Results of the Western Australian state election, 2008 (Legislative Council)
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Western Australian state election, 6 September 2008[1] | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Enrolled voters | 1,330,399 | |||||
| Votes cast | 1,151,482 | Turnout | 86.55% | –3.45% | ||
| Informal votes | 32,643 | Informal | 2.83% | –0.35% | ||
| Summary of votes by party | ||||||
| Party | Primary votes | % | Swing | Seats | Change | |
| Liberal | 443,064 | 39.60 | +2.48 | 16 | + 1 | |
| Labor | 404,389 | 36.14 | –7.21 | 11 | – 5 | |
| Greens WA | 123,942 | 11.08 | +3.56 | 4 | + 2 | |
| WA Nationals | 59,505 | 5.32 | +3.13 | 5 | + 4 | |
| Family First | 28,149 | 2.52 | +0.51 | 0 | ± 0 | |
| Christian Democrats | 25,962 | 2.32 | +0.04 | 0 | ± 0 | |
| One Nation | 7,012 | 0.63 | –0.96 | 0 | ± 0 | |
| Daylight Saving Party | 6,806 | 0.61 | +0.61 | 0 | ± 0 | |
| CEC | 2,975 | 0.27 | +0.21 | 0 | ± 0 | |
| New Country | 555 | 0.05 | –0.26 | 0 | ± 0 | |
| Independent | 16,480 | 1.47 | -2.11 | 0 | ± 0 | |
| Total | 1,118,839 | 36 | ||||
This is a list of electoral region results for the Western Australian Legislative Council in the 2008 Western Australian state election.
Results by Electoral region
Agricultural
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quota | 10,432 | ||||
| WA Nationals | 1. Max Trenorden (elected 1) 2. Philip Gardiner (elected 4) 3. Mia Davies (elected 6) 4. Martin Aldridge 5. Cathy Wood |
24,420 | 33.44 | +14.1 | |
| Liberal | 1. Brian Ellis (elected 2) 2. Jim Chown (elected 5) 3. Chris Wilkins 4. Jane Mouritz 5. Jamie Falls |
23,830 | 32.63 | -5.9 | |
| Labor | 1. Matt Benson-Lidholm (elected 3) 2. Darren West 3. Vickie Petersen 4. Alan McCallum |
15,772 | 21.60 | -6.0 | |
| Greens | 1. Dee Margetts 2. Paul Connolly |
3,721 | 5.10 | +0.9 | |
| Family First | 1. Anthony Fels 2. Felly Chandra |
2,080 | 2.85 | +1.4 | |
| Christian Democrats | 1. Mac Forsyth 2. Lachlan Dunjey |
1,692 | 2.32 | +0.3 | |
| One Nation | Ross Paravicini | 624 | 0.85 | -2.2 | |
| Independent | 1. Shelly Posey 2. Valerie Tan |
493 | 0.68 | +0.7 | |
| CEC | 1. Stuart Smith 2. Chris Pepper |
215 | 0.29 | 0.0 | |
| New Country | Chris Dodoff | 175 | 0.24 | -2.1 | |
| Total formal votes | 73,022 | 97.66 | +0.5 | ||
| Informal votes | 1,746 | 2.34 | -0.5 | ||
| Turnout | 74,768 | 88.43 | -2.9 | ||
East Metropolitan
| 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 | |
| WA Nationals | 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 | +0.6 | |
| Independent | Richard Nash | 514 | 0.19 | +0.2 | |
| CEC | 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 | ||
Mining and Pastoral
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quota | 7,773 | ||||
| Labor | 1. Jon Ford (elected 1) 2. Helen Bullock (elected 4) 3. Jim Murie 4. Jodie Lynch 5. Mike Anderton 6. Terry Healy |
18,554 | 34.10 | -6.4 | |
| Liberal | 1. Norman Moore (elected 2) 2. Ken Baston (elected 5) 3. Mark Lewis 4. Isabella Scott 5. Ross Wood 6. Alan Dungey |
16,227 | 29.82 | -7.5 | |
| WA Nationals | 1. Wendy Duncan (elected 3) 2. Dave Grills 3. Alan Keeling 4. Garry McGlinn |
11,656 | 21.42 | +18.6 | |
| Greens | 1. Robin Chapple (elected 6) 2. Kate Davis |
4,869 | 8.95 | +1.7 | |
| Christian Democrats | 1. Roger Mansell 2. Peter Watt |
1,018 | 1.87 | +0.3 | |
| Family First | David Kidd | 896 | 1.65 | +1.4 | |
| One Nation | Gavin Ness | 528 | 0.97 | -1.1 | |
| Daylight Saving | Pat Cunneen | 392 | 0.72 | +0.7 | |
| New Country | David Larsen | 160 | 0.29 | +0.3 | |
| CEC | 1. Lorraine Thomas 2. Orm Girvan |
109 | 0.20 | 0.0 | |
| Total formal votes | 54,409 | 97.04 | 0.0 | ||
| Informal votes | 1,661 | 2.96 | 0.0 | ||
| Turnout | 56,070 | 73.77 | -1.9 | ||
North Metropolitan
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quota | 40,034 | ||||
| Liberal | 1. Peter Collier (elected 1) 2. Michael Mischin (elected 3) 3. Liz Behjat (elected 5) 4. Colin Edwardes 5. Judith Dowson |
129,709 | 46.29 | +4.2 | |
| Labor | 1. Ken Travers (elected 2) 2. Ed Dermer (elected 4) 3. Tim Daly 4. Kelly Shay 5. Iqbal Samnakay 6. William Leadbetter |
91,512 | 32.66 | -7.8 | |
| Greens | 1. Giz Watson (elected 6) 2. Cameron Poustie 3. Brenda Roy |
36,413 | 12.99 | +4.1 | |
| Christian Democrats | 1. Ruth Nicholls 2. David Kingston |
6,302 | 2.25 | -0.1 | |
| Family First | 1. Trona Young 2. Doug Croker |
4,329 | 1.54 | -0.3 | |
| Independent | 1. Brian Peachey 2. Joseph Nardizzi |
3,936 | 1.40 | +1.4 | |
| WA Nationals | 1. Joanne Burges 2. Cheryl Fahey |
2,181 | 0.78 | +0.8 | |
| Daylight Saving | Ben MacKinnon | 2,062 | 0.74 | +0.7 | |
| Independent | 1. John Eyden 2. Paul Young |
1,112 | 0.40 | +0.4 | |
| One Nation | George Gault | 1,098 | 0.39 | -0.5 | |
| Independent | Julie Gray | 576 | 0.21 | +0.2 | |
| CEC | 1. Ron McLean 2. Paul Augustson |
432 | 0.15 | +0.2 | |
| Independent | Eugene Hands | 203 | 0.07 | +0.1 | |
| Douglas Greypower | 172 | 0.06 | +0.1 | ||
| Independent | Wally Morris | 143 | 0.05 | +0.1 | |
| Christopher King | 55 | 0.02 | +0.0 | ||
| Total formal votes | 280,235 | 97.42 | +0.3 | ||
| Informal votes | 7,428 | 2.58 | -0.3 | ||
| Turnout | 287,663 | 86.61 | -3.9 | ||
South Metropolitan
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quota | 40,084 | ||||
| Labor | 1. Sue Ellery (elected 1) 2. Kate Doust (elected 3) 3. Fiona Henderson 4. Batong Pham 5. Jack de Groot 6. Andrew Vitolins |
113,957 | 40.61 | -6.6 | |
| Liberal | 1. Simon O'Brien (elected 2) 2. Nick Goiran (elected 4) 3. Phil Edman (elected 5) 4. Donna Gordin 5. John Jamieson 6. Michelle Verkerk |
108,229 | 38.57 | +3.0 | |
| Greens | 1. Lynn MacLaren (elected 6) 2. Scott Ryan |
33,426 | 11.91 | +4.5 | |
| Family First | 1. Frank Lindsey 2. Bev Custers |
5,981 | 2.13 | +0.1 | |
| Christian Democrats | 1. Brent Tremain 2. Linda Brewer |
5,605 | 2.00 | -0.2 | |
| Independent | 1. Christopher Oughton 2. Huw Grossmith |
2,679 | 0.95 | +1.0 | |
| Daylight Saving | Jeffrey Gidman | 2,061 | 0.73 | +0.7 | |
| WA Nationals | 1. Hilary Wheater 2. Peter Wahlsten |
1,966 | 0.70 | +0.7 | |
| Independent | Steve Walker | 1,782 | 0.64 | +0.6 | |
| One Nation | Neil Gilmour | 1,716 | 0.61 | -0.6 | |
| CEC | 1. Paul Ellison 2. Barry Bushen |
1,597 | 0.57 | +0.6 | |
| Independent | 1. Eric Miller 2. Yolanda Nardizzi |
1,584 | 0.56 | +0.6 | |
| Total formal votes | 280,583 | 97.11 | +0.5 | ||
| Informal votes | 8,339 | 2.89 | -0.5 | ||
| Turnout | 288,922 | 87.20 | -3.3 | ||
South West
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quota | 17,908 | ||||
| Liberal | 1. Robyn McSweeney (elected 1) 2. Nigel Hallett (elected 3) 3. Barry House (elected 6) 4. Paul Fitzpatrick 5. Dennis Wellington 6. Ross Ryan |
60,684 | 39.41 | +0.3 | |
| Labor | 1. Sally Talbot (elected 2) 2. Adele Farina (elected 4) 3. John Mondy 4. Wendy Perdon 5. Christopher Hossen 6. Elizabeth Nedela |
50,908 | 33.06 | -4.4 | |
| WA Nationals | 1. Colin Holt (elected 5) 2. Patricia Hughes |
16,592 | 10.77 | +5.2 | |
| Greens | 1. Paul Llewellyn 2. Rae McPherson |
13,285 | 8.63 | +1.0 | |
| Family First | 1. Dan Sullivan 2. Linda Rose |
6,024 | 3.91 | +0.9 | |
| Christian Democrats | 1. John Lewis 2. Ray Moran |
3,251 | 2.11 | +0.4 | |
| One Nation | Brian Burns | 995 | 0.65 | -1.5 | |
| Independent | 1. Elaine Green 2. Terry O'Leary |
881 | 0.57 | +0.6 | |
| Daylight Saving | Kara Pascoe | 626 | 0.41 | +0.4 | |
| Independent | Filip Guglielmana | 328 | 0.21 | +0.2 | |
| New Country | Judy Pearce | 220 | 0.14 | -0.5 | |
| CEC | 1. Ian Tuffnell 2. Allan Dilley |
205 | 0.13 | +0.1 | |
| Total formal votes | 153,999 | 97.38 | +0.7 | ||
| Informal votes | 4,150 | 2.62 | -0.7 | ||
| Turnout | 158,149 | 88.45 | -2.7 | ||
See also
- Results of the Western Australian state election, 2008 (Legislative Assembly A-L)
- Results of the Western Australian state election, 2008 (Legislative Assembly M-Z)
- Western Australian state election, 2008
- Candidates of the Western Australian state election, 2008
- Members of the Western Australian Legislative Council, 2009–2013
References
- ↑ Green, Antony. "Results of the 2008 Western Australian Election" (PDF).
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