Electoral results for the district of Narrogin

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

Members for Narrogin edit

Member Party Term
  Victor Doney Country 1950–1956
  William Manning Country 1956–1974
  Peter Jones Country 1974–1975
  National Country 1975–1985
  Liberal 1985–1986
  Cambell Nalder National 1986–1987
  Bob Wiese National 1987–1989

Election results edit

Elections in the 1980s edit

1987 Narrogin state by-election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National Bob Wiese 3,854 49.8 +6.8
Liberal Brian Page 2,675 34.5 -4.2
Labor Lorna Long 1,213 15.7 -2.7
Total formal votes 7,742 98.9 +0.5
Informal votes 86 1.1 -0.5
Turnout 7,828 86.0 -8.2
Two-candidate-preferred result
National Bob Wiese 4,656 60.1 +1.0
Liberal Brian Page 3,086 39.9 -1.0
National hold Swing +1.0
1986 Western Australian state election: Narrogin[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National Cambell Nalder 3,690 43.0 -57.0
Liberal Peter Jones 3,319 38.7 +38.7
Labor Wayne White 1,576 18.4 +18.4
Total formal votes 8,585 98.4
Informal votes 138 1.6
Turnout 8,723 94.2
Two-candidate-preferred result
National Cambell Nalder 5,071 59.1 -40.9
Liberal Peter Jones 3,514 40.9 +40.9
National hold Swing -40.9
1983 Western Australian state election: Narrogin
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National Country Peter Jones unopposed
National Country hold Swing
1980 Western Australian state election: Narrogin
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National Country Peter Jones 5,397 77.0 -1.8
Labor Malcolm Turner 1,614 23.0 +23.0
Total formal votes 7,011 98.1 +2.7
Informal votes 136 1.9 -2.7
Turnout 7,147 92.0 -1.6
National Country hold Swing N/A

Elections in the 1970s edit

1977 Western Australian state election: Narrogin
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National Country Peter Jones 5,510 78.8
Liberal Francesco Buemi 1,479 21.2
Total formal votes 6,989 95.4
Informal votes 337 4.6
Turnout 7,326 93.6
National Country hold Swing N/A
1974 Western Australian state election: Narrogin
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National Alliance Peter Jones 3,593 50.9
Liberal Robert Farr 1,978 28.0
Labor Gordon Appleton 1,492 21.1
Total formal votes 7,063 98.1
Informal votes 140 1.9
Turnout 7,203 92.4
Two-party-preferred result
National Alliance Peter Jones 4,936 69.9
Labor Gordon Appleton 2,127 30.1
National Alliance hold Swing
  • Preferences were not distributed between the National Alliance and Liberal candidates for Narrogin.
1971 Western Australian state election: Narrogin
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country William Manning 1,919 33.0 -67.0
Labor Malcolm Turner 1,856 31.9 +31.9
Liberal Harry Pennington 1,212 20.8 +20.8
United Farmers Malcolm McNaughton 540 9.3 +9.3
Democratic Labor Terry Stevenson 286 4.9 +4.9
Total formal votes 5,813 94.8
Informal votes 316 5.2
Turnout 6,129 94.0
Two-party-preferred result
Country William Manning 3,357 57.7 -42.3
Labor Malcolm Turner 2,456 42.3 +42.3
Country hold Swing N/A

Elections in the 1960s edit

1968 Western Australian state election: Narrogin
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country William Manning unopposed
Country hold Swing
1965 Western Australian state election: Narrogin
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country William Manning 3,958 80.5 -19.5
Independent Percy Munday 957 19.5 +19.5
Total formal votes 4,915 96.4
Informal votes 184 3.6
Turnout 5,099 93.3
Country hold Swing
1962 Western Australian state election: Narrogin
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country William Manning unopposed
Country hold Swing
1959 Western Australian state election: Narrogin
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country William Manning 3,750 72.3 +50.9
Labor Percy Munday 1,434 27.7 -1.1
Total formal votes 5,184 98.8 +0.7
Informal votes 61 1.2 -0.7
Turnout 5,245 93.2 +0.1
Country hold Swing +6.8
1956 Western Australian state election: Narrogin
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Percy Munday 1,412 28.8
Country Bill Robinson 1,049 21.4
Country William Manning 1,047 21.4
Liberal and Country Robert Farr 1,017 20.8
Country Frank Ashworth 373 7.6
Total formal votes 4,898 98.1
Informal votes 93 1.9
Turnout 4,991 93.1
Two-party-preferred result
Country William Manning 3,209 65.5
Labor Percy Munday 1,689 34.5
Country hold Swing
1953 Western Australian state election: Narrogin
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Victor Doney unopposed
Country hold Swing
1950 Western Australian state election: Narrogin
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Victor Doney unopposed
Country 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.