Electoral results for the district of Marangaroo

This is a list of electoral results for the Electoral district of Marangaroo in Western Australian state elections from 1989 to 1996. The district was based in Perth's northern suburbs. It was a safe Labor seat.

History

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Marangaroo was first created for the 1989 state election and abolished ahead of the 1996 state election. The seat's member during its two terms was Labor MP Ted Cunningham. Cunningham was previously the member for Balga, which was abolished when Marangaroo was created. He went on to represent the new district of Girrawheen, which largely replaced Marangaroo.[1]

Members for Marangaroo

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Member Party Term
  Ted Cunningham Labor 1989–1996

Election results

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Elections in the 1990s

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1993 Western Australian state election: Marangaroo[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Ted Cunningham 12,966 56.1 −3.2
Liberal Avis Gobby 7,486 32.4 −0.2
Independent Ronald Bowman 1,276 5.5 +5.5
Greens Otto Dik 772 3.3 +3.3
Independent William Francis 599 2.6 +2.6
Total formal votes 23,099 95.1 +6.2
Informal votes 1,179 4.9 −6.2
Turnout 24,278 94.0 −2.2
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Ted Cunningham 14,396 62.3 −0.1
Liberal Avis Gobby 8,703 37.7 +0.1
Labor hold Swing −0.1

Elections in the 1980s

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1989 Western Australian state election: Marangaroo
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Ted Cunningham 9,418 59.2 −16.3
Liberal William Lewis 5,188 32.6 +12.2
Grey Power James Wilson 1,313 8.2 +8.2
Total formal votes 15,919 88.9
Informal votes 1,992 11.1
Turnout 17,911 91.8
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Ted Cunningham 9,937 62.4 −15.2
Liberal William Lewis 5,982 37.6 +15.2
Labor hold Swing −15.2

References

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  1. ^ "Electoral district of Marangaroo".
  2. ^ Prescott, David Black with the assistance of Valerie (1997). Election statistics : Legislative Assembly of Western Australia, 1890-1996. Perth, [W.A.]: Western Australian Parliamentary History Project and Western Australian Electoral Commission. ISBN 0730984095.