Electoral results for the district of Canning

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

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Members for Canning

Canning (1897–1901)
MemberPartyTerm
  Frank Wilson Oppositionist1897–1901
Canning (1904–1989)
  William Gordon Ministerial1904–1911
  Charles Lewis Labor 1911–1914
  Robert Robinson Liberal 1914–1917
  Nationalist 1917–1921
  Alec Clydesdale Labor1921–1930
  Herbert Wells Nationalist1930–1933
  Charles Cross Labor1933–1947
  George Yates Liberal 1947–1949
  LCL 1949–1950
  Arthur Griffith LCL1950–1953
  Colin Jamieson Labor1953–1956
  William Gaffy Labor1956–1959
  Des O'Neil LCL1959–1962
  Don May Labor1962–1965
  Ross Elliott LCL1965–1968
  Tom Bateman Labor1968–1986
  Judyth Watson Labor1986–1989

Election results

Elections in the 1980s

1986 Western Australian state election: Canning [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Judyth Watson 11,36565.8+0.2
Liberal Elkin Conway5,91834.2−0.2
Total formal votes17,2833.20.0
Informal votes5753.20.0
Turnout 17,85891.5+4.0
Labor hold Swing +0.2
1983 Western Australian state election: Canning
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Tom Bateman 9,51265.6
Liberal John Nagle4,98034.4
Total formal votes14,49296.8
Informal votes4803.2
Turnout 14,97287.5
Labor hold Swing
1980 Western Australian state election: Canning
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Tom Bateman 10,02558.5+5.4
Liberal Jack Courtis7,10941.5−5.4
Total formal votes17,13496.2−0.3
Informal votes6753.8+0.3
Turnout 17,80988.3−1.9
Labor hold Swing +5.4

Elections in the 1970s

1977 Western Australian state election: Canning
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Tom Bateman 7,68653.1
Liberal Richard Shellabear6,80046.9
Total formal votes14,48696.5
Informal votes5243.5
Turnout 15,01090.2
Labor hold Swing -4.5
1974 Western Australian state election: Canning
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Tom Bateman 10,28354.6
Liberal John Sinclair7,14537.9
National Alliance Paul Clune1,0105.4
Australia Robert Russell-Brown3942.1
Total formal votes18,83296.3
Informal votes7253.7
Turnout 19,55791.5
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Tom Bateman 10,58256.2
Liberal John Sinclair8,25043.8
Labor hold Swing
1971 Western Australian state election: Canning
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Tom Bateman 10,60255.4+6.9
Liberal Neil Charles6,80035.6−8.9
Democratic Labor Bill Wallace1,2286.4+2.5
Independent Victor Hawtin4942.6+2.6
Total formal votes19,12496.8+0.5
Informal votes6213.2−0.5
Turnout 19,74592.5−0.3
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Tom Bateman 11,20658.6+8.1
Liberal Neil Charles7,91841.4−8.1
Labor hold Swing +8.1

Elections in the 1960s

1968 Western Australian state election: Canning
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Tom Bateman 6,18548.5
Liberal and Country Ross Elliott 5,68344.5
Democratic Labor Lydia Obbes4983.9
Independent Melford Roe3973.1
Total formal votes12,76396.3
Informal votes4853.7
Turnout 13,24892.8
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Tom Bateman 6,44150.5
Liberal and Country Ross Elliott 6,32249.5
Labor gain from Liberal and Country Swing
1965 Western Australian state election: Canning
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Don May 4,97248.3+0.9
Liberal and Country Ross Elliott 4,89047.5+8.4
Democratic Labor Louis Raven4344.2+4.2
Total formal votes10,29696.9−1.5
Informal votes3253.1+1.5
Turnout 10,62192.9−1.5
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal and Country Ross Elliott 5,22150.7+1.9
Labor Don May 5,07549.3−1.9
Liberal and Country gain from Labor Swing +1.9
1962 Western Australian state election: Canning
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Donald May 4,20647.4
Liberal and Country Raymond Richardson3,47239.1
Country Arthur Mills1,19313.5
Total formal votes8,87198.4
Informal votes1461.6
Turnout 9,01794.4
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Donald May 4,52751.0
Liberal and Country Raymond Richardson4,34449.0
Labor gain from Liberal and Country Swing

Elections in the 1950s

1959 Western Australian state election: Canning
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal and Country Des O'Neil 6,51451.0+2.1
Labor Bill Gaffy 5,16140.4−10.7
Democratic Labor Michael O'Brien1,0878.5+8.5
Total formal votes12,76298.6+0.2
Informal votes1781.4−0.2
Turnout 12,94093.4−0.4
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal and Country Des O'Neil 58.2+9.3
Labor Bill Gaffy 41.8−9.3
Liberal and Country gain from Labor Swing +9.3
1956 Western Australian state election: Canning
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Bill Gaffy 4,82551.1
Liberal and Country Richard Marris4,61548.9
Total formal votes9,44098.4
Informal votes1571.6
Turnout 9,59793.8
Labor hold Swing
1953 Western Australian state election: Canning
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Colin Jamieson 6,34451.3+6.0
Liberal and Country Arthur Griffith 6,02248.7+1.9
Total formal votes12,36697.5−0.1
Informal votes3122.5+0.1
Turnout 12,67893.8+2.9
Labor gain from Liberal and Country Swing +4.1
1950 Western Australian state election: Canning
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal and Country Arthur Griffith 3,79346.8
Labor Alfred Reynolds 3,66945.3
Independent Country Carlyle Ferguson6397.9
Total formal votes8,10197.6
Informal votes1972.4
Turnout 8,29890.9
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal and Country Arthur Griffith 4,27452.8
Labor Alfred Reynolds 3,82747.2
Liberal and Country hold Swing

Elections in the 1940s

1947 Western Australian state election: Canning
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal George Yates 7,27856.0+25.6
Labor Charles Cross 5,71444.0−6.1
Total formal votes12,99296.9+0.2
Informal votes3883.1−0.2
Turnout 13,38087.1−1.4
Liberal gain from Labor Swing N/A
1943 Western Australian state election: Canning
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Charles Cross 5,63650.1+5.1
Nationalist Arthur Bishop3,42130.4−3.2
Independent Carlyle Ferguson1,58314.1−7.3
Independent William Herbert6085.4+5.4
Total formal votes11,24896.7−2.0
Informal votes3863.3+2.0
Turnout 11,63488.5−4.3
Labor hold Swing N/A

Elections in the 1930s

1939 Western Australian state election: Canning
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Charles Cross 4,69245.0−3.6
Nationalist Frederick Aberle3,51133.6+10.5
Independent Carlyle Ferguson2,23021.4+10.7
Total formal votes10,43398.7+0.5
Informal votes1401.3−0.5
Turnout 10,57392.8+21.6
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Charles Cross 5,52953.0
Nationalist Frederick Aberle4,90447.0
Labor hold Swing N/A
1936 Western Australian state election: Canning
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Charles Cross 3,29948.6+3.5
Nationalist Herbert Wells 1,56723.1+0.6
Nationalist Thomas Willsmore98814.6+14.6
Independent Carlyle Ferguson72810.7+10.7
Ind. Nationalist Oliver Strang2013.0+3.0
Total formal votes6,78398.2+1.5
Informal votes1251.8−1.5
Turnout 6,90871.2−21.1
After distribution of preferences
Labor Charles Cross 3,50751.9
Nationalist Herbert Wells 1,93828.7
Nationalist Thomas Willsmore1,31219.4
Labor hold Swing
1933 Western Australian state election: Canning
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Charles Cross 3,56045.1−4.1
Nationalist Herbert Wells 1,78222.5−28.3
Nationalist Henry Pilgrim1,72621.8+21.8
Country Leonard Perrin83410.6+10.6
Total formal votes7,90296.7−2.6
Informal votes2693.3+2.6
Turnout 8,17192.3+19.3
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Charles Cross 4,00252.8+3.6
Nationalist Herbert Wells 3,57847.2−3.6
Labor gain from Nationalist Swing +3.6
1930 Western Australian state election: Canning
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Nationalist Herbert Wells 2,96750.8
Labor Alexander Clydesdale 2,87549.2
Total formal votes5,84299.3
Informal votes400.7
Turnout 5,88273.0
Nationalist gain from Labor Swing

Elections in the 1920s

1927 Western Australian state election: Canning
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Alexander Clydesdale 6,81560.0−9.8
Nationalist Herbert Wells 4,54940.0+9.8
Total formal votes11,36498.8−0.5
Informal votes1381.2+0.5
Turnout 11,50266.3+16.6
Labor hold Swing -9.8
1924 Western Australian state election: Canning
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Alec Clydesdale 3,97669.8+21.9
Nationalist Peter Wedd1,71930.2−8.1
Total formal votes5,69599.3+1.3
Informal votes410.7−1.3
Turnout 5,73649.7−20.0
Labor hold Swing +14.9
1921 Western Australian state election: Canning
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Alexander Clydesdale 3,21347.9+17.7
Nationalist Robert Robinson 2,57138.3−31.5
Independent Ada Butler5638.4+8.4
Independent Duncan Munro3645.4+5.4
Total formal votes6,71198.0−0.6
Informal votes1382.0+0.6
Turnout 6,84969.7+17.1
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Alexander Clydesdale 3,68754.9+24.7
Nationalist Robert Robinson 3,02445.1−24.7
Labor gain from Nationalist Swing +24.7

Elections in the 1910s

1917 Western Australian state election: Canning
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
National Liberal Robert Robinson 2,68569.8+16.0
Labor Donald Cameron1,16130.2–16.0
Total formal votes3,84698.6–1.0
Informal votes561.4+1.0
Turnout 3,90252.6–26.9
National Liberal hold Swing +16.0
1914 Western Australian state election: Canning
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Charles Lewis 2,36546.1−6.1
Liberal Robert Robinson 1,57830.7+12.5
Liberal George Wilson84116.4+1.1
Liberal Arthur Gull3476.8+6.8
Total formal votes5,13199.0−0.1
Informal votes541.0+0.1
Turnout 5,18566.7−15.0
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Robert Robinson 2,62451.1
Labor Charles Lewis 2,50748.9
Liberal gain from Labor Swing N/A
1911 Western Australian state election: Canning
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Charles Lewis 1,71152.2
Ministerialist Hugh Duncan59718.2
Ministerialist George Wilson50215.3
Ministerialist William Gordon 2999.1
Ministerialist Robert McMasters1685.1
Total formal votes3,27799.1
Informal votes290.9
Turnout 3,30681.7
Labor gain from Ministerialist Swing

Elections in the 1900s

1908 Western Australian state election: Canning
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Ministerialist William Gordon 87742.4−8.2
Ministerialist James Clydesdale62530.2+30.2
Ministerialist George Wilson56627.4+27.4
Total formal votes2,06898.7−1.2
Informal votes281.3+1.2
Turnout 2,09673.9+28.9
Two-candidate-preferred result
Ministerialist William Gordon 1,06455.7
Ministerialist James Clydesdale84644.3
Ministerialist hold Swing N/A
1905 Western Australian state election: Canning
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Ministerialist William Gordon 64350.6+5.3
Independent James Milligan49639.1+14.5
Ministerialist Joseph Charles13110.3+10.3
Total formal votes1,27099.9+1.0
Informal votes10.1–1.0
Turnout 1,27145.0–9.0
Ministerialist hold Swing N/A
1904 Western Australian state election: Canning  [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Ministerialist William Gordon 72345.3+45.3
Independent James Milligan39224.6+24.6
Independent Norman Ewing 34921.9+21.9
Labour James Healey1318.2+8.2
Total formal votes1,59598.9n/a
Informal votes171.1n/a
Turnout 1,61254.0n/a
Ministerialist win(new seat)

Elections in the 1890s

1897 Western Australian colonial election: Canning
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Opposition Frank Wilson 9048.1
Ministerialist William Gibbs4121.9
Ministerialist Edward Rodoreda2915.5
Ind. Ministerialist William Stubbs147.5
Opposition Marinus Canning137.0
Total formal votes18793.5
Informal votes136.5
Turnout 20062.3
Opposition hold Swing

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References

  1. ↑ 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.
  2. ↑ "Canning (2,983). Mr Gordon re-elected". Western Mail . 2 July 1904. p. 15. Retrieved 25 July 2022– via Trove.
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