This is a list of electoral results for the Electoral district of Ascot in Western Australian state elections.
Members for Ascot
editMember | Party | Term | |
---|---|---|---|
Merv Toms | Labor | 1968–1971 | |
Mal Bryce | Labor | 1971–1988 | |
Eric Ripper | Labor | 1988–1989 |
Election results
editElections in the 1980s
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Eric Ripper | 6,252 | 48.4 | -19.8 | |
Liberal | Peter Blaxell | 5,188 | 40.2 | +8.4 | |
Independent | Cedric Jacobs | 732 | 5.7 | +5.7 | |
Independent | Amedo Misama | 581 | 4.5 | +4.5 | |
Independent | Michael Ward | 162 | 1.3 | +1.3 | |
Total formal votes | 12,915 | 94.9 | −1.5 | ||
Informal votes | 695 | 5.1 | +1.5 | ||
Turnout | 13,610 | 81.8 | −10.0 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Eric Ripper | 6,894 | 53.4 | -14.8 | |
Liberal | Peter Blaxell | 6,021 | 46.6 | +14.8 | |
Labor hold | Swing | -14.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Mal Bryce | 10,163 | 68.2 | -1.7 | |
Liberal | Robert van Straalen | 4,739 | 31.8 | +1.7 | |
Total formal votes | 14,902 | 96.4 | −1.0 | ||
Informal votes | 552 | 3.6 | +1.0 | ||
Turnout | 15,454 | 91.8 | +3.8 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | -1.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Mal Bryce | 9,733 | 69.9 | ||
Liberal | Richard Dalgleish | 4,201 | 30.1 | ||
Total formal votes | 13,934 | 97.4 | |||
Informal votes | 374 | 2.6 | |||
Turnout | 14,308 | 88.0 | |||
Labor hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Mal Bryce | 8,184 | 62.1 | +3.1 | |
Liberal | Alam Richardson | 4,991 | 37.9 | -3.1 | |
Total formal votes | 13,175 | 95.0 | −0.8 | ||
Informal votes | 696 | 5.0 | +0.8 | ||
Turnout | 13,871 | 88.5 | −2.3 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | +3.1 |
Elections in the 1970s
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Mal Bryce | 7,931 | 59.0 | ||
Liberal | John Bamford | 5,518 | 41.0 | ||
Total formal votes | 13,449 | 95.8 | |||
Informal votes | 589 | 4.2 | |||
Turnout | 14,038 | 90.8 | |||
Labor hold | Swing | -7.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Mal Bryce | 8,912 | 67.2 | ||
Liberal | Robert Carter | 4,345 | 32.8 | ||
Total formal votes | 13,257 | 95.2 | |||
Informal votes | 663 | 4.8 | |||
Turnout | 13,920 | 90.4 | |||
Labor hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Merv Toms | 9,210 | 75.8 | +12.6 | |
Democratic Labor | Albert Ots | 2,946 | 24.2 | +24.2 | |
Total formal votes | 12,156 | 93.2 | −4.4 | ||
Informal votes | 885 | 6.8 | +4.4 | ||
Turnout | 13,041 | 91.4 | −0.2 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | N/A |
Elections in the 1960s
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Merv Toms | 7,011 | 63.2 | ||
Liberal and Country | Douglas Anderson | 4,080 | 36.8 | ||
Total formal votes | 11,091 | 97.6 | |||
Informal votes | 277 | 2.4 | |||
Turnout | 11,368 | 91.6 | |||
Labor hold | Swing |
References
edit- ^ Prescott, David Black with the assistance of Valerie (1997). Election statistics : Legislative Assembly of Western Australia, 1890-1996. Perth, [W.A.]: Western Australian Parliamentary History Project and Western Australian Electoral Commission. ISBN 0730984095.