Electoral results for the district of Dale

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

Members for Dale

Member		Party	Term
	Gerald Wild	Liberal Country League	1950–1965
	Cyril Rushton	Liberal Country League	1965–1968
		Liberal	1968–1988
	Fred Tubby	Liberal	1988–1989

Election results

Elections in the 1980s

Dale state by-election, 1988
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Fred Tubby	5,323	53.2	+3.4
	Independent	Michael Marsh	2,561	25.6	+25.6
	Democrats	Mark Beadle	918	9.2	+5.6
	Independent	Alexander Coffey	639	6.4	+6.4
	One Australia	Willem Schultink	438	4.4	+4.4
	Independent	Maralyn	124	1.2	+1.2
Total formal votes			10,003	95.5	-1.9
Informal votes			469	4.5	+1.9
Turnout			10,472	79.0	-13.9
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Liberal	Fred Tubby	5,913	59.1	+7.5
	Independent	Michael Marsh	4,090	40.9	+40.9
	Liberal hold		Swing	N/A

Western Australian state election, 1986: Dale[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Cyril Rushton	5,547	49.8	+2.1
	Labor	Philip Vincent	5,175	46.5	-1.4
	Democrats	Mark Beadle	405	4.6	-0.8
Total formal votes			11,127	97.4	+0.3
Informal votes			293	2.6	-0.3
Turnout			11,420	92.9	+3.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Cyril Rushton	5,741	51.6	+1.5
	Labor	Philip Vincent	5,386	48.4	-1.5
	Liberal hold		Swing	+1.5

Western Australian state election, 1983: Dale
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Philip Vincent	4,089	47.9
	Liberal	Cyril Rushton	4,075	47.7
	Democrats	Joan Farrelly	378	4.4
Total formal votes			8,542	97.1
Informal votes			258	2.9
Turnout			8,800	89.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Cyril Rushton	4,276	50.1
	Labor	Philip Vincent	4,266	49.9
	Liberal hold		Swing

Western Australian state election, 1980: Dale
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Cyril Rushton	4,098	53.3	-3.9
	Labor	David Carlson	3,585	46.7	+3.9
Total formal votes			7,683	97.0	+0.1
Informal votes			239	3.0	-0.1
Turnout			7,922	89.9	-1.0
	Liberal hold		Swing	-3.9

Elections in the 1970s

Western Australian state election, 1977: Dale
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Cyril Rushton	3,751	57.2
	Labor	Michael Marsh	2,804	42.8
Total formal votes			6,555	96.9
Informal votes			210	3.1
Turnout			6,765	90.9
	Liberal hold		Swing	+2.4

Western Australian state election, 1974: Dale
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Cyril Rushton	4,730	51.0
	Labor	Reginald Ewers	3,944	42.5
	National Alliance	June Fitzgerald	598	6.5
Total formal votes			9,272	94.6
Informal votes			532	5.4
Turnout			9,804	91.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Cyril Rushton	5,238	56.5
	Labor	Reginald Ewers	4,034	43.5
	Liberal hold		Swing

Western Australian state election, 1971: Dale
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Cyril Rushton	5,300	48.4	-17.0
	Labor	Owen Hanlon	4,155	37.5	+2.9
	Law Reform	Joseph Hunt	604	5.5	+5.5
	Independent	Ian Trainer	511	4.7	+4.7
	Democratic Labor	Rose Johnson	382	3.5	+3.5
Total formal votes			10,952	96.5	+0.7
Informal votes			401	3.5	-0.7
Turnout			11,353	91.4	-4.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Cyril Rushton	6,136	56.0	-9.4
	Labor	Owen Hanlon	4,816	44.0	+9.4
	Liberal hold		Swing	-9.4

Elections in the 1960s

Western Australian state election, 1968: Dale
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal and Country	Cyril Rushton	4,260	65.4
	Labor	James Wolfe	2,255	34.6
Total formal votes			6,515	95.8
Informal votes			288	4.2
Turnout			6,803	95.4
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing

Western Australian state election, 1965: Dale
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal and Country	Gerald Wild	3,536	59.8	+1.2
	Labor	Donald Culley	2,380	40.2	-1.2
Total formal votes			5,916	96.9	-2.0
Informal votes			187	3.1	+2.0
Turnout			6,103	92.1	-1.4
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing	+1.2

Western Australian state election, 1962: Dale
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal and Country	Gerald Wild	3,084	58.6
	Labor	Donald Culley	2,181	41.4
Total formal votes			5,265	98.9
Informal votes			57	1.1
Turnout			5,322	93.5
	Liberal and Country 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.