Electoral results for the district of Cannington

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

Members for Cannington

Member		Party	Term
Template:Australian politics/party colours/Labor|	Bill Johnston	Labor	2008–present

Election results

Elections in the 2010s

Western Australian state election, 2013: Cannington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Bill Johnston	8,457	43.8	–1.7
	Liberal	Jesse Jacobs	8,310	43.0	+10.2
	Greens	Christine Cunningham	1,850	9.6	–6.7
	Independent	Mark Harrington	702	3.6	+3.6
Total formal votes			19,319	92.6	−0.4
Informal votes			1,536	7.4	+0.4
Turnout			20,855	87.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Bill Johnston	10,054	52.1	–7.0
	Liberal	Jesse Jacobs	9,259	47.9	+7.0
	Labor hold		Swing	–7.0

Elections in the 2000s

Western Australian state election, 2008: Cannington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Bill Johnston	8,475	45.44	−8.9
	Liberal	Ryan Chorley	6,105	32.73	+3.3
	Greens	Christine Cunningham	3,045	16.32	+9.3
	Christian Democrats	Mark Staer	1,028	5.51	+1.6
Total formal votes			18,653	93.02
Informal votes			1,399	6.98
Turnout			20,052	86.44
Two-party-preferred result[1]
	Labor	Bill Johnston	11,003	59.04	−4.3
	Liberal	Ryan Chorley	7,633	40.96	+4.3
	Labor hold		Swing	−4.3