Results of the 1974 Western Australian state election (Legislative Council)

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Western Australian state election, 30 March 1974[1]
Legislative Council

Enrolled voters 581,784[1]
Votes cast 523,182 Turnout 89.93% –1.28%
Informal votes 25,072 Informal 4.79% –0.33%
Summary of votes by party
Party Primary votes % Swing Seats
won 		Seats
held
  Labor 235,271 47.23% +0.45% 5 9
  Liberal 226,288 45.43% +18.07% 9 18
  Alliance (CP/DLP) 36,551 7.34% –13.66% 1 3
  Independent –5.86% 0 0
Total 498,110     15 30
Two-party-preferred
  Liberal/NA 267,672 51.90%
  Labor 248,040 48.10%

This is a list of electoral region results for the Western Australian Legislative Council in the 1974 Western Australian state election.

Results by Electoral province[edit]

Central[edit]

1974 Western Australian state election: Central Province
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National Alliance Harry Gayfer unopposed
National Alliance hold Swing

Lower Central[edit]

1974 Western Australian state election: Lower Central Province
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Fred Hebbard 8,258 41.0
Liberal Sandy Lewis 6,023 29.9
National Alliance Eric James 5,882 29.2
Total formal votes 20,163 95.5
Informal votes 955 4.5
Turnout 21,118 92.8
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Sandy Lewis 11,268 55.9
Labor Fred Hebbard 8,895 44.1
Liberal gain from National Alliance Swing

Lower North[edit]

1974 Western Australian state election: Lower North Province
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal George Berry 3,317 67.0
Labor Arthur Cole 1,631 33.0
Total formal votes 4,948 95.7
Informal votes 220 4.3
Turnout 5,168 85.9
Liberal hold Swing

Lower West[edit]

1974 Western Australian state election: Lower West Province
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Ian Pratt 13,022 53.2
Labor Everald Cortis 11,467 46.8
Total formal votes 24,489 96.0
Informal votes 1,019 4.0
Turnout 25,508 91.5
Liberal hold Swing

Metropolitan[edit]

1974 Western Australian state election: Metropolitan Province
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Ian Medcalf 40,478 60.8
Labor Patricia Fowkes 26,056 39.2
Total formal votes 66,534 96.2
Informal votes 2,614 3.8
Turnout 69,148 88.0
Liberal hold Swing

North[edit]

1974 Western Australian state election: North Province
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal John Tozer 5,254 51.0
Labor John Hunt 5,044 49.0
Total formal votes 10,298 94.3
Informal votes 625 5.7
Turnout 10,923 81.2
Liberal gain from Labor Swing

North Metropolitan[edit]

1974 Western Australian state election: North Metropolitan Province
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Roy Claughton 35,469 48.6
Liberal Bob Pike 31,403 43.0
National Alliance Marie Clarke 6,086 8.3
Total formal votes 72,958 94.9
Informal votes 3,931 5.1
Turnout 76,889 91.1
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Roy Claughton 37,414 51.3
Liberal Bob Pike 35,544 48.7
Labor hold Swing

North-East Metropolitan[edit]

1974 Western Australian state election: North-East Metropolitan Province
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Don Cooley 31,386 55.0
Liberal Anne Cameron 25,713 45.0
Total formal votes 57,099 93.9
Informal votes 3,735 6.1
Turnout 60,834 90.0
Labor hold Swing

South[edit]

1974 Western Australian state election: South Province
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National Alliance Leonard Gleeson 7,980 38.7
Liberal Thomas Knight 6,694 32.4
Labor Albert Newman 5,956 28.9
Total formal votes 20,630 96.1
Informal votes 832 3.9
Turnout 21,462 91.2
Two-candidate-preferred result
Liberal Thomas Knight 11,124 53.9
National Alliance Leonard Gleeson 9,506 46.1
Liberal gain from National Alliance Swing

South Metropolitan[edit]

1974 Western Australian state election: South Metropolitan Province
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Ronald Thompson 36,894 64.2
Liberal Philip Pusey 20,589 35.8
Total formal votes 57,483 95.3
Informal votes 2,812 4.7
Turnout 60,295 90.1
Labor hold Swing

South-East[edit]

1974 Western Australian state election: South-East Province
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Claude Stubbs 9,453 51.3
Liberal Mick Cotter 8,990 48.7
Total formal votes 18,443 94.1
Informal votes 1,165 5.9
Turnout 19,608 88.7
Labor hold Swing

South-East Metropolitan[edit]

1974 Western Australian state election: South-East Metropolitan Province
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Grace Vaughan 36,364 49.1
Liberal George Spalding 31,727 42.9
National Alliance David Milne 5,919 8.0
Total formal votes 74,010 95.2
Informal votes 3,696 4.8
Turnout 77,706 89.1
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Grace Vaughan 38,246 51.7
Liberal George Spalding 35,764 48.3
Labor hold Swing

South-West[edit]

1974 Western Australian state election: South-West Province
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Graham MacKinnon 12,475 56.3
Labor Marion Kelleher 9,674 43.7
Total formal votes 22,149 95.9
Informal votes 948 4.1
Turnout 23,097 93.5
Liberal hold Swing

Upper West[edit]

1974 Western Australian state election: Upper West Province
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Margaret McAleer 7,965 41.2
National Alliance Charles Mildwaters 6,732 34.8
Labor Stanley Bell 4,633 24.0
Total formal votes 19,330 95.0
Informal votes 1,012 5.0
Turnout 20,342 89.8
Two-candidate-preferred result
Liberal Margaret McAleer 11,409 59.0
National Alliance Charles Mildwaters 7,921 41.0
Liberal gain from National Alliance Swing

West[edit]

1974 Western Australian state election: West Province
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Newell Jamieson 12,986 43.9
Liberal Gordon Masters 12,638 42.7
National Alliance Patrick Cranley 3,952 13.4
Total formal votes 29,576 94.9
Informal votes 1,508 5.1
Turnout 31,084 91.8
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Gordon Masters 15,228 51.5
Labor Newell Jamieson 14,348 48.5
Liberal gain from National Alliance Swing

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Details of Australian election results in the Australian Politics and Elections Database". uwa.edu.au. Retrieved 20 June 2016.
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