Electoral results for the district of Alfred Cove

This is a list of electoral results for the electoral district of Alfred Cove in Western Australian state elections.

Members for Alfred Cove

Member		Party	Term
Template:Australian politics/party colours/Liberal|	Doug Shave	Liberal	1996–2001
Template:Australian politics/party colours/Independent Liberal|	Dr Janet Woollard	Independent	2001-2013
Template:Australian politics/party colours/Liberal|	Dean Nalder	Liberal	2013–present

Election results

Elections in the 2010s

Western Australian state election, 2013: Alfred Cove

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Dean Nalder	13,523	64.4	+19.4
	Labor	David Houston	3,532	16.8	–3.2
	Independent	Janet Woollard	2,114	10.1	–13.3
	Greens	Ros Harman	1,665	7.9	–2.0
		Estelle Gom	161	0.8	+0.8
Total formal votes			20,995	95.2	–0.7
Informal votes			1,047	4.8	+0.7
Turnout			22,042	91.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Dean Nalder	15,445	73.6	+23.8
	Labor	David Houston	5,544	26.4	+26.4
	Liberal gain from Independent		Swing	N/A

Elections in the 2000s

Western Australian state election, 2008: Alfred Cove

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Chris Back	8,628	43.14	+5.20
	Independent	Janet Woollard	5,094	25.47	+1.51
	Labor	Catherine Barratt	4,059	20.29	−2.55
	Greens	Michael Bennett	1,907	9.53	+3.17
	Christian Democrats	Stephen Wardell-Johnson	314	1.57	−0.54
Total formal votes			20,002	95.96	−0.54
Informal votes			843	4.04	+0.54
Turnout			20,845	88.38	−3.47
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Independent	Janet Woollard	10,200	51.01	−3.56
	Liberal	Chris Back	9,795	48.99	+3.56
	Independent hold		Swing	−3.56

Western Australian state election, 2005: Alfred Cove

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Graham Kierath	9,424	37.9	+4.1
	Independent	Janet Woollard	5,952	24.0	+5.7
	Labor	Michael Kane	5,675	22.8	+19.0
	Independent	Katherine Jackson	1,686	6.8	+6.8
	Greens	Scott Ryan	1,580	6.4	−0.6
	Christian Democrats	William Suseno	525	2.1	+0.5
Total formal votes			24,842	96.5	−0.1
Informal votes			902	3.5	+0.1
Turnout			25,744	91.9
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Independent	Janet Woollard	13,546	54.6	−3.6
	Liberal	Graham Kierath	11,278	45.4	+3.6
	Independent hold		Swing	−3.6

Western Australian state election, 2001: Alfred Cove

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Doug Shave	7,150	32.8	−17.1
	Liberals for Forests	Janet Woollard	4,425	20.3	+20.3
	Independent	Denise Brailey	4,390	20.1	+20.1
	Greens	Elizabeth Peak	1,471	6.7	+6.7
	Independent	Pam Neesham	1,222	5.6	+5.6
	One Nation	Terry Corbett	1,177	5.4	+5.4
	Independent	John Grayden	958	4.4	+4.4
	Democrats	Jamie Paterson	618	2.8	+2.8
	Christian Democrats	Amanda-Sue Markham	388	1.8	+1.8
Total formal votes			21,799	96.6	−0.8
Informal votes			758	3.4	+0.8
Turnout			22,557	91.8
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Liberals for Forests	Janet Woollard	12,396	57.4	+57.4
	Liberal	Doug Shave	9,210	42.6	−9.8
	Liberals for Forests gain from Liberal		Swing	+57.4

Elections in the 1990s

Western Australian state election, 1996: Alfred Cove

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Doug Shave	10,657	49.9	−15.6
	Independent	Penny Hearne	5,756	27.0	+27.0
	Labor	Louise Pratt	4,134	19.4	−3.9
	Independent	Lyn Edwards	802	3.8	+3.8
Total formal votes			21,349	97.4	+0.7
Informal votes			569	2.6	−0.7
Turnout			21,918	91.0
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Liberal	Doug Shave	11,182	52.4	−18.7
	Independent	Penny Hearne	10,148	47.6	+47.6
	Liberal hold		Swing	−18.7