This is a list of electoral results for the Electoral district of Subiaco in Western Australian state elections.
Members for Subiaco
editMember | Party | Term | |
---|---|---|---|
Henry Daglish | Labour | 1901–1905 | |
Independent Labour | 1905–1908 | ||
Ministerial | 1908–1911 | ||
Bartholomew Stubbs | Labor | 1911–1917 | |
Samuel Brown | Nationalist | 1917–1921 | |
Walter Richardson | National Labor | 1921–1925 | |
Nationalist | 1925–1933 | ||
John Moloney | Labor | 1933–1936 | |
Florence Cardell-Oliver | Nationalist | 1936–1945 | |
Liberal | 1945–1949 | ||
Liberal Country League | 1949–1956 | ||
Percival Potter | Labor | 1956–1959 | |
Hugh Guthrie | Liberal Country League | 1959–1968 | |
Liberal | 1968–1971 | ||
Dr Tom Dadour | Liberal | 1971–1984 | |
Independent | 1984–1986 | ||
Dr Carmen Lawrence | Labor | 1986–1989 |
Election results
editElections in the 1980s
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Carmen Lawrence | 7,949 | 50.2 | +1.8 | |
Liberal | Ross McLean | 7,403 | 46.7 | −1.7 | |
Independent | Geoff Stuart | 488 | 3.1 | +3.1 | |
Total formal votes | 15,840 | 97.5 | −0.2 | ||
Informal votes | 400 | 2.5 | +0.2 | ||
Turnout | 16,240 | 89.7 | +4.3 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Carmen Lawrence | 8,189 | 51.7 | +3.3 | |
Liberal | Ross McLean | 7,651 | 48.3 | −3.3 | |
Labor gain from Liberal | Swing | +3.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Tom Dadour | 7,108 | 51.6 | ||
Labor | William Bartholomaeus | 6,666 | 48.4 | ||
Total formal votes | 13,774 | 97.7 | |||
Informal votes | 322 | 2.3 | |||
Turnout | 14,096 | 85.4 | |||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Tom Dadour | 8,175 | 63.9 | −0.2 | |
Labor | Marcelle Anderson | 4,613 | 36.1 | +0.2 | |
Total formal votes | 12,788 | 97.4 | −0.3 | ||
Informal votes | 341 | 2.6 | +0.3 | ||
Turnout | 13,129 | 83.8 | −3.9 | ||
Liberal hold | Swing | −0.2 |
Elections in the 1970s
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Tom Dadour | 8,690 | 64.1 | ||
Labor | Wendy Fatin | 4,868 | 35.9 | ||
Total formal votes | 13,558 | 97.7 | |||
Informal votes | 315 | 2.3 | |||
Turnout | 13,873 | 87.7 | |||
Liberal hold | Swing | +7.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Tom Dadour | 6,339 | 49.9 | ||
Labor | Phillip Hall | 5,241 | 41.3 | ||
National Alliance | Francis Dwyer | 752 | 5.9 | ||
Australia | Ronald Hislop | 373 | 2.9 | ||
Total formal votes | 12,705 | 95.7 | |||
Informal votes | 567 | 4.3 | |||
Turnout | 13,272 | 87.4 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Tom Dadour | 7,169 | 56.4 | ||
Labor | Phillip Hall | 5,536 | 43.6 | ||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Tom Dadour | 5,338 | 46.8 | −1.1 | |
Labor | Dennis Kemp | 4,595 | 40.3 | −6.1 | |
Democratic Labor | Francis Dwyer | 1,191 | 10.5 | +10.5 | |
Defence of Government Schools | Patrick Holland | 272 | 2.4 | +2.4 | |
Total formal votes | 11,396 | 97.0 | −0.6 | ||
Informal votes | 355 | 3.0 | +0.6 | ||
Turnout | 11,751 | 87.8 | −2.6 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Tom Dadour | 6,254 | 54.9 | +4.5 | |
Labor | Dennis Kemp | 5,142 | 45.1 | −4.5 | |
Liberal hold | Swing | +4.5 |
Elections in the 1960s
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal and Country | Hugh Guthrie | 5,316 | 47.9 | ||
Labor | Ronnay Foster | 5,153 | 46.4 | ||
Independent | Jacqueline Lander | 639 | 5.7 | ||
Total formal votes | 11,108 | 97.6 | |||
Informal votes | 276 | 2.4 | |||
Turnout | 11,384 | 90.4 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal and Country | Hugh Guthrie | 5,603 | 50.4 | ||
Labor | Ronnay Foster | 5,505 | 49.6 | ||
Liberal and Country hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal and Country | Hugh Guthrie | 5,274 | 53.3 | +5.7 | |
Labor | Frank Baden-Powell | 4,040 | 40.9 | −2.5 | |
Democratic Labor | John Martyr | 573 | 5.8 | −3.1 | |
Total formal votes | 9,887 | 97.5 | −1.1 | ||
Informal votes | 258 | 2.5 | +1.1 | ||
Turnout | 10,145 | 91.7 | −0.7 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal and Country | Hugh Guthrie | 5,761 | 58.3 | +3.2 | |
Labor | Frank Baden-Powell | 4,126 | 41.7 | −3.2 | |
Liberal and Country hold | Swing | +3.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal and Country | Hugh Guthrie | 4,994 | 47.6 | ||
Labor | Percival Potter | 4,552 | 43.4 | ||
Democratic Labor | Francis Dwyer | 936 | 7.2 | ||
Total formal votes | 8,438 | 98.1 | |||
Informal votes | 165 | 1.9 | |||
Turnout | 8,603 | 92.5 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal and Country | Hugh Guthrie | 4,442 | 52.6 | ||
Labor | Percival Potter | 3,996 | 47.4 | ||
Liberal and Country hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1950s
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal and Country | Hugh Guthrie | 3,943 | 46.7 | +18.3 | |
Labor | Percival Potter | 3,891 | 46.1 | −1.2 | |
Democratic Labor | Ronald Bulbeck | 604 | 7.2 | +7.2 | |
Total formal votes | 8,438 | 98.1 | +0.8 | ||
Informal votes | 165 | 1.9 | −0.8 | ||
Turnout | 8,603 | 92.5 | +0.3 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal and Country | Hugh Guthrie | 4,442 | 52.6 | +4.3 | |
Labor | Percival Potter | 3,996 | 47.4 | −4.3 | |
Liberal and Country gain from Labor | Swing | +4.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Percival Potter | 4,134 | 47.3 | ||
Liberal and Country | Edgar Paddick | 2,486 | 28.4 | ||
Independent Liberal | Joseph Abrahams | 1,791 | 20.5 | ||
Independent Liberal | Walter Richardson | 336 | 3.8 | ||
Total formal votes | 8,747 | 97.3 | |||
Informal votes | 242 | 2.7 | |||
Turnout | 8,989 | 92.2 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Percival Potter | 4,520 | 51.7 | ||
Liberal and Country | Edgar Paddick | 4,227 | 48.3 | ||
Labor gain from Liberal and Country | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal and Country | Florence Cardell-Oliver | 4,310 | 56.7 | −5.5 | |
Labor | Thomas Henley | 3,293 | 43.3 | +5.5 | |
Total formal votes | 7,603 | 98.4 | −0.3 | ||
Informal votes | 124 | 1.6 | +0.3 | ||
Turnout | 7,727 | 93.7 | +2.1 | ||
Liberal and Country hold | Swing | −5.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal and Country | Florence Cardell-Oliver | 5,072 | 62.2 | ||
Labor | Thomas Henley | 3,081 | 37.8 | ||
Total formal votes | 8,153 | 98.7 | |||
Informal votes | 107 | 1.3 | |||
Turnout | 8,260 | 91.6 | |||
Liberal and Country hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1940s
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Florence Cardell-Oliver | 4,450 | 62.7 | +4.0 | |
Labor | Percival Potter | 2,651 | 37.3 | −4.0 | |
Total formal votes | 7,101 | 98.2 | +0.7 | ||
Informal votes | 129 | 1.8 | −0.7 | ||
Turnout | 7,230 | 90.6 | −3.2 | ||
Liberal hold | Swing | +4.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nationalist | Florence Cardell-Oliver | 4,132 | 58.7 | +18.5 | |
Labor | William Lonnie | 2,909 | 41.3 | +4.4 | |
Total formal votes | 7,041 | 97.5 | −1.5 | ||
Informal votes | 183 | 2.5 | +1.5 | ||
Turnout | 7,224 | 93.8 | −1.3 | ||
Nationalist hold | Swing | +0.7 |
Elections in the 1930s
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nationalist | Florence Cardell-Oliver | 2,963 | 40.2 | +16.3 | |
Labor | William Lonnie | 2,714 | 36.9 | −1.6 | |
Ind. Nationalist | Walter Richardson | 1,686 | 22.9 | −0.2 | |
Total formal votes | 7,363 | 98.9 | −0.3 | ||
Informal votes | 80 | 1.1 | +0.3 | ||
Turnout | 7,443 | 95.1 | +14.5 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Nationalist | Florence Cardell-Oliver | 4,272 | 58.0 | +2.2 | |
Labor | William Lonnie | 3,091 | 42.0 | −2.2 | |
Nationalist hold | Swing | +2.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | John Moloney | 2,320 | 38.5 | −5.1 | |
Nationalist | Florence Cardell-Oliver | 1,442 | 23.9 | −13.3 | |
Nationalist | Walter Richardson | 1,392 | 23.1 | +23.1 | |
Nationalist | Harry Downe | 877 | 14.5 | +14.5 | |
Total formal votes | 6,031 | 99.2 | +1.6 | ||
Informal votes | 47 | 0.8 | −1.6 | ||
Turnout | 6,078 | 80.6 | −12.3 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Nationalist | Florence Cardell-Oliver | 3,364 | 55.8 | +8.3 | |
Labor | John Moloney | 2,667 | 44.2 | −8.3 | |
Nationalist gain from Labor | Swing | +8.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | John Moloney | 2,873 | 43.6 | +2.1 | |
Nationalist | Walter Richardson | 2,453 | 37.2 | −21.3 | |
Independent | John Bathgate | 1,269 | 19.2 | +19.2 | |
Total formal votes | 6,595 | 97.6 | −1.4 | ||
Informal votes | 164 | 2.4 | +1.4 | ||
Turnout | 6,759 | 92.9 | +14.4 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | John Moloney | 3,463 | 52.5 | +11.0 | |
Nationalist | Walter Richardson | 3,132 | 47.5 | −11.0 | |
Labor gain from Nationalist | Swing | +11.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nationalist | Walter Richardson | 3,233 | 58.5 | ||
Labor | Richard Nash | 2,290 | 41.5 | ||
Total formal votes | 5,469 | 99.0 | |||
Informal votes | 54 | 1.0 | |||
Turnout | 5,577 | 78.5 | |||
Nationalist hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1920s
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nationalist | Walter Richardson | 4,489 | 55.1 | +11.6 | |
Labor | John Leonard | 3,653 | 44.9 | +11.9 | |
Total formal votes | 8,142 | 99.0 | +0.3 | ||
Informal votes | 83 | 1.0 | −0.3 | ||
Turnout | 8,225 | 77.5 | +13.7 | ||
Nationalist hold | Swing | −8.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nationalist | Walter Richardson | 2,584 | 43.5 | +18.8 | |
Labor | Ephraim Freedman | 1,963 | 33.0 | −1.2 | |
Nationalist | Clifford Sadlier | 1,395 | 23.5 | +23.5 | |
Total formal votes | 5,942 | 98.7 | +0.2 | ||
Informal votes | 77 | 1.3 | −0.2 | ||
Turnout | 6,019 | 63.8 | 0.0 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Nationalist | Walter Richardson | 3,768 | 63.4 | +63.4 | |
Labor | Ephraim Freedman | 2,174 | 36.6 | −2.8 | |
Nationalist gain from National Labor | Swing | N/A |
- Walter Richardson was the sitting member for Subiaco, who changed from the National Labor party to the Nationalists prior to the election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
National Labor | Walter Richardson | 2,020 | 41.0 | +41.0 | |
Labor | Arthur Ramsbottom | 1,686 | 34.2 | −65.8 | |
Nationalist | Samuel Brown | 1,218 | 24.7 | +24.7 | |
Total formal votes | 4,924 | 98.5 | |||
Informal votes | 73 | 1.5 | |||
Turnout | 4,997 | 63.8 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
National Labor | Walter Richardson | 2,985 | 60.6 | +60.6 | |
Labor | Arthur Ramsbottom | 1,939 | 39.4 | −60.6 | |
National Labor gain from Labor | Swing | N/A |
Elections in the 1910s
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Edwin Corboy | 1,873 | 40.4 | –59.6 | |
Nationalist | Charles Heppingstone | 770 | 16.6 | +16.6 | |
Nationalist | Samuel Brown | 696 | 15.0 | +15.0 | |
Nationalist | James Guy | 588 | 12.7 | +12.7 | |
Nationalist | Edwin Whittaker | 448 | 9.7 | +9.7 | |
Nationalist | Thomas Treweek | 150 | 3.2 | +3.2 | |
Nationalist | James Chesters | 110 | 2.4 | +2.4 | |
Total formal votes | 4,635 | 97.7 | n/a | ||
Informal votes | 107 | 2.3 | n/a | ||
Turnout | 4,742 | 69.6 | n/a | ||
Two-candidate-preferred result | |||||
Nationalist | Samuel Brown | 2,376 | 51.3 | n/a | |
Labor | Edwin Corboy | 2,259 | 48.7 | n/a | |
Nationalist gain from Labor | Swing | n/a |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Bartholomew Stubbs | unopposed | |||
Labor hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Bartholomew Stubbs | 2,763 | 50.4 | −0.4 | |
Liberal | Henry Daglish | 2,717 | 49.6 | +0.4 | |
Total formal votes | 5,480 | 99.5 | +7.5 | ||
Informal votes | 29 | 0.5 | −7.5 | ||
Turnout | 5,509 | 63.6 | −14.8 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | −0.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Bartholomew Stubbs | 1,846 | 50.8 | ||
Ministerialist | Henry Daglish | 1,786 | 49.2 | ||
Total formal votes | 3,632 | 92.0 | |||
Informal votes | 314 | 8.0 | |||
Turnout | 3,946 | 78.4 | |||
Labor gain from Ministerialist | Swing |
Elections in the 1900s
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ministerialist | Henry Daglish | 2,527 | 61.1 | +13.0 | |
Labour | Walter Richardson | 1,606 | 38.9 | +38.9 | |
Total formal votes | 4,133 | 99.0 | +0.2 | ||
Informal votes | 41 | 1.0 | −0.2 | ||
Turnout | 4,174 | 80.4 | +18.7 | ||
Ministerialist gain from Independent Labour | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent Labour | Henry Daglish | 1,086 | 51.9 | –28.1 | |
Ministerialist | Samuel Brown | 1,006 | 48.1 | +48.1 | |
Total formal votes | 2,092 | 99.2 | –0.2 | ||
Informal votes | 17 | 0.8 | +0.2 | ||
Turnout | 2,109 | 61.7 | –10.2 | ||
Independent Labour hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Henry Daglish | 1,890 | 80.0 | +30.4 | |
Independent | William Thomas | 473 | 20.0 | +20.0 | |
Total formal votes | 2,363 | 99.4 | +2.0 | ||
Informal votes | 14 | 0.6 | –2.0 | ||
Turnout | 2,377 | 71.9 | +15.4 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +30.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Henry Daglish | 828 | 49.6 | +49.6 | |
Independent | Samuel Brown | 535 | 32.1 | +32.1 | |
Independent | John Brickhill | 180 | 10.8 | +10.8 | |
Independent | Richard Sparrow | 126 | 7.5 | +7.5 | |
Total formal votes | 1,669 | 97.4 | n/a | ||
Informal votes | 44 | 2.6 | n/a | ||
Turnout | 1,713 | 56.5 | n/a | ||
Labour win | (new seat) |
References
edit- ^ Prescott, David Black with the assistance of Valerie (1997). Election statistics : Legislative Assembly of Western Australia, 1890-1996. Perth, [W.A.]: Western Australian Parliamentary History Project and Western Australian Electoral Commission. ISBN 0730984095.