Electoral results for the district of Belmont

This is a list of results for the electoral district of Belmont in Western Australian state elections. The district has had two incarnations, the first from 1962 to 1974, the second from 1989 to the present.

Members for Belmont

First incarnation (1962–1974)
Member		Party	Term
	James Hegney	Labor	1962–1968
	Colin Jamieson	Labor	1968–1974
Second incarnation (1989–present)
	Eric Ripper	Labor	1989–2013
	Glenys Godfrey	Liberal	2013–present

Election results

Elections in the 2010s

Western Australian state election, 2013: Belmont[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Glenys Godfrey	8,677	47.1	+13.2
	Labor	Cassie Rowe	7,826	42.5	-1.0
	Greens WA	Steve Wolff	1,503	8.2	-4.0
	Christians	Steve Klomp	421	2.3	-0.8
Total formal votes			18,427	93.33	+0.34
Informal votes			1,317	6.67	-0.34
Turnout			19,744	87.48	+2.02
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Glenys Godfrey	9,376	50.9	+7.6
	Labor	Cassie Rowe	9,046	49.1	-7.6
	Liberal gain from Labor		Swing	+7.6

Elections in the 2000s

Western Australian state election, 2008: Belmont[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Eric Ripper	7,650	43.54	-10.6
	Liberal	Edward Richards	5,953	33.88	+2.9
	Greens WA	Louise Judge	2,143	12.20	+4.5
	Family First	John Yarrow	677	3.85	+3.85
	Independent	John Gleeson	603	3.43	+3.43
	Christian Democrats	Tasman Gilbert	543	3.09	-1.0
Total formal votes			17,569	92.99
Informal votes			1,325	7.01
Turnout			18,894	85.46
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Eric Ripper	9,962	56.74	-5.0
	Liberal	Edward Richards	7,596	43.26	+5.0
	Labor hold		Swing	-5.0

Western Australian state election, 2005: Belmont
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Eric Ripper	12,162	52.94	+1.13
	Liberal	Glenys Godfrey	7,231	31.47	+7.03
	Greens WA	Steve Wolff	1,835	7.99	+2.28
	Christian Democrats	Gwen Hamence	975	4.24	+1.17
	One Nation	Bill Gaugg	772	3.36	–7.47
Total formal votes			22,975	94.49	+0.42
Informal votes			1,341	5.51	–0.42
Turnout			24,316	90.13	–0.71
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Eric Ripper	13,952	60.81	–3.91
	Liberal	Glenys Godfrey	8,992	39.19	+3.91
	Labor hold		Swing	–3.91

Western Australian state election, 2001: Belmont
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Eric Ripper	11,363	51.8	+3.8
	Liberal	Glenys Godfrey	5,360	24.4	-12.5
	One Nation	Bill Gaugg	2,375	10.8	+10.8
	Greens WA	Cliff Holdom	1,253	5.7	-2.7
	Democrats	Richard Aguero	909	4.1	-2.6
	Christian Democrats	Brett Crook	673	3.1	+3.1
Total formal votes			21,933	94.1	+0.2
Informal votes			1,383	5.9	-0.2
Turnout			23,316	90.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Eric Ripper	14,049	64.7	+7.2
	Liberal	Glenys Godfrey	7,659	35.3	-7.2
	Labor hold		Swing	+7.2

Elections in the 1990s

Western Australian state election, 1996: Belmont
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Eric Ripper	9,910	48.0	-1.2
	Liberal	Andrew Murfin	7,605	36.9	-1.8
	Greens WA	Teresa Castillo	1,729	8.4	+3.8
	Democrats	Val Preston	1,385	6.7	+4.4
Total formal votes			20,629	93.8	-0.9
Informal votes			1,357	6.2	+0.9
Turnout			21,986	90.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Eric Ripper	11,834	57.5	+2.1
	Liberal	Andrew Murfin	8,736	42.5	-2.1
	Labor hold		Swing	+2.1

Western Australian state election, 1993: Belmont
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Eric Ripper	8,710	48.8	-4.2
	Liberal	Don Randall	6,941	38.9	+7.0
	Independent	Malcolm Meikle	967	5.4	+5.4
	Greens	John Riordan	821	4.6	+4.6
	Democrats	Kathleen Hill	414	2.3	-1.8
Total formal votes			17,853	94.9	+7.0
Informal votes			953	5.1	-7.0
Turnout			18,806	93.7	+2.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Eric Ripper	9,789	54.8	-5.7
	Liberal	Don Randall	8,064	45.2	+5.7
	Labor hold		Swing	-5.7

Elections in the 1980s

Western Australian state election, 1989: Belmont
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Eric Ripper	9,072	53.0	-14.5
	Liberal	Brett Whitford	5,455	31.9	-0.6
	Grey Power	Margaret Bright	1,527	8.9	+8.9
	Democrats	Barbara Turner	699	4.1	+4.1
	Independent	Clem Cumbo	367	2.1	+2.1
Total formal votes			17,120	87.9
Informal votes			2,350	12.1
Turnout			19,470	91.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Eric Ripper	10,358	60.5	-7.0
	Liberal	Brett Whitford	6,762	39.5	+7.0
	Labor hold		Swing	-7.0

Elections in the 1970s

Western Australian state election, 1971: Belmont
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Colin Jamieson	7,849	61.3	-3.2
	Independent	Arthur Pearson	2,518	19.7	+19.7
	Democratic Labor	Maxine Chamberlain	2,434	19.0	+19.0
Total formal votes			12,801	95.1	-2.5
Informal votes			661	4.9	+2.5
Turnout			13,462	91.3	-0.9
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Labor	Colin Jamieson	8,458	66.1	+1.6
	Independent	Arthur Pearson	4,343	33.9	+33.9
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

References

1. "Belmont District Results". Western Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 17 March 2013.
2. "2008 State General Election Details: District of Belmont Results". Western Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 3 December 2011.