Electoral results for the district of Balcatta

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

Members for Balcatta

Balcatta (1904–1911)
Member		Party	Term
	Frederick Gill	Labor	1904–1905
	John Veryard	Ministerial	1905–1908
	Frederick Gill	Labor	1908–1911
Balcatta (1962–1974)
Member		Party	Term
	Herb Graham	Labor	1962–1973
	Brian Burke	Labor	1973–1974
Balcatta (1977–1996)
Member		Party	Term
	Brian Burke	Labor	1977–1983
	Ron Bertram	Labor	1983–1989
	Nick Catania	Labor	1989–1996
Balcatta (2005–present)
Member		Party	Term
	John Kobelke	Labor	2005–2013
	Chris Hatton	Liberal	2013–present

Election results

Elections in the 2010s

Western Australian state election, 2013: Balcatta
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Chris Hatton	10,756	51.9	+10.7
	Labor	Janet Pettigrew	7,341	35.4	–6.5
	Greens	Sheridan Young	1,705	8.2	–3.3
	Christians	Peter Dodd	322	1.6	–2.0
	Family First	Lesley Croll	264	1.3	–0.6
	Independent	Joe Ruzzi	234	1.1	+1.1
	Independent	Mubarak Kim Kidima	122	0.6	+0.6
Total formal votes			20,744	92.3	-0.7
Informal votes			1,727	7.7	+0.7
Turnout			22,471	89.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Chris Hatton	11,886	57.3	+9.5
	Labor	Janet Pettigrew	8,841	42.7	–9.5
	Liberal gain from Labor		Swing	+9.5

Elections in the 2000s

Western Australian state election, 2008: Balcatta[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	John Kobelke	7,897	42.10	-9.7
	Liberal	Chris Hatton	7,682	40.95	+6.6
	Greens WA	Irma Lachmund	2,110	11.25	+2.6
	Christian Democrats	Peter Schofield	692	3.69	-1.4
	Family First	Inge George	377	2.01	+2.01
Total formal votes			18,758	93.05
Informal votes			1,402	6.95
Turnout			20,160	86.28
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	John Kobelke	9,804	52.30	-6.9
	Liberal	Chris Hatton	8,941	47.70	+6.9
	Labor hold		Swing	-6.9

Western Australian state election, 2005: Balcatta
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	John Kobelke	12,489	52.2	+3.4
	Liberal	Melinda Poor	8,028	33.6	+2.5
	Greens WA	Kayt Davies	2,122	8.9	+2.0
	Christian Democrats	Michael Ewers	1,278	5.3	+5.3
Total formal votes			23,917	93.6	+0.4
Informal votes			1,639	6.4	-0.4
Turnout			25,556	89.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	John Kobelke	14,306	59.9	-1.0
	Liberal	Melinda Poor	9,575	40.1	+1.0
	Labor hold		Swing	-1.0

Elections in the 1990s

Western Australian state election, 1993: Balcatta
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Nick Catania	9,157	48.9	-2.5
	Liberal	Katie Hodson-Thomas	7,892	42.1	+0.9
	Greens	Jack Geneff	1,009	5.4	+5.4
	Democrats	Yvette Heath	670	3.6	+3.6
Total formal votes			18,728	95.0	+5.9
Informal votes			988	5.0	-5.9
Turnout			19,716	93.8	+2.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Nick Catania	10,195	54.4	+0.4
	Liberal	Katie Hodson-Thomas	8,533	45.6	-0.4
	Labor hold		Swing	+0.4

Elections in the 1980s

Western Australian state election, 1989: Balcatta
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Nick Catania	8,806	51.4	-12.4
	Liberal	Marie Wordsworth	7,065	41.2	+5.0
	Grey Power	Brendan O'Dwyer	1,267	7.4	+7.4
Total formal votes			17,138	89.1
Informal votes			2,088	10.9
Turnout			19,226	91.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Nick Catania	9,248	54.0	-9.8
	Liberal	Marie Wordsworth	7,890	46.0	+9.8
	Labor hold		Swing	-9.8

Western Australian state election, 1986: Balcatta
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Ron Bertram	11,543	63.4	+0.4
	Liberal	Vincenzo Alessandrino	6,654	36.6	-0.4
Total formal votes			18,197	96.6	+0.3
Informal votes			633	3.4	-0.3
Turnout			18,830	91.8	+3.8
	Labor hold		Swing	+0.4

Western Australian state election, 1983: Balcatta
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Ron Bertram	9,562	63.0
	Liberal	Vincenzo Allessandrino	5,627	37.0
Total formal votes			15,189	96.3
Informal votes			579	3.7
Turnout			15,768	88.0
	Labor hold		Swing

Western Australian state election, 1980: Balcatta
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Brian Burke	10,709	68.7	+7.4
	Liberal	John Bamford	4,869	31.3	-7.4
Total formal votes			15,578	96.0	-0.4
Informal votes			650	4.0	+0.4
Turnout			16,228	86.9	-3.1
	Labor hold		Swing	+7.4

Elections in the 1970s

Western Australian state election, 1977: Balcatta
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Brian Burke	9,182	61.3
	Liberal	Geoffrey Hasler	5,799	38.7
Total formal votes			14,981	96.4
Informal votes			555	3.6
Turnout			15,536	90.0
	Labor hold		Swing

Western Australian state election, 1971: Balcatta
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Herb Graham	11,734	66.6	+3.2
	Democratic Labor	Elmo Gugiatti	5,891	33.4	+33.4
Total formal votes			17,625	94.6	-1.5
Informal votes			1,013	5.4	+1.5
Turnout			18,638	92.0	-1.1
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

References

1. "2008 State General Election Details: District of Balcatta Results". Western Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 3 December 2011.