Electoral results for the district of Narrogin

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

Members for Narrogin

Member		Party	Term
	Victor Doney	Country	1950–1956
	William Manning	Country	1956–1974
	Peter Jones	Country	1974–1975
		National Country	1975–1985
		Liberal	1985–1986
	Cambell Nalder	National	1986–1987
	Bob Wiese	National	1987–1989

Election results

Elections in the 1980s

Narrogin state by-election, 1987
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	WA Nationals	Bob Wiese	3,854	49.8	+6.8
	Liberal	Brian Page	2,675	34.5	-4.2
	Labor	Lorna Long	1,213	15.7	-2.7
Total formal votes			7,742	98.9	+0.5
Informal votes			86	1.1	-0.5
Turnout			7,828	86.0	-8.2
Two-candidate-preferred result
	WA Nationals	Bob Wiese	4,656	60.1	+1.0
	Liberal	Brian Page	3,086	39.9	-1.0
	WA Nationals hold		Swing	+1.0

Western Australian state election, 1986: Narrogin[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	WA Nationals	Cambell Nalder	3,690	43.0	-57.0
	Liberal	Peter Jones	3,319	38.7	+38.7
	Labor	Wayne White	1,576	18.4	+18.4
Total formal votes			8,585	98.4
Informal votes			138	1.6
Turnout			8,723	94.2
Two-candidate-preferred result
	WA Nationals	Cambell Nalder	5,071	59.1	-40.9
	Liberal	Peter Jones	3,514	40.9	+40.9
	WA Nationals hold		Swing	-40.9

Western Australian state election, 1983: Narrogin
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National Country	Peter Jones	unopposed
	National Country hold		Swing

Western Australian state election, 1980: Narrogin
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National Country	Peter Jones	5,397	77.0	-1.8
	Labor	Malcolm Turner	1,614	23.0	+23.0
Total formal votes			7,011	98.1	+2.7
Informal votes			136	1.9	-2.7
Turnout			7,147	92.0	-1.6
	National Country hold		Swing	N/A

Elections in the 1970s

Western Australian state election, 1977: Narrogin
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National Country	Peter Jones	5,510	78.8
	Liberal	Francesco Buemi	1,479	21.2
Total formal votes			6,989	95.4
Informal votes			337	4.6
Turnout			7,326	93.6
	National Country hold		Swing	N/A

Western Australian state election, 1974: Narrogin
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National Alliance	Peter Jones	3,593	50.9
	Liberal	Robert Farr	1,978	28.0
	Labor	Gordon Appleton	1,492	21.1
Total formal votes			7,063	98.1
Informal votes			140	1.9
Turnout			7,203	92.4
Two-party-preferred result
	National Alliance	Peter Jones	4,936	69.9
	Labor	Gordon Appleton	2,127	30.1
	National Alliance hold		Swing

• Preferences were not distributed between the National Alliance and Liberal candidates for Narrogin.

Western Australian state election, 1971: Narrogin
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	William Manning	1,919	33.0	-67.0
	Labor	Malcolm Turner	1,856	31.9	+31.9
	Liberal	Harry Pennington	1,212	20.8	+20.8
	United Farmers	Malcolm McNaughton	540	9.3	+9.3
	Democratic Labor	Terry Stevenson	286	4.9	+4.9
Total formal votes			5,813	94.8
Informal votes			316	5.2
Turnout			6,129	94.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Country	William Manning	3,357	57.7	-42.3
	Labor	Malcolm Turner	2,456	42.3	+42.3
	Country hold		Swing	N/A

Elections in the 1960s

Western Australian state election, 1968: Narrogin
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	William Manning	unopposed
	Country hold		Swing

Western Australian state election, 1965: Narrogin
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	William Manning	3,958	80.5	-19.5
	Independent	Percy Munday	957	19.5	+19.5
Total formal votes			4,915	96.4
Informal votes			184	3.6
Turnout			5,099	93.3
	Country hold		Swing

Western Australian state election, 1962: Narrogin
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	William Manning	unopposed
	Country hold		Swing

References

1. Prescott, David Black with the assistance of Valerie (1997). Election statistics : Legislative Assembly of Western Australia, 1890-1996. Perth, [W.A.]: Western Australian Parliamentary History Project and Western Australian Electoral Commission. ISBN 0730984095.