Results of the 1996 Australian federal election in Western Australia

House of Representatives elections for Western Australia in March 1996

1996 Australian federal election
(Western Australia)

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All 14 Western Australian seats in the Australian House of Representatives
and 6 seats in the Australian Senate

	First party	Second party

Leader	John Howard	Paul Keating
Party	Liberal/National coalition	Labor
Last election	8 seats	6 seats
Seats won	8 seats	3 seats
Seat change		3
Popular vote	453,980	347,583
Percentage	45.3%	34.7%
Swing	3.9	4.7
TPP	56.00%	44.00%
TPP swing	2.02	2.02

1996 Australian federal election
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This is a list of electoral division results for the Australian 1996 federal election in the state of Western Australia.

Overall results

**Turnout 96.6% (CV) — Informal 2.5%**
Party			Votes	%	Swing	Seats	Change
		Liberal	440,647	44.02	-4.99	8
		National	13,333	1.33	1.09
	Liberal/National Coalition		453,980	45.35	-3.90	8
	Labor		347,583	34.73	-4.62	3	3
	Independent		87,328	8.72	7.46	3	3
	Democrats		55,862	5.58	2.30
	Greens		53,101	5.31	-0.46
	Natural Law		2,159	0.22	-0.31
	Against Further Immigration		943	0.09
Total			1,000,956			14
Two-party-preferred vote
	Liberal/National Coalition		557,055	56.00	2.02	8
	Labor		437,694	44.00	-2.02	3	3

Invalid/blank votes			32,616	3.16	0.66
Turnout			1,033,572	94.95
Registered voters			1,088,487
Source: Federal Elections 1996

Results by division

Brand

This section is an excerpt from Electoral results for the Division of Brand § 1996.

1996 Australian federal election: Brand
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Kim Beazley	37,165	43.86	−4.55
	Liberal	Penny Hearne	36,060	42.56	+1.11
	Greens	Bob Goodale	3,577	4.22	−0.71
	Democrats	Mal McKercher	2,969	3.50	+1.02
	Independent	Alan Gent	2,016	2.38	+2.38
	Against Further Immigration	Phil Rebe	943	1.11	+1.11
	National	Malcolm Walton	877	1.04	+1.04
	Independent	Leone Anderson	452	0.53	+0.53
	Independent	Brian McCarthy	373	0.44	+0.44
	Independent	Clive Galletly	301	0.36	+0.36
Total formal votes			84,733	96.64	−0.89
Informal votes			2,943	3.36	+0.89
Turnout			87,676	95.20	−0.75
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Kim Beazley	42,379	50.23	−3.47
	Liberal	Penny Hearne	41,992	49.77	+3.47
	Labor hold		Swing	−3.47

Canning

This section is an excerpt from Electoral results for the Division of Canning § 1996.

1996 Australian federal election: Canning
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Ricky Johnston	30,949	44.15	+0.13
	Labor	George Gear	28,984	41.35	−3.00
	Democrats	Anthony Bloomer	4,332	6.18	+3.62
	Greens	Chris Twomey	3,686	5.26	+1.21
	Independent	Michael Devereux	1,839	2.62	+2.62
	Natural Law	Patti Roberts	307	0.44	+0.05
Total formal votes			70,097	96.39	−1.00
Informal votes			2,625	3.61	+1.00
Turnout			72,722	95.58	−0.34
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Ricky Johnston	35,356	50.69	+0.88
	Labor	George Gear	34,388	49.31	−0.88
	Liberal gain from Labor		Swing	+0.88

Cowan

This section is an excerpt from Electoral results for the Division of Cowan § 1996.

1996 Australian federal election: Cowan
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Richard Evans	35,083	46.44	−1.27
	Labor	Carolyn Jakobsen	31,416	41.58	−2.57
	Democrats	Sue Coyne	5,734	7.59	+4.58
	Greens	Otto Dik	3,315	4.39	−0.17
Total formal votes			75,548	96.35	−1.16
Informal votes			2,864	3.65	+1.16
Turnout			78,412	95.93	−0.63
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Richard Evans	39,385	52.39	+1.46
	Labor	Carolyn Jakobsen	35,788	47.61	−1.46
	Liberal hold		Swing	+1.46

Curtin

This section is an excerpt from Electoral results for the Division of Curtin § 1996.

1996 Australian federal election: Curtin
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Ken Court	27,012	39.15	−20.65
	Independent	Allan Rocher	20,251	29.35	+29.35
	Labor	Steven Roebuck	13,658	19.79	−5.24
	Greens	Giz Watson	4,319	6.26	−3.24
	Democrats	Michael Barrett	2,947	4.27	+0.85
	Natural Law	George Kailis	816	1.18	−0.47
Total formal votes			69,003	97.97	−0.04
Informal votes			1,427	2.03	+0.04
Turnout			70,430	95.25	−0.63
Notional two-party-preferred count
	Liberal	Ken Court	43,804	64.05	−1.17
	Labor	Steven Roebuck	24,584	35.95	+1.17
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Independent	Allan Rocher	39,310	57.28	+57.28
	Liberal	Ken Court	29,316	42.72	−22.48
	Member changed to Independent from Liberal

Forrest

This section is an excerpt from Electoral results for the Division of Forrest § 1996.

1996 Australian federal election: Forrest
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Geoff Prosser	43,067	56.99	+0.92
	Labor	Ann Mills	21,920	29.01	−1.71
	Greens	Basil Schur	5,537	7.33	−0.88
	Democrats	Ronald Hellyer	3,864	5.11	+0.11
	Independent	Alexander Marsden	1,181	1.56	+1.56
Total formal votes			75,569	97.35	−0.25
Informal votes			2,060	2.65	+0.25
Turnout			77,629	95.88	−0.94
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Geoff Prosser	47,821	63.64	+1.91
	Labor	Ann Mills	27,320	36.36	−1.91
	Liberal hold		Swing	+1.91

Fremantle

This section is an excerpt from Electoral results for the Division of Fremantle § 1996.

1996 Australian federal election: Fremantle
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Carmen Lawrence	33,763	46.93	−3.28
	Liberal	Mick Tiller	29,067	40.40	+1.66
	Greens	Alison de Garis	4,930	6.85	+0.09
	Democrats	Joe Guentner	4,188	5.82	+2.61
Total formal votes			71,948	96.50	−0.53
Informal votes			2,611	3.50	+0.53
Turnout			74,559	95.75	−0.35
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Carmen Lawrence	38,747	54.25	−3.54
	Liberal	Mick Tiller	32,674	45.75	+3.54
	Labor hold		Swing	−3.54

Kalgoorlie

This section is an excerpt from Electoral results for the Division of Kalgoorlie § 1996.

1996 Australian federal election: Kalgoorlie
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Graeme Campbell	21,895	35.13	+35.13
	Labor	Ian Taylor	21,648	34.73	−19.63
	Liberal	Cedric Wyatt	15,144	24.30	−10.32
	Greens	Deborah Botica	2,324	3.73	−0.45
	Democrats	David Thackrah	1,318	2.11	−0.53
Total formal votes			62,329	97.23	−0.19
Informal votes			1,777	2.77	+0.19
Turnout			64,106	88.83	−0.89
Notional two-party-preferred count
	Labor	Ian Taylor	33,130	53.36	−6.59
	Liberal	Cedric Wyatt	28,960	46.64	+6.59
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Independent	Graeme Campbell	37,536	60.35	+60.35
	Labor	Ian Taylor	24,666	39.65	−20.24
	Member changed to Independent from Labor

Moore

This section is an excerpt from Electoral results for the Division of Moore § 1996.

1996 Australian federal election: Moore
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Paul Filing	28,536	34.13	+34.13
	Labor	Alistair Jones	23,766	28.43	−6.54
	Liberal	Paul Stevenage	22,815	27.29	−27.52
	Democrats	Sarah Gilfillan	3,777	4.52	+0.52
	Greens	Bill Franssen	3,537	4.23	−1.43
	Independent	Vicki Hancock	1,171	1.40	+1.40
Total formal votes			83,602	97.56	−0.59
Informal votes			2,095	2.44	+0.59
Turnout			85,697	95.83	−0.88
Notional two-party-preferred count
	Liberal	Paul Stevenage	48,204	58.18	−0.55
	Labor	Alistair Jones	34,648	41.82	+0.55
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Independent	Paul Filing	54,538	65.48	+65.48
	Labor	Alistair Jones	28,757	34.52	−6.74
	Member changed to Independent from Liberal

O'Connor

This section is an excerpt from Electoral results for the Division of O'Connor § 1996.

1996 Australian federal election: O'Connor
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Wilson Tuckey	38,607	56.00	−12.26
	National	Kevin Altham	12,456	18.07	+18.07
	Labor	Mick Cole	12,240	17.76	−3.88
	Greens	John Hemsley	2,500	3.63	+0.36
	Democrats	Neil Munro	2,338	3.39	+0.02
	Independent	Stephan Gyorgy	795	1.15	+1.15
Total formal votes			68,936	96.92	−0.35
Informal votes			2,194	3.08	+0.35
Turnout			71,130	95.11	−0.76
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Wilson Tuckey	52,099	75.93	+1.91
	Labor	Mick Cole	16,514	24.07	−1.91
	Liberal hold		Swing	+1.91

Pearce

This section is an excerpt from Electoral results for the Division of Pearce § 1996.

1996 Australian federal election: Pearce
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Judi Moylan	38,070	54.18	+2.82
	Labor	Paul Andrews	20,313	28.91	−3.68
	Democrats	Julie Ward	7,031	10.01	+5.46
	Greens	Robert Barnacle	4,857	6.91	−1.15
Total formal votes			70,271	96.93	−0.99
Informal votes			2,229	3.07	+0.99
Turnout			72,500	95.88	−0.34
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Judi Moylan	43,306	62.18	+3.42
	Labor	Paul Andrews	26,342	37.82	−3.42
	Liberal hold		Swing	+3.42

Perth

This section is an excerpt from Electoral results for the Division of Perth § 1996.

1996 Australian federal election: Perth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Stephen Smith	32,018	47.56	+1.19
	Liberal	Dee Kelly	25,262	37.53	−1.29
	Greens	Elena Jeffreys	4,189	6.22	+0.59
	Democrats	Jim Kerr	4,175	6.20	+3.88
	Independent	Raymond Conder	914	1.36	+1.36
		Anthony Benbow	418	0.62	+0.62
		Gary Nelson	339	0.50	+0.50
Total formal votes			67,315	96.17	−0.28
Informal votes			2,678	3.83	+0.28
Turnout			69,993	93.95	−1.04
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Stephen Smith	37,756	56.46	+0.31
	Liberal	Dee Kelly	29,121	43.54	−0.31
	Labor hold		Swing	+0.31

Stirling

This section is an excerpt from Electoral results for the Division of Stirling § 1996.

1996 Australian federal election: Stirling
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Eoin Cameron	33,778	50.09	+2.96
	Labor	Kareen Carberry	25,917	38.43	−5.01
	Greens	Kim Herbert	3,790	5.62	+0.74
	Democrats	Lawrence Wapnah	3,525	5.23	+2.09
	Natural Law	Cathryn D'Cruz	429	0.64	+0.16
Total formal votes			67,439	96.27	−1.20
Informal votes			2,615	3.73	+1.20
Turnout			70,054	94.99	−1.04
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Eoin Cameron	37,044	55.17	+3.71
	Labor	Kareen Carberry	30,096	44.83	−3.71
	Liberal hold		Swing	+3.71

Swan

This section is an excerpt from Electoral results for the Division of Swan § 1996.

1996 Australian federal election: Swan
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Don Randall	27,974	42.34	−2.87
	Labor	Jane Saunders	24,349	36.86	−7.15
	Independent	Bryan Hilbert	6,274	9.50	+9.50
	Democrats	Norm Kelly	3,574	5.41	+2.85
	Greens	Mingli Wanjurri-Nungala	3,086	4.67	−0.49
	Independent	John Tucak	573	0.87	+0.87
	Natural Law	Elspeth Clairs	235	0.36	−0.03
Total formal votes			66,065	96.45	−0.60
Informal votes			2,435	3.55	+0.60
Turnout			68,500	94.53	−0.98
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Don Randall	35,239	53.71	+3.93
	Labor	Jane Saunders	30,372	46.29	−3.93
	Liberal gain from Labor		Swing	+3.93

Tangney

This section is an excerpt from Electoral results for the Division of Tangney § 1996.

1996 Australian federal election: Tangney
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Daryl Williams	37,759	55.45	−1.58
	Labor	Dermot Buckley	20,426	29.99	−1.59
	Democrats	Ilse Trewin	6,090	8.94	+5.35
	Greens	Margaret Jenkins	3,454	5.07	−0.76
	Natural Law	Ken Barrett	372	0.55	+0.10
Total formal votes			68,101	97.06	−0.92
Informal votes			2,063	2.94	+0.92
Turnout			70,164	96.01	−0.52
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Daryl Williams	42,050	62.13	+0.27
	Labor	Dermot Buckley	25,630	37.87	−0.27
	Liberal hold		Swing	+0.27

References

^ "1996 House of Representatives: Western Australia". Psephos Adam Carr's Election Archive. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
^ Newman, G; Kopras, A (4 November 1996). "Federal Elections 1996" (PDF). Background Paper 6 1996-97. Parliamentary Research Service. ISSN 1037-2938. Retrieved 10 January 2022.
"1996 House of Representatives". Psephos Adam Carr's Election Archive. Retrieved 10 June 2022.

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