Electoral results for the district of Mitchell (Western Australia)

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

Members for Mitchell

Member		Party	Term
	David Smith	Labor	1983–1996
	Dan Sullivan	Liberal	1996–2008
		Family First	2008–2008

Election results

Elections in the 2000s

Western Australian state election, 2005: Leschenault
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Dan Sullivan	6,022	50.8	-1.3
	Labor	Anthony Marinovich	4,247	35.8	+9.1
	Greens	Dee Wickham	761	6.4	+0.7
	Christian Democrats	Ross Lecras	426	3.6	+3.6
	One Nation	Caroline Whitworth	405	3.4	-7.6
Total formal votes			11,861	95.1	-2.1
Informal votes			617	4.9	+2.1
Turnout			12,478	91.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Dan Sullivan	6,836	57.7	-4.1
	Labor	Anthony Marinovich	5,014	42.3	+4.1
	Liberal hold		Swing	-4.1

Western Australian state election, 2001: Mitchell
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Dan Sullivan	7,475	48.8	+0.6
	Labor	Margaret Lane	4,537	29.6	-11.8
	One Nation	Andy Konnecke	1,742	11.4	+11.4
	Greens	Patsie Gubler	897	5.9	+0.4
	Independent	Ross Slater	267	1.7	+1.7
	Independent	Lyn Kearsley	224	1.5	+1.5
	Democrats	Elizabeth Hellyer	185	1.2	-1.0
Total formal votes			15,327	96.7	+0.1
Informal votes			529	3.3	-0.1
Turnout			15,856	91.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Dan Sullivan	8,866	58.2	+5.0
	Labor	Margaret Lane	6,367	41.8	-5.0
	Liberal hold		Swing	+5.0

Elections in the 1990s

Western Australian state election, 1996: Mitchell
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Dan Sullivan	6,146	48.2	+6.6
	Labor	Melissa Parke	5,272	41.4	-2.6
	Greens	Peter Eckersley	701	5.5	+0.2
	WA Nationals	Peter Prowse	343	2.7	+2.7
	Democrats	Morgan Wilde	279	2.2	+0.8
Total formal votes			12,741	96.6	-0.2
Informal votes			450	3.4	+0.2
Turnout			13,191	92.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Dan Sullivan	6,774	53.2	+3.7
	Labor	Melissa Parke	5,961	46.8	-3.7
	Liberal gain from Labor		Swing	+3.7

Western Australian state election, 1993: Mitchell
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	David Smith	5,245	46.1	-11.3
	Liberal	Kerrol Gildersleeve	4,454	39.2	-3.4
	Greens	Jill Reading	557	4.9	+4.9
	Independent	John Sibson	513	4.5	+4.5
	Independent	Ronald Cook	468	4.1	+4.1
	Democrats	Bernard Noonan	133	1.2	+1.2
Total formal votes			11,370	96.6	-1.3
Informal votes			405	3.4	+1.3
Turnout			11,775	95.0	+2.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	David Smith	6,012	52.9	-4.5
	Liberal	Kerrol Gildersleeve	5,358	47.1	+4.5
	Labor hold		Swing	-4.5

Elections in the 1980s

Western Australian state election, 1989: Mitchell
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	David Smith	5,394	57.4	-5.5
	Liberal	Beverley Bradshaw	4,002	42.6	+5.5
Total formal votes			9,396	97.9
Informal votes			204	2.1
Turnout			9,600	92.1
	Labor hold		Swing	-5.5

Western Australian state election, 1986: Mitchell
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	David Smith	6,376	60.0	+3.1
	Liberal	Trevor Slater	4,243	40.0	-3.1
Total formal votes			10,619	98.1	+0.5
Informal votes			205	1.9	-0.5
Turnout			10,824	93.0	+0.9
	Labor hold		Swing	+3.1

Western Australian state election, 1983: Mitchell
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	David Smith	5,001	56.9
	Liberal	Margaret Craig	3,785	43.1
Total formal votes			8,716	97.6
Informal votes			215	2.4
Turnout			9,001	92.1
	Labor hold		Swing

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