Electoral results for the district of Subiaco

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

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Members for Subiaco

MemberPartyTerm
  Henry Daglish Labour 1901–1905
 Independent Labour1905–1908
 Ministerial1908–1911
  Bartholomew Stubbs Labor1911–1917
  Samuel Brown Nationalist 1917–1921
  Walter Richardson National Labor 1921–1925
 Nationalist1925–1933
  John Moloney Labor1933–1936
  Florence Cardell-Oliver Nationalist1936–1945
  Liberal 1945–1949
  Liberal Country League 1949–1956
  Percival Potter Labor1956–1959
  Hugh Guthrie Liberal Country League1959–1968
 Liberal1968–1971
 Dr Tom Dadour Liberal1971–1984
  Independent 1984–1986
 Dr Carmen Lawrence Labor1986–1989

Election results

Elections in the 1980s

1986 Western Australian state election: Subiaco [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Carmen Lawrence 7,94950.2+1.8
Liberal Ross McLean 7,40346.7−1.7
Independent Geoff Stuart4883.1+3.1
Total formal votes15,84097.5−0.2
Informal votes4002.5+0.2
Turnout 16,24089.7+4.3
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Carmen Lawrence 8,18951.7+3.3
Liberal Ross McLean 7,65148.3−3.3
Labor gain from Liberal Swing +3.3
1983 Western Australian state election: Subiaco
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Tom Dadour 7,10851.6
Labor William Bartholomaeus6,66648.4
Total formal votes13,77497.7
Informal votes3222.3
Turnout 14,09685.4
Liberal hold Swing
1980 Western Australian state election: Subiaco
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Tom Dadour 8,17563.9−0.2
Labor Marcelle Anderson4,61336.1+0.2
Total formal votes12,78897.4−0.3
Informal votes3412.6+0.3
Turnout 13,12983.8−3.9
Liberal hold Swing -0.2

Elections in the 1970s

1977 Western Australian state election: Subiaco
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Tom Dadour 8,69064.1
Labor Wendy Fatin 4,86835.9
Total formal votes13,55897.7
Informal votes3152.3
Turnout 13,87387.7
Liberal hold Swing +7.6
1974 Western Australian state election: Subiaco
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Tom Dadour 6,33949.9
Labor Phillip Hall5,24141.3
National Alliance Francis Dwyer7525.9
Australia Ronald Hislop3732.9
Total formal votes12,70595.7
Informal votes5674.3
Turnout 13,27287.4
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Tom Dadour 7,16956.4
Labor Phillip Hall5,53643.6
Liberal hold Swing
1971 Western Australian state election: Subiaco
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Tom Dadour 5,33846.8−1.1
Labor Dennis Kemp4,59540.3−6.1
Democratic Labor Francis Dwyer1,19110.5+10.5
Defence of Government Schools Patrick Holland2722.4+2.4
Total formal votes11,39697.0−0.6
Informal votes3553.0+0.6
Turnout 11,75187.8−2.6
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Tom Dadour 6,25454.9+4.5
Labor Dennis Kemp5,14245.1−4.5
Liberal hold Swing +4.5

Elections in the 1960s

1968 Western Australian state election: Subiaco
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal and Country Hugh Guthrie 5,31647.9
Labor Ronnay Foster5,15346.4
Independent Jacqueline Lander6395.7
Total formal votes11,10897.6
Informal votes2762.4
Turnout 11,38490.4
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal and Country Hugh Guthrie 5,60350.4
Labor Ronnay Foster5,50549.6
Liberal and Country hold Swing
1965 Western Australian state election: Subiaco
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal and Country Hugh Guthrie 5,27453.3+5.7
Labor Frank Baden-Powell4,04040.9−2.5
Democratic Labor John Martyr 5735.8−3.1
Total formal votes9,88797.5−1.1
Informal votes2582.5+1.1
Turnout 10,14591.7−0.7
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal and Country Hugh Guthrie 5,76158.3+3.2
Labor Frank Baden-Powell4,12641.7−3.2
Liberal and Country hold Swing +3.2
1962 Western Australian state election: Subiaco
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal and Country Hugh Guthrie 4,99447.6
Labor Percival Potter 4,55243.4
Democratic Labor Francis Dwyer9367.2
Total formal votes8,43898.1
Informal votes1651.9
Turnout 8,60392.5
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal and Country Hugh Guthrie 4,44252.6
Labor Percival Potter 3,99647.4
Liberal and Country hold Swing

Elections in the 1950s

1959 Western Australian state election: Subiaco
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal and Country Hugh Guthrie 3,94346.7+18.3
Labor Percival Potter 3,89146.1−1.2
Democratic Labor Ronald Bulbeck6047.2+7.2
Total formal votes8,43898.1+0.8
Informal votes1651.9−0.8
Turnout 8,60392.5+0.3
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal and Country Hugh Guthrie 4,44252.6+4.3
Labor Percival Potter 3,99647.4−4.3
Liberal and Country gain from Labor Swing +4.3
1956 Western Australian state election: Subiaco
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Percival Potter 4,13447.3
Liberal and Country Edgar Paddick2,48628.4
Independent Liberal Joseph Abrahams1,79120.5
Independent Liberal Walter Richardson 3363.8
Total formal votes8,74797.3
Informal votes2422.7
Turnout 8,98992.2
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Percival Potter 4,52051.7
Liberal and Country Edgar Paddick4,22748.3
Labor gain from Liberal and Country Swing
1953 Western Australian state election: Subiaco
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal and Country Florence Cardell-Oliver 4,31056.7−5.5
Labor Thomas Henley3,29343.3+5.5
Total formal votes7,60398.4−0.3
Informal votes1241.6+0.3
Turnout 7,72793.7+2.1
Liberal and Country hold Swing -5.5
1950 Western Australian state election: Subiaco
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal and Country Florence Cardell-Oliver 5,07262.2
Labor Thomas Henley3,08137.8
Total formal votes8,15398.7
Informal votes1071.3
Turnout 8,26091.6
Liberal and Country hold Swing

Elections in the 1940s

1947 Western Australian state election: Subiaco
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Florence Cardell-Oliver 4,45062.7+4.0
Labor Percival Potter 2,65137.3−4.0
Total formal votes7,10198.2+0.7
Informal votes1291.8−0.7
Turnout 7,23090.6−3.2
Liberal hold Swing +4.0
1943 Western Australian state election: Subiaco
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Nationalist Florence Cardell-Oliver 4,13258.7+18.5
Labor William Lonnie2,90941.3+4.4
Total formal votes7,04197.5−1.5
Informal votes1832.5+1.5
Turnout 7,22493.8−1.3
Nationalist hold Swing +0.7

Elections in the 1930s

1939 Western Australian state election: Subiaco
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Nationalist Florence Cardell-Oliver 2,96340.2+16.3
Labor William Lonnie2,71436.9−1.6
Ind. Nationalist Walter Richardson 1,68622.9−0.2
Total formal votes7,36398.9−0.3
Informal votes801.1+0.3
Turnout 7,44395.1+14.5
Two-party-preferred result
Nationalist Florence Cardell-Oliver 4,27258.0+2.2
Labor William Lonnie3,09142.0−2.2
Nationalist hold Swing +2.2
1936 Western Australian state election: Subiaco
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor John Moloney 2,32038.5−5.1
Nationalist Florence Cardell-Oliver 1,44223.9−13.3
Nationalist Walter Richardson 1,39223.1+23.1
Nationalist Harry Downe87714.5+14.5
Total formal votes6,03199.2+1.6
Informal votes470.8−1.6
Turnout 6,07880.6−12.3
Two-party-preferred result
Nationalist Florence Cardell-Oliver 3,36455.8+8.3
Labor John Moloney 2,66744.2−8.3
Nationalist gain from Labor Swing +8.3
1933 Western Australian state election: Subiaco
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor John Moloney 2,87343.6+2.1
Nationalist Walter Richardson 2,45337.2−21.3
Independent John Bathgate1,26919.2+19.2
Total formal votes6,59597.6−1.4
Informal votes1642.4+1.4
Turnout 6,75992.9+14.4
Two-party-preferred result
Labor John Moloney 3,46352.5+11.0
Nationalist Walter Richardson 3,13247.5−11.0
Labor gain from Nationalist Swing +11.0
1930 Western Australian state election: Subiaco
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Nationalist Walter Richardson 3,23358.5
Labor Richard Nash2,29041.5
Total formal votes5,46999.0
Informal votes541.0
Turnout 5,57778.5
Nationalist hold Swing

Elections in the 1920s

1927 Western Australian state election: Subiaco
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Nationalist Walter Richardson 4,48955.1+11.6
Labor John Leonard3,65344.9+11.9
Total formal votes8,14299.0+0.3
Informal votes831.0−0.3
Turnout 8,22577.5+13.7
Nationalist hold Swing -8.3
1924 Western Australian state election: Subiaco
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Nationalist Walter Richardson 2,58443.5+18.8
Labor Ephraim Freedman1,96333.0−1.2
Nationalist Clifford Sadlier 1,39523.5+23.5
Total formal votes5,94298.7+0.2
Informal votes771.3−0.2
Turnout 6,01963.80.0
Two-party-preferred result
Nationalist Walter Richardson 3,76863.4+63.4
Labor Ephraim Freedman2,17436.6−2.8
Nationalist gain from National Labor Swing N/A
1921 Western Australian state election: Subiaco
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
National Labor Walter Richardson 2,02041.0+41.0
Labor Arthur Ramsbottom1,68634.2−65.8
Nationalist Samuel Brown 1,21824.7+24.7
Total formal votes4,92498.5
Informal votes731.5
Turnout 4,99763.8
Two-party-preferred result
National Labor Walter Richardson 2,98560.6+60.6
Labor Arthur Ramsbottom1,93939.4−60.6
National Labor gain from Labor Swing N/A

Elections in the 1910s

1917 Subiaco state by-election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Edwin Corboy 1,87340.4–59.6
Nationalist Charles Heppingstone77016.6+16.6
Nationalist Samuel Brown 69615.0+15.0
Nationalist James Guy58812.7+12.7
Nationalist Edwin Whittaker4489.7+9.7
Nationalist Thomas Treweek1503.2+3.2
Nationalist James Chesters1102.4+2.4
Total formal votes4,63597.7n/a
Informal votes1072.3n/a
Turnout 4,74269.6n/a
Two-candidate-preferred result
Nationalist Samuel Brown 2,37651.3n/a
Labor Edwin Corboy 2,25948.7n/a
Nationalist gain from Labor Swing n/a
1917 Western Australian state election: Subiaco
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Bartholomew Stubbs unopposed
Labor hold Swing
1914 Western Australian state election: Subiaco
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Bartholomew Stubbs 2,76350.4−0.4
Liberal Henry Daglish 2,71749.6+0.4
Total formal votes5,48099.5+7.5
Informal votes290.5−7.5
Turnout 5,50963.6−14.8
Labor hold Swing -0.4
1911 Western Australian state election: Subiaco
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Bartholomew Stubbs 1,84650.8
Ministerialist Henry Daglish 1,78649.2
Total formal votes3,63292.0
Informal votes3148.0
Turnout 3,94678.4
Labor gain from Ministerialist Swing

Elections in the 1900s

1908 Western Australian state election: Subiaco
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Ministerialist Henry Daglish 2,52761.1+13.0
Labour Walter Richardson1,60638.9+38.9
Total formal votes4,13399.0+0.2
Informal votes411.0−0.2
Turnout 4,17480.4+18.7
Ministerialist gain from Independent Labour Swing N/A
1905 Western Australian state election: Subiaco
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Labour Henry Daglish 1,08651.9–28.1
Ministerialist Samuel Brown 1,00648.1+48.1
Total formal votes2,09299.2–0.2
Informal votes170.8+0.2
Turnout 2,10961.7–10.2
Independent Labour hold Swing N/A
1904 Western Australian state election: Subiaco
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Henry Daglish 1,89080.0+30.4
Independent William Thomas47320.0+20.0
Total formal votes2,36399.4+2.0
Informal votes140.6–2.0
Turnout 2,37771.9+15.4
Labour hold Swing +30.4
1901 Western Australian state election: Subiaco
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Henry Daglish 82849.6+49.6
Independent Samuel Brown 53532.1+32.1
Independent John Brickhill18010.8+10.8
Independent Richard Sparrow1267.5+7.5
Total formal votes1,66997.4n/a
Informal votes442.6n/a
Turnout 1,71356.5n/a
Labour win(new seat)

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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.