Electoral results for the district of Mitchell (Western Australia)

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

Members for Mitchell

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Member Party Term
  David Smith Labor 1983–1996
  Dan Sullivan Liberal 1996–2008
  Family First 2008–2008

Election results

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Elections in the 2000s

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2005 Western Australian state election: Leschenault
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Dan Sullivan 6,022 50.8 −1.3
Labor Anthony Marinovich 4,247 35.8 +9.1
Greens Dee Wickham 761 6.4 +0.7
Christian Democrats Ross Lecras 426 3.6 +3.6
One Nation Caroline Whitworth 405 3.4 −7.6
Total formal votes 11,861 95.1 −2.1
Informal votes 617 4.9 +2.1
Turnout 12,478 91.5
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Dan Sullivan 6,836 57.7 −4.1
Labor Anthony Marinovich 5,014 42.3 +4.1
Liberal hold Swing −4.1
2001 Western Australian state election: Mitchell
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Dan Sullivan 7,475 48.8 +0.6
Labor Margaret Lane 4,537 29.6 −11.8
One Nation Andy Konnecke 1,742 11.4 +11.4
Greens Patsie Gubler 897 5.9 +0.4
Independent Ross Slater 267 1.7 +1.7
Independent Lyn Kearsley 224 1.5 +1.5
Democrats Elizabeth Hellyer 185 1.2 −1.0
Total formal votes 15,327 96.7 +0.1
Informal votes 529 3.3 −0.1
Turnout 15,856 91.7
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Dan Sullivan 8,866 58.2 +5.0
Labor Margaret Lane 6,367 41.8 −5.0
Liberal hold Swing +5.0

Elections in the 1990s

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1996 Western Australian state election: Mitchell
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Dan Sullivan 6,146 48.2 +6.6
Labor Melissa Parke 5,272 41.4 −2.6
Greens Peter Eckersley 701 5.5 +0.2
National Peter Prowse 343 2.7 +2.7
Democrats Morgan Wilde 279 2.2 +0.8
Total formal votes 12,741 96.6 −0.2
Informal votes 450 3.4 +0.2
Turnout 13,191 92.8
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Dan Sullivan 6,774 53.2 +3.7
Labor Melissa Parke 5,961 46.8 −3.7
Liberal gain from Labor Swing +3.7
1993 Western Australian state election: Mitchell
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor David Smith 5,245 46.1 −11.3
Liberal Kerrol Gildersleeve 4,454 39.2 −3.4
Greens Jill Reading 557 4.9 +4.9
Independent John Sibson 513 4.5 +4.5
Independent Ronald Cook 468 4.1 +4.1
Democrats Bernard Noonan 133 1.2 +1.2
Total formal votes 11,370 96.6 −1.3
Informal votes 405 3.4 +1.3
Turnout 11,775 95.0 +2.9
Two-party-preferred result
Labor David Smith 6,012 52.9 −4.5
Liberal Kerrol Gildersleeve 5,358 47.1 +4.5
Labor hold Swing −4.5

Elections in the 1980s

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1989 Western Australian state election: Mitchell
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor David Smith 5,394 57.4 −5.5
Liberal Beverley Bradshaw 4,002 42.6 +5.5
Total formal votes 9,396 97.9
Informal votes 204 2.1
Turnout 9,600 92.1
Labor hold Swing −5.5
1986 Western Australian state election: Mitchell
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor David Smith 6,376 60.0 +3.1
Liberal Trevor Slater 4,243 40.0 −3.1
Total formal votes 10,619 98.1 +0.5
Informal votes 205 1.9 −0.5
Turnout 10,824 93.0 +0.9
Labor hold Swing +3.1
1983 Western Australian state election: Mitchell
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor David Smith 5,001 56.9
Liberal Margaret Craig 3,785 43.1
Total formal votes 8,716 97.6
Informal votes 215 2.4
Turnout 9,001 92.1
Labor hold Swing

References

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