Electoral results for the district of Melville

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

Members for Melville

Member		Party	Term
	John Tonkin	Labor	1950–1977
	Barry Hodge	Labor	1977–1989
	Doug Shave	Liberal	1989–1996

Election results

Western Australian state election, 1993: Melville
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Doug Shave	10,433	53.6	+9.3
	Labor	William Lyon	6,338	32.5	-11.8
	Greens	Valerie Cousins	668	3.4	-1.3
	Independent	Margaret Barton	608	3.1	+3.1
	Independent	Shirley de la Hunty	555	2.9	+2.9
	Independent	Anthony Buhagiar	457	2.4	+2.4
	Democrats	Ann Curtis	235	1.2	+1.2
	Independent	Michael McKibbin	184	0.9	+0.9
Total formal votes			19,478	95.5	+3.5
Informal votes			921	4.5	-3.5
Turnout			20,399	94.6	+2.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Doug Shave	11,746	60.3	+10.2
	Labor	William Lyon	7,732	39.7	-10.2
	Liberal hold		Swing	+10.2

Elections in the 1980s

Western Australian state election, 1989: Melville
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Douglas Shave	8,159	44.3	+4.5
	Labor	Barry Hodge	8,159	44.3	-15.9
	Greens	Paul Llewellyn	858	4.7	+4.7
	Grey Power	Leslie Sells	732	4.0	+4.0
	Independent	Bernard Putnin	508	2.8	+2.8
Total formal votes			18,416	92.0
Informal votes			1,605	8.0
Turnout			20,021	92.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Douglas Shave	9,224	50.1	+10.3
	Labor	Barry Hodge	9,192	49.9	-10.3
	Liberal gain from Labor		Swing	+10.3

Western Australian state election, 1986: Melville
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Barry Hodge	12,642	69.5	-1.7
	Liberal	Eric Zumbo	5,550	30.5	+1.7
Total formal votes			18,192	97.0	-0.3
Informal votes			567	3.0	+0.3
Turnout			18,759	92.5	-0.4
	Labor hold		Swing	-1.7

Western Australian state election, 1983: Melville
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Barry Hodge	11,464	71.2
	Liberal	Judith Gleeson	4,629	28.8
Total formal votes			16,093	97.3
Informal votes			447	2.7
Turnout			16,540	92.9
	Labor hold		Swing

Western Australian state election, 1980: Melville
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Barry Hodge	8,972	62.8	+3.0
	Liberal	Geoffrey Baldock	4,661	32.6	-7.6
	Democrats	James Dunlevy	663	4.6	+4.6
Total formal votes			14,296	96.8	+0.1
Informal votes			470	3.2	-0.1
Turnout			14766	90.4	-1.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Barry Hodge	9,303	65.1	+5.3
	Liberal	Geoffrey Baldock	4,993	34.9	-5.3
	Labor hold		Swing	+5.3

Elections in the 1970s

Western Australian state election, 1977: Melville
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Barry Hodge	8,686	59.8
	Liberal	Daryl Williams	5,831	40.2
Total formal votes			14,517	96.7
Informal votes			495	3.3
Turnout			15,012	92.2
	Labor hold		Swing	-9.8

Western Australian state election, 1974: Melville
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	John Tonkin	9,742	68.9
	Liberal	Cedric Smith	3,801	26.9
	National Alliance	Barney Foley	605	4.3
Total formal votes			14,148	96.8
Informal votes			467	3.2
Turnout			14,615	91.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	John Tonkin	9,833	69.5
	Liberal	Cedric Smith	4,315	30.5
	Labor hold		Swing

Western Australian state election, 1971: Melville
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	John Tonkin	8,118	64.9	-2.6
	Liberal	Peter Whyte	3,793	30.3	-2.2
	Democratic Labor	Douglas O'Reilly	592	4.7	+4.7
Total formal votes			12,503	97.6	+0.3
Informal votes			303	2.4	-0.3
Turnout			12,806	93.3	-0.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	John Tonkin	8,207	65.6	-1.9
	Liberal	Peter Whyte	4,296	34.4	+1.9
	Labor hold		Swing	-1.9

Elections in the 1960s

Western Australian state election, 1968: Melville
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	John Tonkin	7,566	67.5
	Liberal and Country	Albert Box	3,636	32.5
Total formal votes			11,202	97.3
Informal votes			305	2.7
Turnout			11,507	93.9
	Labor hold		Swing

Western Australian state election, 1965: Melville
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	John Tonkin	6,261	57.0	-4.3
	Liberal and Country	Albert Gainsford-Brackley	4,718	43.0	+4.3
Total formal votes			10,979	97.4	-1.9
Informal votes			293	2.6	+1.9
Turnout			11,272	94.0	-0.3
	Labor hold		Swing	-4.3

Western Australian state election, 1962: Melville
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	John Tonkin	6,162	61.3
	Liberal and Country	Eelco Tacoma	3,892	38.7
Total formal votes			10,054	99.3
Informal votes			74	0.7
Turnout			10,128	94.3
	Labor hold		Swing

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