Western Australian state election, 30 March 1974 | ||||||
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Enrolled voters | 581,784 | |||||
Votes cast | 523,182 | Turnout | 89.93% | –1.28% | ||
Informal votes | 25,072 | Informal | 4.79% | –0.33% | ||
Summary of votes by party | ||||||
Party | Primary votes | % | Swing | Seats won |
Seats held | |
Labor | 235,271 | 47.23% | +0.45% | 5 | 9 | |
Liberal | 226,288 | 45.43% | +18.07% | 9 | 18 | |
Alliance (CP/DLP) | 36,551 | 7.34% | –13.66% | 1 | 3 | |
Independent | –5.86% | 0 | 0 | |||
Total | 498,110 | 15 | 30 | |||
Two-party-preferred | ||||||
Liberal/NA | 267,672 | 51.90% | ||||
Labor | 248,040 | 48.10% |
This is a list of electoral region results for the Western Australian Legislative Council in the 1974 Western Australian state election.
Results by Electoral province
Central
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
National Alliance | Harry Gayfer | unopposed | |||
National Alliance hold | Swing |
Lower Central
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Fred Hebbard | 8,258 | 41.0 | ||
Liberal | Sandy Lewis | 6,023 | 29.9 | ||
National Alliance | Eric James | 5,882 | 29.2 | ||
Total formal votes | 20,163 | 95.5 | |||
Informal votes | 955 | 4.5 | |||
Turnout | 21,118 | 92.8 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Sandy Lewis | 11,268 | 55.9 | ||
Labor | Fred Hebbard | 8,895 | 44.1 | ||
Liberal gain from National Alliance | Swing |
Lower North
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | George Berry | 3,317 | 67.0 | ||
Labor | Arthur Cole | 1,631 | 33.0 | ||
Total formal votes | 4,948 | 95.7 | |||
Informal votes | 220 | 4.3 | |||
Turnout | 5,168 | 85.9 | |||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Lower West
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Ian Pratt | 13,022 | 53.2 | ||
Labor | Everald Cortis | 11,467 | 46.8 | ||
Total formal votes | 24,489 | 96.0 | |||
Informal votes | 1,019 | 4.0 | |||
Turnout | 25,508 | 91.5 | |||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Metropolitan
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Ian Medcalf | 40,478 | 60.8 | ||
Labor | Patricia Fowkes | 26,056 | 39.2 | ||
Total formal votes | 66,534 | 96.2 | |||
Informal votes | 2,614 | 3.8 | |||
Turnout | 69,148 | 88.0 | |||
Liberal hold | Swing |
North
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | John Tozer | 5,254 | 51.0 | ||
Labor | John Hunt | 5,044 | 49.0 | ||
Total formal votes | 10,298 | 94.3 | |||
Informal votes | 625 | 5.7 | |||
Turnout | 10,923 | 81.2 | |||
Liberal gain from Labor | Swing |
North Metropolitan
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Roy Claughton | 35,469 | 48.6 | ||
Liberal | Bob Pike | 31,403 | 43.0 | ||
National Alliance | Marie Clarke | 6,086 | 8.3 | ||
Total formal votes | 72,958 | 94.9 | |||
Informal votes | 3,931 | 5.1 | |||
Turnout | 76,889 | 91.1 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Roy Claughton | 37,414 | 51.3 | ||
Liberal | Bob Pike | 35,544 | 48.7 | ||
Labor hold | Swing |
North-East Metropolitan
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Don Cooley | 31,386 | 55.0 | ||
Liberal | Anne Cameron | 25,713 | 45.0 | ||
Total formal votes | 57,099 | 93.9 | |||
Informal votes | 3,735 | 6.1 | |||
Turnout | 60,834 | 90.0 | |||
Labor hold | Swing |
South
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
National Alliance | Leonard Gleeson | 7,980 | 38.7 | ||
Liberal | Thomas Knight | 6,694 | 32.4 | ||
Labor | Albert Newman | 5,956 | 28.9 | ||
Total formal votes | 20,630 | 96.1 | |||
Informal votes | 832 | 3.9 | |||
Turnout | 21,462 | 91.2 | |||
Two-candidate-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Thomas Knight | 11,124 | 53.9 | ||
National Alliance | Leonard Gleeson | 9,506 | 46.1 | ||
Liberal gain from National Alliance | Swing |
South Metropolitan
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Ronald Thompson | 36,894 | 64.2 | ||
Liberal | Philip Pusey | 20,589 | 35.8 | ||
Total formal votes | 57,483 | 95.3 | |||
Informal votes | 2,812 | 4.7 | |||
Turnout | 60,295 | 90.1 | |||
Labor hold | Swing |
South-East
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Claude Stubbs | 9,453 | 51.3 | ||
Liberal | Mick Cotter | 8,990 | 48.7 | ||
Total formal votes | 18,443 | 94.1 | |||
Informal votes | 1,165 | 5.9 | |||
Turnout | 19,608 | 88.7 | |||
Labor hold | Swing |
South-East Metropolitan
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Grace Vaughan | 36,364 | 49.1 | ||
Liberal | George Spalding | 31,727 | 42.9 | ||
National Alliance | David Milne | 5,919 | 8.0 | ||
Total formal votes | 74,010 | 95.2 | |||
Informal votes | 3,696 | 4.8 | |||
Turnout | 77,706 | 89.1 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Grace Vaughan | 38,246 | 51.7 | ||
Liberal | George Spalding | 35,764 | 48.3 | ||
Labor hold | Swing |
South-West
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Graham MacKinnon | 12,475 | 56.3 | ||
Labor | Marion Kelleher | 9,674 | 43.7 | ||
Total formal votes | 22,149 | 95.9 | |||
Informal votes | 948 | 4.1 | |||
Turnout | 23,097 | 93.5 | |||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Upper West
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Margaret McAleer | 7,965 | 41.2 | ||
National Alliance | Charles Mildwaters | 6,732 | 34.8 | ||
Labor | Stanley Bell | 4,633 | 24.0 | ||
Total formal votes | 19,330 | 95.0 | |||
Informal votes | 1,012 | 5.0 | |||
Turnout | 20,342 | 89.8 | |||
Two-candidate-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Margaret McAleer | 11,409 | 59.0 | ||
National Alliance | Charles Mildwaters | 7,921 | 41.0 | ||
Liberal gain from National Alliance | Swing |
West
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Newell Jamieson | 12,986 | 43.9 | ||
Liberal | Gordon Masters | 12,638 | 42.7 | ||
National Alliance | Patrick Cranley | 3,952 | 13.4 | ||
Total formal votes | 29,576 | 94.9 | |||
Informal votes | 1,508 | 5.1 | |||
Turnout | 31,084 | 91.8 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Gordon Masters | 15,228 | 51.5 | ||
Labor | Newell Jamieson | 14,348 | 48.5 | ||
Liberal gain from National Alliance | Swing |
See also
- Results of the Western Australian state election, 1974 (Legislative Assembly)
- 1974 Western Australian state election
- Candidates of the 1974 Western Australian state election
- Members of the Western Australian Legislative Council, 1974–1977
References
- "Details of Australian election results in the Australian Politics and Elections Database". uwa.edu.au. Retrieved 20 June 2016.