Results of the 1996 Western Australian state election (Legislative Council)

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Western Australian state election, 14 December 1996
Legislative Council

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Enrolled voters1,119,992
Votes cast1,009,592 Turnout 90.14%–3.53%
Informal votes30,430Informal3.01%–0.73%
Summary of votes by party
PartyPrimary votes %SwingSeatsChange
  Liberal (metropolitan)313,95332.06%–2.59%7– 1
  Liberal/National [1] 140,93314.39%–0.24%  
   Liberal (country)7± 0
   National3± 0
  Labor 323,88633.08%–3.74%12– 2
  Democrats 64,4616.58%+3.57%2+ 2
  Greens 54,3365.55%+0.39%3+ 2
  Marijuana 24,3732.49%+2.49%0± 0
  Call to Australia 6,6750.68%+0.41%0± 0
  Australia First 5,8560.60%+0.60%0± 0
  Natural Law 5,5140.56%+0.56%0± 0
 Racism No!1,9390.20%+0.20%0± 0
  Independent 37,2363.80%–0.38%0– 1
Total979,162  34 

This is a list of electoral region results for the Western Australian Legislative Council in the 1996 Western Australian state election.

Results by electoral region

Agricultural

1996 Western Australian state election: Agricultural [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Quota 13,181
Liberal/National Coalition 1. Bruce Donaldson (elected 1)
2. Eric Charlton (elected 3)
3. Murray Nixon (elected 4)
4. Murray Criddle (elected 5)
5. Fran Weller
6. Dexter Davies
7. Anthony Fels
8. Barbara Morrell
54,17968.5−1.1
Labor 1. Kim Chance (elected 2)
2. Dale Piercey
3. Debbie Helm
17,91722.7−1.2
Democrats 1. Lea Logie
2. Geoff Taylor
5,2526.6+4.2
Natural Law 1. Gary Nelson
2. Anne Leishman
1,7332.2+2.2
Total formal votes79,08196.7−1.2
Informal votes2,6753.3+1.2
Turnout 81,75691.1−3.4

East Metropolitan

1996 Western Australian state election: East Metropolitan
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Quota 36,549
Liberal 1. Peter Foss (elected 1)
2. Derrick Tomlinson (elected 3)
3. Nick Bruining
4. Kent Murphy
5. Kristine McConnell
88,82040.5−1.5
Labor 1. Nick Griffiths (elected 2)
2. Ljiljanna Ravlich (elected 4)
3. Kate Doust
4. Jane Saunders
5. Brad George
6. Paul Sulc
79,20036.1−10.1
Democrats 1. Norm Kelly (elected 5)
2. Julie Ward
14,8086.8+3.6
Greens 1. Rowena Skinner
2. Wayne Dierden
11,8525.4+3.4
Independent Graeme Harris11,4835.2+5.2
Marijuana Mark Schneider7,1283.3+3.3
Call to Australia 1. Gerard Goiran
2. Derk Gans
5,1642.4+2.4
Natural Law 1. Jody Nielsen
2. Patti Roberts
8350.4+0.4
Total formal votes219,29096.7−0.6
Informal votes7,4413.3+0.6
Turnout 226,73191.6−2.6

Mining and Pastoral

1996 Western Australian state election: Mining and Pastoral
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Quota 8,707
Labor 1. Tom Stephens (elected 1)
2. Mark Nevill (elected 3)
3. Tom Helm (elected 5)
4. Peter McKerrow
5. Jon Ford
6. Omega Porteous
25,07048.0−6.5
Liberal 1. Norman Moore (elected 2)
2. Greg Smith (elected 4)
3. Ken Baston
4. Les Moss
5. John Fawcett
18,63535.7−1.2
National 1. Dudley Maslen
2. Maxine Cable
3. Kevin Williams
5,0879.7+9.7
Democrats 1. Patti Turney
2. Shaaron du Bignon
2,6205.0+2.4
Natural Law 1. Lesley Maher
2. Jennifer Andrews
8281.6+1.6
Total formal votes52,24097.3−0.2
Informal votes1,4402.7+0.2
Turnout 53,68078.6−7.3

North Metropolitan

1996 Western Australian state election: North Metropolitan
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Quota 37,402
Liberal 1. George Cash (elected 1)
2. Max Evans (elected 3)
3. Ross Lightfoot (elected 5)
4. Ray Halligan
5. Cam Tinley
6. Lesley Goudie
7. Michael Sutherland
138,85246.4−6.1
Labor 1. Ed Dermer (elected 2)
2. Ken Travers (elected 4)
3. Mark Cuomo
4. Nick Agocs
5. Pauline O'Connor
6. June Galea
92,47130.9+2.3
Democrats 1. Helen Hodgson (elected 6)
2. Stephen Crabbe
22,9617.7+3.8
Greens 1. Giz Watson (elected 7)
2. Robin Chapple
19,0976.4−1.3
Group E1. Reg Davies
2. Adam Davies
11,6803.9−2.2
Marijuana 1. Gordon Huntley
2. Michael Solonec
8,6742.9+2.9
Group G1. Chris Burke
2. Joan Samuel
2,5610.9+0.9
Australia First Fred Rieben1,6950.6+0.6
Natural Law 1. George Kailis
2. Elenora Kailis
1,2240.4+0.4
Total formal votes299,21597.1+3.4
Informal votes8,8312.9−3.4
Turnout 308,04690.2−3.8

South Metropolitan

1996 Western Australian state election: South Metropolitan
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Quota 34,841
Liberal 1. Simon O'Brien (elected 1)
2. Barbara Scott (elected 3)
3. Peter Bacich
4. Patricia Waghorn
5. Anthony Jarvis
86,28141.3−3.8
Labor 1. John Halden (elected 2)
2. Cheryl Davenport (elected 4)
3. Geoff Donegan
4. Graham Giffard
5. Dermot Buckley
6. Andy Fitzgerald
75,46236.1−4.2
Greens 1. Jim Scott (elected 5)
2. Mary Jenkins
14,3596.9+1.4
Democrats 1. Don Millar
2. Shirley de la Hunty
13,4956.5+4.0
Group A1. Huw Grossmith
2. Mark Grossmith
8,2513.9+3.9
Marijuana Alison de Garis5,3702.6+2.6
Independent Russell Aubrey3,2611.6+1.6
Racism No!1. Clarrie Isaacs
2. Arun Pradhan
1,9390.9+0.9
Natural Law 1. Cindy Hollings
2. David Norman
6230.3+0.3
Total formal votes209,04197.1−0.1
Informal votes6,2692.9+0.1
Turnout 215,31090.4−3.5

South West

1996 Western Australian state election: South West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Quota 15,037
Liberal/National Coalition 1. Barry House (elected 1)
2. Bill Stretch (elected 3)
3. Muriel Patterson (elected 5)
4. Murray Montgomery (elected 6)

5. John Silcock
6. Robyn McSweeney
7. Rick Beatty
8. Pauline McLeod
9. Steve Thomas
10. Nigel Hallett
63,03252.4−1.4
Labor 1. Bob Thomas (elected 2)
2. John Cowdell (elected 4)
3. Lois Anderson
4. Marilyn Elson
5. Gary De Jager
33,76628.1−6.3
Greens 1. Chrissy Sharp (elected 7)
2. Basil Schur
3. Len Howard
9,0287.5+2.4
Democrats 1. Malcolm McKercher
2. Helen van Noort
5,3254.4+2.3
Australia First J.J. Amelia4,1613.5+3.5
Marijuana Paul Roth3,2012.7+2.7
Call to Australia 1. Justin Moseley
2. Laurie Sugg
1,5111.3+1.3
Natural Law 1. Ian Sandwell
2. Elspeth Clairs
2710.2+0.2
Total formal votes120,29597.0−0.4
Informal votes3,7743.0+0.4
Turnout 124,06991.9−3.1

See also

References

  1. Green, Antony. "Western Australian 1996 Results" (PDF). ABC Election Archives. ABC.