Electoral results for the district of Bunbury

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

Members for Bunbury

Member Party Term
  John Forrest Ministerial 1890–1901
  Thomas Hayward Ministerial 1901–1904
  Newton Moore Ministerial 1904–1911
  William Thomas Labor 1911–1917
  National Labor 1917
  Griffin Money Nationalist 1917–1924
  Frederick Withers Labor 1924–1947
  James Murray Liberal 1947–1950
  Frank Guthrie Labor 1950–1955
  George Roberts Liberal 1955–1962
  Maurice Williams Liberal 1962–1973
  John Sibson Liberal 1973–1983
  Phil Smith Labor 1983–1993
  Ian Osborne Liberal 1993–2001
  Tony Dean Labor 2001–2005
  John Castrilli Liberal 2005–2017
  Don Punch Labor 2017–present

Election results

Elections in the 2020s

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2021 Western Australian state election (Legislative Assembly) § Bunbury.[edit]
2021 Western Australian state election: Bunbury[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Don Punch 14,791 60.5 +16.9
Liberal Matt Foreman 4,604 18.8 −3.6
Greens Patricia Perks 1,170 4.8 −2.0
National Codee-Lee Down 1,081 4.4 −9.4
One Nation Gail Jones 656 2.7 −6.2
Shooters, Fishers, Farmers Shane Hastie 615 2.5 −1.0
Legalise Cannabis Kelly Hibbert 582 2.4 +2.4
Western Australia Kieran Noonan 415 1.7 +1.7
No Mandatory Vaccination Anthony Merrifield 348 1.4 +1.4
Sustainable Australia James Minson 158 0.6 +0.6
WAxit Dan Acatinca 43 0.2 −0.1
Total formal votes 24,463 95.5 +0.2
Informal votes 1,163 4.5 −0.2
Turnout 25,626 84.1 −2.0
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Don Punch 17,730 72.5 +12.0
Liberal Matt Foreman 6,719 27.5 −12.0
Labor hold Swing +12.0

Elections in the 2010s

2017 Western Australian state election: Bunbury[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Don Punch 10,099 43.9 +14.4
Liberal Ian Morison 5,118 22.2 −30.0
National James Hayward 3,162 13.7 +6.4
One Nation Samuel Brown 2,050 8.9 +8.9
Greens Michael Baldock 1,559 6.8 +0.4
Shooters, Fishers, Farmers Bernie Masters 804 3.5 +3.5
Flux the System! Anthony Shannon 172 0.7 +0.7
Micro Business Aldo Del Popolo 65 0.3 +0.3
Total formal votes 23,029 95.2 +1.3
Informal votes 1,150 4.8 −1.3
Turnout 24,179 86.5 +0.9
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Don Punch 14,003 60.8 +23.0
Liberal Ian Morison 9,010 39.2 −23.0
Labor gain from Liberal Swing +23.0
2013 Western Australian state election: Bunbury
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal John Castrilli 10,375 52.7 +0.7
Labor Karen Steele 5,595 28.4 –1.2
National James Forsyth 1,562 7.9 +6.8
Greens Mitchella Hutchins 1,250 6.4 –2.6
Family First Linda Rose 374 1.9 –4.0
Independent Lua Alfa Conedoli 285 1.4 +1.4
Christians Edward Dabrowski 243 1.2 –0.9
Total formal votes 19,684 93.7 −1.5
Informal votes 1,320 6.3 +1.5
Turnout 21,004 89.2
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal John Castrilli 12,420 63.1 +2.0
Labor Karen Steele 7,255 36.9 –2.0
Liberal hold Swing +2.0

Elections in the 2000s

2008 Western Australian state election: Bunbury[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal John Castrilli 9,400 53.58 +12.2
Labor Peter MacFarlane 5,192 29.60 −12.7
Greens Peter Eckersley 1,591 9.07 +3.0
Family First Mandy Roberts 1,009 5.75 +1.9
Christian Democrats Edward Dabrowski 351 2.00 +0.7
Total formal votes 17,543 95.35
Informal votes 856 4.65
Turnout 18,399 83.87
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal John Castrilli 10,825 61.73 +12.6
Labor Peter MacFarlane 6,711 38.27 −12.6
Liberal gain from Labor Swing +12.6
2005 Western Australian state election: Bunbury
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal John Castrilli 5,478 43.1 +4.4
Labor Tony Dean 5,344 42.0 +7.8
Greens Joshua Ledger 746 5.9 −0.5
Family First Mandy Roberts 426 3.3 +3.3
One Nation Brian McRae 300 2.4 −7.9
Independent Jodie Murray 188 1.5 +1.5
Christian Democrats Shane Flanegan 139 1.1 +1.1
Independent Chris Cox 102 0.8 +0.8
Total formal votes 12,723 95.2 −0.3
Informal votes 646 4.8 +0.3
Turnout 13,369 90.9
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal John Castrilli 6,397 50.4 +0.6
Labor Tony Dean 6,294 49.6 −0.6
Liberal gain from Labor Swing +0.6
2001 Western Australian state election: Bunbury
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Ian Osborne 4,260 36.2 −11.5
Labor Tony Dean 4,092 34.7 +1.2
One Nation Alan Giorgi 1,233 10.5 +10.5
Independent Brendan Kelly 1,128 9.6 +9.6
Greens Marilyn Palmer 749 6.4 +1.2
Democrats Ron Hellyer 149 1.3 −1.0
Independent Alfred Bussell 68 0.6 +0.6
Independent Geoffrey 52 0.4 +0.4
Independent Mary Lupi 48 0.4 +0.4
Total formal votes 11,779 95.6 −0.4
Informal votes 548 4.4 +0.4
Turnout 12,327 90.7
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Tony Dean 6,020 51.5 +6.8
Liberal Ian Osborne 5,674 48.5 −6.8
Labor gain from Liberal Swing +6.8

Elections in the 1990s

1996 Western Australian state election: Bunbury
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Ian Osborne 5,322 47.7 +2.1
Labor Barry Down 3,740 33.5 −9.9
Independent Mary Collins 1,069 9.6 +9.6
Greens Joan Jenkins 585 5.2 −1.3
Democrats Ronald Hellyer 256 2.3 +2.1
Independent Joanne Hill 195 1.7 +1.7
Total formal votes 11,167 96.0 −0.6
Informal votes 467 4.0 +0.6
Turnout 11,634 91.1
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Ian Osborne 6,166 55.3 +5.0
Labor Barry Down 4,993 44.7 −5.0
Liberal hold Swing +5.0
1993 Western Australian state election: Bunbury
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Ian Osborne 4,659 47.3 +4.3
Labor Phil Smith 4,190 42.5 −5.2
Greens Marilyn Palmer 671 6.8 +6.8
Independent Ronald Waldron 333 3.4 +3.4
Total formal votes 9,853 96.8 +2.5
Informal votes 328 3.2 −2.5
Turnout 10,181 95.2 +3.7
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Ian Osborne 5,084 51.6 +3.1
Labor Phil Smith 4,769 48.4 −3.1
Liberal gain from Labor Swing +3.1

Elections in the 1980s

1989 Western Australian state election: Bunbury
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Phil Smith 4,402 47.7 −6.9
Liberal Raymond Bosustow 3,969 43.0 −0.9
Grey Power Margaret Charnley 402 4.4 +4.4
Independent Judyth Salom 349 3.8 +3.8
Citizens Electoral Council David Morrissey 113 1.2 +1.2
Total formal votes 9,235 94.3
Informal votes 554 5.7
Turnout 9,789 91.5
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Phil Smith 4,759 51.5 −3.9
Liberal Raymond Bosustow 4,476 48.5 +3.9
Labor hold Swing −3.9
1986 Western Australian state election: Bunbury
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Phil Smith 4,531 54.6 +3.4
Liberal John Sibson 3,644 43.9 −1.9
Independent Alfred Bussell 131 1.6 +1.6
Total formal votes 8,306 97.8 +0.6
Informal votes 186 2.2 −0.6
Turnout 8,492 92.3 +1.4
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Phil Smith 4,601 55.4 +2.7
Liberal John Sibson 3,705 44.6 −2.7
Labor hold Swing +2.7
1983 Western Australian state election: Bunbury
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Phil Smith 4,011 51.2
Liberal John Sibson 3,588 45.7
Democrats Donald Stewart 243 3.1
Total formal votes 7,842 97.2
Informal votes 227 2.8
Turnout 8,069 90.9
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Phil Smith 4,133 52.7
Liberal John Sibson 3,709 47.3
Labor gain from Liberal Swing
1980 Western Australian state election: Bunbury
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal John Sibson 4,087 48.7 −5.8
Labor Phil Smith 3,813 45.5 0.0
Democrats Donald Stewart 483 5.8 +5.8
Total formal votes 8,383 97.5 −0.9
Informal votes 217 2.5 +0.9
Turnout 8,600 90.8 −1.9
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal John Sibson 4,304 51.3 −3.2
Labor Phil Smith 4,079 48.7 +3.2
Liberal hold Swing −3.2

Elections in the 1970s

1977 Western Australian state election: Bunbury
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal John Sibson 4,357 54.5
Labor David Smith 3,643 45.5
Total formal votes 8,000 98.4
Informal votes 131 1.6
Turnout 8,131 92.7
Liberal hold Swing
1974 Western Australian state election: Bunbury
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal John Sibson 3,705 50.3
Labor Robert Wells 3,657 49.7
Total formal votes 7,362 97.7
Informal votes 174 2.3
Turnout 7,536 94.9
Liberal hold Swing
1973 Bunbury state by-election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal John Sibson 3,479 51.0 +7.6
Labor Frank Kirwan 3,337 49.0 +3.1
Total formal votes 6,816 99.3 +2.4
Informal votes 46 0.7 −2.4
Turnout 6,862 87.8 −6.1
Liberal hold Swing −0.2
1971 Western Australian state election: Bunbury
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Robert Wells 3,096 45.9 +2.1
Liberal Maurice Williams 2,932 43.4 −9.2
Democratic Labor Michael Buswell 451 6.7 +3.1
Independent Charles Turner 272 4.0 +4.0
Total formal votes 6,751 96.9 −1.6
Informal votes 217 3.1 +1.6
Turnout 6,968 93.9 +0.2
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Maurice Williams 3,458 51.2 −4.5
Labor Robert Wells 3,293 48.8 +4.5
Liberal hold Swing −4.5

Elections in the 1960s

1968 Western Australian state election: Bunbury
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal and Country Maurice Williams 3,107 52.6
Labor Alexandra White 2,584 43.8
Democratic Labor John Guidera 213 3.6
Total formal votes 5,904 98.5
Informal votes 88 1.5
Turnout 5,992 93.7
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal and Country Maurice Williams 3,305 55.7
Labor Alexandra White 2,599 44.3
Liberal and Country hold Swing
1965 Western Australian state election: Bunbury
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal and Country Maurice Williams 3,033 52.4 −1.3
Labor Edward Cooke 2,755 47.6 +1.3
Total formal votes 5,788 98.8 −0.7
Informal votes 71 1.2 +0.7
Turnout 5,859 94.7 +0.6
Liberal and Country hold Swing −1.3
1962 Bunbury state by-election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal and Country Maurice Williams 2,572 48.2 −5.5
Labor Charles Webber 2,483 46.5 +0.2
Democratic Labor Gilbert Handcock 280 5.3 +5.3
Total formal votes 5,335 99.3 −0.2
Informal votes 37 0.7 +0.2
Turnout 5,372 93.3 −0.8
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal and Country Maurice Williams 2,787 52.2 −1.5
Labor Charles Webber 2,548 47.8 +1.5
Liberal and Country hold Swing −1.5
1962 Western Australian state election: Bunbury
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal and Country George Roberts 2,936 53.7
Labor Charles Webber 2,535 46.3
Total formal votes 5,471 99.5
Informal votes 25 0.5
Turnout 5,496 94.1
Liberal and Country hold Swing

Elections in the 1950s

1959 Western Australian state election: Bunbury
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal and Country George Roberts 3,337 54.0 +3.1
Labor Forrest Hay 2,847 46.0 −3.1
Total formal votes 6,184 99.0 −0.1
Informal votes 64 1.0 +0.1
Turnout 6,248 95.7 −1.4
Liberal and Country hold Swing +3.1
1956 Western Australian state election: Bunbury
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal and Country George Roberts 2,754 50.9
Labor Charles Webber 2,655 49.1
Total formal votes 5,409 99.1
Informal votes 49 0.9
Turnout 5,458 97.1
Liberal and Country gain from Labor Swing
1955 Bunbury state by-election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal and Country George Roberts 2,764 51.3 +51.3
Labor Charles Webber 2,592 48.1 N/A
Independent Liberal James Collins 33 0.6 +0.6
Total formal votes 5,389 99.3
Informal votes 37 0.7
Turnout 5,426 93.6
Liberal and Country gain from Labor Swing N/A
1953 Western Australian state election: Bunbury
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Frank Guthrie unopposed
Labor hold Swing
1950 Western Australian state election: Bunbury
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Frank Guthrie 2,186 49.0
Liberal and Country James Murray 1,632 36.6
Country Percy Payne 645 14.4
Total formal votes 4,463 99.1
Informal votes 41 0.9
Turnout 4,504 94.6
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Frank Guthrie 2,340 52.4
Liberal and Country James Murray 2,123 47.6
Labor gain from Liberal and Country Swing

Elections in the 1940s

1947 Western Australian state election: Bunbury
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor John Kirke 2,370 45.4 −10.1
Liberal James Murray 1,517 29.0 +29.0
Country Albert Scott 1,338 25.6 −18.9
Total formal votes 5,225 98.7 +0.5
Informal votes 69 1.3 −0.5
Turnout 5,294 90.9 +5.1
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal James Murray 2,658 50.9 +6.4
Labor John Kirke 2,567 49.1 −6.4
Liberal gain from Labor Swing +6.4
1943 Western Australian state election: Bunbury
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Frederick Withers 2,565 55.5 +1.6
Country Jasper Norton 2,060 44.5 +18.3
Total formal votes 4,625 98.2 −0.2
Informal votes 86 1.8 +0.2
Turnout 4,711 85.8 −8.4
Labor hold Swing N/A

Elections in the 1930s

1939 Western Australian state election: Bunbury
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Frederick Withers 2,637 53.9 −6.3
Country Jasper Norton 1,279 26.2 +26.2
Nationalist Vincent Donaldson 973 19.9 −19.9
Total formal votes 4,889 98.4 −0.5
Informal votes 79 1.6 +0.5
Turnout 4,968 94.2 +22.4
Labor hold Swing N/A
1936 Western Australian state election: Bunbury
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Frederick Withers 2,136 60.2 +4.8
Nationalist Cuthbert Butler 1,410 39.8 −4.8
Total formal votes 3,546 98.9 −0.1
Informal votes 38 1.1 +0.1
Turnout 3,584 71.8 −23.7
Labor hold Swing +4.8
1933 Western Australian state election: Bunbury
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Frederick Withers 2,422 55.4 +0.2
Nationalist John Hands 1,954 44.6 −0.2
Total formal votes 4,376 99.0 +0.2
Informal votes 45 1.0 −0.2
Turnout 4,421 95.5 +8.2
Labor hold Swing +0.2
1930 Western Australian state election: Bunbury
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Frederick Withers 1,950 55.2
Nationalist John Hands 1,581 44.8
Total formal votes 3,531 99.2
Informal votes 28 0.8
Turnout 3,559 87.3
Labor hold Swing

Elections in the 1920s

1927 Western Australian state election: Bunbury
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Frederick Withers 1,916 59.8 +13.0
Nationalist Les Craig 674 21.0 −17.2
Nationalist George Clarke 616 19.2 +19.2
Total formal votes 3,206 99.1 +0.7
Informal votes 30 0.9 −0.7
Turnout 3,236 87.6 +13.4
Labor hold Swing N/A
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1924 Western Australian state election: Bunbury
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Frederick Withers 1,251 46.8 −2.4
Nationalist Griffin Money 1,021 38.2 −12.6
Ind. Nationalist Hannah Thomas 399 14.9 +14.9
Total formal votes 2,671 98.4 −1.1
Informal votes 44 1.6 +1.1
Turnout 2,715 74.2 +6.0
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Frederick Withers 1,346 50.4 +1.2
Nationalist Griffin Money 1,325 49.6 −1.2
Labor gain from Nationalist Swing +1.2
1921 Western Australian state election: Bunbury
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist Griffin Money 1,143 50.8 +17.4
Labor Frederick Withers 1,108 49.2 +23.0
Total formal votes 2,251 99.5 +1.2
Informal votes 12 0.5 −1.2
Turnout 2,263 68.2 −8.1
Nationalist hold Swing N/A

Elections in the 1910s

1917 Western Australian state election: Bunbury
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National Labor William Thomas 898 40.4 +40.4
Nationalist Griffin Money 742 33.4 +33.4
Labor Philip McKenna 583 26.2 –25.0
Total formal votes 2,223 98.3 –1.1
Informal votes 39 1.7 +1.1
Turnout 2,262 76.3 +8.3
Two-party-preferred result
Nationalist Griffin Money 1,222 55.0 +55.0
National Labor William Thomas 1,001 45.0 +45.0
Nationalist gain from National Labor Swing +0.7
1914 Western Australian state election: Bunbury
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor William Thomas 1,397 51.6 −3.3
Liberal Griffin Money 1,309 48.4 +3.3
Total formal votes 2,706 99.4 −0.3
Informal votes 16 0.6 +0.3
Turnout 2,722 68.0 −24.0
Labor hold Swing −3.3
1911 Western Australian state election: Bunbury
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor William Thomas 1,420 54.9
Ministerialist John Ewing 1,169 45.1
Total formal votes 2,589 99.7
Informal votes 8 0.3
Turnout 2,597 92.0
Labor gain from Ministerialist Swing N/A
1911 Bunbury state by-election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor William Thomas 931 55.3 +55.3
Ministerialist Edgar Zollner 752 44.7 N/A
Total formal votes 1,683 99.4
Informal votes 10 0.6
Turnout 1,693 88.3
Labor gain from Ministerialist Swing N/A

Elections in the 1900s

1908 Western Australian state election: Bunbury
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Ministerialist Newton Moore unopposed
Ministerialist hold Swing
1905 Western Australian state election: Bunbury
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Ministerialist Newton Moore unopposed
Ministerialist hold Swing
1905 Bunbury state by-election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Ministerialist Newton Moore 889 72.2 +6.8
Labour Thomas Griffiths 343 27.8 −6.8
Total formal votes 1,232 98.5 −0.8
Informal votes 19 1.5 +0.8
Turnout 1,251 49.2 −11.6
Ministerialist hold Swing +6.8
1904 Western Australian state election: Bunbury
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Ministerialist Newton Moore 1,088 65.4 +20.1
Labour Thomas Griffiths 576 34.6 +34.6
Total formal votes 1,664 99.3 +0.8
Informal votes 11 0.7 –0.8
Turnout 1,675 60.8 –2.7
Ministerialist hold Swing N/A
1901 Western Australian state election: Bunbury
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Ministerialist Thomas Hayward 459 50.9 +50.9
Ministerialist Newton Moore 409 45.3 +45.3
Opposition James Port 34 3.8 +3.8
Total formal votes 902 98.5 n/a
Informal votes 14 1.5 n/a
Turnout 916 63.5 n/a
Ministerialist hold Swing N/A

Elections in the 1890s

1897 Western Australian colonial election: Bunbury
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Ministerialist John Forrest unopposed
Ministerialist hold Swing
1894 Western Australian colonial election: Bunbury
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
None Sir John Forrest unopposed
1890 Western Australian colonial election: Bunbury
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
None John Forrest unopposed

References

  1. ^ 2021 State General Election – Bunbury District Results, WAEC
  2. ^ Bunbury District Profile and Results, 2017 State General Election, WAEC.
  3. ^ "2008 State General Election Details: District of Bunbury Results". Western Australian Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 22 March 2012. Retrieved 3 December 2011.