Electoral results for the district of Balga

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

Members for Balga

Balga (1974–1977)
Member		Party	Term
	Brian Burke	Labor	1974–1977
Balga (1983–1989)
Member		Party	Term
	Brian Burke	Labor	1983–1988
	Ted Cunningham	Labor	1988–1989

Election results

Elections in the 1980s

Balga state by-election, 1988
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Ted Cunningham	10,632	55.3	-22.5
	Liberal	Reg Davies	6,908	35.9	+17.2
	Independent	Edward Ayre	1,702	8.8	+8.8
Total formal votes			19,242	95.6	-1.7
Informal votes			888	4.4	+1.7
Turnout			20,130	79.8	-12.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Ted Cunningham	10,872	56.5	-23.1
	Liberal	Reg Davies	8,370	43.5	+23.1
	Labor hold		Swing	-23.1

Western Australian state election, 1986: Balga[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Brian Burke	15,719	77.8	-1.2
	Liberal	John Gordon	3,774	18.7	-2.3
	Independent	William Nind	721	3.6	+3.6
Total formal votes			20,214	97.3	0.0
Informal votes			558	2.7	0.0
Turnout			20,772	91.9	+4.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Brian Burke	16,090	79.6	+0.6
	Liberal	John Gordon	4,124	20.4	-0.6
	Labor hold		Swing	+0.6

Western Australian state election, 1983: Balga
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Brian Burke	11,654	79.0
	Liberal	Peter Nolan	3,101	21.0
Total formal votes			14,755	97.3
Informal votes			404	2.7
Turnout			15,159	87.0
	Labor hold		Swing

Elections in the 1970s

Western Australian state election, 1974: Balga
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Brian Burke	8,761	62.0
	Liberal	Neil Beck	4,499	31.8
	National Alliance	Kenneth Austin	506	3.6
	Independent	Ralph Brockman	368	2.6
Total formal votes			14,134	95.9
Informal votes			601	4.1
Turnout			14,735	93.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Brian Burke	9,021	63.8
	Liberal	Neil Beck	5,113	36.2
	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.