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

MemberPartyTerm
  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.
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