Electoral results for the South West Region

This is a list of electoral results for the South West Region in Western Australian state elections from the region's creation in 1989 until the present.

Legislation to abolish the region, along with all other Western Australian electoral regions, was passed in November 2021, with the 2025 state election to use a single state-wide electorate of 37 members.[1]

Election results

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2021

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This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2021 Western Australian state election (Legislative Council) § South West.[edit]
2021 Western Australian state election: South West[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Quota 29,300
Labor 1. Sally Talbot (elected 1)
2. Alannah MacTiernan (elected 3)
3. Jackie Jarvis (elected 4)
4. John Mondy
5. Ben Dawkins
6. Kylie Fitzgerald 		114,713 55.93 +19.49
Liberal 1. Steve Thomas (elected 2)
2. Greg Stocks
3. Anita Shortland
4. Hayden Burbidge 		37,736 18.40 −4.28
National 1. James Hayward (elected 6)
2. Louise Kingston
3. Rod Pfeiffer 		12,254 5.97 −6.06
Greens 1. Diane Evers
2. Donald Clarke
3. Jodie Moffat 		12,220 5.96 −1.62
Shooters, Fishers, Farmers 1. Rick Mazza
2. Russell McCarthy
3. Ray Hull 		5,178 2.52 −1.59
Legalise Cannabis 1. Sophia Moermond (elected 5)
2. Nicola Johnson 		4,531 2.21 +2.21
One Nation 1. Colin Tincknell
2. Paul Howard
3. Michael Pelle 		3,841 1.87 −8.76
Christians 1. Laurence Van der Plas
2. Joan Albany 		3,782 1.84 +0.15
No Mandatory Vaccination 1. Keith Bunton
2. Elisabeth Bluntschli 		2,504 1.22 +1.22
Liberal Democrats 1. Eli Bernstein
2. David Fishlock 		2,014 0.98 +0.03
Western Australia 1. Terri Sharp
2. Joanne Munro 		1,420 0.69 +0.55
Sustainable Australia 1. Daniel Minson
2. Heather Scott 		904 0.44 +0.44
WAxit 1. Chas Hopkins
2. Malcolm Gilmour 		810 0.39 +0.20
Animal Justice 1. Vicki Bailey
2. Sarah Gould 		798 0.39 −0.40
Health Australia 1. Justin Zwartkruis
2. Hayley Green 		493 0.24 +0.24
Great Australian 1. Nick Robinson
2. Andy Gleeson 		461 0.22 +0.22
Liberals for Climate 1. Mark Bentley
2. Pieter Lottering 		410 0.20 −0.23
Daylight Saving 1. Garry Spiers
2. Lizabeth Taylor 		283 0.14 −0.22
Independent 1. Yasmin Bartlett
2. Karen Perttula 		242 0.12 +0.12
Independent Dave Schumacher 170 0.08 +0.08
Independent 1. George Seth
2. Noel Avery 		145 0.07 +0.07
Independent 1. John Banks
2. Phillip Spencer 		101 0.05 +0.05
Independent Bob Burdett 89 0.04 +0.04
Total formal votes 205,099 97.92 +0.83
Informal votes 4,357 2.08 −0.83
Turnout 209,456 86.20 −1.00

2017

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This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2017 Western Australian state election (Legislative Council) § South West.[edit]
2017 Western Australian state election: South West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Quota 27,727
Labor 1. Sally Talbot (elected 1)
2. Adele Farina (elected 3)
3. John Mondy
4. Barry Winmar
5. Jessica Short 		70,734 36.44 +5.91
Liberal 1. Steve Thomas (elected 2)
2. Wade De Campo
3. Robyn McSweeney
4. Tony Norment
5. Heather Reid
6. Douglas McLarty 		44,014 22.68 −21.27
National 1. Colin Holt (elected 5)
2. Louise Kingston
3. Bevan Eatts
4. Kylie Kennaugh 		23,360 12.04 +1.06
One Nation 1. Colin Tincknell (elected 4)
2. Cameron Bartkowski
3. Sean Butler 		20,636 10.63 +10.63
Greens 1. Diane Evers (elected 6)
2. Hsien Harper 		14,705 7.58 −0.34
Shooters, Fishers, Farmers 1. Nigel Hallett
2. Craig Carbone
3. Ray Hull 		7,994 4.12 +1.75
Christians 1. Greg Spaanderman
2. Rachael Dowdell 		3,292 1.70 +0.24
Liberal Democrats 1. Nathan Dyson
2. Damian Coletta 		1,849 0.95 +0.95
Family First 1. Linda Rose
2. Dave Bolt 		1,792 0.92 −0.60
Animal Justice 1. Alicia Sutton
2. Eric Gobbert 		1,541 0.79 +0.79
Flux the System! 1. Daithí Gleeson
2. Mark Bentley 		841 0.43 +0.43
Daylight Saving 1. Brett Tucker
2. Janet Wilson 		686 0.35 +0.35
Independent 1. Tim Hartley
2. Julio Pieraldi 		622 0.32 +0.32
Fluoride Free WA 1. Hayley Green
2. John Vukovich 		579 0.30 +0.30
Micro Business 1. Jeff Casson
2. Devinder Chinna 		373 0.19 +0.19
Independent 1. Eric Thern
2. Katrina De Ruyck 		291 0.15 +0.15
Matheson for WA 1. Stephen Phelan
2. Blake Phelan 		285 0.15 +0.15
Independent Kyle Hammond 267 0.14 +0.14
Independent John Higgins 155 0.08 +0.08
Independent Zyggi Uchwal 72 0.04 +0.04
Total formal votes 194,088 97.29 +0.04
Informal votes 5,411 2.71 −0.04
Turnout 199,499 88.25 −2.41

2013

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This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2013 Western Australian state election (Legislative Council) § South West.[edit]
2013 Western Australian state election: South West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Quota 24,134
Liberal 1. Robyn McSweeney (elected 1)
2. Barry House (elected 3)
3. Nigel Hallett (elected 5)
4. Ian Morison
5. Paul Fitzpatrick
6. Michelle Steck 		74,248 43.95 +4.54
Labor 1. Sally Talbot (elected 2)
2. Adele Farina (elected 4)
3. John Mondy
4. Ian Bishop
5. Aaron Dean
6. Pearl Lim 		51,576 30.53 −2.53
National 1. Colin Holt (elected 6)
2. Sam Harma
3. Dudley Greathead 		18,541 10.98 +0.21
Greens 1. Giz Watson
2. Hsien Harper 		13,374 7.92 −0.71
Shooters and Fishers 1. Daniel Strijk
2. Mark Mazza 		3,997 2.37 +2.37
Family First 1. Bev Custers
2. David Bolt 		2,577 1.53 −2.38
Christians 1. Justin Moseley
2. Tim Schoof 		2,453 1.45 −0.66
Independent 1. Nataporn Sri-Innop Ross
2. Janet Grogan 		1,205 0.71 +0.71
Independent Don Hyland 960 0.57 +0.57
Total formal votes 168,931 97.25 −0.13
Informal votes 4,776 2.75 +0.13
Turnout 173,707 90.67 +2.22

2008

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This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2008 Western Australian state election (Legislative Council) § South West.[edit]
2008 Western Australian state election: South West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Quota 17,908
Liberal 1. Robyn McSweeney (elected 1)
2. Nigel Hallett (elected 3)
3. Barry House (elected 6)
4. Paul Fitzpatrick
5. Dennis Wellington
6. Ross Ryan 		60,684 39.41 +0.3
Labor 1. Sally Talbot (elected 2)
2. Adele Farina (elected 4)
3. John Mondy
4. Wendy Perdon
5. Christopher Hossen
6. Elizabeth Nedela 		50,908 33.06 −4.4
National 1. Colin Holt (elected 5)
2. Patricia Hughes 		16,592 10.77 +5.2
Greens 1. Paul Llewellyn
2. Rae McPherson 		13,285 8.63 +1.0
Family First 1. Dan Sullivan
2. Linda Rose 		6,024 3.91 +0.9
Christian Democrats 1. John Lewis
2. Ray Moran 		3,251 2.11 +0.4
One Nation Brian Burns 995 0.65 −1.5
Independent 1. Elaine Green
2. Terry O'Leary 		881 0.57 +0.6
  Daylight Savings Kara Pascoe 626 0.41 +0.41
Independent Filip Guglielmana 328 0.21 +0.2
New Country Judy Pearce 220 0.14 −0.5
Citizens Electoral Council 1. Ian Tuffnell
2. Allan Dilley 		205 0.13 +0.1
Total formal votes 153,999 97.38 +0.7
Informal votes 4,150 2.62 −0.7
Turnout 158,149 88.45 −2.7

2005

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This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2005 Western Australian state election (Legislative Council) § South West.[edit]
2005 Western Australian state election: South West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Quota 17,908
Liberal 1. Barry House (elected 1)
2. Robyn McSweeney (elected 3)
3. Nigel Hallett (elected 5)
4. Ken Robinson
5. Kerrol Gildersleeve
6. Philippa Reid
7. Narelle King 		55,894 39.0 +3.6
Labor 1. Adele Farina (elected 2)
2. Sally Talbot (elected 4)
3. Matt Benson-Lidholm (elected 6)
4. Liam Costello
5. Jullianne Slater
6. Jasper Trendall 		54,036 37.7 +7.0
Greens 1. Paul Llewellyn (elected 7)
2. Kingsley Gibson 		10,842 7.6 −0.9
National 1. Steve Dilley
2. Colin Holt 		7,734 5.4 −0.8
Family First 1. Linda Rose
2. Coleen Heine 		4,330 3.0 +3.0
One Nation 1. Alan Giorgi
2. Kenneth Waters 		3,091 2.2 −12.0
Christian Democrats 1. Justin Moseley
2. Kerry Watterson 		2,375 1.7 +0.4
Independent Ken Gunson 1,538 1.1 −0.1
Public Hospital Support Group 1. Ray Goodwin
2. Val Goodwin 		1,165 0.8 +0.8
New Country 1. Paddy Embry
2. Frances Chester 		936 0.7 +0.7
Democrats 1. Adam Welch
2. John Partridge 		770 0.5 −1.3
Liberals for Forests 1. June Bennett
2. Judy Pryer 		549 0.4 +0.4
Total formal votes 143,260 96.7 −0.7
Informal votes 4,849 3.3 +0.7
Turnout 148,109 91.1 −1.0

2001

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This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2001 Western Australian state election (Legislative Council) § South West.[edit]
2001 Western Australian state election: South West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Quota 16,882
Liberal 1. Barry House (elected 1)
2. Bill Stretch (elected 4)
3. Robyn McSweeney (elected 6)
4. John Silcock
5. Nigel Hallett
6. Robert Nicholson
7. Craig Carbone 		47,862 35.4
Labor 1. John Cowdell (elected 2)
2. Adele Farina (elected 5)
3. Matt Benson-Lidholm
4. Ursula Richards
5. Patricia Creevey
6. Garry Newman 		41,516 30.7 +2.6
One Nation 1. Paddy Embry (elected 3)
2. Peter O'Reilly
3. Judith South 		19,152 14.2 +14.2
Greens 1. Chrissy Sharp (elected 7)
2. Basil Schur
3. Judy Trembath 		11,442 8.5 +1.0
National 1. Mal Cameron
2. Steve Dilley
3. Gordon Smith 		8,339 6.2
Democrats 1. Alf Denman
2. Alison Wylie 		2,361 1.7 −2.7
Christian Democrats Justin Moseley 1,791 1.3 +1.3
Independent Ken Gunson 1,633 1.2 +1.2
Curtin Labor Alliance Terry Iturbide 640 0.5 +0.5
  Seniors Glen Wood 318 0.2 +0.2
Total formal votes 135,054 97.4 +0.4
Informal votes 3,618 2.6 −0.4
Turnout 138,672 92.1 +0.2
  • The Liberal and National parties ran a joint ticket for South West in the 1996 election. The overall swing against the Coalition in the South West region was -10.8.

1996

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This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1996 Western Australian state election (Legislative Council) § South West.[edit]
1996 Western Australian state election: South West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Quota 15,037
Liberal/National Coalition 1. Barry House (elected 1)
2. Bill Stretch (elected 3)
3. Muriel Patterson (elected 5)
4. Murray Montgomery (elected 6)
5. John Silcock
6. Robyn McSweeney
7. Rick Beatty
8. Pauline McLeod
9. Steve Thomas
10. Nigel Hallett 		63,032 52.4 −1.4
Labor 1. Bob Thomas (elected 2)
2. John Cowdell (elected 4)
3. Lois Anderson
4. Marilyn Elson
5. Gary De Jager 		33,766 28.1 −6.3
Greens 1. Chrissy Sharp (elected 7)
2. Basil Schur
3. Len Howard 		9,028 7.5 +2.4
Democrats 1. Malcolm McKercher
2. Helen van Noort 		5,325 4.4 +2.3
Australia First J.J. Amelia 4,161 3.5 +3.5
Marijuana Paul Roth 3,201 2.7 +2.7
Call to Australia 1. Justin Moseley
2. Laurie Sugg 		1,511 1.3 +1.3
Natural Law 1. Ian Sandwell
2. Elspeth Clairs 		271 0.2 +0.2
Total formal votes 120,295 97.0 −0.4
Informal votes 3,774 3.0 +0.4
Turnout 124,069 91.9 −3.1

1993

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This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1993 Western Australian state election (Legislative Council) § South West.[edit]
1993 Western Australian state election: South West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Quota 13,721
Liberal 1. Barry House (elected 1)
2. Bill Stretch (elected 3)
3. Muriel Patterson (elected 5)
4. John Silcock
5. Ian Mabey
6. Peter Giumelli
7. Gabi Ghasseb 		48,052 43.78 +1.79
Labor 1. Bob Thomas (elected 2)
2. John Cowdell (elected 4)
3. Doug Wenn (elected 6)
4. Brian Procter
5. Lois Anderson 		37,798 34.44 −3.07
National 1. Murray Montgomery (elected 7)
2. David Pover
3. Robert Teale 		10,980 10.00 +0.58
Greens 1. Paul Davis
2. Lyn Serventy 		5,633 5.13 +5.13
Independent Trish Townsend 3,113 2.84 +2.84
Democrats 1. David Churches
2. Lila Ward 		2,290 2.09 −0.06
Independent Sandy Lewis 628 0.57 +0.57
Grey Power Doug Ratcliffe 367 0.33 −2.82
CALM Resistance Movement Robert Moir 318 0.29 +0.29
Independent Ted Stone 273 0.25 +0.25
Independent J J Amelia 163 0.15 +0.15
Republican Jane King 151 0.14 +0.14
Total formal votes 109,766 97.40 −0.16
Informal votes 2,930 2.60 +0.16
Turnout 112,696 94.98

1989

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This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1989 Western Australian state election (Legislative Council) § South West.[edit]
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

References

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  1. ^ "'Devastating for regional communities': WA government uses majority to overhaul state's electoral laws". ABC News. 2021-11-16. Retrieved 2023-03-19.
  2. ^ "2021 State General Election Results: South West Region". Western Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
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