Electoral results for the district of Yilgarn-Dundas

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

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Members for Yilgarn-Dundas

MemberPartyTerm
  Julian Grill Labor 1977–1983

Election results

Elections in the 1980s

1980 Western Australian state election: Yilgarn-Dundas [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Julian Grill 4,24272.8−11.0
Liberal James Mazza1,58427.2−7.3
Total formal votes5,82694.5+0.4
Informal votes3395.5−0.4
Turnout 6,16582.9−4.2
Labor hold Swing +10.1

Elections in the 1970s

1977 Western Australian state election: Yilgarn-Dundas
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Julian Grill 4,20961.8
Liberal Douglas Daws2,35234.5
Progress Jillian van der Woude2473.6
Total formal votes6,80894.1
Informal votes4295.9
Turnout 7,23787.1
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Julian Grill 4,27162.7+1.2
Liberal Douglas Daws2,53737.3−1.2
Labor hold Swing +1.2

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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.