Electoral results for the district of Cockburn

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

Members for Cockburn

Member		Party	Term
	Henry Curran	Labor	1962–1968
	Don Taylor	Labor	1968–1984
	Clive Hughes	Labor	1984–1986
	Norm Marlborough	Labor	1986–1989
	Bill Thomas	Labor	1989–2001
	Fran Logan	Labor	2001–2021
	David Scaife	Labor	2021–present

Election results

Elections in the 2020s

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

2021 Western Australian state election: Cockburn ^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	David Scaife	17,714	68.4	+16.7
	Liberal	Owen Mulder	4,822	18.6	−9.8
	Greens	Jesse Smith	1,655	6.4	−2.5
	No Mandatory Vaccination	Elspeth Taimre	461	1.8	+1.8
	One Nation	Igor Mironenko	456	1.8	−0.1
	WAxit	Andrew Baker	426	1.6	+0.4
	Liberal Democrats	Brian Murray	374	1.4	+1.4
Total formal votes			25,908	96.3	+1.4
Informal votes			995	3.7	−1.4
Turnout			26,903	87.4	+1.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	David Scaife	19,870	76.7	+12.4
	Liberal	Owen Mulder	6,024	23.3	−12.4
	Labor hold		Swing	+12.4

Elections in the 2010s

2017 Western Australian state election: Cockburn ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Fran Logan	12,460	53.6	+5.4
	Liberal	Lavin Raja-Yogam	6,389	27.5	−14.0
	Greens	Shannon Hewitt	2,071	8.9	+1.3
	Independent	Steve Portelli	1,194	5.1	+5.1
	Christians	Edward Roose	592	2.5	+2.5
	Micro Business	Connor McHugh	264	1.1	+1.1
	Flux the System!	Erinn Stanfield	264	1.1	+1.1
Total formal votes			23,234	94.5	+0.0
Informal votes			1,354	5.5	−0.0
Turnout			24,588	88.1	+3.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Fran Logan	15,311	65.9	+11.3
	Liberal	Lavin Raja-Yogam	7,911	34.1	−11.3
	Labor hold		Swing	+11.3

2013 Western Australian state election: Cockburn

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Fran Logan	10,628	47.8	–0.5
	Liberal	Don Barrett	9,336	42.0	+10.1
	Greens	Shannon Hewitt	1,687	7.6	–5.0
	Independent	Derek Rosborough	578	2.6	+2.6
Total formal votes			22,229	94.7	+2.1
Informal votes			1,235	5.3	−2.1
Turnout			23,464	90.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Fran Logan	11,993	54.1	–5.1
	Liberal	Don Barrett	10,178	45.9	+5.1
	Labor hold		Swing	–5.1

Elections in the 2000s

2008 Western Australian state election: Cockburn ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Fran Logan	9,620	48.70	−4.1
	Liberal	Donald Barrett	6,188	31.32	+6.2
	Greens	Andrew Sullivan	2,531	12.81	+5.9
	Independent	Mary Jenkins	1,416	7.17	+7.2
Total formal votes			19,755	92.43	+1.3
Informal votes			1,617	7.57	−1.3
Turnout			21,372	87.45
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Fran Logan	11,773	59.60	−5.2
	Liberal	Donald Barrett	7,982	40.40	+5.2
	Labor hold		Swing	-5.2

2005 Western Australian state election: Cockburn

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Fran Logan	12,570	55.3	+0.6
	Liberal	John Jamieson	5,289	23.3	+2.8
	Greens	Anne Otness	1,547	6.8	−3.3
	Family First	Damon Fowler	1,278	5.6	+5.6
	Independent	Robyn Scherr	804	3.5	+3.5
	One Nation	Carol Teather	650	2.9	−7.1
	Christian Democrats	Bill Heggers	605	2.7	+2.7
Total formal votes			22,743	93.0	−1.9
Informal votes			1,722	7.0	+1.9
Turnout			24,465	90.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Fran Logan	15,084	66.4	−3.0
	Liberal	John Jamieson	7,640	33.6	+3.0
	Labor hold		Swing	-3.0

2001 Western Australian state election: Cockburn

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Fran Logan	12,527	53.9	+3.0
	Liberal	Sandra Comley	5,453	23.5	−10.0
	Greens	Heather Smedley	2,610	11.2	+2.6
	One Nation	Jerry Gier	1,722	7.4	+7.4
	Democrats	Andrew Donaldson	912	3.9	−3.1
Total formal votes			23,224	94.1	+0.0
Informal votes			1,447	5.9	−0.0
Turnout			24,671	92.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Fran Logan	15,693	68.3	+7.7
	Liberal	Sandra Comley	7,289	31.7	−7.7
	Labor hold		Swing	+7.7

Elections in the 1990s

1996 Western Australian state election: Cockburn

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Bill Thomas	10,326	50.9	−3.4
	Liberal	Wendy Blake	6,793	33.5	−2.1
	Greens	Nadine Lapthorne	1,749	8.6	+2.1
	Democrats	Jakica Zaknic	1,427	7.0	+3.8
Total formal votes			20,295	94.1	−0.2
Informal votes			1,267	5.9	+0.2
Turnout			21,562	91.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Bill Thomas	12,245	60.6	+0.2
	Liberal	Wendy Blake	7,976	39.4	−0.2
	Labor hold		Swing	+0.2

1993 Western Australian state election: Cockburn

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Bill Thomas	10,578	58.2	−0.2
	Liberal	Janette McTaggart	5,944	32.7	+2.5
	Greens	Margaret-Mary Jenkins	1,046	5.8	+5.8
	Democrats	Lynda Somers	623	3.4	+3.4
Total formal votes			18,191	94.1	+7.0
Informal votes			1,134	5.9	−7.0
Turnout			19,325	94.6	+2.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Bill Thomas	11,648	64.0	−0.6
	Liberal	Janette McTaggart	6,543	36.0	+0.6
	Labor hold		Swing	-0.6

Elections in the 1980s

1989 Western Australian state election: Cockburn

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Bill Thomas	9,206	58.4	−17.1
	Liberal	Simon O'Brien	4,753	30.1	+7.0
	Grey Power	Isobel Davison	1,056	6.7	+6.7
	Alternative Coalition	Alison Jensen	750	4.8	+4.8
Total formal votes			15,765	87.1
Informal votes			2,331	12.9
Turnout			18,096	92.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Bill Thomas	10,183	64.6	−11.8
	Liberal	Simon O'Brien	5,582	35.4	+11.8
	Labor hold		Swing	-11.8

1986 Cockburn state by-election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Norm Marlborough	9,346	50.3	−24.4
	Liberal	Mark Iriks	4,832	26.0	+0.7
	Independent Labor	Lawrence Humphreys	3,450	18.6	+18.6
	Independent	Linda McLaughlan	950	5.1	+5.1
Total formal votes			18,578	95.9	−0.2
Informal votes			793	4.1	+0.2
Turnout			19,371	83.7	−9.8
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

• Preferences were not distributed.

1986 Western Australian state election: Cockburn

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Clive Hughes	15,328	74.7	−3.9
	Liberal	Mark Iriks	5,202	25.3	+3.9
Total formal votes			20,530	96.1	+0.4
Informal votes			829	3.9	−0.4
Turnout			21,359	93.5	−0.7
	Labor hold		Swing	-3.9

1984 Cockburn state by-election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Clive Hughes	11,270	67.6	−11.0
	Liberal	Anthony Seman	4,481	26.9	+5.5
	Independent	Giuseppe De Petra	934	5.6	+5.6
Total formal votes			16,685	94.8	−0.9
Informal votes			906	5.2	+0.9
Turnout			17,591	79.9	−14.3
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

• Preferences were not distributed.

1983 Western Australian state election: Cockburn

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Don Taylor	12,461	78.6
	Liberal	Gregory Bowler	3,398	21.4
Total formal votes			15,859	95.7
Informal votes			704	4.3
Turnout			16,563	94.2
	Labor hold		Swing

1980 Western Australian state election: Cockburn

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Don Taylor	10,173	73.1	+5.6
	Liberal	Herbert Fancott	3,748	26.9	−5.6
Total formal votes			13,921	95.2	−1.3
Informal votes			706	4.8	+1.3
Turnout			14,627	89.4	−1.5
	Labor hold		Swing	+5.6

Elections in the 1970s

1977 Western Australian state election: Cockburn

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Don Taylor	9,171	67.5
	Liberal	George Grljusich	4,407	32.5
Total formal votes			13,578	96.5
Informal votes			486	3.5
Turnout			14,064	90.9
	Labor hold		Swing

1974 Western Australian state election: Cockburn

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Don Taylor	10,058	70.3
	Liberal	Lloyd Read-Brain	3,531	24.7
	National Alliance	Clifford Webb	712	5.0
Total formal votes			14,301	7.1
Informal votes			1,100	7.1
Turnout			15,401	89.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Don Taylor	10,165	71.1
	Liberal	Lloyd Read-Brain	4,136	28.9
	Labor hold		Swing

1971 Western Australian state election: Cockburn

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Don Taylor	12,580	73.3	+4.7
	Democratic Labor	Henry Miller	2,592	15.1	+15.1
	Communist	Victor Williams	1,990	11.6	+11.6
Total formal votes			17,162	94.0	−1.1
Informal votes			1,092	6.0	+1.1
Turnout			18,254	92.4	−0.3
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Labor	Don Taylor	14,073	82.0	+13.4
	Democratic Labor	Henry Miller	3,089	18.0	+18.0
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Elections in the 1960s

1968 Western Australian state election: Cockburn

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Don Taylor	8,360	68.6
	Liberal and Country	Stanley Elliman	3,825	31.4
Total formal votes			12,185	95.1
Informal votes			622	4.9
Turnout			12,807	92.7
	Labor hold		Swing

1965 Western Australian state election: Cockburn

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Henry Curran	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

1962 Western Australian state election: Cockburn

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Henry Curran	6,034	65.0
	Liberal and Country	James Burns	2,544	27.4
	Democratic Labor	Maurice Robinson	713	7.7
Total formal votes			9,291	98.0
Informal votes			191	2.0
Turnout			9,482	94.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Henry Curran		66.1
	Liberal and Country	James Burns		33.9
	Labor hold		Swing

• Two party preferred vote was estimated.

References

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