Electoral results for the district of Murdoch
This is a list of results for the electoral district of Murdoch in Western Australian state elections for the district's two periods of existence from 1977 to 1989 and from 1996 to 2008.
Members for Murdoch[]
First incarnation (1977–1989) | |||
---|---|---|---|
Member | Party | Term | |
Barry MacKinnon | Liberal | 1977–1989 | |
Second incarnation (1996–2008) | |||
Mike Board | Liberal | 1996–2005 | |
Trevor Sprigg | Liberal | 2005–2008 | |
Christian Porter | Liberal | 2008 |
Election results[]
Elections in the 2000s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Christian Porter | 13,121 | 62.82 | +14.43 | |
Greens | Hsien Harper | 5,502 | 26.34 | +19.01 | |
Christian Democrats | Ka-ren Chew | 1,604 | 7.68 | +4.33 | |
One Nation | Neil Gilmour | 659 | 3.16 | +2.19 | |
Total formal votes | 20,886 | 96.78 | +1.42 | ||
Informal votes | 696 | 3.22 | -1.42 | ||
Turnout | 21,582 | 74.72 | -17.12 | ||
Two-candidate-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Christian Porter | 14,488 | 69.39 | +13.48 | |
Greens | Hsien Harper | 6,392 | 30.61 | +30.61 | |
Liberal hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Trevor Sprigg | 12,024 | 48.39 | -0.99 | |
Labor | Jackie Ormsby | 8,823 | 35.51 | +2.64 | |
Greens | Jan Currie | 1,821 | 7.33 | -3.60 | |
Christian Democrats | Michael Dunjey | 833 | 3.35 | +3.35 | |
Family First | Shayne Weller | 655 | 2.64 | +2.54 | |
Independent | Damian Bramanis | 452 | 1.82 | +1.82 | |
One Nation | Ursula Stone | 240 | 0.96 | +0.87 | |
Total formal votes | 24,848 | 95.36 | -1.03 | ||
Informal votes | 1,209 | 4.64 | +1.03 | ||
Turnout | 26,057 | 91.84 | +0.42 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Trevor Sprigg | 13,892 | 55.93 | -0.59 | |
Labor | Jackie Ormsby | 10,945 | 44.07 | +0.59 | |
Liberal hold | Swing | -0.59 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Mike Board | 10,430 | 49.38 | -10.66 | |
Labor | Gavin Waugh | 6,943 | 32.87 | +6.03 | |
Greens | Felicity McGeorge | 2,308 | 10.93 | -2.18 | |
Democrats | Carole Pestana | 1,442 | 6.83 | +6.83 | |
Total formal votes | 21,123 | 96.39 | +0.15 | ||
Informal votes | 790 | 3.61 | -0.15 | ||
Turnout | 21,913 | 91.43 | +0.03 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Mike Board | 11,906 | 56.56 | -8.50 | |
Labor | Gavin Waugh | 9,144 | 43.44 | +8.50 | |
Liberal hold | Swing | -8.50 |
Elections in the 1990s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Mike Board | 12,387 | 60.04 | -0.42 | |
Labor | Monica Fitz | 5,538 | 26.84 | -4.37 | |
Greens | Graham Lapthorne | 2,705 | 13.11 | +13.11 | |
Total formal votes | 20,630 | 96.25 | -0.97 | ||
Informal votes | 805 | 3.75 | +0.97 | ||
Turnout | 21,435 | 91.40 | -3.89 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Mike Board | 13,401 | 65.06 | -4.74 | |
Labor | Monica Fitz | 7,197 | 34.94 | +4.74 | |
Liberal hold | Swing | -4.74 |
Elections in the 1980s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Barry MacKinnon | 13,600 | 50.79 | -2.38 | |
Labor | Mark Johnson | 12,385 | 46.26 | +1.09 | |
Independent | Anthony Greatwood | 515 | 1.92 | +1.92 | |
Independent | Orlando Bertocchi | 275 | 1.03 | +1.03 | |
Total formal votes | 26,775 | 98.01 | +0.06 | ||
Informal votes | 545 | 1.99 | -0.06 | ||
Turnout | 27,320 | 93.34 | +2.25 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Barry MacKinnon | 14,012 | 52.33 | -1.61 | |
Labor | Mark Johnson | 12,763 | 47.67 | +1.61 | |
Liberal hold | Swing | -1.61 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Barry MacKinnon | 8,832 | 53.17 | +4.42 | |
Labor | Eric Ripper | 7,503 | 45.17 | +2.72 | |
Independent | James Owen | 276 | 1.66 | +1.66 | |
Total formal votes | 16,611 | 97.95 | +0.87 | ||
Informal votes | 347 | 2.05 | -0.87 | ||
Turnout | 16,958 | 91.09 | +0.16 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Barry MacKinnon | 8,960 | 53.94 | +0.16 | |
Labor | Eric Ripper | 7,651 | 46.06 | -0.16 | |
Liberal hold | Swing | +0.16 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Barry MacKinnon | 10,006 | 48.75 | -3.68 | |
Labor | Garry Kelly | 8,713 | 42.45 | -5.12 | |
Democrats | Richard Jeffreys | 1,808 | 8.80 | +8.80 | |
Total formal votes | 20,527 | 97.08 | +0.04 | ||
Informal votes | 618 | 2.92 | -0.04 | ||
Turnout | 21,145 | 90.93 | -1.59 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Barry MacKinnon | 11,040 | 53.78 | +1.32 | |
Labor | Garry Kelly | 9,487 | 46.22 | -1.32 | |
Liberal hold | Swing | +1.32 |
Elections in the 1970s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Barry MacKinnon | 8,572 | 52.43 | +11.0[2] | |
Labor | Garry Kelly | 7,777 | 47.57 | -11.0[2] | |
Total formal votes | 16,349 | 97.06 | |||
Informal votes | 496 | 2.94 | |||
Turnout | 16,845 | 92.52 |
References[]
- ^ "2008 Murdoch By-election - Results". Western Australian Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 27 April 2013. Retrieved 14 October 2012.
- ^ a b Based on booth votes in 1974, and attributed to significant demographic change in the area. Calculated by David Black in Black, David (1979). Hamilton, Barbara (ed.). In Firm Hands: The Western Australian State Election 1977. UWA Press. p. 196. ISBN 0-909751-37-4.
- Black, David; Prescott, Valerie (1997). Election statistics, Legislative Assembly of Western Australia, 1890-1996. Perth: Parliamentary History Project and Western Australian Electoral Commission. ISBN 0-7309-8409-5.
- State Electoral Office (Western Australia). Legislative Assembly : statistics relating to the general elections. Government Printer, various years (1917–1983).
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