Electoral results for the district of Mundaring

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

Members for Mundaring edit

Member Party Term
  James Moiler Labor 1974–1977
  Tom Herzfeld Liberal 1977–1983
  Gavan Troy Labor 1983–1989

Election results edit

Elections in the 1980s edit

1986 Western Australian state election: Mundaring[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Gavan Troy 5,170 53.2 +5.2
Liberal Steven Hart 4,150 42.7 -5.6
Democrats Rodney Gibbs 398 4.1 +0.5
Total formal votes 9,718 98.1 +0.6
Informal votes 190 1.9 -0.6
Turnout 9,908 91.2 +1.9
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Gavan Troy 5,374 55.3 +5.2
Liberal Steven Hart 4,344 44.7 -5.2
Labor hold Swing +5.2
1983 Mundaring state by-election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Gavan Troy 3,645 50.3 +2.3
Liberal Tom Herzfeld 3,387 46.7 -1.6
Democrats Bryan Scott-Courtland 182 2.5 -1.1
Independent Francesco Nesci 31 0.4 +0.4
Total formal votes 7,245 98.6 +1.1
Informal votes 105 1.4 -1.1
Turnout 7,350 79.6 -9.7
Labor hold Swing N/A
  • Preferences were not distributed.
1983 Western Australian state election: Mundaring
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Tom Herzfeld 3,886 48.3
Labor Gavan Troy 3,862 48.0
Democrats Bryan Scott-Courtland 292 3.6
Total formal votes 8,040 97.5
Informal votes 202 2.5
Turnout 8,242 89.3
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Gavan Troy 4,028 50.1
Liberal Tom Herzfeld 4,012 49.9
Labor gain from Liberal Swing
1980 Western Australian state election: Mundaring
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Tom Herzfeld 3,588 46.5 -2.7
Labor William Bartholomaeus 3,427 44.4 -2.5
National Country Michael Johnson 697 9.0 +9.0
Total formal votes 7,712 97.1 +0.7
Informal votes 226 2.9 -0.7
Turnout 7,938 89.1 -0.6
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Tom Herzfeld 4,125 53.5 +1.3
Labor William Batholomaeus 3,587 46.5 -1.3
Liberal hold Swing +1.3

Elections in the 1970s edit

1977 Western Australian state election: Mundaring
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Tom Herzfeld 3,409 49.2
Labor James Moiler 3,250 46.9
Progress Bryan Scott-Courtland 274 3.9
Total formal votes 6,933 96.4
Informal votes 257 3.6
Turnout 7,190 89.7
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Tom Herzfeld 3,617 52.2 +3.8
Labor James Moiler 3,316 47.8 -3.8
Liberal gain from Labor Swing +3.8
1974 Western Australian state election: Mundaring
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor James Moiler 4,119 54.5
Liberal Andrew Hugh 2,803 37.1
National Alliance Ivan Sands 640 8.5
Total formal votes 7,562 97.4
Informal votes 203 2.6
Turnout 7,765 91.1
Two-party-preferred result
Labor James Moiler 4,215 55.7
Liberal Andrew Hugh 3,347 44.3
Labor hold Swing

References edit

  1. ^ 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.