Electoral results for the district of Marangaroo
This is a list of electoral results for the Electoral district of Marangaroo in Western Australian state elections from 1989 to 1996. The district was based in Perth's northern suburbs. It was a safe Labor seat.
History
Marangaroo was first created for the 1989 state election and abolished ahead of the 1996 state election. The seat's member during its two terms was Labor MP Ted Cunningham. Cunningham was previously the member for Balga, which was abolished when Marangaroo was created. He went on to represent the new district of Girrawheen, which largely replaced Marangaroo.[1]
Members for Marangaroo
Member | Party | Term | |
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Ted Cunningham | Labor | 1989–1996 |
Election results
Elections in the 1990s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Ted Cunningham | 12,966 | 56.1 | -3.2 | |
Liberal | Avis Gobby | 7,486 | 32.4 | -0.2 | |
Independent | Ronald Bowman | 1,276 | 5.5 | +5.5 | |
Greens | Otto Dik | 772 | 3.3 | +3.3 | |
Independent | William Francis | 599 | 2.6 | +2.6 | |
Total formal votes | 23,099 | 95.1 | +6.2 | ||
Informal votes | 1,179 | 4.9 | −6.2 | ||
Turnout | 24,278 | 94.0 | −2.2 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Ted Cunningham | 14,396 | 62.3 | -0.1 | |
Liberal | Avis Gobby | 8,703 | 37.7 | +0.1 | |
Labor hold | Swing | -0.1 |
Elections in the 1980s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Ted Cunningham | 9,418 | 59.2 | -16.3 | |
Liberal | William Lewis | 5,188 | 32.6 | +12.2 | |
Grey Power | James Wilson | 1,313 | 8.2 | +8.2 | |
Total formal votes | 15,919 | 88.9 | |||
Informal votes | 1,992 | 11.1 | |||
Turnout | 17,911 | 91.8 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Ted Cunningham | 9,937 | 62.4 | -15.2 | |
Liberal | William Lewis | 5,982 | 37.6 | +15.2 | |
Labor hold | Swing | -15.2 |
References
- ^ "Electoral district of Marangaroo".
- ^ 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.
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