Electoral results for the district of Wellington (Western Australia)

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

Members for Wellington

Wellington (1890–1911)
Member Party Term
  Harry Venn Ministerial 1890–1901
  Henry Teesdale Smith Ministerial 1901–1904
  Thomas Hayward Ministerial 1904–1911
Wellington (1962–1983)
Member Party Term
  Iven Manning Liberal Country League 1962–1968
  Liberal 1968–1974
  June Craig Liberal 1974–1983
Wellington (1989–1996)
Member Party Term
  John Bradshaw Liberal 1989–1996

Election results

Elections in the 1990s

1993 Western Australian state election: Wellington
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal John Bradshaw 6,503 62.4 −0.7
Labor Marilyn Elson 2,892 27.8 −2.7
Greens Judyth Salom 651 6.3 +6.3
Democrats Bernard Noonan 371 3.6 +3.6
Total formal votes 10,417 96.1 +2.8
Informal votes 421 3.9 −2.8
Turnout 10,838 94.9 +1.9
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal John Bradshaw 6,997 67.2 −0.3
Labor Marilyn Elson 3,420 32.8 +0.3
Liberal hold Swing −0.3

Elections in the 1980s

1989 Western Australian state election: Wellington
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal John Bradshaw 5,625 63.1 +0.2
Labor Ronald Mitchell 2,714 30.5 −6.6
Grey Power Wesley Betterton 570 6.4 +6.4
Total formal votes 8,909 93.3
Informal votes 642 6.7
Turnout 9,551 93.0
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal John Bradshaw 6,013 67.5 +4.6
Labor Ronald Mitchell 2,896 32.5 −4.6
Liberal hold Swing +4.6
1980 Western Australian state election: Wellington
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal June Craig 4,780 59.2 −2.1
Labor Patricia Rutherford 3,298 40.8 +2.1
Total formal votes 8,078 96.7 −0.4
Informal votes 274 3.3 +0.4
Turnout 8,352 91.4 −1.3
Liberal hold Swing −2.1

Elections in the 1970s

1977 Western Australian state election: Wellington
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal June Craig 4,630 61.3
Labor Robert Greeve 2,928 38.7
Total formal votes 7,558 97.1
Informal votes 224 2.9
Turnout 7,782 92.7
Liberal hold Swing +6.7
1974 Western Australian state election: Wellington
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Andrew Thomson 3,036 41.1
Liberal June Craig 2,978 40.4
National Alliance John Chidlow 1,365 18.5
Total formal votes 7,379 95.1
Informal votes 378 4.9
Turnout 7,757 92.1
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal June Craig 4,139 56.1
Labor Andrew Thomson 3,240 43.9
Liberal hold Swing
1971 Western Australian state election: Wellington
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Iven Manning 2,564 43.0 −57.0
Labor Leslie Pitcher 2,424 40.6 +40.6
Country Michael Glendon 622 10.4 +10.4
Democratic Labor Francis Cowcher 236 4.0 +4.0
Independent Francois Baljeu 118 2.0 +2.0
Total formal votes 5,964 94.5
Informal votes 347 5.5
Turnout 6,311 92.3
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Iven Manning 3,397 57.0 −43.0
Labor Leslie Pitcher 2,567 43.0 +43.0
Liberal hold Swing N/A

Elections in the 1960s

1968 Western Australian state election: Wellington
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal and Country Iven Manning unopposed
Liberal and Country hold Swing
1965 Western Australian state election: Wellington
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal and Country Iven Manning 3,521 63.6 −36.4
Labor Ivor Hill 2,013 36.4 +36.4
Total formal votes 5,534 96.0
Informal votes 229 4.0
Turnout 5,763 92.9
Liberal and Country hold Swing N/A
1962 Western Australian state election: Wellington
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal and Country Iven Manning unopposed
Liberal and Country hold Swing

Elections in the 1900s

1908 Western Australian state election: Wellington
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Ministerialist Thomas Hayward 666 51.5 −25.7
Ministerialist William Nairn 402 31.1 +31.1
Ministerialist Hugh McNeil 225 17.4 +17.4
Total formal votes 1,293 98.6 −0.9
Informal votes 18 1.4 +0.9
Turnout 1,311 63.5 +20.9
Ministerialist hold Swing N/A
1905 Western Australian state election: Wellington
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Ministerialist Thomas Hayward 458 77.2 +25.7
Labour Thomas Adams 167 22.8 +1.4
Total formal votes 732 99.5 +0.6
Informal votes 4 0.5 –0.6
Turnout 736 42.6 –5.9
Ministerialist hold Swing +25.7
1904 Western Australian state election: Wellington
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Ministerialist Thomas Hayward 458 51.5 +51.5
Independent Harry Venn 241 27.1 +27.1
Labour Hugh McNeil 190 21.4 –2.8
Total formal votes 889 98.9 +1.6
Informal votes 10 1.1 –1.6
Turnout 899 48.5 –9.1
Ministerialist gain from Independent Swing +51.5
1901 Western Australian state election: Wellington
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Henry Teesdale Smith 300 48.1 +48.1
Labour Charles Burke 151 24.2 +24.2
Independent John Wellard 95 15.2 +15.2
Ministerialist William Reading 78 12.5 +12.5
Total formal votes 624 97.3 n/a
Informal votes 17 2.7 n/a
Turnout 641 57.6 n/a
Independent gain from Ministerialist Swing +48.1

Elections in the 1890s

1897 Western Australian colonial election: Wellington
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Ministerialist Harry Venn unopposed
Ministerialist hold Swing
1894 Western Australian colonial election: Wellington
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
None Harry Venn unopposed
1890 Western Australian colonial election: Wellington
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
None Harry Venn unopposed

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