Electoral results for the district of Mount Lawley

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

Members for Mount Lawley

Mount Lawley (1950–1989)
Member		Party	Term
	Arthur Abbott	Liberal	1950–1956
	Edward Oldfield	Independent Liberal	1956–1962
	Ray O'Connor	Liberal	1962–1984
	George Cash	Liberal	1984–1989
Mount Lawley (2008–present)
Member		Party	Term
	Michael Sutherland	Liberal	2008–present

Election results

Elections in the 2010s

Western Australian state election, 2013: Mount Lawley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Michael Sutherland	11,537	54.5	+9.6
	Labor	Bob Kucera	6,888	32.6	–2.8
	Greens	Tim Clifford	2,086	9.9	–3.6
	Christians	Paul Connelly	452	2.1	–0.8
	Family First	Dave Bolt	187	0.9	–0.6
Total formal votes			21,150	93.6	-0.9
Informal votes			1,446	6.4	+0.9
Turnout			22,596	89.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Michael Sutherland	12,551	59.4	+7.7
	Labor	Bob Kucera	8,594	40.6	–7.7
	Liberal hold		Swing	+7.7

Elections in the 2000s

Western Australian state election, 2008: Mount Lawley[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Michael Sutherland	8,607	46.4	+8.1
	Labor	Karen Brown	6,487	35.0	-10.5
	Greens	Chris Dickinson	2,639	14.2	+4.9
	Christian Democrats	Paul Connelly	516	2.8	+0.0
	Family First	Kay Warwick	305	1.6	+0.1
Total formal votes			18,554	94.6
Informal votes			1,049	5.4
Turnout			19,603	85.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Michael Sutherland	9,680	52.2	+8.1
	Labor	Karen Brown	8,865	47.8	-8.1
	Liberal gain from Labor		Swing	+8.1

Elections in the 1980s

Western Australian state election, 1986: Mount Lawley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	George Cash	8,615	52.1	-0.9
	Labor	Kenneth Withers	7,914	47.9	+2.4
Total formal votes			16,529	97.5	+0.7
Informal votes			431	2.5	-0.7
Turnout			16,960	92.8	+5.2
	Liberal hold		Swing	-1.3

Mount Lawley state by-election, 1984
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	George Cash	7,492	51.5	-1.5
	Labor	Kenneth Withers	6,214	42.7	-2.8
	Democrats	Julia Melland	544	3.7	+3.7
	Independent	Frank Ash	291	2.0	+2.0
Total formal votes			14,541	96.9	+0.1
Informal votes			465	3.1	-0.1
Turnout			15,006	79.9	-7.7
	Liberal hold		Swing	N/A

• Preferences were not distributed.

Western Australian state election, 1983: Mount Lawley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Ray O'Connor	7,909	53.0
	Labor	Desmond Hoffman	6,789	45.5
	Communist	Cedric Beidatsch	217	1.5
Total formal votes			14,915	96.8
Informal votes			499	3.2
Turnout			15,414	87.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Ray O'Connor	7,965	53.4
	Labor	Desmond Hoffman	6,950	46.6
	Liberal hold		Swing

Western Australian state election, 1980: Mount Lawley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Ray O'Connor	7,401	54.3	-2.3
	Labor	Leslie Whittle	4,885	35.8	-1.9
	Democrats	Ronald Downie	1,348	9.9	+9.9
Total formal votes			13,634	95.6	-1.0
Informal votes			620	4.4	+1.0
Turnout			14,254	88.4	-1.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Ray O'Connor	8,075	59.2	-0.3
	Labor	Leslie Whittle	5,559	40.8	+0.3
	Liberal hold		Swing	-0.3

Elections in the 1970s

Western Australian state election, 1977: Mount Lawley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Ray O'Connor	8,196	56.6
	Labor	Athol Monck	5,459	37.7
	Independent	Malcolm Hall	824	5.7
Total formal votes			14,479	96.6
Informal votes			502	3.4
Turnout			14,981	90.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Ray O'Connor	8,608	59.5
	Labor	Athol Monck	5,871	40.5
	Liberal hold		Swing

Western Australian state election, 1974: Mount Lawley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Ray O'Connor	7,441	53.2
	Labor	Arthur Chauncy	5,608	40.1
	National Alliance	John Poole	949	6.8
Total formal votes			13,998	95.6
Informal votes			640	4.4
Turnout			14,638	89.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Ray O'Connor	8,247	58.9
	Labor	Arthur Chauncy	5,751	41.1
	Liberal hold		Swing

Western Australian state election, 1971: Mount Lawley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Ray O'Connor	6,056	50.6	-9.4
	Labor	Michael Helm	4,881	40.8	+0.8
	Democratic Labor	Keith Anderson	1,027	8.6	+8.6
Total formal votes			11,964	95.6	-0.7
Informal votes			553	4.4	+0.7
Turnout			12,517	89.4	-2.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Ray O'Connor	6,794	56.8	-3.2
	Labor	Michael Helm	5,170	43.2	+3.2
	Liberal hold		Swing	-3.2

References

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