Electoral results for the district of Kenwick

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

Members for Kenwick

Kenwick (1989–1996)
Member		Party	Term
	Judyth Watson	Labor	1989–1996
Kenwick (2005–2008)
Member		Party	Term
	Sheila McHale	Labor	2005–2008

Election results

Elections in the 2000s

Western Australian state election, 2005: Kenwick [1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Sheila McHale	12,261	54.2	+5.9
	Liberal	John Kennebury	6,095	26.9	+2.0
	Greens	Camille Inifer	1,518	6.7	+0.9
	One Nation	Lloyd Boon	962	4.3	-7.5
	Christian Democrats	Lukas Butler	916	4.0	+0.3
	Family First	Moyna Rapp	877	3.9	+3.9
Total formal votes			22,629	93.2	-0.4
Informal votes			1,664	6.8	+0.4
Turnout			24,293	89.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Sheila McHale	14,376	63.6	+0.4
	Liberal	John Kennebury	8,228	36.4	-0.4
	Labor hold		Swing	+0.4

Elections in the 1990s

Western Australian state election, 1993: Kenwick
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Judyth Watson	8,847	47.5	-2.0
	Liberal	Leslie McMahon	7,616	40.9	+6.6
	Greens	Jacqueline Robinson	857	4.6	+4.6
	Independent	Paul Augustson	600	3.2	+3.2
	Democrats	Valma Preston	428	2.3	-3.1
	Independent	Jean Jeans	290	1.6	-0.9
Total formal votes			18,638	94.8	+5.9
Informal votes			1,024	5.2	-5.9
Turnout			19,662	93.9	+2.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Judyth Watson	10,069	54.0	-2.9
	Liberal	Leslie McMahon	8,569	46.0	+2.9
	Labor hold		Swing	-2.9

Elections in the 1980s

Western Australian state election, 1989: Kenwick
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Judyth Watson	8,286	49.5	-16.3
	Liberal	Joao Malta	5,739	34.3	+0.1
	Grey Power	William Meadwell	1,412	8.4	+8.4
	Democrats	Donald Bryant	895	5.4	+5.4
	Independent	Jean Jeans	410	2.5	+2.5
Total formal votes			16,742	88.9
Informal votes			2,087	11.1
Turnout			18,829	91.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Judyth Watson	9,533	56.9	-8.9
	Liberal	Joao Malta	7,209	43.1	+8.9
	Labor hold		Swing	-8.9

References

1. Green, Antony. "Results of the 2005 WA Election" (PDF). ABC Election Archives.