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.

Members for Marangaroo

Member		Party	Term
	Ted Cunningham	Labor	1989–1996

Election results

Elections in the 1990s

1993 Western Australian state election: Marangaroo

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

1989 Western Australian state election: Marangaroo

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