Electoral results for the district of Mount Lawley

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

Members for Mount Lawley

Western Australian state election, 2013: Mount Lawley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Michael Sutherland	11,537	54.5	+9.6
	Labor	Bob Kucera	6,888	32.6	–2.8
	Greens	Tim Clifford	2,086	9.9	–3.6
	Christians	Paul Connelly	452	2.1	–0.8
	Family First	Dave Bolt	187	0.9	–0.6
Total formal votes			21,150	93.6	-0.9
Informal votes			1,446	6.4	+0.9
Turnout			22,596	89.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Michael Sutherland	12,551	59.4	+7.7
	Labor	Bob Kucera	8,594	40.6	–7.7
	Liberal hold		Swing	+7.7

Western Australian state election, 2008: Mount Lawley^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Michael Sutherland	8,607	46.4	+8.1
	Labor	Karen Brown	6,487	35.0	-10.5
	Greens	Chris Dickinson	2,639	14.2	+4.9
	Christian Democrats	Paul Connelly	516	2.8	+0.0
	Family First	Kay Warwick	305	1.6	+0.1
Total formal votes			18,554	94.6
Informal votes			1,049	5.4
Turnout			19,603	85.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Michael Sutherland	9,680	52.2	+8.1
	Labor	Karen Brown	8,865	47.8	-8.1
	Liberal gain from Labor		Swing	+8.1

Western Australian state election, 1986: Mount Lawley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	George Cash	8,615	52.1	-0.9
	Labor	Kenneth Withers	7,914	47.9	+2.4
Total formal votes			16,529	97.5	+0.7
Informal votes			431	2.5	-0.7
Turnout			16,960	92.8	+5.2
	Liberal hold		Swing	-1.3

Mount Lawley state by-election, 1984
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	George Cash	7,492	51.5	-1.5
	Labor	Kenneth Withers	6,214	42.7	-2.8
	Democrats	Julia Melland	544	3.7	+3.7
	Independent	Frank Ash	291	2.0	+2.0
Total formal votes			14,541	96.9	+0.1
Informal votes			465	3.1	-0.1
Turnout			15,006	79.9	-7.7
	Liberal hold		Swing	N/A

Western Australian state election, 1983: Mount Lawley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Ray O'Connor	7,909	53.0
	Labor	Desmond Hoffman	6,789	45.5
	Communist	Cedric Beidatsch	217	1.5
Total formal votes			14,915	96.8
Informal votes			499	3.2
Turnout			15,414	87.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Ray O'Connor	7,965	53.4
	Labor	Desmond Hoffman	6,950	46.6
	Liberal hold		Swing

Western Australian state election, 1980: Mount Lawley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Ray O'Connor	7,401	54.3	-2.3
	Labor	Leslie Whittle	4,885	35.8	-1.9
	Democrats	Ronald Downie	1,348	9.9	+9.9
Total formal votes			13,634	95.6	-1.0
Informal votes			620	4.4	+1.0
Turnout			14,254	88.4	-1.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Ray O'Connor	8,075	59.2	-0.3
	Labor	Leslie Whittle	5,559	40.8	+0.3
	Liberal hold		Swing	-0.3

Western Australian state election, 1977: Mount Lawley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Ray O'Connor	8,196	56.6
	Labor	Athol Monck	5,459	37.7
	Independent	Malcolm Hall	824	5.7
Total formal votes			14,479	96.6
Informal votes			502	3.4
Turnout			14,981	90.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Ray O'Connor	8,608	59.5
	Labor	Athol Monck	5,871	40.5
	Liberal hold		Swing

Western Australian state election, 1974: Mount Lawley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Ray O'Connor	7,441	53.2
	Labor	Arthur Chauncy	5,608	40.1
	National Alliance	John Poole	949	6.8
Total formal votes			13,998	95.6
Informal votes			640	4.4
Turnout			14,638	89.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Ray O'Connor	8,247	58.9
	Labor	Arthur Chauncy	5,751	41.1
	Liberal hold		Swing

Western Australian state election, 1971: Mount Lawley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Ray O'Connor	6,056	50.6	-9.4
	Labor	Michael Helm	4,881	40.8	+0.8
	Democratic Labor	Keith Anderson	1,027	8.6	+8.6
Total formal votes			11,964	95.6	-0.7
Informal votes			553	4.4	+0.7
Turnout			12,517	89.4	-2.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Ray O'Connor	6,794	56.8	-3.2
	Labor	Michael Helm	5,170	43.2	+3.2
	Liberal hold		Swing	-3.2

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