Results of the 1989 Western Australian state election (Legislative Council)

Western Australian state election, 4 February 1989[1]
Legislative Council

Enrolled voters 957,939
Votes cast 870,996 Turnout 90.92% –0.50%
Informal votes 24,061 Informal 2.76% –0.53%
Summary of votes by party
Party Primary votes % Swing Seats Change
  Labor 347,675 41.05% –4.08% 16 + 1
  Liberal 350,053 41.33% –0.64% 15 ± 0
  National 42,328 5.00% +0.24% 3 – 1
  Grey Power 34,055 4.02% +4.02% 0 ± 0
  Democrats 28,113 3.32% –4.81% 0 ± 0
  Greens 27,013 3.19% +3.19% 0 ± 0
  One Australia 7,391 0.87% +0.87% 0 ± 0
  Independent 10,307 1.22% +1.21% 0 ± 0
Total 846,935     34  

This is a list of electoral region results for the Western Australian Legislative Council in the 1989 Western Australian state election.

Results by Electoral region

Agricultural

1989 Western Australian state election: Agricultural
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Quota 12,452
Liberal 1. Margaret McAleer (elected 1)
2. David Wordsworth (elected 4)
3. Murray Nixon
4. Ian Whitehurst
5. Elizabeth Rocchi 		30,866 41.29
National 1. Eric Charlton (elected 2)
2. John Caldwell (elected 5)
3. Dexter Davies
4. Anthony Critch 		20,020 26.78
Labor 1. James Brown (elected 3)
2. Kim Chance
3. Lorna Long
4. John Czuzman
5. Mary Ridley 		19,160 25.63
One Australia Movement 1. Cedric Jacobs
2. Margaret Jacobs
3. Malcolm Taylor 		2,119 2.83
Greens 1. James Cavill
2. Ronald Lewis 		1,302 1.74
Democrats Robert Whitehead 1,287 1.72
Total formal votes 74,754 97.71
Informal votes 1,750 2.29
Turnout 76,504 92.13

East Metropolitan

1989 Western Australian state election: East Metropolitan
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Quota 30,318
Labor 1. Kay Hallahan (elected 1)
2. Fred McKenzie (elected 3)
3. Tom Butler (elected 5)
4. Valma Ferguson
5. Erik Van Garderen
6. Stephen Gilchrist 		85,987 47.27
Liberal 1. Derrick Tomlinson (elected 2)
2. Peter Foss (elected 4)
3. June van de Klashorst
4. Peter Quinn 		66,472 36.54
Grey Power 1. Neil Turner
2. Arthur Robertson 		10,643 5.85
Democrats 1. Pauline Hutchinson
2. Benjamin Rose 		6,586 3.62
Greens 1. L G Capill
2. Patsy Molloy 		5,320 2.92
National 1. Patrick Harding
2. Beverley Poor 		4,179 2.30
One Australia Movement 1. Donald Jackson
2. Ronald Abbott 		2,720 1.50
Total formal votes 181,907 97.10
Informal votes 5,427 2.90
Turnout 187,334 91.84

Mining and Pastoral

1989 Western Australian state election: Mining and Pastoral
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Quota 8,331
Labor 1. Tom Stephens (elected 1)
2. Mark Nevill (elected 3)
3. Tom Helm (elected 4)
4. Robert Couzens
5. Margaret Halid
6. Sylvia Hurse 		26,819 53.65
Liberal 1. Norman Moore (elected 2)
2. Phil Lockyer (elected 5)
3. Margaret Day
4. Sally Wilkinson
5. Louie Carnicelli 		16,791 33.59
National 1. Peter Kneebone
2. Ronald Smales
3. John Ford 		1,815 3.63
Greens 1. Leslie Lee
2. Desmond Hill
3. Brian Champion
4. Allan Barker
5. Jeanette Johnson 		1,607 3.21
Democrats Shyama Peebles 1,354 2.71
Independent Lynton Downe 866 1.73
One Australia Movement 1. Megan Shedley
2. Donald Shedley 		736 1.47
Total formal votes 49,988 97.42
Informal votes 1,325 2.58
Turnout 51,313 80.91

North Metropolitan

1989 Western Australian state election: North Metropolitan
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Quota 32,457
Liberal 1. George Cash (elected 1)
2. Max Evans (elected 3)
3. Bob Pike (elected 5)
4. Reg Davies (elected 7)
5. Chris Ellison
6. Wendy Cole
7. Robert Burr 		115,972 44.66
Labor 1. Joe Berinson (elected 2)
2. Graham Edwards (elected 4)
3. Sam Piantadosi (elected 6)
4. Kay Lunt
5. Judith Jones
6. Nick Griffiths
7. Malcolm Jackson 		101,893 39.24
Grey Power 1. Phillip King
2. Kryna Gudgeon 		11,260 4.34
Democrats 1. Richard Jeffreys
2. Brian Jenkins 		8,902 3.43
Greens 1. Kim Herbert
2. Nadine Lapthorne 		7,927 3.05
Group A 1. Peter Weygers
2. John Massam 		5,635 2.17
National 1. Elizabeth Beveridge
2. Neil Baker
3. Pamela Eves
4. Duncan Anderson 		3,433 1.32
Group I 1. Shirley de la Hunty
2. David Kaesehagen
3. Norma Rundle 		2,482 0.96
One Australia Movement 1. Ronald Holt
2. Frank Gould
3. Leonard Sherwood 		1,823 0.70
Independent Walter Morris 341 0.13
Total formal votes 259,658 97.08
Informal votes 7,800 2.92
Turnout 267,458 91.01

South Metropolitan

1989 Western Australian state election: South Metropolitan
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Quota 30,790
Labor 1. Garry Kelly (elected 1)
2. John Halden (elected 3)
3. Cheryl Davenport (elected 5)
4. Ed Dermer
5. Reginald Gordon
6. Joyce Edwards 		80,221 43.42
Liberal 1. Clive Griffiths (elected 2)
2. Phillip Pendal (elected 4)
3. Diane Airey
4. Alan Harste
5. John Hardwick 		77,296 41.84
Grey Power Neville Crilly 9,128 4.94
Democrats 1. Peter Nettleton
2. David Banner 		7,917 4.29
Alternative Coalition 1. Christabel Bridge
2. Robert Mann
3. Gladys Yarran 		6,314 3.42
National 1. Miguel de San Miguel
2. Leonard Phillips 		3,862 2.09
Total formal votes 184,738 97.18
Informal votes 5,361 2.82
Turnout 190,099 91.50

South West

1989 Western Australian state election: South West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Quota 11,987
Liberal 1. Barry House (elected 1)
2. Muriel Patterson (elected 3)
3. Bill Stretch (elected 5)
4. Adrian Fawcett
5. Suzanne Carter
6. Jonathan Youngs 		40,268 41.99
Labor 1. Doug Wenn (elected 2)
2. Beryl Jones (elected 4)
3. Bob Thomas (elected 6)
4. Josephine Lynch
5. Dane Carroll 		35,966 37.51
National 1. Murray Montgomery (elected 7)
2. Terence House
3. Jennifer Barrett 		9,029 9.42
Group D 1. Marie-Louise Duxbury
2. Lynette Serventy 		4,549 4.74
Grey Power Herbert Cattrall 3,024 3.15
Democrats 1. David Churches
2. Daphne Wallace 		2,065 2.15
Independent Paul Roth 992 1.03
Total formal votes 95,894 97.56
Informal votes 2,394 2.44
Turnout 98,288 92.83

See also

References

  1. ^ 1989 State General Election Results. Perth: Western Australian Electoral Commission.