Electoral results for the district of Gosnells

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

Members for Gosnells

2013 Western Australian state election: Gosnells
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Chris Tallentire	9,237	44.8	+2.1
	Liberal	David Goode	8,040	39.0	+2.6
	Greens	Luke Edmonds	1,207	5.9	–6.4
	Independent	Chris Fernandez	850	4.1	+4.1
	Christians	Mark Staer	782	3.8	–0.7
	Independent	Debbie Butler	501	2.4	+2.4
Total formal votes			20,617	92.5	−1.6
Informal votes			1,682	7.5	+1.6
Turnout			22,299	89.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Chris Tallentire	10,896	52.9	–1.9
	Liberal	David Goode	9,701	47.1	+1.9
	Labor hold		Swing	–1.9

2008 Western Australian state election: Gosnells^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Chris Tallentire	7,874	42.9	−9.1
	Liberal	Chris Fernandez	6,453	35.2	+6.1
	Greens	Luke Edmonds	2,251	12.3	+6.1
	Christian Democrats	Madeleine Goiran	923	5.0	+0.7
	Family First	Dave Bolt	846	4.6	+0.7
Total formal votes			18,347	93.9	+0.2
Informal votes			1,183	6.1	−0.2
Turnout			19,530	86.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Chris Tallentire	10,172	55.5	−5.9
	Liberal	Chris Fernandez	8,162	44.5	+5.9
	Labor hold		Swing	−5.9

1986 Western Australian state election: Gosnells
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Yvonne Henderson	12,112	64.8	+3.4
	Liberal	Michael Smith	6,588	35.2	−0.1
Total formal votes			18,700	97.5	+0.8
Informal votes			482	2.5	−0.8
Turnout			19,182	92.9	+3.9
	Labor hold		Swing	+1.7

1983 Western Australian state election: Gosnells
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labor	Yvonne Henderson	8,981	61.4
	Liberal	Michael Mitchell	5,158	35.3
	Independent	Gordon Stapp	487	3.3
Total formal votes			14,626	96.7
Informal votes			493	3.3
Turnout			15,119	89.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Yvonne Henderson	9,229	63.1
	Liberal	Michael Mitchell	5,397	36.9
	Labor hold		Swing

1980 Western Australian state election: Gosnells
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Bob Pearce	9,934	54.8	+5.9
	Liberal	Nancye Jones	7,268	40.1	−7.8
	Independent	Gordon Stapp	930	5.1	+1.9
Total formal votes			18,132	95.6	−0.4
Informal votes			831	4.4	+0.4
Turnout			18,963	89.2	−2.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Bob Pearce	10,399	57.4	+6.6
	Liberal	Nancye Jones	7,733	42.6	−6.6
	Labor hold		Swing	+6.6

1977 Western Australian state election: Gosnells
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labor	Bob Pearce	6,840	48.9
	Liberal	Brian Piesse	6,712	47.9
	Independent	Gordon Stapp	450	3.2
Total formal votes			14,002	96.0
Informal votes			585	4.0
Turnout			14,587	91.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Bob Pearce	7,120	50.9
	Liberal	Brian Piesse	6,882	49.1
	Labor hold		Swing

^ "2008 State General Election Details: District of Gosnells Results". Western Australian Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 22 March 2012. Retrieved 3 December 2011.