This is a list of electoral results for the East Metropolitan 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
edit2021
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quota | 50,311 | ||||
| Labor | 1. Alanna Clohesy (elected 1) 2. Samantha Rowe (elected 2) 3. Matthew Swinbourn (elected 3) 4. Lorna Harper (elected 4) 5. Robert Green 6. John Keogh |
232,094 | 65.90 | +19.40 | |
| Liberal | 1. Donna Faragher (elected 5) 2. Phil Twiss 3. Greg Halls 4. Daniel Newman 5. Jeremy Quinn |
48,343 | 13.73 | −11.23 | |
| Greens | 1. Tim Clifford 2. Caroline Perks 3. Callan Gray |
21,285 | 6.04 | −2.86 | |
| Legalise Cannabis | 1. Brian Walker (elected 6) 2. Karl Reinmuth |
9,258 | 2.63 | +2.63 | |
| Christians | 1. Maryka Groenewald 2. Jamie van Burgel |
8,860 | 2.52 | +0.04 | |
| One Nation | 1. Dale Grillo 2. Tim Orr |
5,122 | 1.45 | −6.57 | |
| Shooters, Fishers, Farmers | 1. Trevor Ruwoldt 2. Coby Thomas |
4,436 | 1.26 | −0.78 | |
| No Mandatory Vaccination | 1. Patricia Ayre 2. Daniel Hall |
3,987 | 1.13 | +1.13 | |
| Western Australia | 1. Charles Smith 2. James Anthony |
2,904 | 0.82 | +0.41 | |
| Independent | Peter Lyndon-James | 2,738 | 0.78 | +0.78 | |
| Animal Justice | 1. Amanda Dorn 2. Nicole Arielli |
2,571 | 0.73 | −0.73 | |
| Liberal Democrats | 1. Craig Buchanan 2. Neil Hamilton |
1,879 | 0.53 | −0.50 | |
| Liberals for Climate | 1. Marilyn Lottering 2. R. Smith |
1,818 | 0.52 | +0.06 | |
| Independent | 1. David Larsen 2. Brian Brightman |
1,360 | 0.39 | +0.39 | |
| WAxit | 1. Satinder Samra 2. Robin Singh 3. Monty Singh |
1,223 | 0.35 | −0.41 | |
| Health Australia | 1. Lidia Skorokhod 2. Lisa Rowe |
1,106 | 0.31 | +0.31 | |
| Sustainable Australia | 1. Nicole Watts 2. Keith Lethbridge |
1,047 | 0.30 | +0.30 | |
| Daylight Saving | 1. James McManus 2. Mark Bradley |
828 | 0.24 | −0.55 | |
| Great Australian | 1. Benny Tilbury 2. Bradley Ward |
820 | 0.23 | +0.23 | |
| Independent | Hayley Doan | 494 | 0.14 | +0.14 | |
| Total formal votes | 352,173 | 97.75 | +0.66 | ||
| Informal votes | 8,098 | 2.25 | −0.66 | ||
| Turnout | 360,271 | 85.02 | −2.19 | ||
2017
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quota | 47,831 | ||||
| Labor | 1. Alanna Clohesy (elected 1) 2. Samantha Rowe (elected 3) 3. Matthew Swinbourn (elected 4) 4. Thomas French 5. Reece Wheadon 6. Lauren Cayoun |
155,707 | 46.51 | +8.28 | |
| Liberal | 1. Donna Faragher (elected 2) 2. Alyssa Hayden 3. Helen Morton 4. Christopher Tan 5. Raymond Gianoli 6. Joanna Collins |
83,547 | 24.95 | −21.85 | |
| Greens | 1. Tim Clifford (elected 5) 2. Sarah Nielsen-Harvey 3. Robyn Walsh |
29,810 | 8.90 | +0.74 | |
| One Nation | 1. Charles Smith (elected 6) 2. Chris Fernandez 3. Lloyd McIntosh |
26,874 | 8.03 | +8.03 | |
| Christians | 1. Jamie van Burgel 2. Maryka Groenewald |
8,292 | 2.48 | −0.22 | |
| Shooters, Fishers, Farmers | 1. Paul Pitaro 2. Mitchell Wellstead 3. Steve Denham |
6,836 | 2.04 | +0.41 | |
| Animal Justice | 1. Talia Raphaely 2. Nicole Arielli |
4,874 | 1.46 | +1.46 | |
| Liberal Democrats | 1. Neil Hamilton 2. Todd Phillips |
3,464 | 1.03 | +1.03 | |
| Family First | 1. Simon Geddes 2. Steve Fuhrmann |
3,361 | 1.00 | +1.00 | |
| Daylight Saving | 1. Michael Zakrzewski 2. Riley Burkett |
2,642 | 0.79 | +0.79 | |
| Micro Business | 1. Kelvin White 2. W. Ginbey |
2,531 | 0.76 | +0.76 | |
| Flux the System! | 1. Rob Redfearn 2. Jim Taylor |
1,522 | 0.45 | +0.45 | |
| Matheson for WA | 1. Russell Goodrick 2. Stephen Lau |
1,400 | 0.42 | +0.42 | |
| Fluoride Free WA | 1. John Watt 2. Trevor McGowan |
1,262 | 0.38 | +0.38 | |
| Independent Flux | 1. M. Lotterin 2. Stef Pienaar |
802 | 0.24 | +0.24 | |
| Independent | 1. Shawn Dhu 2. Belinda Lange |
677 | 0.20 | +0.20 | |
| Independent | 1. Jayme Hewitt 2. Natasha Forde |
442 | 0.13 | +0.13 | |
| Independent | Roger Cornish | 392 | 0.12 | +0.12 | |
| Independent Flux | 1. Charday Williams 2. Ben Devlin |
381 | 0.11 | +0.11 | |
| Total formal votes | 334,816 | 97.09 | +0.48 | ||
| Informal votes | 10,036 | 2.91 | −0.48 | ||
| Turnout | 344,852 | 87.20 | −2.44 | ||
2013
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quota | 43,347 | ||||
| Liberal | 1. Helen Morton (elected 1) 2. Donna Faragher (elected 3) 3. Alyssa Hayden (elected 5) 4. Caroline Preuss 5. Darryl Trease 6. Jessica Thorpe-Gordon |
142,004 | 46.80 | +9.06 | |
| Labor | 1. Alanna Clohesy (elected 2) 2. Samantha Rowe (elected 4) 3. Amber-Jade Sanderson (elected 6) 4. Bill Leadbetter 5. Michelle O'Driscoll 6. Andy Smith |
115,979 | 38.22 | −2.88 | |
| Greens | 1. Alison Xamon 2. Glenice Smith 3. David Bromfield |
24,756 | 8.16 | −3.49 | |
| Christians | 1. Dwight Randall 2. David Kingston |
8,189 | 2.70 | −0.23 | |
| Shooters and Fishers | 1. Michael Georgiou 2. Grant Cooper |
4,963 | 1.64 | +1.64 | |
| Family First | 1. Paul Barrett 2. Nathan Clifford |
3,655 | 1.20 | −2.00 | |
| Independent | Chung Tu | 1,553 | 0.51 | +0.51 | |
| Independent | Tom Hoyer | 1,380 | 0.45 | −0.17 | |
| Joe Nardizzi | 949 | 0.31 | +0.31 | ||
| Total formal votes | 303,428 | 96.61 | −0.13 | ||
| Informal votes | 10,655 | 3.39 | +0.13 | ||
| Turnout | 314,083 | 89.65 | +2.36 | ||
2008
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quota | 39,514 | ||||
| Labor | 1. Jock Ferguson (elected 1) 2. Ljiljanna Ravlich (elected 3) 3. Linda Savage 4. Gary Carson 5. Carolyn Burton 6. Craig Comrie |
113,686 | 41.10 | −9.3 | |
| Liberal | 1. Helen Morton (elected 2) 2. Donna Faragher (elected 4) 3. Alyssa Hayden (elected 5) 4. Steve Blizard 5. Darryl Trease 6. Guy Simpson |
104,385 | 37.74 | +5.5 | |
| Greens | 1. Alison Xamon (elected 6) 2. Steve Wolff 3. Damian Douglas-Meyer |
32,228 | 11.65 | +4.6 | |
| Family First | 1. Stephen Bolt 2. Symia Hopkinson |
8,839 | 3.20 | +1.0 | |
| Christian Democrats | 1. Dwight Randall 2. Gerard Goiran |
8,094 | 2.93 | 0.0 | |
| National | 1. Sean Wood 2. Kevin Mangini |
2,690 | 0.97 | +1.0 | |
| One Nation | James Hopkinson | 2,051 | 0.74 | −1.1 | |
| Independent | Tom Hoyer | 1,724 | 0.62 | +0.6 | |
| Daylight Savings | Conor Day | 1,665 | 0.60 | +0.60 | |
| Independent | Richard Nash | 514 | 0.19 | +0.2 | |
| Citizens Electoral Council | 1. Neil Vincent 2. Theresa Passmore |
417 | 0.15 | 0.0 | |
| Independent | John Tucak | 298 | 0.11 | −0.6 | |
| Total formal votes | 276,591 | 96.74 | +0.2 | ||
| Informal votes | 9,319 | 3.26 | −0.2 | ||
| Turnout | 285,910 | 87.29 | −4.0 | ||
2005
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quota | 40,150 | ||||
| Labor | 1. Ljiljanna Ravlich (elected 1) 2. Nick Griffiths (elected 3) 3. Louise Pratt (elected 4) 4. Batong Pham 5. Todd Gogol 6. Rita Saffioti |
121,910 | 50.6 | +6.4 | |
| Liberal | 1. Helen Morton (elected 2) 2. Donna Taylor (elected 5) 3. Bill Munro |
77,304 | 32.1 | +1.8 | |
| Greens | 1. Lee Bell 2. Alison Xamon |
15,593 | 6.5 | +0.1 | |
| Christian Democrats | 1. Vivian Hill 2. Gerard Goiran |
7,107 | 3.0 | +0.2 | |
| Family First | 1. Jim McCourt 2. David Bolt |
5,724 | 2.4 | +2.4 | |
| One Nation | 1. James Hopkinson 2. Maureen Gordon |
4,861 | 2.0 | −8.0 | |
| Democrats | 1. Robyn Danski 2. Paul McCutcheon |
1,968 | 0.8 | −3.3 | |
| Liberals for Forests | 1. Sarah Berry 2. Claire Hart |
1,863 | 0.8 | +0.8 | |
| Independent | John Tucak | 1,688 | 0.7 | +0.5 | |
| Public Hospital Support Group | 1. Colin Ross 2. Avril Ross |
1,305 | 0.5 | +0.5 | |
| Group B | 1. Annolies Truman 2. Emma Clancy |
695 | 0.3 | +0.3 | |
| New Country | 1. Laurissa Lockett 2. John Mania |
469 | 0.2 | +0.2 | |
| Citizens Electoral Council | Daniel Stevens | 317 | 0.1 | +0.1 | |
| Independent | John Button | 134 | 0.1 | +0.1 | |
| Independent | Sylvia Yarnda Mnyirrinna | 59 | 0.02 | +0.02 | |
| Total formal votes | 240,897 | 96.5 | −0.6 | ||
| Informal votes | 8,626 | 3.5 | +0.6 | ||
| Turnout | 249,523 | 91.3 | −0.7 | ||
2001
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quota | 39,831 | ||||
| Labor | 1. Nick Griffiths (elected 1) 2. Ljiljanna Ravlich (elected 3) 3. Louise Pratt (elected 4) 4. John Carruthers 5. Brad George 6. Emiliano Barzotto |
105,596 | 44.2 | +8.1 | |
| Liberal | 1. Peter Foss (elected 2) 2. Derrick Tomlinson (elected 5) 3. Bill Munro 4. Deborah Hopper 5. Ken Shephard |
72,378 | 30.3 | −10.2 | |
| One Nation | 1. Robin Scott 2. Marye Daniels |
23,986 | 10.0 | +10.0 | |
| Greens | 1. Lee Bell 2. Alison Xamon |
15,379 | 6.4 | +1.0 | |
| Democrats | 1. Norm Kelly 2. Julie Ward |
9,754 | 4.1 | −2.7 | |
| Christian Democrats | 1. Gerard Goiran 2. Derk Gans |
6,616 | 2.8 | +0.4 | |
| Curtin Labor Alliance | 1. Megan Kirwan 2. Simon Makin |
2,605 | 1.1 | +1.1 | |
| Independent | Joan Torr | 1,779 | 0.7 | +0.7 | |
| Independent | John Tucak | 358 | 0.2 | +0.2 | |
| Independent | Tom Hoyer | 339 | 0.1 | +0.1 | |
| Independent | 1. Alan Bateson 2. Linda Bateson |
193 | 0.1 | +0.1 | |
| Total formal votes | 238,983 | 97.1 | +0.4 | ||
| Informal votes | 7,088 | 2.9 | −0.4 | ||
| Turnout | 246,071 | 92.0 | +0.4 | ||
1996
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quota | 36,549 | ||||
| Liberal | 1. Peter Foss (elected 1) 2. Derrick Tomlinson (elected 3) 3. Nick Bruining 4. Kent Murphy 5. Kristine McConnell |
88,820 | 40.5 | −1.5 | |
| Labor | 1. Nick Griffiths (elected 2) 2. Ljiljanna Ravlich (elected 4) 3. Kate Doust 4. Jane Saunders 5. Brad George 6. Paul Sulc |
79,200 | 36.1 | −10.1 | |
| Democrats | 1. Norm Kelly (elected 5) 2. Julie Ward |
14,808 | 6.8 | +3.6 | |
| Greens | 1. Rowena Skinner 2. Wayne Dierden |
11,852 | 5.4 | +3.4 | |
| Independent | Graeme Harris | 11,483 | 5.2 | +5.2 | |
| Marijuana | Mark Schneider | 7,128 | 3.3 | +3.3 | |
| Call to Australia | 1. Gerard Goiran 2. Derk Gans |
5,164 | 2.4 | +2.4 | |
| Natural Law | 1. Jody Nielsen 2. Patti Roberts |
835 | 0.4 | +0.4 | |
| Total formal votes | 219,290 | 96.7 | −0.6 | ||
| Informal votes | 7,441 | 3.3 | +0.6 | ||
| Turnout | 226,731 | 91.6 | −2.6 | ||
1993
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quota | 32,822 | ||||
| Labor | 1. Alannah MacTiernan (elected 1) 2. Tom Butler (elected 3) 3. Nick Griffiths (elected 5) 4. Michelle Roberts 5. Valma Ferguson 6. Paul Sulc |
90,982 | 46.20 | −1.07 | |
| Liberal | 1. Peter Foss (elected 2) 2. Derrick Tomlinson (elected 4) 3. Robert Van Straalen 4. Nicholas Bruining |
82,661 | 41.98 | +5.44 | |
| Independent | John Tucak | 7,614 | 3.87 | +3.87 | |
| Democrats | 1. Brian Jenkins 2. Jean Ritter |
6,361 | 3.23 | −0.39 | |
| Greens | 1. Mark Schneider 2. Lorraine Johnston |
4,020 | 2.04 | −0.88 | |
| National | 1. Mark Forecast 2. Otto Weber |
2,835 | 1.44 | −0.86 | |
| Grey Power | Arthur Robertson | 1,811 | 0.92 | −4.93 | |
| Republican | Kevin Cloghan | 643 | 0.33 | +0.33 | |
| Total formal votes | 196,927 | 97.26 | +0.16 | ||
| Informal votes | 5,538 | 2.74 | −0.16 | ||
| Turnout | 202,465 | 94.16 | |||
1989
edit| 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 | |||
References
edit- ^ "'Devastating for regional communities': WA government uses majority to overhaul state's electoral laws". ABC News. 2021-11-16. Retrieved 2023-03-19.
- ^ "2021 State General Election Results: East Metropolitan Region". Western Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 1 April 2021.