Western Australian state election, 4 February 1989 [1] Contents | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Enrolled voters | 957,939 | |||||
| Votes cast | 870,996 | Turnout | 90.92% | –0.50% | ||
| Informal votes | 24,061 | Informal | 2.76% | –0.53% | ||
| Summary of votes by party | ||||||
| Party | Primary votes | % | Swing | Seats | Change | |
| Labor | 347,675 | 41.05% | –4.08% | 16 | + 1 | |
| Liberal | 350,053 | 41.33% | –0.64% | 15 | ± 0 | |
| National | 42,328 | 5.00% | +0.24% | 3 | – 1 | |
| Grey Power | 34,055 | 4.02% | +4.02% | 0 | ± 0 | |
| Democrats | 28,113 | 3.32% | –4.81% | 0 | ± 0 | |
| Greens | 27,013 | 3.19% | +3.19% | 0 | ± 0 | |
| One Australia | 7,391 | 0.87% | +0.87% | 0 | ± 0 | |
| Independent | 10,307 | 1.22% | +1.21% | 0 | ± 0 | |
| Total | 846,935 | 34 | ||||
This is a list of electoral region results for the Western Australian Legislative Council in the 1989 Western Australian state election.
This was the last election, as of 2025, in which there was no party other than Labor, Liberal or National in the Legislative Council.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quota | 12,452 | ||||
| Liberal | 1. Margaret McAleer (elected 1) 2. David Wordsworth (elected 4) 3. Murray Nixon 4. Ian Whitehurst 5. Elizabeth Rocchi | 30,866 | 41.29 | ||
| National | 1. Eric Charlton (elected 2) 2. John Caldwell (elected 5) 3. Dexter Davies 4. Anthony Critch | 20,020 | 26.78 | ||
| Labor | 1. James Brown (elected 3) 2. Kim Chance 3. Lorna Long 4. John Czuzman 5. Mary Ridley | 19,160 | 25.63 | ||
| One Australia Movement | 1. Cedric Jacobs 2. Margaret Jacobs 3. Malcolm Taylor | 2,119 | 2.83 | ||
| Greens | 1. James Cavill 2. Ronald Lewis | 1,302 | 1.74 | ||
| Democrats | Robert Whitehead | 1,287 | 1.72 | ||
| Total formal votes | 74,754 | 97.71 | |||
| Informal votes | 1,750 | 2.29 | |||
| Turnout | 76,504 | 92.13 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quota | 30,318 | ||||
| Labor | 1. Kay Hallahan (elected 1) 2. Fred McKenzie (elected 3) 3. Tom Butler (elected 5) 4. Valma Ferguson 5. Erik Van Garderen 6. Stephen Gilchrist | 85,987 | 47.27 | ||
| Liberal | 1. Derrick Tomlinson (elected 2) 2. Peter Foss (elected 4) 3. June van de Klashorst 4. Peter Quinn | 66,472 | 36.54 | ||
| Grey Power | 1. Neil Turner 2. Arthur Robertson | 10,643 | 5.85 | ||
| Democrats | 1. Pauline Hutchinson 2. Benjamin Rose | 6,586 | 3.62 | ||
| Greens | 1. L G Capill 2. Patsy Molloy | 5,320 | 2.92 | ||
| National | 1. Patrick Harding 2. Beverley Poor | 4,179 | 2.30 | ||
| One Australia Movement | 1. Donald Jackson 2. Ronald Abbott | 2,720 | 1.50 | ||
| Total formal votes | 181,907 | 97.10 | |||
| Informal votes | 5,427 | 2.90 | |||
| Turnout | 187,334 | 91.84 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quota | 8,331 | ||||
| Labor | 1. Tom Stephens (elected 1) 2. Mark Nevill (elected 3) 3. Tom Helm (elected 4) 4. Robert Couzens 5. Margaret Halid 6. Sylvia Hurse | 26,819 | 53.65 | ||
| Liberal | 1. Norman Moore (elected 2) 2. Phil Lockyer (elected 5) 3. Margaret Day 4. Sally Wilkinson 5. Louie Carnicelli | 16,791 | 33.59 | ||
| National | 1. Peter Kneebone 2. Ronald Smales 3. John Ford | 1,815 | 3.63 | ||
| Greens | 1. Leslie Lee 2. Desmond Hill 3. Brian Champion 4. Allan Barker 5. Jeanette Johnson | 1,607 | 3.21 | ||
| Democrats | Shyama Peebles | 1,354 | 2.71 | ||
| Independent | Lynton Downe | 866 | 1.73 | ||
| One Australia Movement | 1. Megan Shedley 2. Donald Shedley | 736 | 1.47 | ||
| Total formal votes | 49,988 | 97.42 | |||
| Informal votes | 1,325 | 2.58 | |||
| Turnout | 51,313 | 80.91 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quota | 32,457 | ||||
| Liberal | 1. George Cash (elected 1) 2. Max Evans (elected 3) 3. Bob Pike (elected 5) 4. Reg Davies (elected 7) 5. Chris Ellison 6. Wendy Cole 7. Robert Burr | 115,972 | 44.66 | ||
| Labor | 1. Joe Berinson (elected 2) 2. Graham Edwards (elected 4) 3. Sam Piantadosi (elected 6) 4. Kay Lunt 5. Judith Jones 6. Nick Griffiths 7. Malcolm Jackson | 101,893 | 39.24 | ||
| Grey Power | 1. Phillip King 2. Kryna Gudgeon | 11,260 | 4.34 | ||
| Democrats | 1. Richard Jeffreys 2. Brian Jenkins | 8,902 | 3.43 | ||
| Greens | 1. Kim Herbert 2. Nadine Lapthorne | 7,927 | 3.05 | ||
| Group A | 1. Peter Weygers 2. John Massam | 5,635 | 2.17 | ||
| National | 1. Elizabeth Beveridge 2. Neil Baker 3. Pamela Eves 4. Duncan Anderson | 3,433 | 1.32 | ||
| Group I | 1. Shirley de la Hunty 2. David Kaesehagen 3. Norma Rundle | 2,482 | 0.96 | ||
| One Australia Movement | 1. Ronald Holt 2. Frank Gould 3. Leonard Sherwood | 1,823 | 0.70 | ||
| Independent | Walter Morris | 341 | 0.13 | ||
| Total formal votes | 259,658 | 97.08 | |||
| Informal votes | 7,800 | 2.92 | |||
| Turnout | 267,458 | 91.01 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quota | 30,790 | ||||
| Labor | 1. Garry Kelly (elected 1) 2. John Halden (elected 3) 3. Cheryl Davenport (elected 5) 4. Ed Dermer 5. Reginald Gordon 6. Joyce Edwards | 80,221 | 43.42 | ||
| Liberal | 1. Clive Griffiths (elected 2) 2. Phillip Pendal (elected 4) 3. Diane Airey 4. Alan Harste 5. John Hardwick | 77,296 | 41.84 | ||
| Grey Power | Neville Crilly | 9,128 | 4.94 | ||
| Democrats | 1. Peter Nettleton 2. David Banner | 7,917 | 4.29 | ||
| Alternative Coalition | 1. Christabel Bridge 2. Robert Mann 3. Gladys Yarran | 6,314 | 3.42 | ||
| National | 1. Miguel de San Miguel 2. Leonard Phillips | 3,862 | 2.09 | ||
| Total formal votes | 184,738 | 97.18 | |||
| Informal votes | 5,361 | 2.82 | |||
| Turnout | 190,099 | 91.50 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quota | 11,987 | ||||
| Liberal | 1. Barry House (elected 1) 2. Muriel Patterson (elected 3) 3. Bill Stretch (elected 5) 4. Adrian Fawcett 5. Suzanne Carter 6. Jonathan Youngs | 40,268 | 41.99 | ||
| Labor | 1. Doug Wenn (elected 2) 2. Beryl Jones (elected 4) 3. Bob Thomas (elected 6) 4. Josephine Lynch 5. Dane Carroll | 35,966 | 37.51 | ||
| National | 1. Murray Montgomery (elected 7) 2. Terence House 3. Jennifer Barrett | 9,029 | 9.42 | ||
| Group D | 1. Marie-Louise Duxbury 2. Lynette Serventy | 4,549 | 4.74 | ||
| Grey Power | Herbert Cattrall | 3,024 | 3.15 | ||
| Democrats | 1. David Churches 2. Daphne Wallace | 2,065 | 2.15 | ||
| Independent | Paul Roth | 992 | 1.03 | ||
| Total formal votes | 95,894 | 97.56 | |||
| Informal votes | 2,394 | 2.44 | |||
| Turnout | 98,288 | 92.83 | |||