Electoral results for the district of Cockburn

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

Members for Cockburn

Member Party Term
  Henry Curran Labor 1962–1968
  Don Taylor Labor 1968–1984
  Clive Hughes Labor 1984–1986
  Norm Marlborough Labor 1986–1989
  Bill Thomas Labor 1989–2001
  Fran Logan Labor 2001–2021
  David Scaife Labor 2021–present

Election results

Elections in the 2020s

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2021 Western Australian state election (Legislative Assembly) § Cockburn.[edit]
2021 Western Australian state election: Cockburn[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor David Scaife 17,714 68.4 +16.7
Liberal Owen Mulder 4,822 18.6 −9.8
Greens Jesse Smith 1,655 6.4 −2.5
No Mandatory Vaccination Elspeth Taimre 461 1.8 +1.8
One Nation Igor Mironenko 456 1.8 −0.1
WAxit Andrew Baker 426 1.6 +0.4
Liberal Democrats Brian Murray 374 1.4 +1.4
Total formal votes 25,908 96.3 +1.4
Informal votes 995 3.7 −1.4
Turnout 26,903 87.4 +1.1
Two-party-preferred result
Labor David Scaife 19,870 76.7 +12.4
Liberal Owen Mulder 6,024 23.3 −12.4
Labor hold Swing +12.4

Elections in the 2010s

2017 Western Australian state election: Cockburn[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Fran Logan 12,460 53.6 +5.4
Liberal Lavin Raja-Yogam 6,389 27.5 −14.0
Greens Shannon Hewitt 2,071 8.9 +1.3
Independent Steve Portelli 1,194 5.1 +5.1
Christians Edward Roose 592 2.5 +2.5
Micro Business Connor McHugh 264 1.1 +1.1
Flux the System! Erinn Stanfield 264 1.1 +1.1
Total formal votes 23,234 94.5 +0.0
Informal votes 1,354 5.5 −0.0
Turnout 24,588 88.1 +3.4
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Fran Logan 15,311 65.9 +11.3
Liberal Lavin Raja-Yogam 7,911 34.1 −11.3
Labor hold Swing +11.3
2013 Western Australian state election: Cockburn
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Fran Logan 10,628 47.8 –0.5
Liberal Don Barrett 9,336 42.0 +10.1
Greens Shannon Hewitt 1,687 7.6 –5.0
Independent Derek Rosborough 578 2.6 +2.6
Total formal votes 22,229 94.7 +2.1
Informal votes 1,235 5.3 −2.1
Turnout 23,464 90.7
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Fran Logan 11,993 54.1 –5.1
Liberal Don Barrett 10,178 45.9 +5.1
Labor hold Swing –5.1

Elections in the 2000s

2008 Western Australian state election: Cockburn[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Fran Logan 9,620 48.70 −4.1
Liberal Donald Barrett 6,188 31.32 +6.2
Greens Andrew Sullivan 2,531 12.81 +5.9
Independent Mary Jenkins 1,416 7.17 +7.2
Total formal votes 19,755 92.43 +1.3
Informal votes 1,617 7.57 −1.3
Turnout 21,372 87.45
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Fran Logan 11,773 59.60 −5.2
Liberal Donald Barrett 7,982 40.40 +5.2
Labor hold Swing −5.2
2005 Western Australian state election: Cockburn
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Fran Logan 12,570 55.3 +0.6
Liberal John Jamieson 5,289 23.3 +2.8
Greens Anne Otness 1,547 6.8 −3.3
Family First Damon Fowler 1,278 5.6 +5.6
Independent Robyn Scherr 804 3.5 +3.5
One Nation Carol Teather 650 2.9 −7.1
Christian Democrats Bill Heggers 605 2.7 +2.7
Total formal votes 22,743 93.0 −1.9
Informal votes 1,722 7.0 +1.9
Turnout 24,465 90.2
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Fran Logan 15,084 66.4 −3.0
Liberal John Jamieson 7,640 33.6 +3.0
Labor hold Swing −3.0
2001 Western Australian state election: Cockburn
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Fran Logan 12,527 53.9 +3.0
Liberal Sandra Comley 5,453 23.5 −10.0
Greens Heather Smedley 2,610 11.2 +2.6
One Nation Jerry Gier 1,722 7.4 +7.4
Democrats Andrew Donaldson 912 3.9 −3.1
Total formal votes 23,224 94.1 +0.0
Informal votes 1,447 5.9 −0.0
Turnout 24,671 92.8
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Fran Logan 15,693 68.3 +7.7
Liberal Sandra Comley 7,289 31.7 −7.7
Labor hold Swing +7.7

Elections in the 1990s

1996 Western Australian state election: Cockburn
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Bill Thomas 10,326 50.9 −3.4
Liberal Wendy Blake 6,793 33.5 −2.1
Greens Nadine Lapthorne 1,749 8.6 +2.1
Democrats Jakica Zaknic 1,427 7.0 +3.8
Total formal votes 20,295 94.1 −0.2
Informal votes 1,267 5.9 +0.2
Turnout 21,562 91.9
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Bill Thomas 12,245 60.6 +0.2
Liberal Wendy Blake 7,976 39.4 −0.2
Labor hold Swing +0.2
1993 Western Australian state election: Cockburn
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Bill Thomas 10,578 58.2 −0.2
Liberal Janette McTaggart 5,944 32.7 +2.5
Greens Margaret-Mary Jenkins 1,046 5.8 +5.8
Democrats Lynda Somers 623 3.4 +3.4
Total formal votes 18,191 94.1 +7.0
Informal votes 1,134 5.9 −7.0
Turnout 19,325 94.6 +2.1
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Bill Thomas 11,648 64.0 −0.6
Liberal Janette McTaggart 6,543 36.0 +0.6
Labor hold Swing −0.6

Elections in the 1980s

1989 Western Australian state election: Cockburn
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Bill Thomas 9,206 58.4 −17.1
Liberal Simon O'Brien 4,753 30.1 +7.0
Grey Power Isobel Davison 1,056 6.7 +6.7
Alternative Coalition Alison Jensen 750 4.8 +4.8
Total formal votes 15,765 87.1
Informal votes 2,331 12.9
Turnout 18,096 92.5
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Bill Thomas 10,183 64.6 −11.8
Liberal Simon O'Brien 5,582 35.4 +11.8
Labor hold Swing −11.8
1986 Cockburn state by-election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Norm Marlborough 9,346 50.3 −24.4
Liberal Mark Iriks 4,832 26.0 +0.7
Independent Labor Lawrence Humphreys 3,450 18.6 +18.6
Independent Linda McLaughlan 950 5.1 +5.1
Total formal votes 18,578 95.9 −0.2
Informal votes 793 4.1 +0.2
Turnout 19,371 83.7 −9.8
Labor hold Swing N/A
  • Preferences were not distributed.
1986 Western Australian state election: Cockburn
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Clive Hughes 15,328 74.7 −3.9
Liberal Mark Iriks 5,202 25.3 +3.9
Total formal votes 20,530 96.1 +0.4
Informal votes 829 3.9 −0.4
Turnout 21,359 93.5 −0.7
Labor hold Swing −3.9
1984 Cockburn state by-election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Clive Hughes 11,270 67.6 −11.0
Liberal Anthony Seman 4,481 26.9 +5.5
Independent Giuseppe De Petra 934 5.6 +5.6
Total formal votes 16,685 94.8 −0.9
Informal votes 906 5.2 +0.9
Turnout 17,591 79.9 −14.3
Labor hold Swing N/A
  • Preferences were not distributed.
1983 Western Australian state election: Cockburn
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Don Taylor 12,461 78.6
Liberal Gregory Bowler 3,398 21.4
Total formal votes 15,859 95.7
Informal votes 704 4.3
Turnout 16,563 94.2
Labor hold Swing
1980 Western Australian state election: Cockburn
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Don Taylor 10,173 73.1 +5.6
Liberal Herbert Fancott 3,748 26.9 −5.6
Total formal votes 13,921 95.2 −1.3
Informal votes 706 4.8 +1.3
Turnout 14,627 89.4 −1.5
Labor hold Swing +5.6

Elections in the 1970s

1977 Western Australian state election: Cockburn
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Don Taylor 9,171 67.5
Liberal George Grljusich 4,407 32.5
Total formal votes 13,578 96.5
Informal votes 486 3.5
Turnout 14,064 90.9
Labor hold Swing
1974 Western Australian state election: Cockburn
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Don Taylor 10,058 70.3
Liberal Lloyd Read-Brain 3,531 24.7
National Alliance Clifford Webb 712 5.0
Total formal votes 14,301 7.1
Informal votes 1,100 7.1
Turnout 15,401 89.5
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Don Taylor 10,165 71.1
Liberal Lloyd Read-Brain 4,136 28.9
Labor hold Swing
1971 Western Australian state election: Cockburn
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Don Taylor 12,580 73.3 +4.7
Democratic Labor Henry Miller 2,592 15.1 +15.1
Communist Victor Williams 1,990 11.6 +11.6
Total formal votes 17,162 94.0 −1.1
Informal votes 1,092 6.0 +1.1
Turnout 18,254 92.4 −0.3
Two-candidate-preferred result
Labor Don Taylor 14,073 82.0 +13.4
Democratic Labor Henry Miller 3,089 18.0 +18.0
Labor hold Swing N/A

Elections in the 1960s

1968 Western Australian state election: Cockburn
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Don Taylor 8,360 68.6
Liberal and Country Stanley Elliman 3,825 31.4
Total formal votes 12,185 95.1
Informal votes 622 4.9
Turnout 12,807 92.7
Labor hold Swing
1965 Western Australian state election: Cockburn
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Henry Curran unopposed
Labor hold Swing
1962 Western Australian state election: Cockburn
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Henry Curran 6,034 65.0
Liberal and Country James Burns 2,544 27.4
Democratic Labor Maurice Robinson 713 7.7
Total formal votes 9,291 98.0
Informal votes 191 2.0
Turnout 9,482 94.5
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Henry Curran 66.1
Liberal and Country James Burns 33.9
Labor hold Swing
  • Two party preferred vote was estimated.

References

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