Electoral results for the district of East Melville

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

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Members for East Melville

MemberPartyTerm
  Des O'Neil Liberal Country League 1962–1968
  Liberal 1968–1980
  Anthony Trethowan Liberal1980–1986
  Richard Lewis Liberal1986–1989

Election results

Elections in the 1980s

1986 Western Australian state election: East Melville [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Richard Lewis 9,49160.0+6.4
Labor Gary Low6,33040.0+4.2
Total formal votes15,82197.7-0.1
Informal votes3792.3+0.1
Turnout 16,20092.2-1.5
Liberal hold Swing +1.1
1983 Western Australian state election: East Melville
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Anthony Trethowan 7,90753.6
Labor Carmen Lawrence 5,28135.8
Democrats Shirley De La Hunty 1,56510.6
Total formal votes14,75397.8
Informal votes3302.2
Turnout 15,08393.7
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Anthony Trethowan 8,69058.9
Labor Carmen Lawrence 6,06341.1
Liberal hold Swing
1980 Western Australian state election: East Melville
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Anthony Trethowan unopposed
Liberal hold Swing

Elections in the 1970s

1977 Western Australian state election: East Melville
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Des O'Neil 9,72065.5
Labor Lionel Christensen5,11934.5
Total formal votes14,83997.6
Informal votes3592.4
Turnout 15,19891.8
Liberal hold Swing +6.1
1974 Western Australian state election: East Melville
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Des O'Neil 8,02952.8
Labor Percy Johnson6,07940.0
National Alliance Rosemary Taboni1,0977.2
Total formal votes15,20597.1
Informal votes4522.9
Turnout 15,65791.4
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Des O'Neil 8,96158.9
Labor Percy Johnson6,24441.1
Liberal hold Swing
1971 Western Australian state election: East Melville
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Des O'Neil 8,83959.4-15.5
Labor Herman Baer4,78432.2+32.2
Democratic Labor Rosemary Lorrimar1,2578.4+8.4
Total formal votes14,88097.7+3.1
Informal votes3572.3-3.1
Turnout 15,23792.5-0.4
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Des O'Neil 9,90766.6-2.4
Labor Herman Baer4,97333.4+2.4
Liberal hold Swing -2.4

Elections in the 1960s

1968 Western Australian state election: East Melville
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal and Country Des O'Neil 8,80074.9
Communist Victor Williams1,69414.4
Independent Ralph Von Paleske1,24910.6
Total formal votes11,74394.6
Informal votes6665.4
Turnout 12,40992.9
Two-candidate-preferred result
Liberal and Country Des O'Neil 9,42580.3
Communist Victor Williams2,31819.7
Liberal and Country hold Swing
1965 Western Australian state election: East Melville
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal and Country Des O'Neil 6,77359.4-4.2
Independent Louis Joseph4,63040.6+40.6
Total formal votes11,40395.1-4.0
Informal votes5854.9+4.0
Turnout 11,98893.2-1.6
Liberal and Country hold Swing N/A
1962 Western Australian state election: East Melville
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal and Country Des O'Neil 6,52763.6
Labor Mervyn Jahn3,73936.4
Total formal votes10,26699.1
Informal votes900.9
Turnout 10,35694.8
Liberal and Country 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.