Electoral results for the district of Victoria Park

Last updated July 18, 2024

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

Members for Victoria Park

	Party	Term
Howard Raphael	Labor	1930–1944
William Read	Independent	1945–1953
Hugh Andrew	Labor	1953–1961
Ron Davies	Labor	1961–1986
Dr Geoff Gallop	Labor	1986–2006
Ben Wyatt	Labor	2006–2021
Hannah Beazley	Labor	2021–present

Election results

Elections in the 2020s

2021 Western Australian state election: Victoria Park ^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Hannah Beazley	14,673	63.7	+12.6
	Liberal	Amanda-Sue Markham	3,733	16.2	−12.0
	Greens	Gerard Siero	2,912	12.6	−2.0
	Liberal Democrats	Aaron Farrell	542	2.4	+2.4
	Christians	Janine Vander Ven	522	2.3	−1.4
	No Mandatory Vaccination	Sue-Ann Connolly	350	1.5	+1.5
	One Nation	Darren Sandow	307	1.3	+1.3
Total formal votes			23,039	96.7	+1.1
Informal votes			782	3.3	−1.1
Turnout			23,821	83.0	+0.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Hannah Beazley	17,932	77.8	+11.1
	Liberal	Amanda-Sue Markham	5,105	22.2	−11.1
	Labor hold		Swing	+11.1

Elections in the 2010s

2017 Western Australian state election: Victoria Park^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Ben Wyatt	11,574	51.0	+6.4
	Liberal	Julian Jacobs	6,396	28.2	−14.5
	Greens	Ryan Quinn	3,272	14.4	+2.2
	Christians	Mark Staer	915	4.0	+4.0
	Micro Business	Jennifer Noye	520	2.3	+2.3
Total formal votes			22,677	95.7	+2.3
Informal votes			1,025	4.3	−2.3
Turnout			23,702	84.1	+0.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Ben Wyatt	15,064	66.5	+12.5
	Liberal	Julian Jacobs	7,595	33.5	−12.5
	Labor hold		Swing	+12.5

2013 Western Australian state election: Victoria Park
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Ben Wyatt	8,978	44.7	–2.1
	Liberal	Haider Zaman	8,591	42.7	+8.3
	Greens	Sarah Newbold	2,528	12.6	–1.4
Total formal votes			20,097	93.5	−1.8
Informal votes			1,402	6.5	+1.8
Turnout			21,499	85.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Ben Wyatt	10,865	54.1	–4.9
	Liberal	Haider Zaman	9,226	45.9	+4.9
	Labor hold		Swing	–4.9

Elections in the 2000s

2008 Western Australian state election: Victoria Park^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Ben Wyatt	9,137	46.8	−2.3
	Liberal	Ben Travia	6,723	34.4	+4.6
	Greens	Kim Lisson	2,726	13.9	+4.6
	Christian Democrats	Saskia Matthews	490	2.5	−0.4
	Family First	James Olsen	468	2.4	+2.4
Total formal votes			19,544	95.2	+0.1
Informal votes			979	4.8	−0.1
Turnout			20,523	84.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Ben Wyatt	11,523	59.0	−4.7
	Liberal	Ben Travia	8,012	41.0	+4.7
	Labor hold		Swing	-4.7

2006 Victoria Park state by-election ^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Ben Wyatt	7,786	49.38	−7.93
	Liberal	Bruce Stevenson	4,887	30.99	+3.24
	Greens	Dee Margetts	1,328	8.42	−0.25
	Christian Democrats	Bill Heggers	551	3.49	−0.13
	One Nation	Sue Bateman	436	2.76	+0.10
	Independent	Andrew Owens	217	1.38	+1.38
	Daylight Saving	James Dunn	156	0.99	+0.99
	Family First	Peter Greaves	151	0.96	+0.96
	Socialist Alliance	John Tattersall	131	0.83	+0.83
	Independent	Mike Ward	83	0.53	+0.53
	Independent	Teresa van Lieshout	43	0.27	+0.27
Total formal votes			15,769	96.26	+1.58
Informal votes			612	3.74	−1.58
Turnout			16,381	64.04	−23.62
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Ben Wyatt	9,632	61.18	−4.86
	Liberal	Bruce Stevenson	6,111	38.82	+4.86
	Labor hold		Swing	-4.86

2005 Western Australian state election: Victoria Park
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Geoff Gallop	12,432	57.3	+5.3
	Liberal	Neil Fearis	6,019	27.7	+1.5
	Greens	Dave Fort	1,880	8.7	+0.8
	Christian Democrats	Brett Crook	785	3.6	+3.1
	One Nation	Sue Bateman	576	2.7	−4.6
Total formal votes			21,692	94.7	−0.2
Informal votes			1,219	5.3	+0.2
Turnout			22,911	87.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Geoff Gallop	14,314	66.0	+1.9
	Liberal	Neil Fearis	7,362	34.0	−1.9
	Labor hold		Swing	+1.9

2001 Western Australian state election: Victoria Park
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Geoff Gallop	10,833	51.9	+4.2
	Liberal	Sandra Brown	5,612	26.9	−9.0
	Greens	Juanita Miller	1,685	8.1	+1.8
	One Nation	Peter David	1,417	6.8	+6.8
	Democrats	Collin Mullane	825	4.0	−1.1
	Curtin Labor Alliance	Andrew Fox	487	2.3	+2.3
Total formal votes			20,859	95.1	−0.4
Informal votes			1,078	4.9	+0.4
Turnout			21,937	88.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Geoff Gallop	13,236	63.8	+6.0
	Liberal	Sandra Brown	7,503	36.2	−6.0
	Labor hold		Swing	+6.0

Elections in the 1990s

1996 Western Australian state election: Victoria Park
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Geoff Gallop	9,725	47.7	+0.8
	Liberal	Bruce Stevenson	7,313	35.9	−4.2
	Greens	Phil Farren	1,289	6.3	+0.4
	Democrats	Anne Millar	1,042	5.1	+2.3
	Independent	John Collins	1,015	5.0	+5.0
Total formal votes			20,384	95.5	+0.3
Informal votes			963	4.5	−0.3
Turnout			21,347	88.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Geoff Gallop	11,756	57.8	+3.0
	Liberal	Bruce Stevenson	8,570	42.2	−3.0
	Labor hold		Swing	+3.0

1993 Western Australian state election: Victoria Park
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Geoff Gallop	8,927	46.7	−2.3
	Liberal	Betsy Kennish	7,649	40.0	+3.3
	Greens	Andrew Thomson	1,209	6.3	+6.3
	Independent	Ian Tracy	787	4.1	+4.1
	Democrats	Daniel Bagster	560	2.9	−2.7
Total formal votes			19,132	95.3	+3.8
Informal votes			953	4.7	−3.8
Turnout			20,085	91.8	+2.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Geoff Gallop	10,513	55.0	−2.4
	Liberal	Betsy Kennish	8,619	45.0	+2.4
	Labor hold		Swing	-2.4

Elections in the 1980s

1989 Western Australian state election: Victoria Park
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Geoff Gallop	9,130	49.0	−13.7
	Liberal	Katherine Mair	6,846	36.7	−0.6
	Democrats	Marion Hercock	1,035	5.6	+5.6
	Grey Power	Joseph Mitchell	951	5.1	+5.1
	Independent	Michael Ward	671	3.6	+3.6
Total formal votes			18,633	91.5
Informal votes			1,736	8.5
Turnout			20,369	89.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Geoff Gallop	10,692	57.4	−5.3
	Liberal	Katherine Mair	7,941	42.6	+5.3
	Labor hold		Swing	-5.3

1986 Victoria Park state by-election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Geoff Gallop	6,449	52.2	−12.7
	Liberal	Diane Airey	4,597	37.2	+2.1
	Independent	Peter Lesiter	719	5.8	+5.8
	Democrats	John Rogers	597	4.8	+4.8
Total formal votes			12,362	96.6	−0.5
Informal votes			438	3.4	+0.5
Turnout			12,800	77.2	−13.0
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Preferences were not distributed.

1986 Western Australian state election: Victoria Park
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Ron Davies	9,335	64.9	−2.2
	Liberal	Diane Airey	5,050	35.1	+2.2
Total formal votes			14,385	97.1	0.0
Informal votes			434	2.9	0.0
Turnout			14,819	90.2	+5.1
	Labor hold		Swing	-2.2

1983 Western Australian state election: Victoria Park
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labor	Ron Davies	9,038	67.1
	Liberal	Pauline Iles	4,432	32.9
Total formal votes			13,470	97.1
Informal votes			396	2.9
Turnout			13,866	85.1
	Labor hold		Swing

1980 Western Australian state election: Victoria Park
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Ron Davies	7,880	62.4	+2.8
	Liberal	Michael Smith	4,430	35.1	−5.3
	Socialist Workers	Peter Holloway	323	2.6	+2.6
Total formal votes			12,633	96.2	−0.1
Informal votes			501	3.8	+0.1
Turnout			13,134	86.7	−3.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Ron Davies	8,171	64.7	+5.1
	Liberal	Michael Smith	4,462	35.3	−5.1
	Labor hold		Swing	+5.1

Elections in the 1970s

1977 Western Australian state election: Victoria Park
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labor	Ron Davies	8,203	59.6
	Liberal	Michael Smith	5,563	40.4
Total formal votes			13,766	96.3
Informal votes			531	3.7
Turnout			14,297	89.7
	Labor hold		Swing

1974 Western Australian state election: Victoria Park
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labor	Ron Davies	8,869	63.3
	Liberal	Frank Marciano	4,171	29.8
	National Alliance	Paul Daly	962	6.9
Total formal votes			14,002	95.9
Informal votes			598	4.1
Turnout			14,600	87.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Ron Davies	9,013	64.4
	Liberal	Frank Marciano	4,989	35.6
	Labor hold		Swing

1971 Western Australian state election: Victoria Park
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Ron Davies	8,553	75.2	−24.8
	Democratic Labor	Benjamin Ballantyne	2,824	24.8	+24.8
Total formal votes			11,377	94.7
Informal votes			634	5.3
Turnout			12,011	90.5
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Elections in the 1960s

1968 Western Australian state election: Victoria Park
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Ron Davies	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

1965 Western Australian state election: Victoria Park
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Ron Davies	6,183	64.0	+0.1
	Liberal and Country	Nicholas Di Lello	3,482	36.0	−0.1
Total formal votes			9,665	96.0	−3.0
Informal votes			401	4.0	+3.0
Turnout			10,066	92.1	−3.5
	Labor hold		Swing	-0.1

1962 Western Australian state election: Victoria Park
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labor	Ron Davies	6,527	63.9
	Liberal and Country	John Stanbridge	3,691	36.1
Total formal votes			10,218	99.0
Informal votes			107	1.0
Turnout			10,325	95.6
	Labor hold		Swing

1961 Victoria Park state by-election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Ron Davies	5,003	57.6	+6.3
	Liberal and Country	David Hooper	2,788	32.1	−1.4
	Democratic Labor	Bernard Harrison	889	10.2	−3.2
Total formal votes			8,680	98.1	+0.2
Informal votes			171	1.9	−0.2
Turnout			8,851	86.8	−5.9
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Preferences were not distributed.

Elections in the 1950s

1959 Western Australian state election: Victoria Park
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Hugh Andrew	4,878	51.3	−10.9
	Liberal and Country	David Hooper	3,188	33.5	−4.3
	Independent	Harold Hawthorne	789	8.3	+8.3
	Democratic Labor	William Carter	663	7.0	+7.0
Total formal votes			9,518	97.9	+0.1
Informal votes			199	2.1	−0.1
Turnout			9,717	92.7	−0.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Hugh Andrew		56.4	−5.8
	Liberal and Country	David Hooper		43.6	+5.8
	Labor hold		Swing	-5.8

Two party preferred vote was estimated.

1956 Western Australian state election: Victoria Park
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labor	Hugh Andrew	5,663	62.2
	Liberal and Country	Benjamin Marshall	3,444	37.8
Total formal votes			9,107	97.8
Informal votes			209	2.2
Turnout			9,316	92.8
	Labor hold		Swing

1953 Western Australian state election: Victoria Park
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Hugh Andrew	4,222	55.5	+7.9
	Liberal and Country	George Kerr	2,532	33.3	+33.3
	Independent	Harold Hawthorne	715	9.4	+9.4
	Communist	Neil Payne	141	1.9	+1.9
Total formal votes			7,610	96.9	−1.4
Informal votes			247	3.1	+1.4
Turnout			7,857	93.5	+2.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Hugh Andrew		60.3	+12.7
	Liberal and Country	George Kerr		39.7	+39.7
	Labor gain from Independent		Swing	N/A

1950 Western Australian state election: Victoria Park
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	William Read	4,113	52.4
	Labor	Hugh Andrew	3,735	47.6
Total formal votes			7,848	98.3
Informal votes			134	1.7
Turnout			7,982	91.5
	Independent hold		Swing

Elections in the 1940s

1947 Western Australian state election: Victoria Park
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	William Read	4,939	55.1	+55.1
	Labor	Charles Johnson	4,024	44.9	−21.3
Total formal votes			8,963	98.1	+0.7
Informal votes			171	1.9	−0.7
Turnout			9,134	88.9	−2.4
	Independent gain from Labor		Swing	N/A

Victoria Park was won by the Independent member William Read at the 1945 by-election upon the death of the sitting Labor member Howard Stirling.

1945 Victoria Park state by-election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	William Read	2,537	33.1	+33.1
	Labor	Harry Martin	2,410	31.5	–34.7
	Independent Labor	John MacMillan	1,709	22.3	+22.3
	All-Parties League	Carlyle Ferguson	527	6.9	+6.9
	Independent	Joseph Cole	258	3.4	+3.4
	Liberal	James Collins	220	2.9	+2.9
Total formal votes			7,661	96.8	–0.6
Informal votes			253	3.2	+0.6
Turnout			7,914	82.2	–9.1
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Independent	William Read	4,340	56.7	+56.7
	Labor	Harry Martin	3,321	43.3	–22.9
	Independent gain from Labor		Swing	+56.7

1943 Western Australian state election: Victoria Park
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Howard Raphael	5,446	66.2	−1.8
	Nationalist	Albert Hansen	2,785	33.8	+1.8
Total formal votes			8,231	97.4	−1.1
Informal votes			218	2.6	+1.1
Turnout			8,449	91.3	−2.3
	Labor hold		Swing	-1.8

Elections in the 1930s

1939 Western Australian state election: Victoria Park
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Howard Raphael	5,538	68.0	−3.8
	Independent	James Milligan	2,604	32.0	+32.0
Total formal votes			8,142	98.5	−0.4
Informal votes			127	1.5	+0.4
Turnout			8,269	93.6	+20.8
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

1936 Western Australian state election: Victoria Park
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Howard Raphael	4,158	71.8	+2.2
	Nationalist	George Mann	1,637	28.2	+8.2
Total formal votes			5,795	98.9	+1.5
Informal votes			63	1.1	−1.5
Turnout			5,858	72.8	−20.1
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

1933 Western Australian state election: Victoria Park
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Howard Raphael	4,700	69.6	+21.2
	Nationalist	Charles Harper	1,354	20.0	−11.6
	Nationalist	Oliver Strang	700	10.4	+10.4
Total formal votes			6,754	97.4	−1.5
Informal votes			181	2.6	+1.5
Turnout			6,935	92.9	+11.0
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Preferences were not distributed.

1930 Western Australian state election: Victoria Park
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labor	Howard Raphael	2,757	48.4
	Nationalist	Charles Harper	1,796	31.6
	Independent Labor	Frederick White	1,138	20.0
Total formal votes			5,691	98.9
Informal votes			65	1.1
Turnout			5,756	81.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Howard Raphael	3,220	56.6
	Nationalist	Charles Harper	2,471	43.4
	Labor hold		Swing

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References

↑ 2021 State General Election – Victoria Park District Results, WAEC
↑ Victoria Park District Profile and Results, 2017 State General Election, WAEC.
↑ "2008 State General Election Details: District of Victoria Park Results". Western Australian Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 22 March 2012. Retrieved 4 December 2011.
↑ "District of Victoria Park Results". Western Australian Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 27 September 2011. Retrieved 5 November 2011.

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[1] 2021 State General Election – Victoria Park District Results, WAEC

[2] Victoria Park District Profile and Results, 2017 State General Election, WAEC.

[3] "2008 State General Election Details: District of Victoria Park Results". Western Australian Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 22 March 2012. Retrieved 4 December 2011.

[4] "District of Victoria Park Results". Western Australian Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 27 September 2011. Retrieved 5 November 2011.

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