Results of the 1987 Australian federal election in Western Australia

1987 Australian federal election
(Western Australia)

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All 13 Western Australia seats in the Australian House of Representatives and all 12 seats in the Australian Senate
First party Second party   Leader Bob Hawke John Howard Party Labor Liberal/National coalition Last election 9 seats 4 seats Seats won 9 seats 4 seats Seat change Popular vote 377,493 387,137 Percentage 47.5% 48.7% Swing 0.7 1.7 TPP 50.9% 49.1% TPP swing 0.1 0.1

This is a list of electoral division results for the Australian 1987 federal election in the state of Western Australia. ^[1]

Overall results

Turnout 92.2% (CV) — Informal 3.4% ^[2]

Party			Votes	%	Swing	Seats	Change
		Liberal	332,266	41.79	-3.95	4
		National	54,871	6.90	5.59
	Liberal/National Coalition		387,137	48.69	1.64	4
	Labor		377,493	47.48	-0.71	9
	Democrats		27,302	3.43	-0.27
	Independents		3,112	0.39	-0.12
Total			795,044			13
Two-party-preferred vote
	Labor		404,751	50.91	-0.05	9
	Liberal/National Coalition		390,232	49.09	0.05	4
Invalid/blank votes			55,776	6.56	-0.86
Turnout			850,820	93.84
Registered voters			906,677
Source: Psephos Adam Carr's Election Archive 1987

Results by division

Brand

This section is an excerpt from Electoral results for the Division of Brand § 1987.[ edit ]

1987 Australian federal election: Brand

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Wendy Fatin	32,135	52.2	−1.3
	Liberal	Bernie Masters	21,985	35.7	−7.4
	Democrats	John Willis	4,368	7.1	+7.1
	National	Peter Bass	3,091	5.0	+5.0
Total formal votes			61,579	92.3
Informal votes			5,112	7.7
Turnout			66,691	95.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Wendy Fatin	34,906	56.7	+1.2
	Liberal	Bernie Masters	26,669	43.3	−1.2
	Labor hold		Swing	+1.2

Canning

This section is an excerpt from Electoral results for the Division of Canning § 1987.[ edit ]

1987 Australian federal election: Canning   ^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	George Gear	29,223	49.1	−1.5
	Liberal	Ricky Johnston	22,247	37.4	−5.8
	National	Bob Chapman	4,122	6.9	+6.9
	Democrats	Mark Beadle	3,909	6.6	+0.4
Total formal votes			59,501	93.1
Informal votes			4,394	6.9
Turnout			63,895	94.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	George Gear	31,985	53.8	+0.0
	Liberal	Ricky Johnston	27,496	46.2	+0.0
	Labor hold		Swing	+0.0

Cowan

This section is an excerpt from Electoral results for the Division of Cowan § 1987.[ edit ]

1987 Australian federal election: Cowan

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Carolyn Jakobsen	32,481	52.0	+0.8
	Liberal	Paul Filing	27,048	43.3	+0.3
	National	Neil Baker	2,973	4.8	+4.8
Total formal votes			62,502	93.6
Informal votes			4,240	6.4
Turnout			66,742	94.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Carolyn Jakobsen	33,241	53.2	−0.8
	Liberal	Paul Filing	29,260	46.8	+0.8
	Labor hold		Swing	−0.8

Curtin

This section is an excerpt from Electoral results for the Division of Curtin § 1987.[ edit ]

1987 Australian federal election: Curtin

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Allan Rocher	32,912	53.8	−2.4
	Labor	Philip Laskaris	20,371	33.3	−2.9
	Democrats	Joe Blake	4,967	8.1	+0.5
	National	John Gilmour	2,942	4.8	+4.8
Total formal votes			61,192	94.7
Informal votes			3,397	5.3
Turnout			64,589	92.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Allan Rocher	37,703	61.6	+2.2
	Labor	Philip Laskaris	23,486	38.4	−2.2
	Liberal hold		Swing	+2.2

Forrest

This section is an excerpt from Electoral results for the Division of Forrest § 1987.[ edit ]

1987 Australian federal election: Forrest

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Geoff Prosser	27,925	44.0	−6.4
	Labor	Gerry Thompson	26,764	42.2	−3.5
	National	Joe Chambers	5,175	8.2	+8.2
	Democrats	David Churches	3,553	5.6	+2.7
Total formal votes			63,417	94.4
Informal votes			3,747	5.6
Turnout			67,164	95.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Geoff Prosser	33,678	53.1	+0.7
	Labor	Gerry Thompson	29,737	46.9	−0.7
	Liberal hold		Swing	+0.7

Fremantle

This section is an excerpt from Electoral results for the Division of Fremantle § 1987.[ edit ]

1987 Australian federal election: Fremantle

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	John Dawkins	36,646	61.1	+2.1
	Liberal	Jenny van den Hoek	19,487	32.5	−1.4
	National	Jack Clarke	3,834	6.4	+6.4
Total formal votes			59,967	91.8
Informal votes			5,384	8.2
Turnout			65,351	95.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	John Dawkins	37,628	62.7	−0.2
	Liberal	Jenny van den Hoek	22,338	37.3	+0.2
	Labor hold		Swing	−0.2

Kalgoorlie

This section is an excerpt from Electoral results for the Division of Kalgoorlie § 1987.[ edit ]

1987 Australian federal election: Kalgoorlie

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Graeme Campbell	30,841	52.6	+1.3
	Liberal	David Johnston	21,850	37.3	−3.6
	National	Ron Smales	3,363	5.7	+5.7
	Democrats	Frank Chulung	2,593	4.4	+1.4
Total formal votes			58,647	93.8
Informal votes			3,899	6.2
Turnout			62,546	88.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Graeme Campbell	33,223	56.7	+0.7
	Liberal	David Johnston	25,420	43.3	−0.7
	Labor hold		Swing	+0.7

Moore

This section is an excerpt from Electoral results for the Division of Moore § 1987.[ edit ]

1987 Australian federal election: Moore

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Allen Blanchard	33,022	53.7	−1.4
	Liberal	Jim Crawley	23,370	38.0	−6.9
	National	Geoff Gill	5,138	8.4	+8.4
Total formal votes			61,530	93.0
Informal votes			4,610	7.0
Turnout			66,140	94.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Allen Blanchard	33,940	55.2	+0.1
	Liberal	Jim Crawley	27,587	44.8	−0.1
	Labor hold		Swing	+0.1

O'Connor

This section is an excerpt from Electoral results for the Division of O'Connor § 1987.[ edit ]

1987 Australian federal election: O'Connor

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Wilson Tuckey	31,329	49.5	−4.1
	Labor	Kim Chance	15,865	25.1	−2.8
	National	Trevor Flugge	14,632	23.1	+7.4
	Democrats	Shyama Peebles	1,503	2.4	−0.4
Total formal votes			63,329	95.3
Informal votes			3,112	4.7
Turnout			66,441	94.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Wilson Tuckey	44,695	70.6	+1.4
	Labor	Kim Chance	18,632	29.4	−1.4
	Liberal hold		Swing	+1.4

Perth

This section is an excerpt from Electoral results for the Division of Perth § 1987.[ edit ]

1987 Australian federal election: Perth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Ric Charlesworth	34,003	55.4	+0.2
	Liberal	Bob Campbell	24,494	39.9	−2.3
	National	Ted Lisle	2,857	4.7	+4.7
Total formal votes			61,354	92.3
Informal votes			5,151	7.7
Turnout			66,505	93.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Ric Charlesworth	34,819	56.8	+0.5
	Liberal	Bob Campbell	26,535	43.2	−0.5
	Labor hold		Swing	+0.5

Stirling

This section is an excerpt from Electoral results for the Division of Stirling § 1987.[ edit ]

1987 Australian federal election: Stirling

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Ron Edwards	29,342	49.2	−0.5
	Liberal	Bill Brown	24,544	41.2	−3.9
	Democrats	Harvard Barclay	2,799	4.7	+0.7
	National	Malcolm Beveridge	2,345	3.9	+3.9
	Independent	Alf Bussell	594	1.0	+1.0
Total formal votes			59,624	92.8
Informal votes			4,644	7.2
Turnout			64,268	93.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Ron Edwards	31,972	53.6	+1.1
	Liberal	Bill Brown	27,642	46.4	−1.1
	Labor hold		Swing	+1.1

Swan

This section is an excerpt from Electoral results for the Division of Swan § 1987.[ edit ]

1987 Australian federal election: Swan

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Kim Beazley	32,201	54.6	+0.4
	Liberal	Harry Klapp	21,555	36.5	−4.2
	National	Adelia Bernard	2,750	4.7	+4.7
	Independent	Georgina Motion	2,518	4.3	+4.3
Total formal votes			59,024	93.1
Informal votes			4,348	6.9
Turnout			63,372	92.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Kim Beazley	34,220	58.0	+1.0
	Liberal	Harry Klapp	24,804	42.0	−1.0
	Labor hold		Swing	+1.0

Tangney

This section is an excerpt from Electoral results for the Division of Tangney § 1987.[ edit ]

1987 Australian federal election: Tangney

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Peter Shack	33,520	52.9	−2.4
	Labor	Ray Masterton	24,599	38.8	−1.5
	Democrats	Richard Jeffreys	3,610	5.7	+1.3
	National	William Witham	1,649	2.6	+2.6
Total formal votes			63,378	94.4
Informal votes			3,738	5.6
Turnout			67,116	95.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Peter Shack	36,405	57.4	−0.4
	Labor	Ray Masterton	26,962	42.5	+0.4
	Liberal hold		Swing	−0.4

See also

• Results of the 1987 Australian federal election (House of Representatives)
• Members of the Australian House of Representatives, 1987–1990

References

1. "1987 House of Representatives: Western Australia". Psephos Adam Carr's Election Archive. Retrieved 15 June 2022.
2. "1987 House of Representatives". Psephos Adam Carr's Election Archive. Retrieved 10 June 2022.