,024 08.0 01.0 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Kim Christian Beazley (born 1948): Elected 1980, 1983, 1984, 1987 Minister for Defence -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 24 MARCH 1990 ==================================================================== Suburban Perth: Belmont, Cannington, South Perth, Victoria Park -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1987 two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 08.0 Effect of 1989 redistribution: 00.6 shift to ALP New notional majority: ALP over Liberal 08.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 72,513 +06.1 Votes cast: 68,773 94.8 +02.1 Informal votes: 2,992 04.4 -02.5 Formal votes: 65,781 95.6 +02.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Mike Hutton 2,514 03.8 Alan Needham AD 5,274 08.0 Frank Noakes 500 00.8 Erica Gamble 412 00.6 Paul Auguston 134 00.2 Dee Margetts Grn 4,777 07.3 Peter Kirwan Lib 24,743 37.6 +01.7 Hon Kim Beazley * ALP 26,674 40.5 -14.7 Patrick Donovan 753 01.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 65,781 -------------------------------------------------------------------- For Margetts, see Senate WA, 1993 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Auguston's 134 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hutton 16 12.0 2,530 03.8 Needham 8 06.0 5,282 08.0 Noakes 5 03.8 505 00.8 Gamble 47 35.3 459 00.7 Margetts 17 12.8 4,794 07.3 Kirwan 12 09.0 24,755 37.6 Beazley * 6 04.5 26,680 40.6 Donovan 22 16.5 775 01.2 (exhausted 1 1 ) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 134 65,781 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Gamble's 459 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hutton 45 09.9 2,575 03.9 Needham 36 07.9 5,318 08.1 Noakes 58 12.8 563 00.9 Margetts 154 34.0 4,948 07.5 Kirwan 33 07.3 24,788 37.7 Beazley * 29 06.4 26,709 40.6 Donovan 98 21.6 873 01.3 (exhausted 6 7 ) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 459 65,781 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: Noakes's 563 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hutton 84 15.2 2,659 04.0 Needham 147 26.5 5,465 08.3 Margetts 196 35.4 5,144 07.8 Kirwan 30 05.4 24,818 37.7 Beazley * 81 14.6 26,790 40.7 Donovan 16 02.9 889 01.4 (exhausted 9 16 ) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 563 65,781 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 5th count: Donovan's 889 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hutton 307 34.9 2,966 04.5 Needham 104 11.8 5,569 08.5 Margetts 125 14.2 5,269 08.0 Kirwan 231 26.3 25,049 38.1 Beazley * 112 12.7 26,902 40.9 (exhausted 10 26 ) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 889 65,781 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 6th count: Hutton's 2,966 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Needham 1,106 37.6 6,675 10.2 Margetts 367 12.5 5,636 08.6 Kirwan 1,239 42.1 26,288 40.0 Beazley * 228 07.8 27,130 41.3 (exhausted 26 52 ) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 2,966 65,781 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 7th count: Margetts's 5,636 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Needham 3,433 61.3 10,108 15.4 Kirwan 702 12.5 26,990 41.1 Beazley * 1,469 26.2 28,599 43.5 (exhausted 32 84 ) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 5,636 65,781 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 8th count: Needham's 10,108 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Kirwan 4,275 42.6 31,265 47.6 BEAZLEY * 5,752 57.4 34,351 52.4 (exhausted 81 165 ) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 10,108 65,781 02.4 06.2 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- Kim Christian Beazley (born 1948): Elected 1980, 1983, 1984, 1987, 1990 Minister for Defence to 4 April 1990 Vice-President of the Executive Council to 1 February 1991 Minister for Transport and Communication 4 April 1990 to 9 December 1991 Minister for Finance 9 December 1991 to 27 December 1991 Minister for Employment, Education and Training from 27 December 1991 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 13 MARCH 1993 ==================================================================== Suburban Perth: Belmont, Cannington, South Perth, Victoria Park -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1990 two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 02.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 72,928 +05.7 Votes cast: 69,654 95.5 +00.7 Informal votes: 2,056 03.0 -01.4 Formal votes: 67,598 97.0 +01.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Andrew Caminschi 807 01.2 Luke Garswood 576 00.9 Bryan Hilbert Lib 30,565 45.2 +07.6 Andrew Thomson Grn 3,492 05.2 -02.1 Don Millar AD 1,733 02.6 -05.5 Anne Leishman 260 00.4 Hon Kim Beazley * ALP 29,750 44.0 +03.5 Isobel Weir 415 00.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 67,598 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Leishman's 260 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Caminschi 9 03.5 816 01.2 Garswood 10 03.9 586 00.9 Hilbert 36 13.9 30,601 45.3 Thomson 86 33.2 3,578 05.3 Millar 36 13.9 1,769 02.6 Beazley * 45 17.4 29,795 44.1 Weir 37 14.3 452 00.7 (exhausted 1 1 ) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 260 67,598 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Weir's 452 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Caminschi 116 25.8 932 01.4 Garswood 73 16.3 659 01.0 Hilbert 54 12.0 30,655 45.4 Thomson 86 19.2 3,664 05.4 Millar 39 08.7 1,808 02.7 Beazley * 81 18.0 29,876 44.2 (exhausted 3 4 ) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 452 67,598 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: Garswood's 659 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Caminschi 255 38.9 1,187 01.8 Hilbert 65 09.9 30,720 45.5 Thomson 167 25.5 3,831 05.7 Millar 90 13.7 1,898 02.8 Beazley * 78 11.9 29,954 44.3 (exhausted 4 8 ) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 659 67,598 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 5th count: Caminischi's 1,187 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hilbert 577 49.7 31,297 46.3 Thomson 348 30.0 4,179 06.2 Millar 147 12.7 2,045 03.0 Beazley * 90 07.8 30,044 44.5 (exhausted 25 33 ) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,187 67,598 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 6th count: Millar's 2,045 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hilbert 362 17.8 31,659 46.9 Thomson 1,151 56.5 5,330 07.9 Beazley * 523 25.7 30,567 45.3 (exhausted 9 42 ) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 2,045 67,598 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 7th count: Thomson's 5,330 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hilbert 1,964 37.0 33,623 49.8 BEAZLEY * 3,350 63.0 33,917 50.2 (exhausted 16 58 ) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 5,330 67,598 00.2 02.2 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- Kim Christian Beazley (born 1948): Elected 1980, 1983, 1984, 1987, 1990, 1993 Minister for Employment, Education and Training to 24 December 1993 Minister for Finance from 24 December 1993 Deputy Prime Minister from 20 June 1995 Deputy Leader of the Australian Labor Party from 20 June 1995 Beazley contested Brand in 1996. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 2 MARCH 1996 ==================================================================== Suburban Perth: Belmont, Cannington, South Perth, Victoria Park -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1993 two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 00.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 72,465 -00.6 Votes cast: 68,500 94.5 -01.0 Informal votes: 2,435 03.6 +00.6 Formal votes: 66,065 96.4 -00.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Don Randall Lib 27,974 42.3 -02.9 John Tucak 573 00.9 Jane Saunders + ALP 24,349 36.9 -07.2 Norm Kelly AD 3,574 05.4 +02.9 Elspeth Clairs 235 00.4 Mingli Wanjurri-Nungala Grn 3,086 04.7 -00.5 Bryan Hilbert 6,274 09.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 66,065 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hilbert had been the Liberal candidate in 1993. He was an independent Liberal candidate -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Clairs's 235 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Randall 20 08.7 27,994 42.4 Tucak 19 08.3 592 00.9 Saunders + 23 10.0 24,372 36.9 Kelly 46 20.0 3,620 05.5 Wanjurri-Nungala 88 38.3 3,174 04.8 Hilbert 34 14.8 6,308 09.6 (exhausted 5 5 ) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 235 66,065 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Tucak's 592 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Randall 135 23.2 28,129 42.6 Saunders + 93 16.0 24,465 37.0 Kelly 111 19.0 3,731 05.7 Wanjurri-Nungala 53 09.1 3,227 04.9 Hilbert 191 32.8 6,499 09.8 (exhausted 9 14 ) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 592 66,065 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: Wanjurri-Nungala's 3,227 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Randall 274 08.6 28,403 43.0 Saunders + 758 23.8 25,223 38.2 Kelly 1,355 42.6 5,086 07.7 Hilbert 796 25.0 7,295 11.1 (exhausted 44 58 ) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 3,227 66,065 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 5th count: Kelly's 5,086 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Randall 1,329 26.7 29,732 45.1 Saunders + 1,772 35.6 26,995 41.0 Hilbert 1,882 37.8 9,177 13.9 (exhausted 103 161 ) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 5,086 66,065 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 6th count: Hilbert's 9,177 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- RANDALL 5,507 62.0 35,239 53.7 Saunders + 3,377 38.0 30,372 46.3 (exhausted 293 454 ) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 9,177 66,065 03.7 03.9 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- Donald James Randall (1953-2015): Elected 1996 Born: 2 May 1953, Merredin, WA Career: Educated Graylands Teachers College. Teacher. Marketing consultant. Belmont City Council. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 3 OCTOBER 1998 ==================================================================== Suburban Perth: Belmont, Cannington, South Perth, Victoria Park -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1996 two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 03.7 Effect of redistribution: no change -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 82,649 +14.1 Votes cast: 79,435 96.1 +01.6 Informal votes: 3,404 04.3 +00.7 Formal votes: 76,031 95.7 -00.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Malcolm Talbot 584 00.8 Tim Fraser AD 3,720 04.9 -00.9 Kim Wilkie ALP 30,481 40.1 +03.1 Elspeth Clairs 210 00.3 Juanita Miller Grn 3,892 05.1 +00.3 Richard Burchall ON 6,278 08.3 Brett Crook CDP 1,018 01.3 Don Randall * Lib 29,848 39.3 -03.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 76,031 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Clairs's 210 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Talbot 26 12.4 610 00.8 Fraser 28 13.3 3,748 04.9 Wilkie 42 20.0 30,523 40.1 Miller 68 32.4 3,960 05.2 Birchall 19 09.0 6,297 08.3 Crook 6 02.9 1,024 01.3 Randall * 21 10.0 29,869 39.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 210 76,031 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Talbot's 610 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Fraser 364 59.7 4,112 05.4 Wilkie 72 11.8 30,595 40.2 Miller 51 08.4 4,011 05.3 Birchall 34 05.6 6,331 08.3 Crook 46 07.5 1,070 01.4 Randall * 43 07.0 29,912 39.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 610 76,031 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: Crook's 1,070 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Fraser 139 13.0 4,251 05.6 Wilkie 295 27.6 30,890 40.6 Miller 110 10.3 4,121 05.4 Birchall 129 12.1 6,460 08.5 Randall * 397 37.1 30,309 39.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,070 76,031 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 5th count: Miller's 4,121 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Fraser 2,053 49.8 6,304 08.3 Wilkie 1,146 27.8 32,036 42.1 Birchall 413 10.0 6,873 09.0 Randall * 509 12.4 30,818 40.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 4,121 76,031 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 6th count: Fraser's 6,304 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Wilkie 3,796 60.0 35,832 47.1 Birchall 575 09.1 7,448 09.8 Randall * 1,933 30.7 32,751 43.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 6,304 76,031 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 7th count: Birchall's 7,448 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- WILKIE 4,235 56.9 40,067 52.7 Randall * 3,213 43.1 35,964 47.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 7,448 76,031 02.7 06.4 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Donald James Randall (1953-2015): Elected 1996. Defeated 1998 Later career: See Canning 2001 > Kimberley William Wilkie (born 1959): Elected 1998 Born: 3 June 1959, Perth Career: Youth worker, prison officer, farmer. Manager, YMCA Skillshare, Victoria Park. South Perth City Council. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 10 NOVEMBER 2001 ==================================================================== Suburban Perth: Belmont, Cannington, South Perth, Victoria Park -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1998 two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 02.7 Effect of redistribution: no change -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 78,534 -05.0 Votes cast: 74,431 94.8 -01.3 Informal votes: 3,628 04.9 +00.6 Formal votes: 70,803 95.1 -00.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Simon Makin 1,096 01.5 Paul McCutcheon AD 4,043 05.7 +00.8 Bev Brennan Lib 27,597 39.0 -00.5 Colleen Tapley CTA 1,130 01.6 +00.2 Sandra Vinciullo ON 3,292 04.6 -03.3 Kim Wilkie * ALP 29,220 41.3 +01.1 Elena Jeffreys Grn 4,163 05.9 +00.7 Brian Smith 262 00.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 70,803 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Smith's 262 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Makin 32 12.2 1,128 01.6 McCutcheon 28 10.7 4,071 05.7 Brennan 22 08.4 27,619 39.0 Tapley 13 05.0 1,143 01.6 Vinciullo 30 11.4 3,322 04.7 Wilkie * 37 14.1 29,257 41.3 Jeffreys 100 38.2 4,263 06.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 262 70,803 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Makin's 1,128 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- McCutcheon 535 47.4 4,606 06.5 Brennan 171 15.2 27,790 39.2 Tapley 51 04.5 1,194 01.7 Vinciullo 80 07.1 3,402 04.8 Wilkie * 210 18.6 29,467 41.6 Jeffreys 81 07.2 4,344 06.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,128 70,803 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: Tapley's 1,194 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- McCutcheon 178 14.9 4,784 06.8 Brennan 613 51.3 28,403 40.1 Vinciullo 136 11.4 3,538 05.0 Wilkie * 143 12.0 29,610 41.8 Jeffreys 124 10.4 4,468 06.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,194 70,803 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 5th count: Vinciullo's 3,538 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- McCutcheon 457 12.9 5,241 07.4 Brennan 1,529 43.2 29,923 42.3 Wilkie * 827 23.4 30,437 43.0 Jeffreys 725 20.5 5,193 07.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 3,538 70,803 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 6th count: Jeffreys's 5,193 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- McCutcheon 2,517 48.5 7,758 11.0 Brennan 768 14.8 30,700 43.4 Wilkie * 1,908 36.7 32,345 45.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 5,193 70,803 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 7th count: McCutcheon's 7,758 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Brennan 3,259 42.0 33,959 48.0 WILKIE * 4,499 58.0 36,488 52.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 7,758 70,803 02.0 00.7 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- Kimberley William Wilkie (born 1959): Elected 1998, 2001 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 9 OCTOBER 2004 ==================================================================== Suburban Perth: Belmont, Cannington, South Perth, Victoria Park -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2001 two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 02.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 79,549 +01.3 Votes cast: 73,330 92.2 -02.6 Informal votes: 4,006 05.5 +00.6 Formal votes: 69,324 94.5 -00.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Dave Fort Grn 5,745 08.3 +02.4 Azmi Johari 198 00.3 Kim Wilkie * ALP 27,675 39.9 -01.3 Gwen Hamence CDP 1,214 01.7 +00.1 Peter Greaves FF 582 00.8 Ted Vermeer ON 1,232 01.8 -02.9 Mark Reynolds AD 1,133 01.6 -04.1 Andrew Murfin Lib 30,598 44.1 +05.2 Teresa Van Lieshout 947 01.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 69,324 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Johari's 198 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Fort 62 31.3 5,807 08.4 Wilkie * 55 27.8 27,730 40.0 Hamence 20 10.1 1,234 01.8 Greaves 16 08.1 598 00.9 Vermeer 9 04.6 1,241 01.8 Reynolds 7 03.5 1,140 01.6 Murfin 13 06.6 30,611 44.2 Van Lieshout 16 08.1 963 01.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 198 69,324 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Greaves's 598 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Fort 94 15.7 5,901 08.5 Wilkie * 85 14.2 27,815 40.1 Hamence 141 23.6 1,375 02.0 Vermeer 46 07.7 1,287 01.9 Reynolds 26 04.4 1,166 01.7 Murfin 159 26.6 30,770 44.4 Van Lieshout 47 07.9 1,010 01.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 598 69,324 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: Van Lieshout's 1,010 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Fort 263 26.0 6,164 08.9 Wilkie * 132 13.1 27,947 40.3 Hamence 83 08.2 1,458 02.1 Vermeer 99 09.8 1,386 02.0 Reynolds 194 19.2 1,360 02.0 Murfin 239 23.7 31,009 44.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,010 69,324 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 5th count: Reynolds's 1,360 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Fort 620 45.6 6,784 09.8 Wilkie * 279 20.5 28,226 40.7 Hamence 75 05.5 1,533 02.2 Vermeer 93 06.8 1,479 02.1 Murfin 293 21.5 31,302 45.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,360 69,324 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 6th count: Vermeer's 1,479 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Fort 385 26.0 7,169 10.3 Wilkie * 301 20.4 28,527 41.2 Hamence 374 25.3 1,907 02.8 Murfin 419 28.3 31,721 45.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,479 69,324 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 7th count: Hamence's 1,907 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Fort 381 20.0 7,550 10.9 Wilkie * 367 19.2 28,894 41.7 Murfin 1,159 60.8 32,880 47.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,907 69,324 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 8th count: Fort's 7,550 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- WILKIE * 5,820 77.1 34,714 50.1 Murfin 1,730 22.9 34,610 49.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 7,550 69,324 00.1 02.0 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- Kimberley William Wilkie (born 1959): Elected 1998, 2001, 2004 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 24 NOVEMBER 2007 ==================================================================== Perth: Belmont, Cannington, South Perth, Victoria Park -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2004 two-party majority: Labor over Liberal 00.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 81,758 +02.8 Votes cast: 76,173 93.2 +01.0 Informal votes: 3,497 04.6 -00.9 Formal votes: 72,676 95.4 +00.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Kim Lisson Grn 7,365 10.1 +01.8 Damon Fowler FF 579 00.8 00.0 Tasman Gilbert CDP 1,210 01.7 -00.1 Linda Ross 656 00.9 Steve Irons Lib 32,183 44.3 +00.1 Mark Dixon 243 00.3 Kim Wilkie * ALP 29,544 40.7 +00.7 Norman R Gay 92 00.1 Joe Lopez 157 00.2 Joy Harris ON 647 00.9 -00.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 72,676 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Gay's 92 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Lisson 16 17.4 7,381 10.2 Fowler 4 04.4 583 00.8 Gilbert 5 05.4 1,215 01.7 Ross 11 12.0 667 00.9 Irons 11 12.0 32,194 44.3 Dixon 5 05.4 248 00.3 Wilkie * 19 20.7 29,563 40.7 Lopez 14 15.2 171 00.2 Harris 7 07.6 654 00.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 92 72,676 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Lopez's 171 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Lisson 73 42.7 7,454 10.3 Fowler 7 04.1 590 00.8 Gilbert 2 01.2 1,217 01.7 Ross 11 06.4 678 00.9 Irons 10 05.9 32,204 44.3 Dixon 7 04.1 255 00.4 Wilkie * 34 19.9 29,597 40.7 Harris 27 15.8 681 00.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 171 72,676 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: Dixon's 255 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Lisson 47 18.4 7,501 10.3 Fowler 16 06.3 606 00.8 Gilbert 11 04.3 1,228 01.7 Ross 35 13.7 713 01.0 Irons 79 31.0 32,283 44.4 Wilkie * 50 19.6 29,647 40.8 Harris 17 06.7 698 01.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 255 72,676 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 5th count: Fowler's 606 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Lisson 158 26.1 7,659 10.5 Gilbert 155 25.6 1,383 01.9 Ross 58 09.6 771 01.1 Irons 135 22.3 32,418 44.6 Wilkie * 63 10.4 29,710 40.9 Harris 37 06.1 735 01.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 606 72,676 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 6th count: Harris's 735 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Lisson 185 25.2 7,844 10.8 Gilbert 81 11.0 1,464 02.0 Ross 126 17.1 897 01.2 Irons 164 22.3 32,582 44.8 Wilkie * 179 24.4 29,889 41.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 735 72,676 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 7th count: Ross's 897 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Lisson 386 43.0 8,230 11.3 Gilbert 132 14.7 1,596 02.2 Irons 235 26.2 32,817 45.2 Wilkie * 144 16.1 30,033 41.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 897 72,676 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 8th count: Gilbert's 1,596 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Lisson 367 23.0 8,597 11.8 Irons 998 62.5 33,815 46.5 Wilkie * 231 14.5 30,264 41.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,596 72,676 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 9th count: Lisson's 8,597 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- IRONS 2,605 30.3 36,420 50.1 Wilkie * 5,992 69.7 36,256 49.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 8,597 72,676 00.1 00.2 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Kimberley William Wilkie (born 1959): Elected 1998, 2001, 2004. Defeated 2007 > Stephen James Irons (born 1958): Elected 2007 Born: 1 September 1958, Melbourne. Career: Company director. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 21 AUGUST 2010 ==================================================================== Perth: Belmont, Cannington, South Perth, Victoria Park -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2007 two-party majority: Liberal over Labor 00.1 Effect of 2009 redistribution: 00.4 shift to Labor 2010 notional two-party majority: Labor over Liberal 00.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 90,766 +11.0 Votes cast: 83,528 92.0 -01.2 Informal votes: 4,089 04.9 +00.3 Formal votes: 79,439 95.1 -00.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Tim Hammond + ALP 28,023 35.3 -05.7 Joe Lopez 398 00.5 Rebecca Leighton Grn 9,380 11.8 +01.7 Steve Klomp CDP 1,646 02.1 +00.3 Barry Drennan FF 981 01.2 +00.4 Steve Irons * Lib 36,951 46.5 +02.8 Bret Treasure 2,060 02.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 79,439 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Following the redistribution, Labor is shown as the defending party. 2. For Hammond, see Perth 2016. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Lopez's 398 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hammond + 105 26.4 28,128 35.4 Leighton 132 33.2 9,512 12.0 Klomp 45 11.3 1,691 02.1 Drennan 33 08.3 1,014 01.3 Irons * 29 07.3 36,980 46.6 Treasure 54 13.6 2,114 02.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 398 79,439 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Drennan's 1,014 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hammond + 146 14.4 28,274 35.6 Leighton 203 20.0 9,715 12.2 Klomp 339 33.4 2,030 02.6 Irons * 200 19.7 37,180 46.8 Treasure 126 12.4 2,240 02.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,014 79,439 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: Klomp's 2,030 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hammond + 280 13.8 28,554 35.9 Leighton 284 14.0 9,999 12.6 Irons * 1,338 65.9 38,518 48.5 Treasure 128 06.3 2,368 03.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 2,030 79,439 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 5th count: Treasure's 2,368 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hammond + 553 23.4 29,107 36.6 Leighton 1,110 46.9 11,109 14.0 Irons * 705 29.8 39,223 49.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 2,368 79,439 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 6th count: Leighton's 11,109 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hammond + 8,603 77.4 37,710 47.5 IRONS * 2,506 22.6 41,729 52.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 11,109 79,439 02.5 02.8 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- Stephen James Irons (born 1958): Elected 2007, 2010 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 7 SEPTEMBER 2013 ==================================================================== Perth: Belmont, Cannington, South Perth, Victoria Park -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2010 two-party majority: Liberal over Labor 02.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 95,287 +03.9 Votes cast: 86,868 91.0 -01.0 Informal votes: 4,879 05.6 +00.7 Formal votes: 81,807 94.4 -00.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Troy Ellis 718 00.9 Steve Irons * Lib 39,972 48.9 +02.3 Steve Klomp 1,465 01.8 Paul Davies 488 00.6 Kenneth Duncan PUP 3,463 04.2 John Bissett ALP 25,037 30.6 -04.7 Moyna Rapp FF 797 01.0 -00.3 Noel Avery KAP 421 00.5 Gerard Siero Grn 9,446 11.6 -00.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 81,807 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Avery's 421 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Ellis 29 06.9 747 00.9 Irons * 71 16.9 40,043 49.0 Klomp 15 03.6 1,480 01.8 Davies 19 04.5 507 00.6 Duncan 129 30.6 3,592 04.4 Bissett 63 15.0 25,100 30.7 Rapp 37 08.8 834 01.0 Siero 58 13.8 9,504 11.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 421 81,807 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Davies's 507 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Ellis 72 14.2 819 01.0 Irons * 78 15.4 40,121 49.0 Klomp 112 22.1 1,592 02.0 Duncan 92 18.2 3,684 04.5 Bissett 49 09.7 25,149 30.7 Rapp 60 11.8 894 01.1 Siero 44 08.7 9,548 11.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 507 81,807 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: Ellis's 819 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Irons * 460 56.2 40,581 49.6 Klomp 115 14.0 1,707 02.1 Duncan 68 08.3 3,752 04.6 Bissett 42 05.1 25,191 30.8 Rapp 65 07.9 959 01.2 Siero 69 08.4 9,617 11.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 819 81,807 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 5th count: Rapp's 959 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Irons * 160 16.7 40,741 49.8 Klomp 223 23.3 1,930 02.4 Duncan 132 13.8 3,884 04.8 Bissett 156 16.3 25,347 31.0 Siero 288 30.0 9,905 12.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 959 81,807 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 6th count: Klomp's 1,930 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- IRONS * 1,170 60.6 41,911 51.2 Duncan 321 16.6 4,205 05.1 Bissett 237 12.3 25,584 31.3 Siero 202 10.5 10,107 12.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,930 81,807 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 7th count: Duncan's 4,205 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- IRONS * 1,791 42.6 43,702 53.4 Bissett 1,235 29.4 26,819 32.8 Siero 1,179 28.0 11,286 13.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 4,205 81,807 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 8th count: Siero's 11,286 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- IRONS * 2,544 22.5 46,246 56.5 Bissett 8,742 77.5 35,561 43.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 11,286 81,807 06.5 04.0 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- Stephen James Irons (born 1958): Elected 2007, 2010, 2013 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 2 JULY 2016 ==================================================================== Perth: Belmont, Cannington, South Perth, Victoria Park -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2013 two-party majority: Liberal over Labor 06.5 Effect of 2016 redistribution: 00.8 shift to Liberal 2016 notional two-party: Liberal over Labor 07.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 97,268 +02.1 Votes cast: 84,464 86.8 -04.2 Informal votes: 3,062 03.6 -02.0 Formal votes: 81,402 96.4 +02.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Sarah Nielsen-Harvey Grn 12,227 15.0 +03.8 Steve Klomp AC 3,086 03.8 +02.1 Tammy Solonec ALP 26,869 33.0 +03.0 Steve Irons * Lib 39,220 48.2 -01.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 81,402 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Klomp's 3,086 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Nielsen-Harvey 595 19.3 12,822 15.8 Solonec 632 20.5 27,501 33.8 IRONS * 1,859 60.2 41,079 50.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 3,086 81,402 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Nielsen-Harvey's 12,822 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Solonec 10,276 80.1 37,777 46.4 IRONS * 2,546 19.9 43,625 53.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 12,822 81,402 03.6 03.7 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Stephen James Irons (born 1958): Elected 2007, 2010, 2013, 2016 Assistant Minister to the Prime Minister from 28 August 2018 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 18 MAY 2019 ==================================================================== Perth: Belmont, Cannington, High Wycombe, South Perth, Welshpool -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2016 two-party majority: Liberal over Labor 03.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 100,857 +03.7 Votes cast: 89,333 88.6 +01.8 Informal votes: 5,196 05.8 +02.2 Formal votes: 84,137 94.2 -02.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Steve Irons * Lib 37,591 44.7 -03.5 Steve Klomp AChr 1,450 01.7 -02.1 Virginia Thomas-Wurth AJP 1,304 01.6 Carmel Addink FACNP 599 00.7 Sharron Hawkins Zeeb WAP 1,102 01.3 Liberty Cramer Grn 10,367 12.3 -02.7 Michael Chehoff 251 00.3 Peter McLernon UAP 1,482 01.8 Tshung-Hui Chang PHON 2,038 02.4 Hannah Beazley ALP 27,953 33.2 +00.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 84,137 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Beazley was the daughter of Hon Kim C Beazley, MHR for Swan 1980-96, and grand-daughter of Hon Kim E Beazley MHR. She was WA MLA for Victoria Park from 2021. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Chehoff's 251 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Irons * 22 08.8 37,613 44.7 Klomp 9 03.6 1,459 01.7 Thomas-Wurth 12 04.8 1,316 01.6 Addink 18 07.2 617 00.7 Hawkins Zeeb 43 17.1 1,145 01.4 Cramer 23 09.2 10,390 12.4 McLernon 58 23.1 1,540 01.8 Chang 44 17.5 2,082 02.5 Beazley 22 08.8 27,975 33.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 251 84,137 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Addink's 617 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Irons * 89 14.4 37,702 44.8 Klomp 81 13.1 1,540 01.8 Thomas-Wurth 44 07.1 1,360 01.6 Hawkins Zeeb 58 09.4 1,203 01.4 Cramer 21 03.4 10,411 13.6 McLernon 76 12.3 1,616 01.9 Chang 223 36.1 2,305 02.7 Beazley 25 04.1 28,000 33.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 617 84,137 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: Hawkins Zeeb's 1,203 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Irons * 272 22.6 37,974 45.1 Klomp 79 06.6 1,619 01.9 Thomas-Wurth 186 15.5 1,546 01.8 Cramer 243 20.2 10,654 12.7 McLernon 113 09.4 1,729 02.1 Chang 124 10.3 2,429 02.9 Beazley 186 15.5 28,186 33.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,203 84,137 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 5th count: Thomas-Wurth's 1,546 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Irons * 208 13.5 38,182 45.5 Klomp 159 10.3 1,778 02.1 Cramer 748 48.4 11,402 13.6 McLernon 93 06.0 1,822 02.2 Chang 114 07.4 2,543 03.0 Beazley 224 14.5 28,410 33.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,546 84,137 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 6th count: Klomp's 1,778 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Irons * 1,092 61.4 39,274 46.7 Cramer 213 12.0 11,615 13.8 McLernon 135 07.6 1,957 02.3 Chang 169 09.5 2,712 03.2 Beazley 169 09.5 28,579 34.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,778 84,137 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 7th count: McLernon's 1,957 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Irons * 788 40.3 40,062 47.6 Cramer 259 13.2 11,874 14.1 Chang 702 35.9 3,414 04.1 Beazley 208 10.6 28,787 34.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,957 84,137 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 8th count: Chang's 3,414 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Irons * 1,627 47.7 41,689 49.6 Cramer 842 24.7 12,716 15.1 Beazley 945 27.7 29,732 35.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 3,414 84,137 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 9th count: Cramer's 12,716 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- IRONS * 2,644 20.8 44,333 52.7 Beazley 10,072 79.2 39,804 47.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 12,716 84,137 02.7 00.9 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Stephen James Irons (born 1958): Elected 2007, 2010, 2013, 2016, 2019 Assistant Minister to the Prime Minister to 29 May 2019 Assistant Minister for Vocational Education, Training and Apprenticeships 29 May 2019 to 22 December 2020 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Irons retired at the 2022 election. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 21 MAY 2022 ==================================================================== Perth: Belmont, Cannington, Forrestfield, High Wycombe, South Perth -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2019 two-party majority: Liberal over Labor 02.7 Effect of 2021 redistribution: 00.5 shift to Liberal 2022 notional two-party majority: Liberal over Labor 03.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 121,189 +20.4 Votes cast: 105,581 87.1 -01.5 Informal votes: 5,545 05.3 -00.5 Formal votes: 100,036 94.8 +00.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Paul Hilton UAP 2,637 02.6 +00.8 Matthew Thompson LDP 1,821 01.8 Timothy Green AJP 2,214 02.2 Zaneta Mascarenhas ALP 39,082 39.1 +06.2 Carl Pallier AFP 792 00.8 Rod Bradley WAP 2,059 02.1 +00.7 Peter Hallifax PHON 2,544 02.6 -00.3 Kristy McSweeney + Lib 32,096 32.1 -12.7 Clint Uink Grn 14,861 14.9 +02.9 Dena Gower AC 1,930 01.9 +00.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 100,036 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Pallier's 792 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hilton 104 13.1 2,741 02.7 Thompson 135 17.1 1,956 02.0 Green 59 07.5 2,273 02.3 Mascarenhas 64 08.1 39,146 39.1 Bradley 119 15.0 2,178 02.2 Hallifax 152 19.2 2,696 02.7 McSweeney + 22 02.8 32,118 32.1 Uink 32 04.0 14,893 14.9 Gower 105 13.3 2,035 02.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 792 100,036 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Thompson's 1,956 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hilton 301 15.4 3,042 03.0 Green 198 10.1 2,471 02.5 Mascarenhas 294 15.0 39,440 39.4 Bradley 228 11.7 2,406 02.4 Hallifax 248 12.7 2,944 02.9 McSweeney + 523 26.7 32,641 32.6 Uink 107 05.5 15,000 15.0 Gower 57 02.9 2,092 02.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,956 100,036 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: Gower's 2,092 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hilton 441 21.1 3,483 03.5 Green 96 04.6 2,567 02.6 Mascarenhas 205 09.8 39,645 39.6 Bradley 148 07.1 2,554 02.6 Hallifax 323 15.4 3,267 03.3 McSweeney + 645 30.8 33,286 33.3 Uink 234 11.2 15,234 15.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 2,092 100,036 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 5th count: Bradley's 2,554 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hilton 241 09.4 3,724 03.7 Green 426 16.7 2,993 03.0 Mascarenhas 550 21.5 40,195 40.2 Hallifax 423 16.6 3,690 03.7 McSweeney + 558 21.9 33,844 33.8 Uink 356 13.9 15,590 15.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 2,554 100,036 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 6th count: Green's 2,993 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hilton 430 14.4 4,154 04.2 Mascarenhas 714 23.9 40,909 40.9 Hallifax 343 11.5 4,033 04.0 McSweeney + 312 10.4 34,156 34.1 Uink 1,194 39.9 16,784 16.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 2,993 100,036 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 7th count: Hallifax's 4,033 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hilton 2,242 55.6 6,369 06.4 Mascarenhas 489 12.1 41,398 41.4 McSweeney + 743 18.4 34,899 34.9 Uink 559 13.9 17,343 17.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 4,033 100,036 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 8th count: Hilton's 6,369 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Mascarenhas 1,776 27.8 43,174 43.2 McSweeney + 2,782 43.5 37,681 37.7 Uink 1,838 28.7 19,181 19.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 6,369 100,036 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 9th count: Uink's 19,181 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- MASCARENHAS 15,622 81.5 58,796 58.8 McSweeney + 3,559 18.6 41,240 41.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 19,181 100,036 08.8 12.0 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Zaneta Felice Antoinetta Mascarenhas (born 1980): Elected 2022 Born: 26 July 1980, Kalgoorlie, WA Career: Educated Murdoch University, Curtin University. Scientist and engineer. WA Manager, Energetics. World Bank consultant, Bangladesh. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 3 MAY 2025 ==================================================================== Perth: Belmont, Cannington, Langford, South Perth, Welshpool -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2022 two-candidate majority: Labor over Liberal 08.8 Effect of 2024 redistribution: 00.6 shift to Labor 2025 notional two-candidate majority: Labor over Liberal 09.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 116,105 -04.2 Votes cast: 101,394 87.3 +00.2 Informal votes: 3,114 03.1 -02.0 Formal votes: 98,280 96.9 +02.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Mark Staer Aust C 3,503 03.6 +01.5 Zaneta Mascarenhas * Labor 41,897 42.6 +02.3 Clint Uink Grn 17,186 17.5 +02.4 Shelley Leech L Cann 4,096 04.2 Michael Halley PHON 5,131 05.2 +02.7 Mic Fels Lib 26,467 26.9 -04.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 98,280 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Staer's 3,503 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Mascarenhas * 884 25.2 42,781 43.5 Uink 375 10.7 17,561 17.9 Leech 231 06.6 4,327 04.4 Halley 1,043 29.8 6,174 06.3 Fels 970 27.7 27,437 27.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 3,503 98,280 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Leech's 4,327 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Mascarenhas * 1,098 25.5 43,879 44.7 Uink 1,718 39.7 19,279 19.6 Halley 977 22.6 7,151 07.3 Fels 534 12.3 27,971 28.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 4,327 98,280 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: Halley's 7,151 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Mascarenhas * 1,035 14.5 44,914 45.7 Uink 1,630 22.8 20,909 21.3 Fels 4,486 62.7 32,457 33.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 7,151 98,280 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 5th count: Uink's 20,909 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- MASCARENHAS * 17,974 86.0 62,888 64.0 Fels 2,935 14.0 35,392 36.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 20,909 98,280 14.0 04.6 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Zaneta Felice Antoinetta Mascarenhas (born 1980): Elected 2022, 2025 --------------------------------------------------------------------