Results of the 1987 Australian federal election in Western Australia

1987 Australian federal election
(Western Australia)
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All 13 Western Australia seats in the Australian House of Representatives
and all 12 seats in the Australian Senate
  First party Second party
 
Leader Bob Hawke John Howard
Party Labor Liberal/National coalition
Last election 9 seats 4 seats
Seats won 9 seats 4 seats
Seat change Steady Steady
Popular vote 377,493 387,137
Percentage 47.5% 48.7%
Swing Decrease 0.7 Increase 1.7
TPP 50.9% 49.1%
TPP swing Decrease 0.1 Increase 0.1

1987 Australian federal election
National results
State and territory results

This is a list of electoral division results for the Australian 1987 federal election in the state of Western Australia.[1]

Overall results

Turnout 92.2% (CV) — Informal 3.4%[2]
Party Votes % Swing Seats Change
    Liberal 332,266 41.79 -3.95 4 Steady
  National 54,871 6.90 5.59 Steady
Liberal/National Coalition 387,137 48.69 1.64 4 Steady
  Labor 377,493 47.48 -0.71 9 Steady
  Democrats 27,302 3.43 -0.27
  Independents 3,112 0.39 -0.12
Total 795,044 13
Two-party-preferred vote
  Labor 404,751 50.91 -0.05 9 Steady
  Liberal/National Coalition 390,232 49.09 0.05 4 Steady
Invalid/blank votes 55,776 6.56 -0.86
Turnout 850,820 93.84
Registered voters 906,677
Source: Psephos Adam Carr's Election Archive 1987

Results by division

Brand

This section is an excerpt from Electoral results for the Division of Brand § 1987.[edit]
1987 Australian federal election: Brand
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Wendy Fatin 32,135 52.2 −1.3
Liberal Bernie Masters 21,985 35.7 −7.4
Democrats John Willis 4,368 7.1 +7.1
National Peter Bass 3,091 5.0 +5.0
Total formal votes 61,579 92.3
Informal votes 5,112 7.7
Turnout 66,691 95.1
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Wendy Fatin 34,906 56.7 +1.2
Liberal Bernie Masters 26,669 43.3 −1.2
Labor hold Swing +1.2

Canning

This section is an excerpt from Electoral results for the Division of Canning § 1987.[edit]
1987 Australian federal election: Canning [1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor George Gear 29,223 49.1 −1.5
Liberal Ricky Johnston 22,247 37.4 −5.8
National Bob Chapman 4,122 6.9 +6.9
Democrats Mark Beadle 3,909 6.6 +0.4
Total formal votes 59,501 93.1
Informal votes 4,394 6.9
Turnout 63,895 94.2
Two-party-preferred result
Labor George Gear 31,985 53.8 +0.0
Liberal Ricky Johnston 27,496 46.2 +0.0
Labor hold Swing +0.0

Cowan

This section is an excerpt from Electoral results for the Division of Cowan § 1987.[edit]
1987 Australian federal election: Cowan
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Carolyn Jakobsen 32,481 52.0 +0.8
Liberal Paul Filing 27,048 43.3 +0.3
National Neil Baker 2,973 4.8 +4.8
Total formal votes 62,502 93.6
Informal votes 4,240 6.4
Turnout 66,742 94.8
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Carolyn Jakobsen 33,241 53.2 −0.8
Liberal Paul Filing 29,260 46.8 +0.8
Labor hold Swing −0.8

Curtin

This section is an excerpt from Electoral results for the Division of Curtin § 1987.[edit]
1987 Australian federal election: Curtin
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Allan Rocher 32,912 53.8 −2.4
Labor Philip Laskaris 20,371 33.3 −2.9
Democrats Joe Blake 4,967 8.1 +0.5
National John Gilmour 2,942 4.8 +4.8
Total formal votes 61,192 94.7
Informal votes 3,397 5.3
Turnout 64,589 92.2
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Allan Rocher 37,703 61.6 +2.2
Labor Philip Laskaris 23,486 38.4 −2.2
Liberal hold Swing +2.2

Forrest

This section is an excerpt from Electoral results for the Division of Forrest § 1987.[edit]
1987 Australian federal election: Forrest
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Geoff Prosser 27,925 44.0 −6.4
Labor Gerry Thompson 26,764 42.2 −3.5
National Joe Chambers 5,175 8.2 +8.2
Democrats David Churches 3,553 5.6 +2.7
Total formal votes 63,417 94.4
Informal votes 3,747 5.6
Turnout 67,164 95.3
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Geoff Prosser 33,678 53.1 +0.7
Labor Gerry Thompson 29,737 46.9 −0.7
Liberal hold Swing +0.7

Fremantle

This section is an excerpt from Electoral results for the Division of Fremantle § 1987.[edit]
1987 Australian federal election: Fremantle
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor John Dawkins 36,646 61.1 +2.1
Liberal Jenny van den Hoek 19,487 32.5 −1.4
National Jack Clarke 3,834 6.4 +6.4
Total formal votes 59,967 91.8
Informal votes 5,384 8.2
Turnout 65,351 95.0
Two-party-preferred result
Labor John Dawkins 37,628 62.7 −0.2
Liberal Jenny van den Hoek 22,338 37.3 +0.2
Labor hold Swing −0.2

Kalgoorlie

This section is an excerpt from Electoral results for the Division of Kalgoorlie § 1987.[edit]
1987 Australian federal election: Kalgoorlie
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Graeme Campbell 30,841 52.6 +1.3
Liberal David Johnston 21,850 37.3 −3.6
National Ron Smales 3,363 5.7 +5.7
Democrats Frank Chulung 2,593 4.4 +1.4
Total formal votes 58,647 93.8
Informal votes 3,899 6.2
Turnout 62,546 88.3
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Graeme Campbell 33,223 56.7 +0.7
Liberal David Johnston 25,420 43.3 −0.7
Labor hold Swing +0.7

Moore

This section is an excerpt from Electoral results for the Division of Moore § 1987.[edit]
1987 Australian federal election: Moore
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Allen Blanchard 33,022 53.7 −1.4
Liberal Jim Crawley 23,370 38.0 −6.9
National Geoff Gill 5,138 8.4 +8.4
Total formal votes 61,530 93.0
Informal votes 4,610 7.0
Turnout 66,140 94.5
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Allen Blanchard 33,940 55.2 +0.1
Liberal Jim Crawley 27,587 44.8 −0.1
Labor hold Swing +0.1

O'Connor

This section is an excerpt from Electoral results for the Division of O'Connor § 1987.[edit]
1987 Australian federal election: O'Connor
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Wilson Tuckey 31,329 49.5 −4.1
Labor Kim Chance 15,865 25.1 −2.8
National Trevor Flugge 14,632 23.1 +7.4
Democrats Shyama Peebles 1,503 2.4 −0.4
Total formal votes 63,329 95.3
Informal votes 3,112 4.7
Turnout 66,441 94.8
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Wilson Tuckey 44,695 70.6 +1.4
Labor Kim Chance 18,632 29.4 −1.4
Liberal hold Swing +1.4

Perth

This section is an excerpt from Electoral results for the Division of Perth § 1987.[edit]
1987 Australian federal election: Perth
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Ric Charlesworth 34,003 55.4 +0.2
Liberal Bob Campbell 24,494 39.9 −2.3
National Ted Lisle 2,857 4.7 +4.7
Total formal votes 61,354 92.3
Informal votes 5,151 7.7
Turnout 66,505 93.7
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Ric Charlesworth 34,819 56.8 +0.5
Liberal Bob Campbell 26,535 43.2 −0.5
Labor hold Swing +0.5

Stirling

This section is an excerpt from Electoral results for the Division of Stirling § 1987.[edit]
1987 Australian federal election: Stirling
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Ron Edwards 29,342 49.2 −0.5
Liberal Bill Brown 24,544 41.2 −3.9
Democrats Harvard Barclay 2,799 4.7 +0.7
National Malcolm Beveridge 2,345 3.9 +3.9
Independent Alf Bussell 594 1.0 +1.0
Total formal votes 59,624 92.8
Informal votes 4,644 7.2
Turnout 64,268 93.9
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Ron Edwards 31,972 53.6 +1.1
Liberal Bill Brown 27,642 46.4 −1.1
Labor hold Swing +1.1

Swan

This section is an excerpt from Electoral results for the Division of Swan § 1987.[edit]
1987 Australian federal election: Swan
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Kim Beazley 32,201 54.6 +0.4
Liberal Harry Klapp 21,555 36.5 −4.2
National Adelia Bernard 2,750 4.7 +4.7
Independent Georgina Motion 2,518 4.3 +4.3
Total formal votes 59,024 93.1
Informal votes 4,348 6.9
Turnout 63,372 92.7
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Kim Beazley 34,220 58.0 +1.0
Liberal Harry Klapp 24,804 42.0 −1.0
Labor hold Swing +1.0

Tangney

This section is an excerpt from Electoral results for the Division of Tangney § 1987.[edit]
1987 Australian federal election: Tangney
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Peter Shack 33,520 52.9 −2.4
Labor Ray Masterton 24,599 38.8 −1.5
Democrats Richard Jeffreys 3,610 5.7 +1.3
National William Witham 1,649 2.6 +2.6
Total formal votes 63,378 94.4
Informal votes 3,738 5.6
Turnout 67,116 95.4
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Peter Shack 36,405 57.4 −0.4
Labor Ray Masterton 26,962 42.5 +0.4
Liberal hold Swing −0.4

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "1987 House of Representatives: Western Australia". Psephos Adam Carr's Election Archive. Retrieved 15 June 2022.
  2. ^ "1987 House of Representatives". Psephos Adam Carr's Election Archive. Retrieved 10 June 2022.