Electoral results for the district of Peel

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

Members for Peel

Member		Party	Term
	Norm Marlborough	Labor	1989–2006
	Paul Papalia	Labor	2007–2008

Election results

Elections in the 2000s

Peel state by-election, 2007[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Paul Papalia	10,801	50.48	−4.50
	Liberal	Graeme Coleman	5,179	24.21	−4.81
	Greens	Dawn Jecks	1,941	9.07	+2.70
	Independent	Gerard Kettle	1,062	4.96	+4.96
	One Nation	Craig Bradshaw	913	4.27	+2.08
	Christian Democrats	Brent Tremain	871	4.07	+0.31
	Independent	Robert Woodward	461	2.15	+2.15
	CEC	Brian McCarthy	168	0.79	+0.40
Total formal votes			21,396	96.39	+1.57
Informal votes			801	3.61	−1.57
Turnout			22,197	79.54	−10.28
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Paul Papalia	13,811	64.59	+1.09
	Liberal	Graeme Coleman	7,570	35.41	−1.09
	Labor hold		Swing	+1.09

Western Australian state election, 2005: Peel
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Norm Marlborough	12,558	55.0	+5.0
	Liberal	Rob Brown	6,628	29.0	+3.9
	Greens	Julie Baker	1,456	6.4	-1.0
	Christian Democrats	Brent Tremain	859	3.8	+3.8
	Family First	Graham Winterbottom	751	3.3	+3.3
	One Nation	William Ritchie	501	2.2	-9.9
	CEC	Mick Le-Cocq	90	0.4	+0.4
Total formal votes			22,843	94.8	-1.4
Informal votes			1,249	5.2	+1.4
Turnout			24,092	90.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Norm Marlborough	14,488	63.5	+0.2
	Liberal	Rob Brown	8,328	36.5	-0.2
	Labor hold		Swing	+0.2

Western Australian state election, 2001: Peel
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Norm Marlborough	14,509	52.8	-0.7
	Liberal	John Wootton	5,962	21.7	+5.2
	One Nation	Bill Holmes	3,480	12.7	+12.7
	Greens	Jeff McGinniss	2,021	7.4	0.0
	Democrats	Craig Wakeford	747	2.7	-2.4
	Independent	Lynette Lowery-Small	354	1.3	+1.3
	Curtin Labor Alliance	John Vickers	299	1.1	+1.1
		Alan Grafton	107	0.4	+0.4
Total formal votes			27,479	96.3	+1.4
Informal votes			1,049	3.7	-1.4
Turnout			28,528	91.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Norm Marlborough	17,984	66.5	+5.3
	Liberal	John Wootton	9,040	33.5	-5.3
	Labor hold		Swing	+5.3

Elections in the 1990s

Western Australian state election, 1996: Peel
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Norm Marlborough	11,605	53.5	-3.8
	Independent	Bill Hall	3,817	17.6	+17.6
	Liberal	James O'Malley	3,573	16.5	-12.6
	Greens	Paul Lewis	1,604	7.4	-0.5
	Democrats	David Coombs	1,100	5.1	+1.8
Total formal votes			21,699	94.9	-0.5
Informal votes			1,161	5.1	+0.5
Turnout			22,860	89.3
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Labor	Norm Marlborough	13,238	61.2	-2.7
	Independent	Bill Hall	8,385	38.8	+38.8
	Labor hold		Swing	-2.7

Western Australian state election, 1993: Peel
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Norm Marlborough	12,412	54.4	+1.8
	Liberal	Margaret McMurdo	7,690	33.7	+4.0
	Greens	Jeff Anderton	1,956	8.6	+8.6
	Democrats	Huw Grossmith	747	3.3	+3.3
Total formal votes			22,805	95.5	+5.7
Informal votes			1,065	4.5	-5.7
Turnout			23,870	93.4	+2.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Norm Marlborough	13,837	60.7	+1.3
	Liberal	Margaret McMurdo	8,968	39.3	-1.3
	Labor hold		Swing	+1.3

Elections in the 1980s

Western Australian state election, 1989: Peel
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Norm Marlborough	8,466	52.6	-17.4
	Liberal	Marten Noordzy	4,782	29.7	+0.7
	Grey Power	Desmond Swiney	1,428	8.9	+8.9
	Independent	Michael Nella	1,411	8.8	+8.8
Total formal votes			16,087	89.8
Informal votes			1,822	10.2
Turnout			17,909	91.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Norm Marlborough	9,557	59.4	-11.1
	Liberal	Marten Noordzy	6,530	40.6	+11.1
	Labor hold		Swing	-11.1

References

1. "District of Peel Results". Western Australian Electoral Commission.