Electoral results for the district of Thornlie

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

Members for Thornlie

First incarnation (1989–2005)
Member		Party	Term
	Yvonne Henderson	Labor	1989–1996
	Sheila McHale	Labor	1996–2005
Second incarnation (2017–present)
	Chris Tallentire	Labor	2017–present

Election results

Elections in the 2020s

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2025 Western Australian state election (Legislative Assembly) § Thornlie.[ edit ]

2025 Western Australian state election: Thornlie ^{[1] [2]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Colleen Egan	11,574	46.5	−27.4
	Liberal	Mahesh Arumugam	3,761	15.1	+1.0
	Greens	Adam Abdul Razak	2,644	10.6	+5.7
	Independent	Kevin McDonald	2,548	10.2	+10.2
	One Nation	Timothy Larcombe	2,072	8.3	+8.3
	Christians	Madeleine Goiran	1,344	5.4	+1.1
	Legalise Cannabis	Fred Mulholland	959	3.9	+3.9
Total formal votes			24,902	94.2	−1.7
Informal votes			1,544	5.8	+1.7
Turnout			26,446	82.7	+5.0
Notional two-party-preferred count
	Labor	Colleen Egan		69.3	−11.3
	Liberal	Mahesh Arumugam		30.7	+11.3
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Labor	Colleen Egan	15,916	64.0	−16.6
	Independent	Kevin McDonald	8,952	36.0	+36.0
	Labor hold

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

2021 Western Australian state election: Thornlie ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Chris Tallentire	17,501	74.2	+21.5
	Liberal	Kevin McDonald	3,273	13.9	−11.1
	Greens	Rachel Wright	1,159	4.9	−2.0
	Christians	Madeleine Goiran	1,002	4.2	+0.7
	No Mandatory Vaccination	Rachael Hall	488	2.1	+2.1
	WAxit	J. S. Masih	177	0.8	−0.6
Total formal votes			23,600	95.8	+1.8
Informal votes			1,035	4.2	−1.8
Turnout			24,635	83.0	−2.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Chris Tallentire	19,081	80.9	+15.1
	Liberal	Kevin McDonald	4,508	19.1	−15.1
	Labor hold		Swing	+15.1

Elections in the 2010s

2017 Western Australian state election: Thornlie ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Chris Tallentire	11,983	52.6	+9.1
	Liberal	Rob Coales	5,682	25.0	−14.2
	One Nation	Sandy Baraiolo	1,747	7.7	+7.7
	Greens	Donna McAleese	1,563	6.9	+1.1
	Christians	Madeleine Goiran	798	3.5	−0.3
	Shooters, Fishers, Farmers	Gary Hammond	526	2.3	+2.3
	Micro Business	Sibel Bennett	309	1.4	+1.4
	Flux the System!	Andrew van Dam	160	0.7	+0.7
Total formal votes			22,768	94.0	+1.8
Informal votes			1,451	6.0	−1.8
Turnout			24,219	85.7	−2.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Chris Tallentire	14,965	65.8	+14.0
	Liberal	Rob Coales	7,781	34.2	−14.0
	Labor hold		Swing	+14.0

Elections in the 2000s

2001 Western Australian state election: Thornlie

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Sheila McHale	10,268	48.2	+6.1
	Liberal	Julie Brown	5,730	26.9	−16.2
	One Nation	Kevin Koevort	2,305	10.8	+10.8
	Greens	Tina McVicar	1,062	5.0	−2.6
	Christian Democrats	Terry Ryan	876	4.1	+4.1
	Democrats	Stephen Crabbe	636	3.0	−4.2
	Independent	Anwar Sayed	441	2.1	+2.1
Total formal votes			21,318	94.5	−0.2
Informal votes			1,231	5.5	+0.2
Turnout			22,549	91.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Sheila McHale	12,740	60.4	+8.9
	Liberal	Julie Brown	8,364	39.6	−8.9
	Labor hold		Swing	+8.9

Elections in the 1990s

1996 Western Australian state election: Thornlie

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Brian Brand	9,077	43.1	+0.1
	Labor	Sheila McHale	8,853	42.1	−6.1
	Greens	Rebecca Byrne	1,602	7.6	+5.9
	Democrats	Charlton Bailey	1,514	7.2	+4.2
Total formal votes			21,046	94.7	−1.0
Informal votes			1,174	5.3	+1.0
Turnout			22,220	91.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Sheila McHale	10,815	51.5	−1.2
	Liberal	Brian Brand	10,191	48.5	+1.2
	Labor hold		Swing	−1.2

1993 Western Australian state election: Thornlie

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Yvonne Henderson	9,533	51.7	−2.2
	Liberal	Monica Holmes	7,386	40.0	+4.1
	Independent	Joseph Isherwood	938	5.1	+5.1
	Democrats	Gordon Stapp	599	3.3	+3.3
Total formal votes			18,456	95.8	+6.1
Informal votes			803	4.2	−6.1
Turnout			19,259	94.7	+2.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Yvonne Henderson	10,280	55.7	−1.7
	Liberal	Monica Holmes	8,176	44.3	+1.7
	Labor hold		Swing	−1.7

Elections in the 1980s

1989 Western Australian state election: Thornlie

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Yvonne Henderson	8,174	53.9	−13.4
	Liberal	Antony York	5,443	35.9	+3.2
	Grey Power	Phillip Giblett	1,561	10.3	+10.3
Total formal votes			15,178	89.7
Informal votes			1,738	10.3
Turnout			16,916	92.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Yvonne Henderson	8,705	57.4	−9.9
	Liberal	Antony York	6,473	42.6	+9.9
	Labor hold		Swing	−9.9

References

1. 2025 State General Election – Thornlie District Results, WAEC. Retrieved 2 April 2025.
2. Thornlie - WA Electorate, Candidates, Results, ABC News. Retrieved 30 April 2025.
3. 2021 State General Election – Thornlie District Results, WAEC
4. Thornlie District Profile and Results, 2017 State General Election, WAEC.