Electoral results for the district of Victoria Park

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

Members for Victoria Park

Member Party Term
  Howard Raphael Labor 1930–1944
  William Read Independent 1945–1953
  Hugh Andrew Labor 1953–1961
  Ron Davies Labor 1961–1986
  Dr Geoff Gallop Labor 1986–2006
  Ben Wyatt Labor 2006–2021
  Hannah Beazley 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) § Victoria Park.[edit]
2021 Western Australian state election: Victoria Park[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Hannah Beazley 14,673 63.7 +12.6
Liberal Amanda-Sue Markham 3,733 16.2 −12.0
Greens Gerard Siero 2,912 12.6 −2.0
Liberal Democrats Aaron Farrell 542 2.4 +2.4
Christians Janine Vander Ven 522 2.3 −1.4
No Mandatory Vaccination Sue-Ann Connolly 350 1.5 +1.5
One Nation Darren Sandow 307 1.3 +1.3
Total formal votes 23,039 96.7 +1.1
Informal votes 782 3.3 −1.1
Turnout 23,821 83.0 +0.8
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Hannah Beazley 17,932 77.8 +11.1
Liberal Amanda-Sue Markham 5,105 22.2 −11.1
Labor hold Swing +11.1

Elections in the 2010s

2017 Western Australian state election: Victoria Park[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Ben Wyatt 11,574 51.0 +6.4
Liberal Julian Jacobs 6,396 28.2 −14.5
Greens Ryan Quinn 3,272 14.4 +2.2
Christians Mark Staer 915 4.0 +4.0
Micro Business Jennifer Noye 520 2.3 +2.3
Total formal votes 22,677 95.7 +2.3
Informal votes 1,025 4.3 −2.3
Turnout 23,702 84.1 +0.0
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Ben Wyatt 15,064 66.5 +12.5
Liberal Julian Jacobs 7,595 33.5 −12.5
Labor hold Swing +12.5
2013 Western Australian state election: Victoria Park
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Ben Wyatt 8,978 44.7 –2.1
Liberal Haider Zaman 8,591 42.7 +8.3
Greens Sarah Newbold 2,528 12.6 –1.4
Total formal votes 20,097 93.5 −1.8
Informal votes 1,402 6.5 +1.8
Turnout 21,499 85.6
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Ben Wyatt 10,865 54.1 –4.9
Liberal Haider Zaman 9,226 45.9 +4.9
Labor hold Swing –4.9

Elections in the 2000s

2008 Western Australian state election: Victoria Park[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Ben Wyatt 9,137 46.8 −2.3
Liberal Ben Travia 6,723 34.4 +4.6
Greens Kim Lisson 2,726 13.9 +4.6
Christian Democrats Saskia Matthews 490 2.5 −0.4
Family First James Olsen 468 2.4 +2.4
Total formal votes 19,544 95.2 +0.1
Informal votes 979 4.8 −0.1
Turnout 20,523 84.8
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Ben Wyatt 11,523 59.0 −4.7
Liberal Ben Travia 8,012 41.0 +4.7
Labor hold Swing −4.7
2006 Victoria Park state by-election[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Ben Wyatt 7,786 49.38 −7.93
Liberal Bruce Stevenson 4,887 30.99 +3.24
Greens Dee Margetts 1,328 8.42 −0.25
Christian Democrats Bill Heggers 551 3.49 −0.13
One Nation Sue Bateman 436 2.76 +0.10
Independent Andrew Owens 217 1.38 +1.38
Daylight Saving James Dunn 156 0.99 +0.99
Family First Peter Greaves 151 0.96 +0.96
Socialist Alliance John Tattersall 131 0.83 +0.83
Independent Mike Ward 83 0.53 +0.53
Independent Teresa van Lieshout 43 0.27 +0.27
Total formal votes 15,769 96.26 +1.58
Informal votes 612 3.74 −1.58
Turnout 16,381 64.04 −23.62
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Ben Wyatt 9,632 61.18 −4.86
Liberal Bruce Stevenson 6,111 38.82 +4.86
Labor hold Swing −4.86
2005 Western Australian state election: Victoria Park
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Geoff Gallop 12,432 57.3 +5.3
Liberal Neil Fearis 6,019 27.7 +1.5
Greens Dave Fort 1,880 8.7 +0.8
Christian Democrats Brett Crook 785 3.6 +3.1
One Nation Sue Bateman 576 2.7 −4.6
Total formal votes 21,692 94.7 −0.2
Informal votes 1,219 5.3 +0.2
Turnout 22,911 87.7
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Geoff Gallop 14,314 66.0 +1.9
Liberal Neil Fearis 7,362 34.0 −1.9
Labor hold Swing +1.9
2001 Western Australian state election: Victoria Park
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Geoff Gallop 10,833 51.9 +4.2
Liberal Sandra Brown 5,612 26.9 −9.0
Greens Juanita Miller 1,685 8.1 +1.8
One Nation Peter David 1,417 6.8 +6.8
Democrats Collin Mullane 825 4.0 −1.1
Curtin Labor Alliance Andrew Fox 487 2.3 +2.3
Total formal votes 20,859 95.1 −0.4
Informal votes 1,078 4.9 +0.4
Turnout 21,937 88.5
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Geoff Gallop 13,236 63.8 +6.0
Liberal Sandra Brown 7,503 36.2 −6.0
Labor hold Swing +6.0

Elections in the 1990s

1996 Western Australian state election: Victoria Park
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Geoff Gallop 9,725 47.7 +0.8
Liberal Bruce Stevenson 7,313 35.9 −4.2
Greens Phil Farren 1,289 6.3 +0.4
Democrats Anne Millar 1,042 5.1 +2.3
Independent John Collins 1,015 5.0 +5.0
Total formal votes 20,384 95.5 +0.3
Informal votes 963 4.5 −0.3
Turnout 21,347 88.4
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Geoff Gallop 11,756 57.8 +3.0
Liberal Bruce Stevenson 8,570 42.2 −3.0
Labor hold Swing +3.0
1993 Western Australian state election: Victoria Park
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Geoff Gallop 8,927 46.7 −2.3
Liberal Betsy Kennish 7,649 40.0 +3.3
Greens Andrew Thomson 1,209 6.3 +6.3
Independent Ian Tracy 787 4.1 +4.1
Democrats Daniel Bagster 560 2.9 −2.7
Total formal votes 19,132 95.3 +3.8
Informal votes 953 4.7 −3.8
Turnout 20,085 91.8 +2.8
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Geoff Gallop 10,513 55.0 −2.4
Liberal Betsy Kennish 8,619 45.0 +2.4
Labor hold Swing −2.4

Elections in the 1980s

1989 Western Australian state election: Victoria Park
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Geoff Gallop 9,130 49.0 −13.7
Liberal Katherine Mair 6,846 36.7 −0.6
Democrats Marion Hercock 1,035 5.6 +5.6
Grey Power Joseph Mitchell 951 5.1 +5.1
Independent Michael Ward 671 3.6 +3.6
Total formal votes 18,633 91.5
Informal votes 1,736 8.5
Turnout 20,369 89.0
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Geoff Gallop 10,692 57.4 −5.3
Liberal Katherine Mair 7,941 42.6 +5.3
Labor hold Swing −5.3
1986 Victoria Park state by-election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Geoff Gallop 6,449 52.2 −12.7
Liberal Diane Airey 4,597 37.2 +2.1
Independent Peter Lesiter 719 5.8 +5.8
Democrats John Rogers 597 4.8 +4.8
Total formal votes 12,362 96.6 −0.5
Informal votes 438 3.4 +0.5
Turnout 12,800 77.2 −13.0
Labor hold Swing N/A
  • Preferences were not distributed.
1986 Western Australian state election: Victoria Park
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Ron Davies 9,335 64.9 −2.2
Liberal Diane Airey 5,050 35.1 +2.2
Total formal votes 14,385 97.1 0.0
Informal votes 434 2.9 0.0
Turnout 14,819 90.2 +5.1
Labor hold Swing −2.2
1983 Western Australian state election: Victoria Park
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Ron Davies 9,038 67.1
Liberal Pauline Iles 4,432 32.9
Total formal votes 13,470 97.1
Informal votes 396 2.9
Turnout 13,866 85.1
Labor hold Swing
1980 Western Australian state election: Victoria Park
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Ron Davies 7,880 62.4 +2.8
Liberal Michael Smith 4,430 35.1 −5.3
Socialist Workers Peter Holloway 323 2.6 +2.6
Total formal votes 12,633 96.2 −0.1
Informal votes 501 3.8 +0.1
Turnout 13,134 86.7 −3.0
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Ron Davies 8,171 64.7 +5.1
Liberal Michael Smith 4,462 35.3 −5.1
Labor hold Swing +5.1

Elections in the 1970s

1977 Western Australian state election: Victoria Park
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Ron Davies 8,203 59.6
Liberal Michael Smith 5,563 40.4
Total formal votes 13,766 96.3
Informal votes 531 3.7
Turnout 14,297 89.7
Labor hold Swing
1974 Western Australian state election: Victoria Park
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Ron Davies 8,869 63.3
Liberal Frank Marciano 4,171 29.8
National Alliance Paul Daly 962 6.9
Total formal votes 14,002 95.9
Informal votes 598 4.1
Turnout 14,600 87.7
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Ron Davies 9,013 64.4
Liberal Frank Marciano 4,989 35.6
Labor hold Swing
1971 Western Australian state election: Victoria Park
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Ron Davies 8,553 75.2 −24.8
Democratic Labor Benjamin Ballantyne 2,824 24.8 +24.8
Total formal votes 11,377 94.7
Informal votes 634 5.3
Turnout 12,011 90.5
Labor hold Swing N/A

Elections in the 1960s

1968 Western Australian state election: Victoria Park
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Ron Davies unopposed
Labor hold Swing
1965 Western Australian state election: Victoria Park
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Ron Davies 6,183 64.0 +0.1
Liberal and Country Nicholas Di Lello 3,482 36.0 −0.1
Total formal votes 9,665 96.0 −3.0
Informal votes 401 4.0 +3.0
Turnout 10,066 92.1 −3.5
Labor hold Swing −0.1
1962 Western Australian state election: Victoria Park
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Ron Davies 6,527 63.9
Liberal and Country John Stanbridge 3,691 36.1
Total formal votes 10,218 99.0
Informal votes 107 1.0
Turnout 10,325 95.6
Labor hold Swing
1961 Victoria Park state by-election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Ron Davies 5,003 57.6 +6.3
Liberal and Country David Hooper 2,788 32.1 −1.4
Democratic Labor Bernard Harrison 889 10.2 −3.2
Total formal votes 8,680 98.1 +0.2
Informal votes 171 1.9 −0.2
Turnout 8,851 86.8 −5.9
Labor hold Swing N/A
  • Preferences were not distributed.

Elections in the 1950s

1959 Western Australian state election: Victoria Park
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Hugh Andrew 4,878 51.3 −10.9
Liberal and Country David Hooper 3,188 33.5 −4.3
Independent Harold Hawthorne 789 8.3 +8.3
Democratic Labor William Carter 663 7.0 +7.0
Total formal votes 9,518 97.9 +0.1
Informal votes 199 2.1 −0.1
Turnout 9,717 92.7 −0.1
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Hugh Andrew 56.4 −5.8
Liberal and Country David Hooper 43.6 +5.8
Labor hold Swing −5.8
  • Two party preferred vote was estimated.
1956 Western Australian state election: Victoria Park
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Hugh Andrew 5,663 62.2
Liberal and Country Benjamin Marshall 3,444 37.8
Total formal votes 9,107 97.8
Informal votes 209 2.2
Turnout 9,316 92.8
Labor hold Swing
1953 Western Australian state election: Victoria Park
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Hugh Andrew 4,222 55.5 +7.9
Liberal and Country George Kerr 2,532 33.3 +33.3
Independent Harold Hawthorne 715 9.4 +9.4
Communist Neil Payne 141 1.9 +1.9
Total formal votes 7,610 96.9 −1.4
Informal votes 247 3.1 +1.4
Turnout 7,857 93.5 +2.0
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Hugh Andrew 60.3 +12.7
Liberal and Country George Kerr 39.7 +39.7
Labor gain from Independent Swing N/A
1950 Western Australian state election: Victoria Park
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent William Read 4,113 52.4
Labor Hugh Andrew 3,735 47.6
Total formal votes 7,848 98.3
Informal votes 134 1.7
Turnout 7,982 91.5
Independent hold Swing

Elections in the 1940s

1947 Western Australian state election: Victoria Park
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent William Read 4,939 55.1 +55.1
Labor Charles Johnson 4,024 44.9 −21.3
Total formal votes 8,963 98.1 +0.7
Informal votes 171 1.9 −0.7
Turnout 9,134 88.9 −2.4
Independent gain from Labor Swing N/A
  • Victoria Park was won by the Independent member William Read at the 1945 by-election upon the death of the sitting Labor member Howard Stirling.
1945 Victoria Park state by-election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent William Read 2,537 33.1 +33.1
Labor Harry Martin 2,410 31.5 –34.7
Independent Labor John MacMillan 1,709 22.3 +22.3
All-Parties League Carlyle Ferguson 527 6.9 +6.9
Independent Joseph Cole 258 3.4 +3.4
Liberal James Collins 220 2.9 +2.9
Total formal votes 7,661 96.8 –0.6
Informal votes 253 3.2 +0.6
Turnout 7,914 82.2 –9.1
Two-candidate-preferred result
Independent William Read 4,340 56.7 +56.7
Labor Harry Martin 3,321 43.3 –22.9
Independent gain from Labor Swing +56.7
1943 Western Australian state election: Victoria Park
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Howard Raphael 5,446 66.2 −1.8
Nationalist Albert Hansen 2,785 33.8 +1.8
Total formal votes 8,231 97.4 −1.1
Informal votes 218 2.6 +1.1
Turnout 8,449 91.3 −2.3
Labor hold Swing −1.8

Elections in the 1930s

1939 Western Australian state election: Victoria Park
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Howard Raphael 5,538 68.0 −3.8
Independent James Milligan 2,604 32.0 +32.0
Total formal votes 8,142 98.5 −0.4
Informal votes 127 1.5 +0.4
Turnout 8,269 93.6 +20.8
Labor hold Swing N/A
1936 Western Australian state election: Victoria Park
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Howard Raphael 4,158 71.8 +2.2
Nationalist George Mann 1,637 28.2 +8.2
Total formal votes 5,795 98.9 +1.5
Informal votes 63 1.1 −1.5
Turnout 5,858 72.8 −20.1
Labor hold Swing N/A
1933 Western Australian state election: Victoria Park
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Howard Raphael 4,700 69.6 +21.2
Nationalist Charles Harper 1,354 20.0 −11.6
Nationalist Oliver Strang 700 10.4 +10.4
Total formal votes 6,754 97.4 −1.5
Informal votes 181 2.6 +1.5
Turnout 6,935 92.9 +11.0
Labor hold Swing N/A
  • Preferences were not distributed.
1930 Western Australian state election: Victoria Park
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Howard Raphael 2,757 48.4
Nationalist Charles Harper 1,796 31.6
Independent Labor Frederick White 1,138 20.0
Total formal votes 5,691 98.9
Informal votes 65 1.1
Turnout 5,756 81.9
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Howard Raphael 3,220 56.6
Nationalist Charles Harper 2,471 43.4
Labor hold Swing

References

  1. ^ 2021 State General Election – Victoria Park District Results, WAEC
  2. ^ Victoria Park District Profile and Results, 2017 State General Election, WAEC.
  3. ^ "2008 State General Election Details: District of Victoria Park Results". Western Australian Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 22 March 2012. Retrieved 4 December 2011.
  4. ^ "District of Victoria Park Results". Western Australian Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 27 September 2011. Retrieved 5 November 2011.