Electoral results for the district of Burns Beach

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

Results

Elections in the 2020s

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

2021 Western Australian state election: Burns Beach ^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Mark Folkard	17,193	70.1	+25.8
	Liberal	Trish Botha	4,545	18.5	−19.0
	Greens	Louis Marchant	1,355	5.5	−3.6
	Christians	Graeme Offereins	625	2.5	+0.5
	No Mandatory Vaccination	Meredith Campbell	585	2.4	+2.4
	WAxit	Peter Rosengrave	223	0.9	−0.3
Total formal votes			24,526	96.4	+1.7
Informal votes			916	3.6	−1.7
Turnout			25,442	84.9	+1.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Mark Folkard	18,849	76.9	+21.5
	Liberal	Trish Botha	5,669	23.1	−21.5
	Labor hold		Swing	+21.5

Elections in the 2010s

2017 Western Australian state election: Burns Beach ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Mark Folkard	10,069	42.6	+10.0
	Liberal	Albert Jacob	9,768	41.4	−15.7
	Greens	Mark Cooper	2,060	8.7	+1.3
	Family First	Joy Drennan	504	2.1	+1.3
	Christians	Rudolph Crous	476	2.0	−0.0
	Matheson for WA	Carl Maddox	471	2.0	+2.0
	Micro Business	Sandy Culum-Buzak	266	1.1	+1.1
Total formal votes			23,614	94.7	+1.4
Informal votes			1,325	5.3	−1.4
Turnout			24,939	86.7	+4.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Mark Folkard	12,400	52.5	+13.9
	Liberal	Albert Jacob	11,207	47.5	−13.9
	Labor gain from Liberal		Swing	+13.9

References

1. 2021 State General Election – Burns Beach District Results, WAEC
2. Burns Beach District Profile and Results, 2017 State General Election, WAEC.