Electoral results for the district of Pilbara

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This is a list of electoral results for the electoral district of Pilbara (Central Kimberley-Pilbara from 2005-2008) in Western Australian state elections.

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Members for Pilbara

MemberPartyTerm
  Henry Keep Non-aligned1894–1897
  Walter Kingsmill Oppositionist1897–1903
  James Isdell Independent1903–1906
  Henry Underwood Labor 1906–1917
  Nationalist 1917–1924
  Alfred Lamond Labor1924–1933
  Frank Welsh Nationalist1933–1939
  Bill Hegney Labor1939–1950
  Alec Rodoreda Labor1950–1958
  Arthur Bickerton Labor1958–1974
  Brian Sodeman Liberal 1974–1983
  Pam Buchanan Labor1983–1989
  Larry Graham Labor1989–2000
 Independent Labor2000–2005
  Tom Stephens Labor2005–2013
  Brendon Grylls Nationals WA 2013–2017
  Kevin Michel Labor2017–present

Election results

Elections in the 2020s

2021 Western Australian state election: Pilbara [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Kevin Michel 9,07561.0+30.1
National Scott Bourne2,71518.3−9.1
Liberal Camilo Blanco1,2418.3−6.9
Greens Machelle Vaughan-Cartner5043.4−0.7
Shooters, Fishers, Farmers David Allison-Forrest4533.0−6.5
One Nation Sandi Crouch4322.9−8.5
No Mandatory Vaccination Max Elliott2701.8+1.8
Western Australia Don Hyland1150.8+0.8
WAxit Navneet Jawanda680.50.0
Total formal votes14,87395.2−0.2
Informal votes7484.8+0.2
Turnout 15,62167.1−0.8
Two-candidate-preferred result
Labor Kevin Michel 10,45970.4+18.2
National Scott Bourne4,40829.6+29.6
Labor hold 

Elections in the 2010s

2017 Western Australian state election: Pilbara [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Kevin Michel 4,38631.0+1.2
National Brendon Grylls 3,86027.3−11.3
Liberal Mark Alchin2,15815.3−7.8
One Nation David Archibald1,60611.4+11.4
Shooters, Fishers, Farmers Fiona White-Hartig1,3529.6+9.6
Greens Brent McKenna5844.1−0.9
Flux the System! Mark Dunn1330.9+0.9
Micro Business Davyd Hooper650.5+0.5
Total formal votes14,14495.4+0.4
Informal votes6774.6−0.4
Turnout 14,82170.0−4.3
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Kevin Michel 7,39352.3+13.8
National Brendon Grylls 6,74847.7−13.8
Labor gain from National Swing +13.8
2013 Western Australian state election: Pilbara
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
National Brendon Grylls 4,86638.6+15.9
Labor Kelly Howlett3,75829.8–13.5
Liberal George Levissianos2,91123.1+3.7
Greens Julie Matheson6285.0–4.6
Independent Brent McKenna2672.1+2.1
Christians Bruce Richards1681.3+1.3
Total formal votes12,59895.0–0.2
Informal votes6635.0+0.2
Turnout 13,26176.7
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal George Levissianos6,77453.8+53.8
Labor Kelly Howlett5,82346.2–11.0
Two-party-preferred result
National Brendon Grylls 7,73961.5+18.7
Labor Kelly Howlett4,85038.5–18.7
National gain from Labor Swing +18.7

Elections in the 2000s

2008 Western Australian state election: Pilbara [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Tom Stephens 3,33644.4-4.4
National Alan Cochrane1,72422.9+22.9
Liberal Rosie Vrancic1,32117.6-14.2
Greens Kelly Howlett7249.6+0.3
Family First Joan Foley4125.5+5.5
Total formal votes7,51794.8-0.2
Informal votes4095.2+0.2
Turnout 7,92669.2
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Tom Stephens 4,02453.6-6.9
National Alan Cochrane3,49046.4+46.4
Labor hold Swing -6.9
2005 Western Australian state election: Central Kimberley-Pilbara [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Tom Stephens 4,36950.1+13.9
Liberal Trona Young2,38827.4+12.2
Greens Kelly Howlett7869.0+7.7
Independent Barry Taylor7388.5+8.5
Independent Paul Asplin1782.0+2.0
One Nation Gavin Ness1351.5–5.7
Christian Democrats Jason Matthews1231.4+1.4
Total formal votes8,71795.0-0.8
Informal votes4585.0+0.8
Turnout 9,17468.6
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Tom Stephens 5,54263.6+4.2
Liberal Trona Young3,16836.4-4.2
Labor gain from Independent Swing +4.2
2001 Western Australian state election: Pilbara
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Larry Graham 3,62654.6+54.6
Labor Jackie Ormsby1,78226.8-37.0
Liberal Mark Liedel82112.4-16.9
One Nation Gavin Ness4166.3+6.3
Total formal votes6,64595.6+0.2
Informal votes3074.4-0.2
Turnout 6,95268.4
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Jackie Ormsby3,69256.0-9.7
Liberal Mark Liedel2,90344.0+9.7
Two-candidate-preferred result
Independent Larry Graham 4,57169.2+69.2
Labor Jackie Ormsby2,03830.8-34.9
Independent gain from Labor Swing +69.2

Elections in the 1990s

1996 Western Australian state election: Pilbara
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Larry Graham 4,28463.8+4.9
Liberal Domenick Palumbo1,96429.3+5.8
National Anne O'Donoghue4656.9+6.8
Total formal votes6,71395.4+0.5
Informal votes3244.6-0.5
Turnout 7,03768.1
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Larry Graham 4,40765.7-2.4
Liberal Domenick Palumbo2,30034.3+2.4
Labor hold Swing -2.4
1993 Western Australian state election: Pilbara
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Larry Graham 4,84056.2-0.3
Liberal Pamela Walsh2,05123.8-7.0
Independent Allan Hutcheson5986.9+6.9
Independent Karen Merrin5286.1+6.1
Greens David Flynn3113.6+3.6
Democrats Glenis Cooper2192.5+2.5
Independent Rodney Tregonning720.8+0.8
Total formal votes8,61995.2+4.3
Informal votes4384.8-4.3
Turnout 9,05782.9+4.5
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Larry Graham 5,76966.9+5.4
Liberal Pamela Walsh2,85033.1-5.4
Labor hold Swing +5.4

Elections in the 1980s

1989 Western Australian state election: Pilbara
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Larry Graham 4,46656.5-9.9
Liberal William Shephard2,43730.8-2.8
Independent Vincent Cooper1,00312.7+12.7
Total formal votes7,90690.9
Informal votes7929.1
Turnout 8,69878.4
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Larry Graham 4,85861.5-4.9
Liberal William Shepherd3,04838.5+4.9
Labor hold Swing -4.9
1986 Western Australian state election: Pilbara
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Pam Buchanan 7,96564.7+5.9
Liberal Johannes Van Uden4,35135.3+0.4
Total formal votes12,31697.6+2.8
Informal votes3062.4-2.8
Turnout 12,62284.0-7.3
Labor hold Swing -2.8
1983 Western Australian state election: Pilbara
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Pam Buchanan 5,38258.8
Liberal David Penny3,19534.9
Independent Vincent Cooper5816.3
Total formal votes9,15894.8
Informal votes4985.2
Turnout 9,65691.3
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Pam Buchanan 6,18267.5
Liberal David Penny2,97632.5
Labor gain from Liberal Swing
1980 Western Australian state election: Pilbara
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Brian Sodeman 5,88047.6-5.2
Labor Gilbert Barr5,55144.9-2.3
Democrats Blair Nancarrow9277.5+7.5
Total formal votes12,35894.6-1.7
Informal votes7055.4+1.7
Turnout 13,06378.2-5.2
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Brian Sodeman 6,38351.6-1.2
Labor Gilbert Barr5,97548.4+1.2
Liberal hold Swing -1.2

Elections in the 1970s

1977 Western Australian state election: Pilbara
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Brian Sodeman 6,02752.8
Labor Norm Marlborough 5,39347.2
Total formal votes11,42096.3
Informal votes4433.7
Turnout 11,86383.4
Liberal hold Swing
1974 Western Australian state election: Pilbara
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Brian Sodeman 3,44049.1
Labor Arthur Bickerton 3,21946.0
Australia Ian Kelly3474.9
Total formal votes7,00693.5
Informal votes4876.5
Turnout 7,49382.3
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Brian Sodeman 3,59451.3
Labor Arthur Bickerton 3,41248.7
Liberal gain from Labor Swing
1971 Western Australian state election: Pilbara
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Arthur Bickerton 2,42663.5-36.5
Democratic Labor Michael Barry1,39536.5+36.5
Total formal votes3,82194.4
Informal votes2255.6
Turnout 4,04676.7
Labor hold Swing N/A

Elections in the 1960s

1968 Western Australian state election: Pilbara
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Arthur Bickerton unopposed
Labor hold Swing
1965 Western Australian state election: Pilbara
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Arthur Bickerton 97667.2-32.8
Liberal and Country David Hughes47632.8+32.8
Total formal votes1,38395.5
Informal votes694.5
Turnout 1,52179.6
Labor hold Swing N/A
1962 Western Australian state election: Pilbara
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Arthur Bickerton unopposed
Labor hold Swing

Elections in the 1950s

1959 Western Australian state election: Pilbara
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Arthur Bickerton 65662.0-4.9
Liberal and Country Neil Radley40238.0+4.9
Total formal votes1,05897.4-1.3
Informal votes282.6+1.3
Turnout 1,08676.1-5.2
Labor hold Swing -4.9
1958 Pilbara state by-election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Arthur Bickerton unopposed
Labor hold Swing
1956 Western Australian state election: Pilbara
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Alec Rodoreda 66266.9
Liberal and Country Rowland Charlton32733.1
Total formal votes98998.7
Informal votes131.3
Turnout 1,00281.3
Labor hold Swing
1953 Western Australian state election: Pilbara
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Alec Rodoreda 60766.0+8.7
Liberal and Country Rowland Charlton31334.0-8.7
Total formal votes92097.9-0.3
Informal votes202.1+0.3
Turnout 94082.9+5.7
Labor hold Swing +8.7
1950 Western Australian state election: Pilbara
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Alec Rodoreda 53857.3
Liberal and Country Leonard Taplin40142.7
Total formal votes93998.2
Informal votes171.8
Turnout 95677.2
Labor hold Swing

Elections in the 1940s

1947 Pilbara state by-election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Bill Hegney 30252.7+2.6
Independent Leonard Taplin27147.3-2.6
Total formal votes57399.5+2.0
Informal votes30.5-2.0
Turnout 57678.3+4.7
Labor hold Swing +2.6
1947 Western Australian state election: Pilbara
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Bill Hegney 235*50.1-14.6
Independent Leonard Taplin23449.9+49.9
Total formal votes46897.5+0.8
Informal votes122.5-0.8
Turnout 48073.6-5.3
Labor hold Swing N/A
1943 Western Australian state election: Pilbara
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Bill Hegney 40164.7+12.1
Country Peter Cassey17327.9+27.9
Progressive LaborDonald McLeod467.4+7.4
Total formal votes62096.7-2.4
Informal votes213.3+2.4
Turnout 64178.9-6.9
Labor hold Swing N/A

Elections in the 1930s

1939 Western Australian state election: Pilbara
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Bill Hegney 43152.6+12.0
Nationalist Frank Welsh 38847.4-12.0
Total formal votes81999.1-0.1
Informal votes70.9+0.1
Turnout 82685.8+2.0
Labor gain from Nationalist Swing +12.0
1936 Western Australian state election: Pilbara
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Nationalist Frank Welsh 35859.4+1.5
Labor Donald Bennett24540.6-1.5
Total formal votes60399.2+2.9
Informal votes50.8-2.9
Turnout 60883.8-3.8
Nationalist hold Swing +1.5
1933 Western Australian state election: Pilbara
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Nationalist Frank Welsh 26857.9+18.6
Labor James McGuire19542.1-12.2
Total formal votes44596.3-3.0
Informal votes183.7+3.0
Turnout 48187.6+3.4
Nationalist gain from Labor Swing N/A
1930 Western Australian state election: Pilbara
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Alfred Lamond 22954.3
Nationalist Edward Greene16639.3
Independent William Maher276.4
Total formal votes42299.3
Informal votes30.7
Turnout 42584.2
Labor hold Swing

Elections in the 1920s

1927 Western Australian state election: Pilbara
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Alfred Lamond 22355.2+9.5
Nationalist Henry Underwood 14936.9-1.7
Independent Labor Edward Snell327.9+7.9
Total formal votes40498.3+3.2
Informal votes71.7-3.2
Turnout 41178.6+22.3
Labor hold Swing N/A
1924 Western Australian state election: Pilbara
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Alfred Lamond 19545.7+10.1
National Labor Henry Underwood 16538.6+38.6
Executive Country Arthur Brown6715.7+15.7
Total formal votes42795.1-3.6
Informal votes224.9+3.6
Turnout 44956.3-1.8
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Alfred Lamond 22552.7+17.1
National Labor Henry Underwood 20247.3+47.3
Labor gain from Independent Swing N/A
1921 Western Australian state election: Pilbara
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Henry Underwood 24164.4-35.6
Labor Arthur Edwards13335.6+35.6
Total formal votes37498.7
Informal votes598.7
Turnout 37958.1
Independent gain from National Labor Swing N/A

Elections in the 1910s

1917 Western Australian state election: Pilbara
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
National Labor Henry Underwood unopposed
National Labor hold Swing
1914 Western Australian state election: Pilbara
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Henry Underwood 35252.9-1.1
Liberal Michael Corbett31447.1+1.1
Total formal votes66699.7+0.9
Informal votes20.3-0.9
Turnout 66866.5-1.9
Labor hold Swing -1.1
1911 Western Australian state election: Pilbara
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Henry Underwood 41354.0
Ministerial George Miles35246.0
Total formal votes76598.8
Informal votes91.2
Turnout 77468.4
Labor hold Swing

Elections in the 1900s

1908 Western Australian state election: Pilbara
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Henry Underwood 46858.1+4.7
Ministerial John Weir33841.9-4.7
Total formal votes80699.1+0.4
Informal votes70.9-0.4
Turnout 81176.1+37.2
Labour hold Swing -4.7
1906 Pilbara state by-election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Henry Underwood 28653.4+53.4
Ministerial John Hopkins25046.6N/A
Total formal votes53699.1
Informal votes70.9
Turnout 54638.9
Labor gain from Ministerial Swing N/A
1905 Western Australian state election: Pilbara
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Ministerial James Isdell unopposed
Ministerial hold Swing
1904 Western Australian state election: Pilbara
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Ministerial James Isdell 42864.7+11.0
Labour John Carey23435.3+35.3
Total formal votes66299.7+0.4
Informal votes120.3–0.4
Turnout 66453.2+12.9
Ministerial hold Swing N/A
1903 Pilbara state by-election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent James Isdell 15753.8
Independent John Montgomerie13546.2
Total formal votes29299.3
Informal votes20.7
Turnout 29440.3
Independent hold Swing N/A
1901 Western Australian state election: Pilbara
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Opposition Walter Kingsmill unopposed
Opposition hold Swing

Elections in the 1890s

1897 Western Australian colonial election: Pilbara
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Walter Kingsmill 11068.8
Independent Edward Edgecumbe5031.2
Total formal votes16098.2
Informal votes31.8
Turnout 16362.5
Independent hold Swing
1894 Western Australian colonial election: Albany
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
None George Leake 18750.1+50.1
NoneFrancis Dymes18649.9+49.9

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