Electoral results for the district of Karrinyup

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

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Members for Karrinyup

MemberPartyTerm
  Les Nimmo Liberal Country League 1962–1968
  Stan Lapham Labor 1968–1974
  Jim Clarko Liberal 1974–1989

Election results

Elections in the 1980s

1986 Western Australian state election: Karrinyup [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Jim Clarko 11,16356.3+3.8
Labor Ian Noack8,64943.7+3.0
Total formal votes19,81298.0+0.1
Informal votes4102.0−0.1
Turnout 20,22292.8+3.5
Liberal hold Swing +0.4
1983 Western Australian state election: Karrinyup
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Jim Clarko 8,48152.5
Labor Richard Pitts6,58040.7
Democrats Jean Jenkins 1,1066.8
Total formal votes16,16797.9
Informal votes3462.1
Turnout 16,51389.3
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Jim Clarko 9,03755.9
Labor Richard Pitts7,13044.1
Liberal hold Swing
1980 Western Australian state election: Karrinyup
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Jim Clarko 9,28458.5−2.5
Labor Evan McKenzie6,59741.5+2.5
Total formal votes15,88197.50.0
Informal votes4062.50.0
Turnout 16,28788.8−2.8
Liberal hold Swing -2.5

Elections in the 1970s

1977 Western Australian state election: Karrinyup
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Jim Clarko 8,96361.0
Labor Peter Rose5,73839.0
Total formal votes14,70197.5
Informal votes3692.5
Turnout 15,07091.6
Liberal hold Swing +7.5
1974 Western Australian state election: Karrinyup
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Jim Clarko 8,78248.7
Labor Mervyn Knight8,09044.9
National Alliance Laurence Butterly1,1456.4
Total formal votes18,01796.3
Informal votes6953.7
Turnout 18,71291.5
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Jim Clarko 9,72854.0
Labor Mervyn Knight8,28946.0
Liberal gain from Labor Swing
1971 Western Australian state election: Karrinyup
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Stan Lapham 7,13249.9−3.6
Liberal Jim Clarko 5,93941.6+0.2
Democratic Labor John Poole1,2158.5+3.3
Total formal votes14,28697.8+0.8
Informal votes3202.2−0.8
Turnout 14,60692.1−0.3
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Stan Lapham 7,42152.0−2.3
Liberal Jim Clarko 6,86548.0+2.3
Labor hold Swing -2.3

Elections in the 1960s

1968 Western Australian state election: Karrinyup
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Stan Lapham 5,72053.5
Liberal and Country John Waghorne4,42241.3
Democratic Labor Arthur White5525.2
Total formal votes10,69497.0
Informal votes3323.0
Turnout 11,02692.4
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Stan Lapham 5,80354.3
Liberal and Country John Waghorne4,89145.7
Labor gain from Liberal and Country Swing
1965 Western Australian state election: Karrinyup
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal and Country Les Nimmo 6,29151.8+5.0
Labor Stan Lapham 5,24743.2−3.4
Democratic Labor Gerardus Sappelli6055.0−1.6
Total formal votes12,14398.1−1.0
Informal votes2301.9+1.0
Turnout 12,37393.3−1.7
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal and Country Les Nimmo 6,80556.0+3.5
Labor Stan Lapham 5,33844.0−3.5
Liberal and Country hold Swing +3.5
1962 Western Australian state election: Karrinyup
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal and Country Les Nimmo 4,84346.8
Labor Stan Lapham 4,82346.6
Democratic Labor Brian Peachey6856.6
Total formal votes10,35199.1
Informal votes980.9
Turnout 10,44995.0
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal and Country Les Nimmo 5,43752.5
Labor Stan Lapham 4,91447.5
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.