Electoral results for the district of Perth

This is a list of results for the electoral district of Perth in Western Australian state elections from the district's creation in 1890 until the present.

Members for Perth

Perth (1890–1950)
Member		Party	Term
	Edward Scott	Non-aligned	1890–1892
	Thomas Molloy	Non-aligned	1892–1894
	George Randell	Oppositionist	1894–1897
	Lyall Hall	Ministerialist	1897–1901
	Frank Wilson	Ministerialist	1901
	William Purkiss	Oppositionist	1901–1904
	Harry Brown	Ministerialist	1904–1911
	Sir Walter Dwyer	Labor	1911–1914
	Sir James Connolly	Liberal	1914–1917
	Robert Pilkington	Nationalist	1917–1921
	Harry Mann	Nationalist	1921–1933
	Ted Needham	Labor	1933–1950
Perth (1961–present)
Member		Party	Term
	Stanley Heal	Labor	1962–1965
	Peter Durack	Liberal	1965–1968
	Terry Burke	Labor	1968–1987
	Dr Ian Alexander	Labor	1987–1991
		Independent	1991–1993
	Diana Warnock	Labor	1993–2001
	John Hyde	Labor	2001–2013
	Eleni Evangel	Liberal	2013–present

Election results

Elections in the 2010s

Western Australian state election, 2013: Perth^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Eleni Evangel	10,318	48.6	+12.0
	Labor	John Hyde	7,666	36.1	-4.8
	Greens	Jonathan Hallett	2,706	12.8	-6.6
	Christians	Kevin Host	324	1.5	-1.5
	Independent	Farida Iqbal	198	0.9	+0.9
Total formal votes			23,812	93.2
Informal votes			1,300	6.8
Turnout			22,512	86.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Eleni Evangel	11,165	52.6	+10.4
	Labor	John Hyde	10,045	47.4	-10.4
	Liberal gain from Labor		Swing	+10.4

Elections in the 2000s

Western Australian state election, 2008: Perth^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	John Hyde	7,724	41.00	–7.01
	Liberal	Chris Edwards	6,907	36.67	+2.82
	Greens	Jonathan Hallett	3,631	19.28	+6.47
	Christian Democrats	Guennadi Moukine	576	3.06	+0.49
Total formal votes			18,837	94.90	+0.01
Informal votes			1,013	5.10	–0.01
Turnout			19,850	81.42	–6.36
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	John Hyde	10,899	57.84	–2.96
	Liberal	Chris Edwards	7,937	42.16	+2.96
	Labor hold		Swing	–2.96

Western Australian state election, 2005: Perth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	John Hyde	11,303	49.07	+3.44
	Liberal	David Lagan	7,596	32.97	+0.91
	Greens	Damian Douglas-Meyer	2,982	12.94	+1.94
	Christian Democrats	Gus Loh	594	2.58	+2.58
	Independent	Don Hyland	375	1.63	+1.63
	One Nation	Marie Edmonds	186	0.81	-3.34
Total formal votes			23,036	94.89	+0.82
Informal votes			1,240	5.11	-0.82
Turnout			24,276	87.78	+0.53
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	John Hyde	14,287	62.04	+0.78
	Liberal	David Lagan	8,741	37.96	-0.78
	Labor hold		Swing	0.78

Western Australian state election, 2001: Perth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	John Hyde	8,423	45.63	-1.33
	Liberal	Peter Boyle	5,918	32.06	-5.01
	Greens	Su Hsien-Lee	2,031	11.00	-0.53
	Democrats	Paul Hubbard	819	4.44	+4.44
	One Nation	John Hakesley	766	4.15	+4.15
	Independent	Dave Chambers	303	1.64	+1.64
		Julius Re	103	0.56	+0.56
		Roberto Jorquera	99	0.53	+0.53
Total formal votes			18,461	94.07	-0.65
Informal votes			1,163	5.93	+0.65
Turnout			19,624	87.25	+0.94
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	John Hyde	11,263	61.26	+3.33
	Liberal	Peter Boyle	7,123	38.74	-3.33
	Labor hold		Swing	3.33

Elections in the 1990s

Western Australian state election, 1996: Perth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Diana Warnock	8,501	46.96	+2.60
	Liberal	Janet Davidson	6,710	37.07	-1.62
	Greens	Elena Jeffreys	2,087	11.53	+5.19
	Independent	Raymond Conder	803	4.44
	Other				-10.61
Total formal votes			18,101	94.72	+1.83
Informal votes			1,008	5.28	-1.83
Turnout			19,109	86.31	-4.86
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Diana Warnock	10,461	57.93	+3.53
	Liberal	Janet Davidson	7,597	42.07	-3.53
	Labor hold		Swing	3.53

Western Australian state election, 1993: Perth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Hal Colebatch	7,741	42.4	-0.7
	Labor	Diana Warnock	7,167	39.3	-6.6
	Independent	Kathleen Mallott	1,351	7.4	+7.4
	Greens	Penelope Robinson	1,319	7.2	+7.2
	Democratic Socialist	Michelle Hovane	276	1.5	+1.5
	Independent	Christopher Bignell	145	0.8	+0.8
	Independent	Life Addvalue	137	0.8	+0.8
		Alexander Manfrin	122	0.7	+0.7
Total formal votes			18,258	7.1	+1.3
Informal votes			1,398	7.1	-1.3
Turnout			19,656	91.2	+2.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Diana Warnock	9,182	50.3	-0.9
	Liberal	Hal Colebatch	9,076	49.7	+0.9
	Labor hold		Swing	-0.9

Elections in the 1980s

Western Australian state election, 1989: Perth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Ian Alexander	8,305	45.9	+12.8
	Liberal	Kim Hames	7,806	43.1	+3.9
	Democrats	Frederick Long	1,023	5.7	+5.7
	Grey Power	Gerrard Taylor	974	5.4	+5.4
Total formal votes			18,108	91.6
Informal votes			1,654	8.4
Turnout			19,762	88.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Ian Alexander	9,263	51.2	-8.5
	Liberal	Kim Hames	8,845	48.8	+8.5
	Labor hold		Swing	-8.5

Perth state by-election, 1987

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Ian Alexander	6,805	56.2	-7.1
	Liberal	Michael Lekias	4,707	38.8	+5.4
	Educationalist	Charles Hall	607	5.0	+5.0
Total formal votes			12,119	94.2	-1.1
Informal votes			748	5.8	+1.1
Turnout			12,867	74.2	-13.4
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

• Preferences were not distributed.

Western Australian state election, 1986: Perth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Terry Burke	9,644	63.3	-4.5
	Liberal	Peter Evans	5,090	33.4	+1.2
	Independent	Michael Crossing	510	3.3	+3.3
Total formal votes			15,244	95.3	-0.2
Informal votes			746	4.7	+0.2
Turnout			15,990	87.6	+6.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Terry Burke	9,893	64.9	-2.9
	Liberal	Peter Evans	5,351	35.1	+2.9
	Labor hold		Swing	-2.9

Western Australian state election, 1983: Perth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Terry Burke	9,023	67.8
	Liberal	Peter Bogue	4,289	32.2
Total formal votes			13,312	95.5
Informal votes			630	4.5
Turnout			13,942	80.7
	Labor hold		Swing

Western Australian state election, 1980: Perth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Terry Burke	6,638	61.8	+2.1
	Liberal	Bernard Smith	3,515	32.7	-7.6
	Independent	James Connolly	597	5.5	+5.5
Total formal votes			10,750	94.3	-1.9
Informal votes			650	5.7	+1.9
Turnout			11,400	80.2	-5.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Terry Burke	7,116	66.2	+6.5
	Liberal	Bernard Smith	3,634	33.8	-6.5
	Labor hold		Swing	+6.5

Elections in the 1970s

Western Australian state election, 1977: Perth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Terry Burke	7,525	59.7
	Liberal	Hal Colebatch	5,083	40.3
Total formal votes			12,608	96.2
Informal votes			504	3.8
Turnout			13,112	85.2
	Labor hold		Swing

Western Australian state election, 1974: Perth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Terry Burke	6,997	59.6
	Liberal	Julius Re	3,769	32.1
	National Alliance	Robert Burns	518	4.4
	Australia Party	William Barrett	456	3.9
Total formal votes			11,740	92.6
Informal votes			933	7.4
Turnout			12,673	84.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Terry Burke	7,303	62.2
	Liberal	Julius Re	4,437	37.8
	Labor hold		Swing

Western Australian state election, 1971: Perth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Terry Burke	5,002	56.0	+6.1
	Liberal	Bob Pike	2,851	31.9	-3.4
	Democratic Labor	John Martyr	545	6.1	+2.3
	Independent	Francesco Nesci	387	4.3	+4.3
	Independent	John Dawson	91	1.0	+1.0
	Independent	Thomas Cain	60	0.7	+0.7
Total formal votes			8,936	91.0	-4.7
Informal votes			888	9.0	+4.7
Turnout			9,824	84.9	-1.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Terry Burke	5,352	59.9	+3.7
	Liberal	Bob Pike	3,584	40.1	-3.7
	Labor hold		Swing	+3.7

Elections in the 1960s

Western Australian state election, 1968: Perth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Terry Burke	5,141	49.89	+2.49
	Liberal	Peter Durack	3,643	35.35	-12.05
	Independent	Paul Ritter	1,128	10.95	+10.95
	Democratic Labor	William Spence	393	3.81	-1.44
Total formal votes			10,308	95.74	-0.23
Informal votes			458	4.26	+0.23
Turnout			10,763	86.19	-1.33
	Labor gain from Liberal		Swing	+3.86

Western Australian state election, 1965: Perth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Peter Durack	4,428	47.40	+7.02
	Labor	Stanley Heal	4,422	47.33	-6.03
	Democratic Labor	Terence Merchant	491	5.25	-0.99
Total formal votes			9,341	95.97	-1.56
Informal votes			391	4.03	+1.56
Turnout			9,733	87.52	-2.45
	Liberal gain from Labor		Swing	+6.32

Western Australian state election, 1962: Perth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Stanley Heal	5,485	53.36
	Liberal	Raymond Waller Newland	4,151	40.38
	Democratic Labor	Terence Merchant	642	6.24
Total formal votes			10,278	97.53
Informal votes			260	2.47
Turnout			10,538	89.97
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Elections in the 1910s

Western Australian state election, 1917: Perth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Nationalist	Robert Pilkington	1,589	56.57
	Labor	Edmund Dunn	929	33.07
	Nationalist	Henry Mills	291	10.36
Total formal votes			2,809	96.60
Informal votes			99	3.40
Turnout			2,908

1917 by-election: Perth (21 July 1917)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Nationalist	Robert Pilkington	1,029	47.77
	Nationalist	Thomas Molloy	713	33.10
	Nationalist	Francis Rea	412	19.13
Total formal votes			2,154	97.47
Informal votes			56	2.53
Turnout			2,210

Western Australian state election, 1914: Perth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Walter Dwyer	1,507	42.96
	Liberal (WA)	Sir James Connolly	1,340	38.20
	Liberal (WA)	Arthur Berryman	661	18.84
Total formal votes			3,508	97.88
Informal votes			76	2.12
Turnout			3,584
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal (WA)	Sir James Connolly	1,941	55.33	+8.64
	Labor	Walter Dwyer	1,567	44.67	–8.64
	Liberal (WA) gain from Labor		Swing	+8.64

Western Australian state election, 1911: Perth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Walter Dwyer	1,932	53.31
	Ministerial	Harry Brown	1,692	46.69
Total formal votes			3,624	98.72
Informal votes			47	1.28
Turnout			3,671

Elections in the 1900s

Western Australian state election, 1908: Perth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Ministerial	Harry Brown	1,037	71.91
	Ministerial	Arthur O'Connor	405	28.09
Total formal votes			1,442	98.70
Informal votes			19	1.30
Turnout			1,461

Western Australian state election, 1905: Perth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Ministerial	Harry Brown	567	52.99
	Independent	Charles Moran	336	31.40
	Ministerial	Henry Braidwood	167	15.61
Total formal votes			1,070	98.17
Informal votes			20	1.83
Turnout			1,090

Western Australian state election, 1904: Perth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Ministerial	Harry Brown	990	62.98
	Labor	Frederick Gates	582	37.02
Total formal votes			1,572	99.12
Informal votes			14	0.88
Turnout			1,586

1901 ministerial by-election: Perth (6 December 1901)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
		William Purkiss	772	54.37
		Frank Wilson	648	45.63
Total formal votes			1,420	99.37
Informal votes			9	0.63
Turnout			1,429

Western Australian state election, 1901: Perth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Opposition	Frank Wilson	691	65.37
	Ministerial (Throssell)	Thomas Molloy	366	34.63
Total formal votes			1,057	99.16
Informal votes			9	0.84
Turnout			1,066

Elections in the 1890s

Western Australian colonial election, 1897: Perth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Ministerial (Forrest)	Lyall Hall	268	50.47
	Opposition (Leake)	Stephen Henry Parker	263	49.53
Total formal votes			531	98.33
Informal votes			9	1.67
Turnout			540

Western Australian colonial election, 1894: Perth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
		George Randell	378	61.26
		Thomas Molloy	239	38.74
Total formal votes			617	98.56
Informal votes			9	1.44
Turnout			626	66.10

1892 by-election: Perth (12 January 1892)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
		Thomas Molloy	187	53.74
		Edward Keane	161	46.36
Total formal votes			348	95.60
Informal votes			16	4.39
Turnout			364	77.78

Western Australian colonial election, 1890: Perth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
		Edward Scott	234	61.58
		Edward Kay Courthope	146	38.42
Total formal votes			380
Turnout			380	83.52

References

1. "Perth District Results". Western Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 2013-03-30.
2. "2008 State General Election Details: District of Perth Results". Western Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 4 December 2011.

• 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).