Electoral results for the district of Kalgoorlie

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

Members for Kalgoorlie

Member		Party	Term
	William Johnson	Labor	1901–1905
	Norbert Keenan	Ministerial	1905–1911
	Albert Green	Labor	1911–1913
	George McLeod	Labor	1914
	Albert Green	Labor	1914–1921
	John Boyland	Independent Nationalist	1921–1922
	James Cunningham	Labor	1923–1936
	Herbert Styants	Labor	1936–1956
	Tom Evans	Labor	1956–1980
	Edward Evans	Labor	1980–1981
	Ian Taylor	Labor	1981–1996
	Megan Anwyl	Labor	1996–2001
	Matt Birney	Liberal	2001–2008
	John Bowler	Independent	2008–2013
	Wendy Duncan	Nationals WA	2013–present

Election results

Elections in the 2010s

Western Australian state election, 2013: Kalgoorlie
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Melissa Price	3,748	37.3	+12.6
	WA Nationals	Wendy Duncan	3,717	37.0	+18.0
	Labor	Terrence Winner	1,928	19.2	+1.6
	Greens	Tim Hall	450	4.5	0.0
	Christians	Ross Patterson	202	2.0	+2.0
Total formal votes			10,045	94.3	0.0
Informal votes			602	5.7	0.0
Turnout			10,647	80.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Melissa Price	6,715	66.9	+7.1
	Labor	Terrence Winner	3,324	33.1	–7.1
Two-candidate-preferred result
	WA Nationals	Wendy Duncan	5,651	56.3	+9.8
	Liberal	Melissa Price	4,379	43.7	+43.7
	WA Nationals gain from Independent		Swing	+16.1

Elections in the 2000s

Western Australian state election, 2008: Kalgoorlie[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	John Bowler	3,466	34.0	+34.0
	Liberal	Nat James	2,540	24.9	-26.0
	WA Nationals	Tony Crook	1,942	19.0	+19.0
	Labor	Mathew Cuomo	1,790	17.6	-19.6
	Greens	Andy Huntley	461	4.5	+0.2
Total formal votes			10,199	94.4	-1.5
Informal votes			605	5.6	+1.5
Turnout			10,804	76.4
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Independent	John Bowler	5,462	53.6	+53.6
	WA Nationals	Tony Crook	4,731	46.4	+46.4
	Independent gain from Liberal		Swing	N/A

Western Australian state election, 2005: Kalgoorlie
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Matt Birney	5,579	53.1	+14.5
	Labor	James Donnelly	3,629	34.6	-4.4
	Greens	Peter Gurger	434	4.1	+0.4
	Independent	Leigh Varis Beswick	424	4.0	+4.0
	One Nation	Robin Scott	228	2.2	-8.4
	Christian Democrats	Gregory Smart	205	2.0	+2.0
Total formal votes			10,499	95.9	0.0
Informal votes			448	4.1	0.0
Turnout			10,947	85.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Matt Birney	6,260	59.6	+8.6
	Labor	James Donnelly	4,236	40.4	-8.6
	Liberal hold		Swing	+8.6

Western Australian state election, 2001: Kalgoorlie
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Megan Anwyl	4,168	38.9	-7.8
	Liberal	Matt Birney	4,160	38.8	+6.6
	One Nation	Guy Hopkins	1,122	10.5	+10.5
	Greens	Deborah Botica	401	3.7	+3.7
	Independent	Duncan Griffin	392	3.7	+3.7
	Independent	Don Green	332	3.1	+3.1
	Curtin Labor Alliance	Ian Burt	138	1.3	+1.3
Total formal votes			10,713	95.9	-0.7
Informal votes			455	4.1	+0.7
Turnout			11,168	86.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Matt Birney	5,447	51.1	+5.5
	Labor	Megan Anwyl	5,205	48.9	-5.5
	Liberal gain from Labor		Swing	+5.5

Elections in the 1990s

Western Australian state election, 1996: Kalgoorlie
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Megan Anwyl	4,985	46.7	-5.9
	Liberal	Karen McGay	3,435	32.2	-2.6
	WA Nationals	Doug Daws	1,349	12.6	+12.6
	Independent	Darby Renton	898	8.4	+8.4
Total formal votes			10,667	96.7	+0.3
Informal votes			369	3.3	-0.3
Turnout			11,036	86.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Megan Anwyl	5,793	54.4	-3.2
	Liberal	Karen McGay	4,859	45.6	+3.2
	Labor hold		Swing	-3.2

Kalgoorlie state by-election, 1996
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Megan Anwyl	4,223	45.5	-7.2
	Liberal	Karen McGay	3,550	38.2	+3.5
	Independent	Darby Renton	665	7.2	+7.2
	Independent	Raymond Delbridge	378	4.1	+4.1
	Greens	Richard McMahon	282	3.0	+3.0
	Democrats	David Thackrah	158	1.7	+1.7
		David Churches	33	0.4	+0.4
Total formal votes			9,289	97.0	+0.7
Informal votes			283	3.0	-0.7
Turnout			9,572	84.3	-8.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Megan Anwyl	5,055	54.4	-3.3
	Liberal	Karen McGay	5,234	45.6	+3.3
	Labor hold		Swing	-3.3

Western Australian state election, 1993: Kalgoorlie
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Ian Taylor	5,054	52.7	-6.5
	Liberal	Gary Boyle	3,328	34.7	+1.6
	Independent	Margaret Jones	1,209	12.6	+12.6
Total formal votes			9,591	96.3	+2.4
Informal votes			365	3.7	-2.4
Turnout			9,956	93.1	+3.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Ian Taylor	5,532	57.7	-3.7
	Liberal	Gary Boyle	4,059	42.3	+3.7
	Labor hold		Swing	-3.7

Elections in the 1980s

Western Australian state election, 1989: Kalgoorlie
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Ian Taylor	5,224	59.2	-18.1
	Liberal	Douglas Bowie	2,918	33.1	+10.4
	Independent	John Burt	378	4.3	+4.3
	Independent	Peter Girando	298	3.4	+3.4
Total formal votes			8,818	93.9
Informal votes			569	6.1
Turnout			9,387	89.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Ian Taylor	5,414	61.4	-15.9
	Liberal	Douglas Bowie	3,404	38.6	+15.9
	Labor hold		Swing	-15.9

Western Australian state election, 1986: Kalgoorlie
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Ian Taylor	7,743	80.1	+8.5
	Independent	Stephanie Farrell	1,927	19.9	+19.9
Total formal votes			9,670	96.6	0.0
Informal votes			341	3.4	0.0
Turnout			10,011	89.5	-1.2
	Labor hold		Swing	+6.0

Western Australian state election, 1983: Kalgoorlie
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Ian Taylor	5,735	71.6
	Liberal	Ross Lightfoot	1,871	23.3
	Independent	Maxine Cable	408	5.1
Total formal votes			8,014	96.6
Informal votes			279	3.4
Turnout			8,293	90.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Ian Taylor	5,938	74.1
	Liberal	Ross Lightfoot	2,076	25.9
	Labor hold		Swing

Kalgoorlie state by-election, 1981
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Ian Taylor	4,158	70.9	+6.4
	Liberal	Robert Moffat	1,703	29.1	-6.4
Total formal votes			5,861	98.7	+3.9
Informal votes			77	1.3	-3.9
Turnout			5,938	81.2	-4.9
	Labor hold		Swing	+6.4

Western Australian state election, 1980: Kalgoorlie
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Edward Evans	4,109	64.5	+2.5
	Liberal	Douglas Daws	2,264	35.5	+3.9
Total formal votes			6,373	94.8	-1.4
Informal votes			346	5.2	+1.4
Turnout			6,719	86.1	-3.0
	Labor hold		Swing	+0.9

Elections in the 1970s

Western Australian state election, 1977: Kalgoorlie
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Tom Evans	4,184	62.0
	Liberal	Stuart Dunkley	2,132	31.6
	Progress	Graham Mills	434	6.4
Total formal votes			6,750	96.2
Informal votes			269	3.8
Turnout			7,019	89.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Tom Evans	4,292	63.6
	Liberal	Stuart Dunkley	2,458	36.4
	Labor hold		Swing

Western Australian state election, 1974: Kalgoorlie
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Tom Evans	3,623	62.1
	Liberal	Max Finlayson	1,867	32.0
	National Alliance	Geoffrey Sands	346	5.9
Total formal votes			5,836	92.8
Informal votes			455	7.2
Turnout			6,291	88.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Tom Evans	3,675	63.0
	Liberal	Max Finlayson	2,161	37.0
	Labor hold		Swing

Western Australian state election, 1971: Kalgoorlie
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Tom Evans	3,905	69.1	-30.9
	Liberal	Ian Wedgewood	1,409	24.9	+24.9
	Democratic Labor	Geoffrey Sands	336	6.0	+6.0
Total formal votes			5,650	97.5
Informal votes			143	2.5
Turnout			5,793	89.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Tom Evans	3,955	70.0	-30.0
	Liberal	Ian Wedgewood	1,695	30.0	+30.0
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

References

1. "2008 State General Election Details: District of Kalgoorlie Results". Western Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 4 December 2011.