Electoral results for the district of Balcatta

This is a list of electoral results for the electoral district of Balcatta in Western Australian state elections.

Members for Balcatta

Balcatta (1904–1911)
Member		Party	Term
	Frederick Gill	Labor	1904–1905
	John Veryard	Ministerial	1905–1908
	Frederick Gill	Labor	1908–1911
Balcatta (1962–1974)
Member		Party	Term
	Herb Graham	Labor	1962–1973
	Brian Burke	Labor	1973–1974
Balcatta (1977–1996)
Member		Party	Term
	Brian Burke	Labor	1977–1983
	Ron Bertram	Labor	1983–1989
	Nick Catania	Labor	1989–1996
Balcatta (2005–present)
Member		Party	Term
	John Kobelke	Labor	2005–2013
	Chris Hatton	Liberal	2013–2017
	David Michael	Labor	2017–present

Election results

Elections in the 2020s

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2021 Western Australian state election (Legislative Assembly) § Balcatta.[ edit ]

2021 Western Australian state election: Balcatta ^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	David Michael	15,894	66.5	+19.9
	Liberal	Wayne Evans	4,497	18.8	−17.3
	Greens	Benedict Guinery	1,818	7.6	−2.7
	Christians	Rose Anderson	504	2.1	−1.1
	Liberal Democrats	Damian Coletta	489	2.0	+1.2
	No Mandatory Vaccination	Daniel Thornton	453	1.9	+1.9
	WAxit	Domenic Staltari	238	1.0	+1.0
Total formal votes			23,893	95.1	+1.6
Informal votes			1,222	4.9	−1.6
Turnout			25,115	85.0	−1.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	David Michael	18,087	75.8	+17.7
	Liberal	Wayne Evans	5,790	24.2	−17.7
	Labor hold		Swing	+17.7

Elections in the 2010s

2017 Western Australian state election: Balcatta ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	David Michael	10,265	44.2	+8.6
	Liberal	Chris Hatton	8,885	38.3	−13.3
	Greens	Nicole Harvey	2,508	10.8	+2.6
	Christians	Keith McEncroe	749	3.2	+1.6
	Micro Business	Mile Nasteski	544	2.3	+2.3
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Tait	252	1.1	+1.1
Total formal votes			23,203	94.2	+1.7
Informal votes			1,426	5.8	−1.7
Turnout			24,629	88.1	+0.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	David Michael	12,950	55.8	+12.9
	Liberal	Chris Hatton	10,247	44.2	−12.9
	Labor gain from Liberal		Swing	+12.9

2013 Western Australian state election: Balcatta

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Chris Hatton	10,756	51.9	+10.7
	Labor	Janet Pettigrew	7,341	35.4	–6.5
	Greens	Sheridan Young	1,705	8.2	–3.3
	Christians	Peter Dodd	322	1.6	–2.0
	Family First	Lesley Croll	264	1.3	–0.6
	Independent	Joe Ruzzi	234	1.1	+1.1
	Independent	Mubarak Kim Kidima	122	0.6	+0.6
Total formal votes			20,744	92.3	−0.7
Informal votes			1,727	7.7	+0.7
Turnout			22,471	89.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Chris Hatton	11,886	57.3	+9.5
	Labor	Janet Pettigrew	8,841	42.7	–9.5
	Liberal gain from Labor		Swing	+9.5

Elections in the 2000s

2008 Western Australian state election: Balcatta ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	John Kobelke	7,897	42.10	−9.7
	Liberal	Chris Hatton	7,682	40.95	+6.6
	Greens	Irma Lachmund	2,110	11.25	+2.6
	Christian Democrats	Peter Schofield	692	3.69	−1.4
	Family First	Inge George	377	2.01	+2.01
Total formal votes			18,758	93.05
Informal votes			1,402	6.95
Turnout			20,160	86.28
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	John Kobelke	9,804	52.30	−6.9
	Liberal	Chris Hatton	8,941	47.70	+6.9
	Labor hold		Swing	−6.9

2005 Western Australian state election: Balcatta

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	John Kobelke	12,489	52.2	+3.4
	Liberal	Melinda Poor	8,028	33.6	+2.5
	Greens	Kayt Davies	2,122	8.9	+2.0
	Christian Democrats	Michael Ewers	1,278	5.3	+5.3
Total formal votes			23,917	93.6	+0.4
Informal votes			1,639	6.4	−0.4
Turnout			25,556	89.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	John Kobelke	14,306	59.9	−1.0
	Liberal	Melinda Poor	9,575	40.1	+1.0
	Labor hold		Swing	−1.0

Elections in the 1990s

1993 Western Australian state election: Balcatta

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Nick Catania	9,157	48.9	−2.5
	Liberal	Katie Hodson-Thomas	7,892	42.1	+0.9
	Greens	Jack Geneff	1,009	5.4	+5.4
	Democrats	Yvette Heath	670	3.6	+3.6
Total formal votes			18,728	95.0	+5.9
Informal votes			988	5.0	−5.9
Turnout			19,716	93.8	+2.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Nick Catania	10,195	54.4	+0.4
	Liberal	Katie Hodson-Thomas	8,533	45.6	−0.4
	Labor hold		Swing	+0.4

Elections in the 1980s

1989 Western Australian state election: Balcatta

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Nick Catania	8,806	51.4	−12.4
	Liberal	Marie Wordsworth	7,065	41.2	+5.0
	Grey Power	Brendan O'Dwyer	1,267	7.4	+7.4
Total formal votes			17,138	89.1
Informal votes			2,088	10.9
Turnout			19,226	91.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Nick Catania	9,248	54.0	−9.8
	Liberal	Marie Wordsworth	7,890	46.0	+9.8
	Labor hold		Swing	−9.8

1986 Western Australian state election: Balcatta

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Ron Bertram	11,543	63.4	+0.4
	Liberal	Vincenzo Alessandrino	6,654	36.6	−0.4
Total formal votes			18,197	96.6	+0.3
Informal votes			633	3.4	−0.3
Turnout			18,830	91.8	+3.8
	Labor hold		Swing	+0.4

1983 Western Australian state election: Balcatta

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Ron Bertram	9,562	63.0
	Liberal	Vincenzo Allessandrino	5,627	37.0
Total formal votes			15,189	96.3
Informal votes			579	3.7
Turnout			15,768	88.0
	Labor hold		Swing

1980 Western Australian state election: Balcatta

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Brian Burke	10,709	68.7	+7.4
	Liberal	John Bamford	4,869	31.3	−7.4
Total formal votes			15,578	96.0	−0.4
Informal votes			650	4.0	+0.4
Turnout			16,228	86.9	−3.1
	Labor hold		Swing	+7.4

Elections in the 1970s

1977 Western Australian state election: Balcatta

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Brian Burke	9,182	61.3
	Liberal	Geoffrey Hasler	5,799	38.7
Total formal votes			14,981	96.4
Informal votes			555	3.6
Turnout			15,536	90.0
	Labor hold		Swing

1973 Balcatta state by-election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Neil Beck	9,178	49.0	+49.0
	Labor	Brian Burke	9,075	48.5	–18.0
	Australia	Wilfrid Campin	469	2.5	+2.5
Total formal votes			18,722	97.5	+2.9
Informal votes			478	2.5	–2.9
Turnout			19,200	80.7	–19.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Brian Burke	9,376	50.1	–16.5
	Liberal	Neil Beck	9,346	49.9	+49.9
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

1971 Western Australian state election: Balcatta

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Herb Graham	11,734	66.6	+3.2
	Democratic Labor	Elmo Gugiatti	5,891	33.4	+33.4
Total formal votes			17,625	94.6	−1.5
Informal votes			1,013	5.4	+1.5
Turnout			18,638	92.0	−1.1
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Elections in the 1960s

1968 Western Australian state election: Balcatta

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Herb Graham	8,014	63.4
	Liberal and Country	Anthony Scolaro	4,626	36.6
Total formal votes			12,640	96.1
Informal votes			519	3.9
Turnout			13,159	93.1
	Labor hold		Swing

1965 Western Australian state election: Balcatta

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Herb Graham	6,787	53.7	−1.2
	Liberal and Country	Terrence Browne	5,844	46.3	+8.7
Total formal votes			12,631	97.0	−1.2
Informal votes			389	3.0	+1.2
Turnout			13,020	94.4	−1.5
	Labor hold		Swing	−2.3

1962 Western Australian state election: Balcatta

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Herb Graham	5,371	54.9
	Liberal and Country	Rodney Treadgold	3,683	37.6
	Democratic Labor	Adrian Briffa	7,38	7.5
Total formal votes			9,792	98.3
Informal votes			167	1.7
Turnout			9,959	95.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Herb Graham		56.0
	Liberal and Country	Rodney Treadgold		44.0
	Labor hold		Swing

• Two party preferred vote was estimated.

Elections in the 1900s

1908 Western Australian state election: Balkatta

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Frederick Gill	1,299	52.0	+7.4
	Ministerialist	John Veryard	1,197	48.0	−7.4
Total formal votes			2,496	98.8	−0.6
Informal votes			31	1.2	+0.6
Turnout			2,527	72.7	+15.0
	Labour gain from Ministerialist		Swing	+7.4

1905 Western Australian state election: Balcatta

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ministerialist	John Veryard	768	55.4	+38.9
	Labour	Frederick Gill	619	44.6	–11.9
Total formal votes			1,387	99.4	+0.9
Informal votes			8	0.6	–0.9
Turnout			1,395	57.7	+7.5
	Ministerialist gain from Labour		Swing	+38.9

1904 Western Australian state election: Balcatta

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Frederick Gill	938	56.5	+56.5
	Independent	Thomas Molloy	448	27.0	+27.0
	Ministerialist	Richard Taylor	273	16.5	+16.5
Total formal votes			1,659	98.5	n/a
Informal votes			25	1.5	n/a
Turnout			1,684	50.2	n/a
	Labour win		(new seat)

References

1. 2021 State General Election – Balcatta District Results, WAEC
2. Balcatta District Profile and Results, 2017 State General Election, WAEC.
3. "2008 State General Election Details: District of Balcatta Results". Western Australian Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 22 March 2012. Retrieved 3 December 2011.