This is a list of electoral results for the Electoral district of Wellington in Western Australian state elections.
Members for Wellington
editWellington (1890–1911) | |||
---|---|---|---|
Member | Party | Term | |
Harry Venn | Ministerial | 1890–1901 | |
Henry Teesdale Smith | Ministerial | 1901–1904 | |
Thomas Hayward | Ministerial | 1904–1911 | |
Wellington (1962–1983) | |||
Member | Party | Term | |
Iven Manning | Liberal Country League | 1962–1968 | |
Liberal | 1968–1974 | ||
June Craig | Liberal | 1974–1983 | |
Wellington (1989–1996) | |||
Member | Party | Term | |
John Bradshaw | Liberal | 1989–1996 |
Election results
editElections in the 1990s
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | John Bradshaw | 6,503 | 62.4 | -0.7 | |
Labor | Marilyn Elson | 2,892 | 27.8 | -2.7 | |
Greens | Judyth Salom | 651 | 6.3 | +6.3 | |
Democrats | Bernard Noonan | 371 | 3.6 | +3.6 | |
Total formal votes | 10,417 | 96.1 | +2.8 | ||
Informal votes | 421 | 3.9 | −2.8 | ||
Turnout | 10,838 | 94.9 | +1.9 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | John Bradshaw | 6,997 | 67.2 | -0.3 | |
Labor | Marilyn Elson | 3,420 | 32.8 | +0.3 | |
Liberal hold | Swing | -0.3 |
Elections in the 1980s
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | John Bradshaw | 5,625 | 63.1 | +0.2 | |
Labor | Ronald Mitchell | 2,714 | 30.5 | -6.6 | |
Grey Power | Wesley Betterton | 570 | 6.4 | +6.4 | |
Total formal votes | 8,909 | 93.3 | |||
Informal votes | 642 | 6.7 | |||
Turnout | 9,551 | 93.0 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | John Bradshaw | 6,013 | 67.5 | +4.6 | |
Labor | Ronald Mitchell | 2,896 | 32.5 | -4.6 | |
Liberal hold | Swing | +4.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | June Craig | 4,780 | 59.2 | -2.1 | |
Labor | Patricia Rutherford | 3,298 | 40.8 | +2.1 | |
Total formal votes | 8,078 | 96.7 | −0.4 | ||
Informal votes | 274 | 3.3 | +0.4 | ||
Turnout | 8,352 | 91.4 | −1.3 | ||
Liberal hold | Swing | -2.1 |
Elections in the 1970s
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | June Craig | 4,630 | 61.3 | ||
Labor | Robert Greeve | 2,928 | 38.7 | ||
Total formal votes | 7,558 | 97.1 | |||
Informal votes | 224 | 2.9 | |||
Turnout | 7,782 | 92.7 | |||
Liberal hold | Swing | +6.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Andrew Thomson | 3,036 | 41.1 | ||
Liberal | June Craig | 2,978 | 40.4 | ||
National Alliance | John Chidlow | 1,365 | 18.5 | ||
Total formal votes | 7,379 | 95.1 | |||
Informal votes | 378 | 4.9 | |||
Turnout | 7,757 | 92.1 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | June Craig | 4,139 | 56.1 | ||
Labor | Andrew Thomson | 3,240 | 43.9 | ||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Iven Manning | 2,564 | 43.0 | -57.0 | |
Labor | Leslie Pitcher | 2,424 | 40.6 | +40.6 | |
Country | Michael Glendon | 622 | 10.4 | +10.4 | |
Democratic Labor | Francis Cowcher | 236 | 4.0 | +4.0 | |
Independent | Francois Baljeu | 118 | 2.0 | +2.0 | |
Total formal votes | 5,964 | 94.5 | |||
Informal votes | 347 | 5.5 | |||
Turnout | 6,311 | 92.3 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Iven Manning | 3,397 | 57.0 | -43.0 | |
Labor | Leslie Pitcher | 2,567 | 43.0 | +43.0 | |
Liberal hold | Swing | N/A |
Elections in the 1960s
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal and Country | Iven Manning | unopposed | |||
Liberal and Country hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal and Country | Iven Manning | 3,521 | 63.6 | -36.4 | |
Labor | Ivor Hill | 2,013 | 36.4 | +36.4 | |
Total formal votes | 5,534 | 96.0 | |||
Informal votes | 229 | 4.0 | |||
Turnout | 5,763 | 92.9 | |||
Liberal and Country hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal and Country | Iven Manning | unopposed | |||
Liberal and Country hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1900s
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ministerialist | Thomas Hayward | 666 | 51.5 | -25.7 | |
Ministerialist | William Nairn | 402 | 31.1 | +31.1 | |
Ministerialist | Hugh McNeil | 225 | 17.4 | +17.4 | |
Total formal votes | 1,293 | 98.6 | −0.9 | ||
Informal votes | 18 | 1.4 | +0.9 | ||
Turnout | 1,311 | 63.5 | +20.9 | ||
Ministerialist hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Ministerialist | Thomas Hayward | 458 | 77.2 | +25.7 | |
Labour | Thomas Adams | 167 | 22.8 | +1.4 | |
Total formal votes | 732 | 99.5 | +0.6 | ||
Informal votes | 4 | 0.5 | –0.6 | ||
Turnout | 736 | 42.6 | –5.9 | ||
Ministerialist hold | Swing | +25.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ministerialist | Thomas Hayward | 458 | 51.5 | +51.5 | |
Independent | Harry Venn | 241 | 27.1 | +27.1 | |
Labour | Hugh McNeil | 190 | 21.4 | –2.8 | |
Total formal votes | 889 | 98.9 | +1.6 | ||
Informal votes | 10 | 1.1 | –1.6 | ||
Turnout | 899 | 48.5 | –9.1 | ||
Ministerialist gain from Independent | Swing | +51.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Henry Teesdale Smith | 300 | 48.1 | +48.1 | |
Labour | Charles Burke | 151 | 24.2 | +24.2 | |
Independent | John Wellard | 95 | 15.2 | +15.2 | |
Ministerialist | William Reading | 78 | 12.5 | +12.5 | |
Total formal votes | 624 | 97.3 | n/a | ||
Informal votes | 17 | 2.7 | n/a | ||
Turnout | 641 | 57.6 | n/a | ||
Independent gain from Ministerialist | Swing | +48.1 |
Elections in the 1890s
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Ministerialist | Harry Venn | unopposed | |||
Ministerialist hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
None | Harry Venn | unopposed |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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None | Harry Venn | unopposed |