Electoral results for the district of Ascot

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

Members for Ascot

Member		Party	Term
	Merv Toms	Labor	1968–1971
	Mal Bryce	Labor	1971–1988
	Eric Ripper	Labor	1988–1989

Election results

Elections in the 1980s

Ascot state by-election, 1988
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Eric Ripper	6,252	48.4	-19.8
	Liberal	Peter Blaxell	5,188	40.2	+8.4
	Independent	Cedric Jacobs	732	5.7	+5.7
	Independent	Amedo Misama	581	4.5	+4.5
	Independent	Michael Ward	162	1.3	+1.3
Total formal votes			12,915	94.9	-1.5
Informal votes			695	5.1	+1.5
Turnout			13,610	81.8	-10.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Eric Ripper	6,894	53.4	-14.8
	Liberal	Peter Blaxell	6,021	46.6	+14.8
	Labor hold		Swing	-14.8

Western Australian state election, 1986: Ascot[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Mal Bryce	10,163	68.2	-1.7
	Liberal	Robert van Straalen	4,739	31.8	+1.7
Total formal votes			14,902	96.4	-1.0
Informal votes			552	3.6	+1.0
Turnout			15,454	91.8	+3.8
	Labor hold		Swing	-1.7

Western Australian state election, 1983: Ascot
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Mal Bryce	9,733	69.9
	Liberal	Richard Dalgleish	4,201	30.1
Total formal votes			13,934	97.4
Informal votes			374	2.6
Turnout			14,308	88.0
	Labor hold		Swing

Western Australian state election, 1980: Ascot
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Mal Bryce	8,184	62.1	+3.1
	Liberal	Alam Richardson	4,991	37.9	-3.1
Total formal votes			13,175	95.0	-0.8
Informal votes			696	5.0	+0.8
Turnout			13,871	88.5	-2.3
	Labor hold		Swing	+3.1

Elections in the 1970s

Western Australian state election, 1977: Ascot
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Mal Bryce	7,931	59.0
	Liberal	John Bamford	5,518	41.0
Total formal votes			13,449	95.8
Informal votes			589	4.2
Turnout			14,038	90.8
	Labor hold		Swing	-7.4

Western Australian state election, 1974: Ascot
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Mal Bryce	8,912	67.2
	Liberal	Robert Carter	4,345	32.8
Total formal votes			13,257	95.2
Informal votes			663	4.8
Turnout			13,920	90.4
	Labor hold		Swing

Western Australian state election, 1971: Ascot
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Merv Toms	9,210	75.8	+12.6
	Democratic Labor	Albert Ots	2,946	24.2	+24.2
Total formal votes			12,156	93.2	-4.4
Informal votes			885	6.8	+4.4
Turnout			13,041	91.4	-0.2
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Elections in the 1960s

Western Australian state election, 1968: Ascot
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Merv Toms	7,011	63.2
	Liberal and Country	Douglas Anderson	4,080	36.8
Total formal votes			11,091	97.6
Informal votes			277	2.4
Turnout			11,368	91.6
	Labor hold		Swing

References

1. Prescott, David Black with the assistance of Valerie (1997). Election statistics : Legislative Assembly of Western Australia, 1890-1996. Perth, [W.A.]: Western Australian Parliamentary History Project and Western Australian Electoral Commission. ISBN 0730984095.