Electoral results for the district of East Melville

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

Members for East Melville

Member		Party	Term
	Des O'Neil	Liberal Country League	1962–1968
		Liberal	1968–1980
	Anthony Trethowan	Liberal	1980–1986
	Richard Lewis	Liberal	1986–1989

Election results

Elections in the 1980s

1986 Western Australian state election: East Melville

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Richard Lewis	9,491	60.0	+6.4
	Labor	Gary Low	6,330	40.0	+4.2
Total formal votes			15,821	97.7	−0.1
Informal votes			379	2.3	+0.1
Turnout			16,200	92.2	−1.5
	Liberal hold		Swing	+1.1

1983 Western Australian state election: East Melville

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Anthony Trethowan	7,907	53.6
	Labor	Carmen Lawrence	5,281	35.8
	Democrats	Shirley De La Hunty	1,565	10.6
Total formal votes			14,753	97.8
Informal votes			330	2.2
Turnout			15,083	93.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Anthony Trethowan	8,690	58.9
	Labor	Carmen Lawrence	6,063	41.1
	Liberal hold		Swing

1980 Western Australian state election: East Melville

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Anthony Trethowan	unopposed
	Liberal hold		Swing

Elections in the 1970s

1977 Western Australian state election: East Melville

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Des O'Neil	9,720	65.5
	Labor	Lionel Christensen	5,119	34.5
Total formal votes			14,839	97.6
Informal votes			359	2.4
Turnout			15,198	91.8
	Liberal hold		Swing	+6.1

1974 Western Australian state election: East Melville

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Des O'Neil	8,029	52.8
	Labor	Percy Johnson	6,079	40.0
	National Alliance	Rosemary Taboni	1,097	7.2
Total formal votes			15,205	97.1
Informal votes			452	2.9
Turnout			15,657	91.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Des O'Neil	8,961	58.9
	Labor	Percy Johnson	6,244	41.1
	Liberal hold		Swing

1971 Western Australian state election: East Melville

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Des O'Neil	8,839	59.4	−15.5
	Labor	Herman Baer	4,784	32.2	+32.2
	Democratic Labor	Rosemary Lorrimar	1,257	8.4	+8.4
Total formal votes			14,880	97.7	+3.1
Informal votes			357	2.3	−3.1
Turnout			15,237	92.5	−0.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Des O'Neil	9,907	66.6	−2.4
	Labor	Herman Baer	4,973	33.4	+2.4
	Liberal hold		Swing	−2.4

Elections in the 1960s

1968 Western Australian state election: East Melville

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal and Country	Des O'Neil	8,800	74.9
	Communist	Victor Williams	1,694	14.4
	Independent	Ralph Von Paleske	1,249	10.6
Total formal votes			11,743	94.6
Informal votes			666	5.4
Turnout			12,409	92.9
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Liberal and Country	Des O'Neil	9,425	80.3
	Communist	Victor Williams	2,318	19.7
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing

1965 Western Australian state election: East Melville

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal and Country	Des O'Neil	6,773	59.4	−4.2
	Independent	Louis Joseph	4,630	40.6	+40.6
Total formal votes			11,403	95.1	−4.0
Informal votes			585	4.9	+4.0
Turnout			11,988	93.2	−1.6
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing	N/A

1962 Western Australian state election: East Melville

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal and Country	Des O'Neil	6,527	63.6
	Labor	Mervyn Jahn	3,739	36.4
Total formal votes			10,266	99.1
Informal votes			90	0.9
Turnout			10,356	94.8
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing