Electoral results for the district of Morley

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

Members for Morley

Morley (1974–1983)
Member		Party	Term
	Arthur Tonkin	Labor	1974–1983
Morley-Swan (1983–1989)
Member		Party	Term
	Arthur Tonkin	Labor	1983–1987
	Frank Donovan	Labor	1987–1989
Morley (1989–1996)
Member		Party	Term
	Frank Donovan	Labor	1989–1991
		Independent	1991–1993
	Clive Brown	Labor	1993–1996
Morley (2008–present)
Member		Party	Term
	Ian Britza	Liberal	2008–present

Election results

Elections in the 2010s

Western Australian state election, 2013: Morley[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Ian Britza	9,932	49.9	+14.7
	Labor	Reece Whitby	7,868	39.5	+1.7
	Greens	Sally Palmer	1,371	6.9	-3.2
	Christians	Ross Fraser	430	2.2	-1.2
	Family First	Greg Halls	305	1.5	+1.5
Total formal votes			19,906	90.5
Informal votes			1,851	9.5
Turnout			21,757	89.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Ian Britza	10,889	54.7	+5.5
	Labor	Reece Whitby	9,003	45.3	-5.5
	Liberal gain from Labor		Swing	+5.5

Elections in the 2000s

Western Australian state election, 2008: Morley[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Reece Whitby	7,010	35.7	-15.9
	Liberal	Ian Britza	6,797	34.7	+1.1
	Independent	John D'Orazio	3,145	16.0	+16.0
	Greens	Sally Palmer	1,687	8.6	+2.6
	Christian Democrats	Andrew Partington	635	3.2	-0.7
	Independent	Azeem Shah	337	1.7	+1.7
Total formal votes			19,611	93.6	+0.3
Informal votes			1,340	6.4	-0.3
Turnout			20,951	89.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Ian Britza	9,969	50.9	+10.8
	Labor	Reece Whitby	9,629	49.1	-10.8
	Liberal gain from Labor		Swing	+10.8

Elections in the 1990s

Western Australian state election, 1993: Morley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Clive Brown	10,275	49.7	-12.7
	Liberal	John Horobin	6,971	33.7	-3.9
	Independent	Karry-Lea Smith	3,421	16.6	+16.6
Total formal votes			20,667	94.9	-1.6
Informal votes			1,116	5.1	+1.6
Turnout			21,783	94.4	+2.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Clive Brown	11,913	57.6	-4.8
	Liberal	John Horobin	8,754	42.4	+4.8
	Labor hold		Swing	-4.8

Elections in the 1980s

Western Australian state election, 1989: Morley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Frank Donovan	10,808	62.4	-5.2
	Liberal	David MacGregor	6,522	37.6	+5.2
Total formal votes			17,330	96.5
Informal votes			630	3.5
Turnout			17,960	92.4
	Labor hold		Swing	-5.2

Morley-Swan state by-election, 1987
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Frank Donovan	10,087	56.9	-10.0
	Liberal	Kim Hames	6,361	35.8	+2.7
	One Australia	Donald Jackson	1,294	7.3	+7.3
Total formal votes			17,742	95.5	-1.2
Informal votes			840	4.5	+1.2
Turnout			18,582	82.1	10.1
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

• Preferences were not distributed.

Western Australian state election, 1986: Morley-Swan
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Arthur Tonkin	13,440	66.9	-2.2
	Liberal	Christine Fisher	6,659	33.1	+4.6
Total formal votes			20,099	96.7	+1.7
Informal votes			675	3.3	-1.7
Turnout			20,774	92.2	+3.4
	Labor hold		Swing	-4.0

Western Australian state election, 1983: Morley-Swan
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Arthur Tonkin	10,743	69.1
	Liberal	Ramsay Bogunovich	4,436	28.5
	Independent	James Connolly	375	2.4
Total formal votes			15,554	95.0
Informal votes			819	5.0
Turnout			16,373	88.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Arthur Tonkin	11,028	70.9
	Liberal	Ramsay Bogunovich	4,526	29.1
	Labor hold		Swing

Western Australian state election, 1980: Morley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Arthur Tonkin	9,866	64.7	+6.4
	Liberal	Kevin Egan	5,374	35.3	-6.4
Total formal votes			15,240	95.7	-0.7
Informal votes			691	4.3	+0.7
Turnout			15,931	89.5	-1.5
	Labor hold		Swing	+6.4

Elections in the 1970s

Western Australian state election, 1977: Morley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Arthur Tonkin	8,346	58.3
	Liberal	Madge Bicknell	5,980	41.7
Total formal votes			14,326	96.4
Informal votes			528	3.6
Turnout			14,854	91.0
	Labor hold		Swing

Western Australian state election, 1974: Morley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Arthur Tonkin	9,570	57.4
	Liberal	Lloyd Stewart	7,093	42.6
Total formal votes			16,663	97.2
Informal votes			478	2.8
Turnout			17,141	92.1
	Labor hold		Swing

References

1. "Morley District Results". Western Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 18 March 2013.
2. "2008 State General Election Details: District of Morley Results". Western Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 4 December 2011.