Results of the Western Australian state election, 1974 (Legislative Council)

Western Australian state election, 30 March 1974[1]
Legislative Council

Enrolled voters 581,784[1]
Votes cast 523,182 Turnout 89.93% –1.28%
Informal votes 25,072 Informal 4.79% –0.33%
Summary of votes by party
Party Primary votes % Swing Seats
won		 Seats
held
  Labor 235,271 47.23% +0.45% 5 9
  Liberal 226,288 45.43% +18.07% 9 18
  Alliance (CP/DLP) 36,551 7.34% –13.66% 1 3
  Independent –5.86% 0 0
Total 498,110     15 30
Two-party-preferred
  Liberal/NA 267,672 51.90%
  Labor 248,040 48.10%

This is a list of electoral region results for the Western Australian Legislative Council in the 1974 Western Australian state election.

Results by Electoral province

Central

Western Australian state election, 1974: Central Province
Party Candidate Votes % ±
National Alliance Harry Gayfer unopposed
National Alliance hold Swing

Lower Central

Western Australian state election, 1974: Lower Central Province
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Fred Hebbard 8,258 41.0
Liberal Sandy Lewis 6,023 29.9
National Alliance Eric James 5,882 29.2
Total formal votes 20,163 95.5
Informal votes 955 4.5
Turnout 21,118 92.8
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Sandy Lewis 11,268 55.9
Labor Fred Hebbard 8,895 44.1
Liberal gain from National Alliance Swing

Lower North

Western Australian state election, 1974: Lower North Province
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal George Berry 3,317 67.0
Labor Arthur Cole 1,631 33.0
Total formal votes 4,948 95.7
Informal votes 220 4.3
Turnout 5,168 85.9
Liberal hold Swing

Lower West

Western Australian state election, 1974: Lower West Province
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Ian Pratt 13,022 53.2
Labor Everald Cortis 11,467 46.8
Total formal votes 24,489 96.0
Informal votes 1,019 4.0
Turnout 25,508 91.5
Liberal hold Swing

Metropolitan

Western Australian state election, 1974: Metropolitan Province
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Ian Medcalf 40,478 60.8
Labor Patricia Fowkes 26,056 39.2
Total formal votes 66,534 96.2
Informal votes 2,614 3.8
Turnout 69,148 88.0
Liberal hold Swing

North

Western Australian state election, 1974: North Province
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal John Tozer 5,254 51.0
Labor John Hunt 5,044 49.0
Total formal votes 10,298 94.3
Informal votes 625 5.7
Turnout 10,923 81.2
Liberal gain from Labor Swing

North Metropolitan

Western Australian state election, 1974: North Metropolitan Province
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Roy Claughton 35,469 48.6
Liberal Bob Pike 31,403 43.0
National Alliance Marie Clarke 6,086 8.3
Total formal votes 72,958 94.9
Informal votes 3,931 5.1
Turnout 76,889 91.1
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Roy Claughton 37,414 51.3
Liberal Bob Pike 35,544 48.7
Labor hold Swing

North-East Metropolitan

Western Australian state election, 1974: North-East Metropolitan Province
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Don Cooley 31,386 55.0
Liberal Anne Cameron 25,713 45.0
Total formal votes 57,099 93.9
Informal votes 3,735 6.1
Turnout 60,834 90.0
Labor hold Swing

South

Western Australian state election, 1974: South Province
Party Candidate Votes % ±
National Alliance Leonard Gleeson 7,980 38.7
Liberal Thomas Knight 6,694 32.4
Labor Albert Newman 5,956 28.9
Total formal votes 20,630 96.1
Informal votes 832 3.9
Turnout 21,462 91.2
Two-candidate-preferred result
Liberal Thomas Knight 11,124 53.9
National Alliance Leonard Gleeson 9,506 46.1
Liberal gain from National Alliance Swing

South Metropolitan

Western Australian state election, 1974: South Metropolitan Province
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Ronald Thompson 36,894 64.2
Liberal Philip Pusey 20,589 35.8
Total formal votes 57,483 95.3
Informal votes 2,812 4.7
Turnout 60,295 90.1
Labor hold Swing

South-East

Western Australian state election, 1974: South-East Province
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Claude Stubbs 9,453 51.3
Liberal Mick Cotter 8,990 48.7
Total formal votes 18,443 94.1
Informal votes 1,165 5.9
Turnout 19,608 88.7
Labor hold Swing

South-East Metropolitan

Western Australian state election, 1974: South-East Metropolitan Province
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Grace Vaughan 36,364 49.1
Liberal George Spalding 31,727 42.9
National Alliance David Milne 5,919 8.0
Total formal votes 74,010 95.2
Informal votes 3,696 4.8
Turnout 77,706 89.1
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Grace Vaughan 38,246 51.7
Liberal George Spalding 35,764 48.3
Labor hold Swing

South-West

Western Australian state election, 1974: South-West Province
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Graham MacKinnon 12,475 56.3
Labor Marion Kelleher 9,674 43.7
Total formal votes 22,149 95.9
Informal votes 948 4.1
Turnout 23,097 93.5
Liberal hold Swing

Upper West

Western Australian state election, 1974: Upper West Province
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Margaret McAleer 7,965 41.2
National Alliance Charles Mildwaters 6,732 34.8
Labor Stanley Bell 4,633 24.0
Total formal votes 19,330 95.0
Informal votes 1,012 5.0
Turnout 20,342 89.8
Two-candidate-preferred result
Liberal Margaret McAleer 11,409 59.0
National Alliance Charles Mildwaters 7,921 41.0
Liberal gain from National Alliance Swing

West

Western Australian state election, 1974: West Province
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Newell Jamieson 12,986 43.9
Liberal Gordon Masters 12,638 42.7
National Alliance Patrick Cranley 3,952 13.4
Total formal votes 29,576 94.9
Informal votes 1,508 5.1
Turnout 31,084 91.8
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Gordon Masters 15,228 51.5
Labor Newell Jamieson 14,348 48.5
Liberal gain from National Alliance Swing

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Details of Australian election results in the Australian Politics and Elections Database". uwa.edu.au. Retrieved 20 June 2016.
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