Results of the 2016 Australian federal election in Western Australia

2016 Australian federal election
(Western Australia)

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All 16 Western Australian seats in the Australian House of Representatives and all 12 seats in the Australian Senate
First party Second party   Leader Malcolm Turnbull Bill Shorten Party Liberal/National coalition Labor Last election 12 seats 3 seats Seats won 11 seats 5 seats Seat change 1 2 Popular vote 651,765 434,318 Percentage 48.70% 32.45% Swing 1.61 3.69 TPP 54.66% 45.34% TPP swing 3.62 3.62
Perth Surrounds & Regional Western Australia Urban Perth

This is a list of electoral division results for the 2016 Australian federal election in the state of Western Australia.

Overall results

Party		Votes	%	Swing	Seats	Change
	Liberal Party of Australia	611,605	45.70	–1.61	11	1
	Australian Labor Party	434,318	32.45	+3.69	5	2
	Australian Greens	161,443	12.06	+2.32
	National Party of Australia	40,160	3.00	−0.90
	Australian Christians	34,197	2.56	+0.53
	Rise Up Australia Party	20,859	1.56	+0.84
	Shooters, Fishers and Farmers Party	6,022	0.45	+0.45
	Mature Australia Party	3,203	0.24	+0.24
	Liberal Democratic Party	2,526	0.19	+0.19
	Outdoor Recreation Party	2,375	0.18	+0.18
	Australian Liberty Alliance	1,544	0.10	+0.10
	Socialist Alliance	1,404	0.10	+0.04
	Online Direct Democracy	1,300	0.10	+0.10
	Independent	17,381	1.30	+1.03
Total		1,338,337			16
Two-party-preferred vote
	Liberal Party of Australia	731,497	54.66	−3.62	11	1
	Australian Labor Party	606,840	45.34	+3.62	5	2

Liberal to Labor: Burt, Cowan

Results by division

Brand

2016 Australian federal election: Brand ^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Madeleine King	38,803	47.48	+6.39
	Liberal	Craig Buchanan	25,843	31.62	−6.12
	Greens	Dawn Jecks	9,542	11.68	+4.25
	Rise Up Australia	Philip Scott	4,704	5.76	+5.04
	Christians	Robert Burdett	2,826	3.46	+1.43
Total formal votes			81,718	95.78	+1.59
Informal votes			3,602	4.22	−1.59
Turnout			85,320	87.04	+1.28
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Madeleine King	50,202	61.43	+7.72
	Liberal	Craig Buchanan	31,516	38.57	−7.72
	Labor hold		Swing	+7.72

Burt

2016 Australian federal election: Burt ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Matt Keogh	39,673	47.03	+15.11
	Liberal	Matt O'Sullivan	29,836	35.37	−10.23
	Greens	Muhammad Salman	6,770	8.03	+0.28
	Christians	Warnar Spyker	4,345	5.15	+1.60
	Shooters, Fishers, Farmers	Ian Blevin	3,734	4.43	+4.43
Total formal votes			84,358	95.58	+1.30
Informal votes			3,903	4.42	−1.30
Turnout			88,261	88.73	+1.37
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Matt Keogh	48,177	57.11	+13.20
	Liberal	Matt O'Sullivan	36,181	42.89	−13.20
	Labor notional  gain from Liberal		Swing	+13.20

Burt was a new seat, notionally held by the Liberal party.

Canning

2016 Australian federal election: Canning ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Andrew Hastie	42,497	50.30	−1.53
	Labor	Barry Winmar	27,918	33.04	+5.61
	Greens	Aeron Blundell-Camden	7,388	8.74	+1.63
	National	Jason Turner	3,581	4.24	+2.54
	Christians	Janine Vander Ven	3,110	3.68	+1.53
Total formal votes			84,494	95.76	+1.09
Informal votes			3,743	4.24	−1.09
Turnout			88,237	89.22	+2.78
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Andrew Hastie	47,987	56.79	−4.56
	Labor	Barry Winmar	36,507	43.21	+4.56
	Liberal hold		Swing	−4.56

Cowan

2016 Australian federal election: Cowan ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Luke Simpkins	34,405	42.22	−4.36
	Labor	Anne Aly	33,966	41.68	+6.90
	Greens	Sheridan Young	6,193	7.60	−0.18
	Christians	Rex Host	2,680	3.29	+0.90
	Shooters, Fishers, Farmers	Jamie Chester	2,288	2.81	+2.81
	Liberal Democrats	Neil Hamilton	1,096	1.34	+1.34
	Mature Australia	Steve Veness	868	1.07	+1.07
Total formal votes			81,496	94.53	+0.09
Informal votes			4,712	5.47	−0.09
Turnout			86,208	89.60	−2.07
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Anne Aly	41,301	50.68	+5.20
	Liberal	Luke Simpkins	40,195	49.32	−5.20
	Labor gain from Liberal		Swing	+5.20

Curtin

2016 Australian federal election: Curtin ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Julie Bishop	56,175	65.50	+2.99
	Labor	Melissa Callanan	13,476	15.71	−1.95
	Greens	Viv Glance	12,180	14.20	−0.60
	Independent	Sandra Boulter	2,389	2.79	+2.79
	Liberty Alliance	David Archibald	1,544	1.80	+1.80
Total formal votes			85,764	97.98	+1.26
Informal votes			1,772	2.02	−1.26
Turnout			87,536	89.75	−3.80
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Julie Bishop	60,631	70.70	+2.48
	Labor	Melissa Callanan	25,133	29.30	−2.48
	Liberal hold		Swing	+2.48

Durack

2016 Australian federal election: Durack ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Melissa Price	32,011	41.74	+3.59
	Labor	Carol Martin	19,860	25.90	+5.87
	National	Lisa Cole	12,257	15.98	−7.42
	Greens	Ian James	7,710	10.05	+3.10
	Rise Up Australia	Mitchell Sambell	2,885	3.76	+2.69
	Christians	Grahame Gould	1,966	2.56	+1.25
Total formal votes			76,689	96.09	+2.49
Informal votes			3,122	3.91	−2.49
Turnout			79,811	82.03	−6.89
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Melissa Price	46,823	61.06	+7.08
	Labor	Carol Martin	29,866	38.94	+38.94
	Liberal hold		Swing	+7.08

Forrest

2016 Australian federal election: Forrest ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Nola Marino	41,869	49.44	−1.81
	Labor	Lorrae Loud	19,596	23.14	−0.39
	Greens	Jill Reading	10,137	11.97	+2.13
	National	Luke Pilkington	4,306	5.08	−1.31
	Independent	Ross Slater	2,896	3.42	+3.42
	Outdoor Recreation	David Fishlock	2,375	2.80	+2.80
	Christians	Edward Dabrowski	1,858	2.19	+0.56
	Rise Up Australia	Jennifer Whately	1,654	1.95	+1.27
Total formal votes			84,691	94.14	−0.27
Informal votes			5,269	5.86	+0.27
Turnout			89,960	89.72	−0.43
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Nola Marino	52,981	62.56	−1.25
	Labor	Lorrae Loud	31,710	37.44	+1.25
	Liberal hold		Swing	−1.25

Fremantle

2016 Australian federal election: Fremantle ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Josh Wilson	34,792	40.99	−0.36
	Liberal	Pierrette Kelly	31,292	36.87	−0.61
	Greens	Kate Davis	15,053	17.74	+5.87
	Mature Australia	Mick Connolly	2,335	2.75	+2.75
	Socialist Alliance	Chris Jenkins	1,404	1.65	+0.79
Total formal votes			84,876	96.00	+2.51
Informal votes			3,535	4.00	−2.51
Turnout			88,411	88.81	−1.30
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Josh Wilson	48,821	57.52	+2.12
	Liberal	Pierrette Kelly	36,055	42.48	−2.12
	Labor hold		Swing	+2.12

Hasluck

2016 Australian federal election: Hasluck ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Ken Wyatt	36,519	44.95	−1.18
	Labor	Bill Leadbetter	28,652	35.26	+5.78
	Greens	Patrick Hyslop	10,283	12.66	+2.35
	Rise Up Australia	Henry Barnard	2,999	3.69	+3.34
	Christians	Phil Twiss	2,798	3.44	+1.19
Total formal votes			81,251	95.96	+1.53
Informal votes			3,425	4.04	−1.53
Turnout			84,676	88.82	−3.02
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Ken Wyatt	42,294	52.05	−3.97
	Labor	Bill Leadbetter	38,957	47.95	+3.97
	Liberal hold		Swing	−3.97

Moore

2016 Australian federal election: Moore ^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Ian Goodenough	48,133	54.98	+1.01
	Labor	Tony Walker	25,118	28.69	+2.88
	Greens	Daniel Lindley	11,100	12.68	+2.81
	Christians	Maryka Groenewald	3,194	3.65	+1.85
Total formal votes			87,545	96.80	+1.14
Informal votes			2,891	3.20	−1.14
Turnout			90,436	90.54	−5.06
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Ian Goodenough	53,416	61.02	−1.42
	Labor	Tony Walker	34,129	38.98	+1.42
	Liberal hold		Swing	−1.42

O'Connor

2016 Australian federal election: O'Connor ^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Rick Wilson	37,092	42.67	+4.21
	Labor	Jon Ford	18,190	20.92	+1.40
	National	John Hassell	15,936	18.33	−5.53
	Greens	Giz Watson	9,013	10.37	+3.58
	Christians	Trevor Young	3,496	4.02	+1.54
	Rise Up Australia	Stephen Carson	3,207	3.69	+2.96
Total formal votes			86,934	96.19	+2.12
Informal votes			3,439	3.81	−2.12
Turnout			90,373	88.79	−5.21
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Rick Wilson	56,543	65.04	+14.09
	Labor	Jon Ford	30,391	34.96	+34.96
	Liberal hold		Swing	+14.09

Pearce

2016 Australian federal election: Pearce ^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Christian Porter	39,551	45.44	−1.65
	Labor	Thomas French	29,809	34.25	+8.08
	Greens	Lee-Anne Miles	9,543	10.96	+1.13
	National	Maddison Simmonds	4,080	4.69	+0.14
	Rise Up Australia	Taffy Samuriwo-Vuntarde	4,049	4.65	+3.72
Total formal votes			87,032	95.45	+1.18
Informal votes			4,150	4.55	−1.18
Turnout			91,182	87.35	+5.90
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Christian Porter	46,672	53.63	−5.68
	Labor	Thomas French	40,360	46.37	+5.68
	Liberal hold		Swing	−5.68

Perth

2016 Australian federal election: Perth ^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Jeremy Quinn	35,381	42.31	+0.20
	Labor	Tim Hammond	31,248	37.36	−1.02
	Greens	Tim Clifford	14,272	17.07	+5.10
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Walmsley	1,430	1.71	+1.71
	Online Direct Democracy	Andrew Chambers	1,300	1.55	+1.55
Total formal votes			83,631	96.23	+1.12
Informal votes			3,274	3.77	−1.12
Turnout			86,905	88.04	−2.79
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Tim Hammond	44,602	53.33	+1.15
	Liberal	Jeremy Quinn	39,029	46.67	−1.15
	Labor hold		Swing	+1.15

Stirling

2016 Australian federal election: Stirling ^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Michael Keenan	40,991	49.45	−1.27
	Labor	Robert Pearson	26,669	32.17	+2.40
	Greens	Tom Webster	9,679	11.68	+0.79
	Independent	Kim Mubarak	2,172	2.62	+1.63
	Christians	Kevin Host	2,019	2.44	+0.34
	Rise Up Australia	Alison Rowe	1,361	1.64	+1.05
Total formal votes			82,891	95.85	+1.62
Informal votes			3,587	4.15	−1.62
Turnout			86,478	87.73	−3.57
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Michael Keenan	46,520	56.12	−2.85
	Labor	Robert Pearson	36,371	43.88	+2.85
	Liberal hold		Swing	−2.85

Swan

2016 Australian federal election: Swan ^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Steve Irons	39,220	48.18	−1.43
	Labor	Tammy Solonec	26,869	33.01	+2.97
	Greens	Sarah Nielsen-Harvey	12,227	15.02	+3.79
	Christians	Steve Klomp	3,086	3.79	+2.06
Total formal votes			81,402	96.37	+1.96
Informal votes			3,062	3.63	−1.96
Turnout			84,464	86.84	−3.55
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Steve Irons	43,625	53.59	−3.75
	Labor	Tammy Solonec	37,777	46.41	+3.75
	Liberal hold		Swing	−3.75

Tangney

2016 Australian federal election: Tangney ^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Ben Morton	40,790	48.81	−6.95
	Labor	Marion Boswell	19,679	23.55	−1.82
	Greens	Thor Kerr	10,353	12.39	+1.40
	Independent	Dennis Jensen	9,924	11.88	+11.88
	Christians	John Wieske	2,819	3.37	+0.98
Total formal votes			83,565	97.45	+1.74
Informal votes			2,183	2.55	−1.74
Turnout			85,748	91.20	−5.95
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Ben Morton	51,029	61.07	−1.95
	Labor	Marion Boswell	32,536	38.93	+1.95
	Liberal hold		Swing	−1.95

References

1. Brand, WA, Virtual Tally Room 2016, Australian Electoral Commission.
2. Burt, WA, Virtual Tally Room 2016, Australian Electoral Commission.
3. Canning, WA, Virtual Tally Room 2016, Australian Electoral Commission.
4. Cowan, WA, Virtual Tally Room 2016, Australian Electoral Commission.
5. Curtin, WA, Virtual Tally Room 2016, Australian Electoral Commission.
6. Durack, WA, Virtual Tally Room 2016, Australian Electoral Commission.
7. Forrest, WA, Virtual Tally Room 2016, Australian Electoral Commission.
8. Fremantle, WA, Virtual Tally Room 2016, Australian Electoral Commission.
9. Hasluck, WA, Virtual Tally Room 2016, Australian Electoral Commission.
10. Moore, WA, Virtual Tally Room 2016, Australian Electoral Commission.
11. O'Connor, WA, Virtual Tally Room 2016, Australian Electoral Commission.
12. Pearce, WA, Virtual Tally Room 2016, Australian Electoral Commission.
13. Perth, WA, Virtual Tally Room 2016, Australian Electoral Commission.
14. Stirling, WA, Virtual Tally Room 2016, Australian Electoral Commission.
15. Swan, WA, Virtual Tally Room 2016, Australian Electoral Commission.
16. Tangney, WA, Virtual Tally Room 2016, Australian Electoral Commission.