Electoral results for the district of Mount Hawthorn

This is a list of electoral results for the Electoral district of Mount Hawthorn in Western Australian state elections.

Members for Mount Hawthorn edit

1980 Western Australian state election: Mount Hawthorn^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Ron Bertram	8,343	59.7	+2.2
	Liberal	Anne Klatt	5,632	40.3	-2.2
Total formal votes			13,975	96.1	+0.4
Informal votes			570	3.9	-0.4
Turnout			14,545	86.5	-3.2
	Labor hold		Swing	+2.2

1977 Western Australian state election: Mount Hawthorn
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labor	Ronald Bertram	8,249	57.5
	Liberal	Brian Morris	6,105	42.5
Total formal votes			14,354	95.7
Informal votes			638	4.3
Turnout			14,992	89.7
	Labor hold		Swing	+0.8

1974 Western Australian state election: Mount Hawthorn
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labor	Ron Bertram	7,447	54.7
	Liberal	Timothy Foley	5,256	38.6
	National Alliance	Peter Tilley	903	6.6
Total formal votes			13,606	95.3
Informal votes			663	4.7
Turnout			14,269	90.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Ron Bertram	7,582	55.7
	Liberal	Timothy Foley	6,024	44.3
	Labor hold		Swing

1971 Western Australian state election: Mount Hawthorn
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Ron Bertram	6,682	55.5	+2.6
	Liberal	John Bulbeck	3,814	31.7	-7.1
	Democratic Labor	Patrick Cranley	1,546	12.8	+4.6
Total formal votes			12,042	95.7	+0.3
Informal votes			540	4.3	-0.3
Turnout			12,582	91.2	-0.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Ron Bertram	6,914	57.4	+3.2
	Liberal	John Bulbeck	5,128	42.6	-3.2
	Labor hold		Swing	+3.2

1968 Western Australian state election: Mount Hawthorn
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labor	Ron Bertram	5,831	52.9
	Liberal and Country	James Ring	4,279	38.9
	Democratic Labor	Gavan O'Connor	905	8.2
Total formal votes			11,015	95.4
Informal votes			528	4.6
Turnout			11,543	92.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Ron Bertram	5,967	54.2
	Liberal and Country	James Ring	5,048	45.8
	Labor hold		Swing

1965 Western Australian state election: Mount Hawthorn
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Bill Hegney	5,175	52.7	-3.5
	Liberal and Country	James Ring	4,641	47.3	+3.5
Total formal votes			9,816	96.3	-2.3
Informal votes			377	3.7	+2.3
Turnout			10,193	91.8	-1.2
	Labor hold		Swing	-3.5

1962 Western Australian state election: Mount Hawthorn
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labor	Bill Hegney	5,866	56.2
	Liberal and Country	Hugh O'Doherty	4,571	43.8
Total formal votes			10,437	98.6
Informal votes			153	1.4
Turnout			10,590	93.0
	Labor hold		Swing

1959 Western Australian state election: Mount Hawthorn
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Bill Hegney	6,406	56.3	-6.7
	Liberal and Country	Hugh O'Doherty	4,795	42.1	+8.8
	Communist	Edward Zeffertt	183	1.6	-2.1
Total formal votes			11,384	96.6	+0.5
Informal votes			398	3.4	-0.5
Turnout			11,782	93.4	+0.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Bill Hegney		57.7	-8.6
	Liberal and Country	Hugh O'Doherty		42.3	+8.6
	Labor hold		Swing	-8.6

1956 Western Australian state election: Mount Hawthorn
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labor	Bill Hegney	5,740	63.0
	Liberal and Country	William Bailey	3,032	33.3
	Communist	William Anear	333	3.7
Total formal votes			9,105	96.1
Informal votes			367	3.9
Turnout			9,472	92.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Bill Hegney		66.3
	Liberal and Country	William Bailey		33.7
	Labor hold		Swing

1953 Western Australian state election: Mount Hawthorn
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Bill Hegney	6,473	65.6	+11.5
	Liberal and Country	Leonard Seaton	3,396	34.4	-8.6
Total formal votes			9,869	98.0	+1.4
Informal votes			198	2.0	-1.4
Turnout			10,067	94.2	+1.5
	Labor hold		Swing	+9.5

1950 Western Australian state election: Mount Hawthorn
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labor	Bill Hegney	4,680	54.1
	Liberal and Country	John Mann	3,725	43.1
	Independent Labor	John Plummer-Leitch	247	2.9
Total formal votes			8,652	96.6
Informal votes			301	3.4
Turnout			8,953	92.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Bill Hegney		56.1
	Liberal and Country	John Mann		43.9
	Labor hold		Swing

1947 Western Australian state election: Mount Hawthorn
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Les Nimmo	5,594	45.3	+12.0
	Labor	William Beadle	5,400	43.8	-22.9
	Independent	Archibald Cruikshank	920	7.5	+7.5
	Country	Norman Hard	281	2.3	+2.3
		Arthur West	145	1.2	+1.2
Total formal votes			12,340	96.3	-0.7
Informal votes			479	3.7	+0.7
Turnout			12,819	85.6	-3.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Les Nimmo	6,313	51.2	+17.9
	Labor	William Beadle	6,027	48.8	-17.9
	Liberal gain from Labor		Swing	+17.9

1943 Western Australian state election: Mount Hawthorn
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Harry Millington	7113	66.7	+8.1
	Nationalist	Norman Hard	3,549	33.3	-8.1
Total formal votes			10,662	97.0	-0.9
Informal votes			327	3.0	+0.9
Turnout			10,989	88.7	-4.9
	Labor hold		Swing	+8.1

1939 Western Australian state election: Mount Hawthorn
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Harry Millington	5,100	58.6	+4.6
	Nationalist	Guildford Clarke	3,607	41.4	-4.6
Total formal votes			8,707	97.9	-1.2
Informal votes			182	2.1	+1.2
Turnout			8,889	93.6	+20.7
	Labor hold		Swing	+4.6

1936 Western Australian state election: Mount Hawthorn
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Harry Millington	2,751	54.0	-8.5
	Nationalist	Arthur Abbott	2,345	46.0	+8.5
Total formal votes			5,096	99.1	+1.2
Informal votes			46	0.9	-1.2
Turnout			5,142	72.9	-21.4
	Labor hold		Swing	-8.5

1933 Western Australian state election: Mount Hawthorn
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Harry Millington	3,512	62.5	+9.0
	Nationalist	Hugh Henderson	2,107	37.5	-9.0
Total formal votes			5,619	97.9	-0.8
Informal votes			123	2.1	+0.8
Turnout			5,742	94.3	+17.0
	Labor hold		Swing	+9.0

1930 Western Australian state election: Mount Hawthorn
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labor	Harry Millington	2,002	53.5
	Nationalist	Peter Menzies	1,739	46.5
Total formal votes			3,741	98.7
Informal votes			48	1.3
Turnout			3,789	77.3
	Labor hold		Swing

^ 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.