Electoral results for the district of Welshpool

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

Members for Welshpool

Member		Party	Term
	Colin Jamieson	Labor	1974–1986
	Bill Thomas	Labor	1986–1989

Election results

Elections in the 1980s

1986 Western Australian state election: Welshpool

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Bill Thomas	10,073	63.2	-1.6
	Liberal	Stephen Gardiner	5,872	36.8	+1.6
Total formal votes			15,945	95.9	-0.6
Informal votes			683	4.1	+0.6
Turnout			16,628	91.8	+4.0
	Labor hold		Swing	-1.6

1983 Western Australian state election: Welshpool

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Colin Jamieson	9,482	64.8
	Liberal	Robert Gray	5,159	35.2
Total formal votes			14,641	96.5
Informal votes			525	3.5
Turnout			15,166	87.8
	Labor hold		Swing

1980 Western Australian state election: Welshpool

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Colin Jamieson	8,084	59.4	+3.2
	Liberal	Francesco Piccolo	5,533	40.6	-3.2
Total formal votes			13,617	95.4	-0.3
Informal votes			659	4.6	+0.3
Turnout			14,276	87.5	-2.6
	Labor hold		Swing	+3.2

Elections in the 1970s

1977 Western Australian state election: Welshpool

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Colin Jamieson	7,772	56.2
	Liberal	Brian Rose	6,065	43.8
Total formal votes			13,837	95.7
Informal votes			621	4.3
Turnout			14,458	90.1
	Labor hold		Swing	-7.9

1974 Western Australian state election: Welshpool

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Colin Jamieson	8,807	61.5
	Liberal	George Fisher	4,492	31.4
	National Alliance	Laurence Eaton	1,026	7.2
Total formal votes			14,325	94.9
Informal votes			763	5.1
Turnout			15,088	88.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Colin Jamieson	8,961	62.6
	Liberal	George Fisher	5,364	37.4
	Labor hold		Swing