Results of the Western Australian state election, 1996 (Legislative Assembly M-Z)

Western Australian state election, 14 December 1996 Legislative Assembly << 1993–2001 >>
Enrolled voters		1,119,992
Votes cast		1,007,835		Turnout	89.99%	–3.51%
Informal votes		44,229		Informal	4.39%	+0.26%
Summary of votes by party
Party		Primary votes	%	Swing	Seats	Change
	Liberal	384,518	39.90%	–4.25%	29	+ 3
	Labor	345,159	35.82%	–1.26%	19	– 5
	National	55,817	5.79%	+0.46%	6	± 0
	Democrats	48,985	5.08%	+2.76%	0	± 0
	Greens	45,550	4.73%	+0.42%	0	± 0
	Marijuana	3,245	0.34%	+0.34%	0	± 0
	Other parties	6,929	0.72%	–4.35%	0	± 0
	Independent[1]	74,179	7.70%	+1.21%	3	+ 2
Total		963,606			57
Two-party-preferred
	Liberal/National	530,603	55.16%	–0.28%
	Labor	431,245	44.84%	+0.28%

This is a list of electoral district results of the 1996 Western Australian election for districts from M-Z.

Results by Electoral district

Mandurah

Western Australian state election, 1996: Mandurah

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Roger Nicholls	5,281	47.5	-2.9
	Labor	Kevin Holmes	4,374	39.3	-2.0
	Independent	John Smith	608	5.5	+5.5
	Greens	Patricia Keddie	569	5.1	+2.3
	Democrats	Marjorie McKercher	284	2.6	+2.3
Total formal votes			11,116	96.2	+0.5
Informal votes			443	3.8	-0.5
Turnout			11,559	91.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Roger Nicholls	5,877	53.0	-1.2
	Labor	Kevin Holmes	5,215	47.0	+1.2
	Liberal hold		Swing	-1.2

Maylands

Western Australian state election, 1996: Maylands

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Judy Edwards	9,516	47.0	+0.6
	Liberal	Bev Brennan	7,564	37.3	-3.1
	Greens	Colin Speed	1,822	9.0	+3.2
	Democrats	Pat Lim	1,361	6.7	+3.9
Total formal votes			20,263	94.6	-0.9
Informal votes			1,162	5.4	+0.9
Turnout			21,425	89.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Judy Edwards	11,549	57.1	+3.1
	Liberal	Bev Brennan	8,678	42.9	-3.1
	Labor hold		Swing	+3.1

Merredin

Western Australian state election, 1996: Merredin

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Hendy Cowan	9,488	81.2	+30.9
	Labor	Mick Cole	2,203	18.8	+3.7
Total formal votes			11,691	97.6	+0.4
Informal votes			282	2.4	-0.4
Turnout			11,973	91.8
	National hold		Swing	+1.1

Midland

Western Australian state election, 1996: Midland

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Michelle Roberts	10,340	47.1	+0.4
	Liberal	Anne Fergusson-Stewart	8,745	39.8	+1.2
	Democrats	Michael Preston	2,890	13.2	+11.7
Total formal votes			21,975	94.5	-0.6
Informal votes			1,278	5.5	+0.6
Turnout			23,253	91.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Michelle Roberts	11,912	54.3	0.0
	Liberal	Anne Fergusson-Stewart	10,032	45.7	0.0
	Labor hold		Swing	0.0

Mitchell

Western Australian state election, 1996: Mitchell

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Dan Sullivan	6,146	48.2	+6.6
	Labor	Melissa Parke	5,272	41.4	-2.6
	Greens	Peter Eckersley	701	5.5	+0.2
	National	Peter Prowse	343	2.7	+2.7
	Democrats	Morgan Wilde	279	2.2	+0.8
Total formal votes			12,741	96.6	-0.2
Informal votes			450	3.4	+0.2
Turnout			13,191	92.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Dan Sullivan	6,774	53.2	+3.7
	Labor	Melissa Parke	5,961	46.8	-3.7
	Liberal gain from Labor		Swing	+3.7

Moore

Western Australian state election, 1996: Moore

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Bill McNee	8,497	77.9	+22.1
	Labor	Steve Kirby	2,409	22.1	+3.7
Total formal votes			10,906	97.4	+0.6
Informal votes			291	2.6	-0.6
Turnout			11,197	91.7
	Liberal hold		Swing	-0.7

Murdoch

Western Australian state election, 1996: Murdoch

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Mike Board	12,387	60.0	-6.5
	Labor	Monica Fitz	5,538	26.8	+1.1
	Greens	Graham Lapthorne	2,705	13.1	+12.4
Total formal votes			20,630	96.2	-1.0
Informal votes			805	3.8	+1.0
Turnout			21,435	91.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Mike Board	13,401	65.1	-5.0
	Labor	Monica Fitz	7,197	34.9	+5.0
	Liberal hold		Swing	-5.0

Murray-Wellington

Western Australian state election, 1996: Murray-Wellington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Bradshaw	6,401	54.7	+0.9
	Labor	Laurie Preston	3,513	30.0	-4.8
	Australia First	Morris Bessant	1,006	8.6	+8.6
	Democrats	Les Taylor	592	5.1	+2.4
	Citizens Electoral Council	Brian McCarthy	186	1.6	+1.6
Total formal votes			11,698	95.3	-0.4
Informal votes			579	4.7	+0.4
Turnout			12,277	91.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	John Bradshaw	7,247	62.0	+1.7
	Labor	Laurie Preston	4,434	38.0	-1.7
	Liberal hold		Swing	+1.7

Nedlands

Western Australian state election, 1996: Nedlands

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Richard Court	11,429	56.6	-7.3
	Labor	Neil Roberts	4,015	19.9	-0.5
	Greens	Mark Lockett	2,247	11.1	+0.6
	Democrats	Michael Barrett	1,577	7.8	+3.1
	Independent	Michael Parks	915	4.5	+4.5
Total formal votes			20,183	97.3	+0.3
Informal votes			556	2.7	-0.3
Turnout			20,739	87.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Richard Court	13,054	64.9	-5.4
	Labor	Neil Roberts	7,073	35.1	+5.4
	Liberal hold		Swing	-5.4

Ningaloo

Western Australian state election, 1996: Ningaloo

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Kevin Leahy	3,621	41.6	-3.8
	Liberal	Rod Sweetman	3,133	36.0	-3.7
	National	Margaret Day	1,175	13.5	+6.4
	Greens	John Blinkhorn	557	6.4	+1.5
	Democrats	Douglas Bearham	218	2.5	+0.8
Total formal votes			8,704	96.2	-0.1
Informal votes			348	3.8	+0.1
Turnout			9,052	83.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Rod Sweetman	4,407	50.7	+1.9
	Labor	Kevin Leahy	4,288	49.3	-1.9
	Liberal gain from Labor		Swing	+1.9

Nollamara

Western Australian state election, 1996: Nollamara

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	John Kobelke	10,493	53.9	+1.1
	Liberal	Brad Waghorn	7,178	36.9	+0.2
	Democrats	Sean Roda	1,801	9.2	+8.3
Total formal votes			19,472	92.6	-2.3
Informal votes			1,566	7.4	+2.3
Turnout			21,038	90.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	John Kobelke	11,449	58.9	+0.5
	Liberal	Brad Waghorn	7,998	41.1	-0.5
	Labor hold		Swing	+0.5

Peel

Western Australian state election, 1996: Peel

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Norm Marlborough	11,605	53.5	-3.8
	Independent	Bill Hall	3,817	17.6	+17.6
	Liberal	James O'Malley	3,573	16.5	-12.6
	Greens	Paul Lewis	1,604	7.4	-0.5
	Democrats	David Coombs	1,100	5.1	+1.8
Total formal votes			21,699	94.9	-0.5
Informal votes			1,161	5.1	+0.5
Turnout			22,860	89.3
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Labor	Norm Marlborough	13,238	61.2	-2.7
	Independent	Bill Hall	8,385	38.8	+38.8
	Labor hold		Swing	-2.7

Perth

Western Australian state election, 1996: Perth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Diana Warnock	8,501	47.0	+3.7
	Liberal	Janet Davidson	6,710	37.1	-2.1
	Greens	Elena Jeffreys	2,087	11.5	+3.7
	Independent	Raymond Conder	803	4.4	+4.4
Total formal votes			18,101	94.7	+1.3
Informal votes			1,008	5.3	-1.3
Turnout			19,109	86.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Diana Warnock	10,461	57.9	+4.1
	Liberal	Janet Davidson	7,597	42.1	-4.1
	Labor hold		Swing	+4.1

Pilbara

Western Australian state election, 1996: Pilbara

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Larry Graham	4,284	63.8	+4.9
	Liberal	Domenick Palumbo	1,964	29.3	+5.8
	National	Anne O'Donoghue	465	6.9	+6.8
Total formal votes			6,713	95.4	+0.5
Informal votes			324	4.6	-0.5
Turnout			7,037	68.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Larry Graham	4,407	65.7	-2.4
	Liberal	Domenick Palumbo	2,300	34.3	+2.4
	Labor hold		Swing	-2.4

Riverton

Western Australian state election, 1996: Riverton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Graham Kierath	9,686	46.6	-10.0
	Labor	Jane van den Herik	5,847	28.2	-6.2
	Independent	Margot Ross	3,583	17.3	+17.3
	Democrats	Eric Speed	1,083	5.2	-0.2
	Independent	Abraham Lynx	570	2.7	+2.7
Total formal votes			20,769	96.2	-0.6
Informal votes			823	3.8	+0.6
Turnout			21,592	91.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Graham Kierath	11,746	56.7	-4.2
	Labor	Jane van den Herik	8,957	43.3	+4.2
	Liberal hold		Swing	-4.2

Rockingham

Western Australian state election, 1996: Rockingham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Mark McGowan	9,759	48.5	+3.3
	Liberal	Rob Brown	7,029	34.9	+8.8
	Greens	Bob Goodale	1,211	6.0	+2.4
	Democrats	Barbara Edwards	821	4.1	+2.2
		Mal McFetridge	681	3.4	+3.4
	Independent	Arthur Galletly	420	2.1	+0.8
		Frans Schutte	195	1.0	+1.0
Total formal votes			20,116	95.7	+0.2
Informal votes			895	4.3	-0.2
Turnout			21,011	91.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Mark McGowan	11,531	57.5	+3.4
	Liberal	Rob Brown	8,530	42.5	3.4
	Labor hold		Swing	+3.4

Roe

Western Australian state election, 1996: Roe

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Ross Ainsworth	6,286	53.6	0.0
	Independent	Lance Shearer	2,304	19.6	+19.6
	Independent	Lesley Parker	1,927	16.4	+16.4
	Labor	June Belton	1,217	10.4	-5.7
Total formal votes			11,734	97.7	+1.0
Informal votes			281	2.3	-1.0
Turnout			12,015	91.5
Two-party-preferred result
	National	Ross Ainsworth	9,709	82.8	+0.8
	Labor	June Belton	2,011	17.2	-0.8
Two-candidate-preferred result
	National	Ross Ainsworth	7,265	62.0	-20.0
	Independent	Lance Shearer	4,459	38.0	+38.0
	National hold		Swing	-20.0

Roleystone

Western Australian state election, 1996: Roleystone

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Fred Tubby	10,164	48.3	-0.1
	Labor	Tom Hoyer	6,902	32.8	-4.4
	Greens	Catherine Hall	2,215	10.5	+7.9
	Democrats	Tony Bloomer	1,742	8.3	+5.6
Total formal votes			21,023	94.9	-0.5
Informal votes			1,125	5.1	+0.5
Turnout			22,148	91.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Fred Tubby	11,994	57.2	+1.7
	Labor	Tom Hoyer	8,960	42.8	-1.7
	Liberal hold		Swing	+1.7

South Perth

Western Australian state election, 1996: South Perth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Phillip Pendal	8,058	39.6	+39.6
	Liberal	Peter Spencer	6,764	33.3	-24.8
	Labor	Kim Bryant	4,031	19.8	+17.3
	Greens	Andrew Thomson	1,473	7.2	-1.4
Total formal votes			20,326	97.4	+1.5
Informal votes			553	2.6	-1.5
Turnout			20,879	88.0
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Independent	Phillip Pendal	13,045	64.2	+64.2
	Liberal	Peter Spencer	7,270	35.8	-30.8
	Independent gain from Liberal		Swing	+64.2

Southern River

Western Australian state election, 1996: Southern River

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Monica Holmes	9,528	43.6	+1.2
	Labor	Judyth Watson	8,912	40.8	-6.1
	Independent	Tim Dowsett	1,449	6.6	+6.6
	Democrats	Celia Dines	1,226	5.6	+2.5
	Call to Australia	Michelle Shave	733	3.4	+3.4
Total formal votes			21,848	95.2	-0.7
Informal votes			1,111	4.8	+0.7
Turnout			22,959	92.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Monica Holmes	11,234	51.5	+4.1
	Labor	Judyth Watson	10,574	48.5	-4.1
	Liberal gain from Labor		Swing	+4.1

Stirling

Western Australian state election, 1996: Stirling

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Monty House	7,569	66.7	+15.5
	Labor	Barry Christy	1,870	16.5	+0.3
	Greens	Paul Llewellyn	1,436	12.7	+5.5
	Democrats	Gaida Neggo	469	4.1	+2.4
Total formal votes			11,344	96.4	-0.7
Informal votes			425	3.6	+0.7
Turnout			11,769	91.8
Two-party-preferred result
	National	Monty House	8,395	74.1	-3.1
	Labor	Barry Christy	2,932	25.9	+3.1
	National hold		Swing	-3.1

Swan Hills

Western Australian state election, 1996: Swan Hills

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	June van de Klashorst	10,756	51.2	+5.6
	Labor	Peter Murray	5,701	27.1	-3.6
	Greens	Kathryn Driver	2,266	10.8	+4.2
	Democrats	Bobbie Moxham	1,696	8.1	+4.3
	Reform	David Gunnyon	589	2.8	+2.8
Total formal votes			21,008	96.1	+0.1
Informal votes			862	3.9	-0.1
Turnout			21,870	91.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	June van de Klashorst	12,505	59.7	+0.2
	Labor	Peter Murray	8,430	40.3	-0.2
	Liberal hold		Swing	+0.2

Thornlie

Western Australian state election, 1996: Thornlie

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Brian Brand	9,077	43.1	+0.1
	Labor	Sheila McHale	8,853	42.1	-6.1
	Greens	Rebecca Byrne	1,602	7.6	+5.9
	Democrats	Charlton Bailey	1,514	7.2	+4.2
Total formal votes			21,046	94.7	-1.0
Informal votes			1,174	5.3	+1.0
Turnout			22,220	91.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Sheila McHale	10,815	51.5	-1.2
	Liberal	Brian Brand	10,191	48.5	+1.2
	Labor hold		Swing	-1.2

Vasse

Western Australian state election, 1996: Vasse

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Bernie Masters	5,433	43.2	-14.9
	National	Beryle Morgan	2,917	23.2	+14.0
	Labor	Linda Mullins	2,097	16.7	-5.5
	Independent	Mike Sully	1,261	10.0	+10.0
	Democrats	Alf Denman	451	3.6	+2.9
	Independent	Ron Palmer	413	3.3	+3.3
Total formal votes			12,572	96.4	-0.3
Informal votes			476	3.6	+0.3
Turnout			13,048	92.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Bernie Masters	8,745	69.7	-0.6
	Labor	Linda Mullins	3,802	30.3	+0.6
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Liberal	Bernie Masters	7,424	59.2	-11.1
	National	Beryle Morgan	5,116	40.8	+40.8
	Liberal hold		Swing	-11.1

Victoria Park

Western Australian state election, 1996: Victoria Park

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Geoff Gallop	9,725	47.7	+0.8
	Liberal	Bruce Stevenson	7,313	35.9	-4.2
	Greens	Phil Farren	1,289	6.3	+0.4
	Democrats	Anne Millar	1,042	5.1	+2.3
	Independent	John Collins	1,015	5.0	+5.0
Total formal votes			20,384	95.5	+0.3
Informal votes			963	4.5	-0.3
Turnout			21,347	88.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Geoff Gallop	11,756	57.8	+3.0
	Liberal	Bruce Stevenson	8,570	42.2	-3.0
	Labor hold		Swing	+3.0

Wagin

Western Australian state election, 1996: Wagin

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Bob Wiese	8,749	74.3	-1.3
	Labor	Phil Hogan	2,213	18.8	+17.7
	Citizens Electoral Council	Jean Robinson	819	7.0	+7.0
Total formal votes			11,781	96.6	+0.5
Informal votes			412	3.4	-0.5
Turnout			12,193	92.0
Two-party-preferred result
	National	Bob Wiese	9,270	78.7	+0.5
	Labor	Phil Hogan	2,504	21.3	-0.5
	National hold		Swing	+0.5

Wanneroo

Western Australian state election, 1996: Wanneroo

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Iain MacLean	11,252	44.8	+1.2
	Labor	Liz Prime	10,023	39.9	-2.3
	Greens	Miguel Castillo	2,011	8.0	+3.7
	Democrats	Jeanette Grieves	1,815	7.2	+6.1
Total formal votes			25,101	95.2	-0.2
Informal votes			1,266	4.8	+0.2
Turnout			26,367	91.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Iain MacLean	12,919	51.6	+0.6
	Labor	Liz Prime	12,123	48.4	-0.6
	Liberal hold		Swing	+0.6

Warren-Blackwood

Western Australian state election, 1996: Warren-Blackwood

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Paul Omodei	8,033	61.8	-0.9
	Labor	Nicholas Oaks	3,198	24.6	+2.2
	Democrats	Sally Johnston	1,105	8.5	+8.5
	Citizens Electoral Council	Tony Drake	666	5.1	+5.1
Total formal votes			13,002	96.5	-0.3
Informal votes			467	3.5	+0.3
Turnout			13,469	92.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Paul Omodei	8,721	67.1	-2.3
	Labor	Nicholas Oaks	4,276	32.9	+2.3
	Liberal hold		Swing	-2.3

Willagee

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Western Australian state election, 1996: Willagee

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Alan Carpenter	10,186	50.1	+4.4
	Liberal	Tony Seman	7,466	36.7	-6.6
	Greens	Eddie Speed	1,765	8.7	+4.9
	Democrats	Ilse Trewin	915	4.5	+1.3
Total formal votes			20,332	95.2	+0.4
Informal votes			1,025	4.8	-0.4
Turnout			21,357	91.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Alan Carpenter	11,919	58.8	+6.8
	Liberal	Tony Seman	8,367	41.2	-6.8
	Labor hold		Swing	+6.8

Yokine

Western Australian state election, 1996: Yokine

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Kim Hames	9,127	44.1	-1.0
	Labor	Nick Catania	7,698	37.2	-5.7
	Independent	Sam Piantadosi	1,116	5.4	+5.4
	Greens	Kim Herbert	1,094	5.3	+1.1
	Democrats	Margot Clifford	976	4.7	+3.0
	Marijuana	Lucy Honan	674	3.3	+3.3
Total formal votes			20,685	94.8	+0.4
Informal votes			1,127	5.2	-0.2
Turnout			21,812	90.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Kim Hames	10,987	53.2	+2.6
	Labor	Nick Catania	9,663	46.8	-2.6
	Liberal hold		Swing	+2.6

See also

• Results of the Western Australian state election, 1996 (Legislative Assembly A-L)
• Western Australian state election, 1996
• Candidates of the Western Australian state election, 1996
• Members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly, 1996–2001