Electoral results for the district of Stirling

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

Members for Stirling

Member		Party	Term
	Arthur Watts	Country	1950–1962
	Clayton Mitchell	Country	1962–1971
	Matt Stephens	Country	1971–1975
		National Country	1975–1978
		National (NP)	1978–1985
		National	1985–1989
	Monty House	National	1989–2005
	Terry Redman	National	2005–2008

Election results

Elections in the 2000s

Western Australian state election, 2005: Stirling[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Ron Scott	3,333	26.4	+26.4
	WA Nationals	Terry Redman	2,735	21.7	-15.4
	Labor	Jan Benson-Lidholm	2,500	19.8	+1.3
	Independent	Vicki Brown	1,901	15.1	+15.1
	Greens	Diane Evers	1,090	8.6	-4.3
	Christian Democrats	Norm Baker	429	3.4	+3.4
	Family First	Terry Dixon	384	3.0	+3.0
	One Nation	Darius Crowe	255	2.0	-15.8
Total formal votes			12,627	95.6	-1.2
Informal votes			588	4.4	+1.2
Turnout			13,215	92.0
Two-party-preferred result
	WA Nationals	Terry Redman	7,851	62.7	+0.8
	Labor	Jan Benson-Lidholm	4,665	37.3	-0.8
Two-candidate-preferred result
	WA Nationals	Terry Redman	7,191	57.0	-5.0
	Liberal	Ron Scott	5,417	43.0	+43.0
	WA Nationals hold		Swing	-5.0

Western Australian state election, 2001: Stirling
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	WA Nationals	Monty House	4,572	37.3	-29.4
	Labor	Ian Bishop	2,244	18.3	+1.8
	One Nation	Darius Crowe	2,182	17.8	+17.8
	Independent	Ken Drummond	1,705	13.9	+13.9
	Greens	Paul Llewellyn	1,542	12.6	-0.1
Total formal votes			12,245	96.8	+0.4
Informal votes			407	3.2	-0.4
Turnout			12,652	91.8
Two-party-preferred result
	WA Nationals	Monty House	7,540	62.4	-11.7
	Labor	Ian Bishop	4,537	37.6	+11.7
	WA Nationals hold		Swing	-11.7

Elections in the 1990s

Western Australian state election, 1996: Stirling
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	WA Nationals	Monty House	7,569	66.7	+15.5
	Labor	Barry Christy	1,870	16.5	+0.3
	Greens	Paul Llewellyn	1,436	12.7	+5.5
	Democrats	Gaida Neggo	469	4.1	+2.4
Total formal votes			11,344	96.4	-0.7
Informal votes			425	3.6	+0.7
Turnout			11,769	91.8
Two-party-preferred result
	WA Nationals	Monty House	8,395	74.1	-3.1
	Labor	Barry Christy	2,932	25.9	+3.1
	WA Nationals hold		Swing	-3.1

Western Australian state election, 1993: Stirling
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	WA Nationals	Monty House	5,896	52.2	+9.8
	Liberal	James Barrow	2,388	21.1	-8.7
	Labor	Anthony Hughes	1,882	16.7	-4.7
	Greens	Pamela Rumble	772	6.8	+6.8
	Democrats	Maurice Deane	206	1.8	+1.8
	CALM Resistance Movement	William North	153	1.4	+1.4
Total formal votes			11,297	97.2	+1.8
Informal votes			328	2.8	-1.8
Turnout			11,625	95.1	+2.7
Two-candidate-preferred result
	WA Nationals	Monty House	8,505	75.3	+10.2
	Liberal	James Barrow	2,792	24.7	-10.2
	WA Nationals hold		Swing	+10.2

Elections in the 1980s

Western Australian state election, 1989: Stirling
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	WA Nationals	Monty House	4,090	42.4	-19.1
	Liberal	Thomas Knight	2,870	29.8	-7.0
	Labor	Lesley-Ann Hoare	2,060	21.4	+19.8
	Grey Power	Paul Ensor	619	6.4	+6.4
Total formal votes			9,639	95.4
Informal votes			466	4.6
Turnout			10,105	92.7
Two-candidate-preferred result
	WA Nationals	Monty House	6,278	65.1	+2.2
	Liberal	Thomas Knight	3,361	34.9	-2.2
	WA Nationals hold		Swing	+2.2

Western Australian state election, 1986: Stirling
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	WA Nationals	Matt Stephens	5,670	62.2	+8.6
	Liberal	Peter Skinner	3,443	37.8	+1.6
Total formal votes			9,113	97.2	+0.1
Informal votes			255	2.8	-0.1
Turnout			9,368	93.7	+2.8
	WA Nationals hold		Swing	+6.1

Western Australian state election, 1983: Stirling
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	WA Nationals	Matt Stephens	4,080	53.6
	Liberal	Peter Skinner	2,761	36.2
	National Country	Thomas Buxton	775	10.2
Total formal votes			7,616	97.1
Informal votes			225	2.9
Turnout			7,841	90.9
Two-candidate-preferred result
	WA Nationals	Matt Stephens	4,273	56.1
	Liberal	Peter Skinner	3,373	43.9
	WA Nationals hold		Swing

Western Australian state election, 1980: Stirling
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	WA Nationals	Matt Stephens	4,698	57.7	+57.7
	Liberal	Gary Pollett	2,224	27.3	-1.4
	National Country	Peter Squire	1,224	15.0	-56.3
Total formal votes			8,146	96.9	+0.4
Informal votes			263	3.1	-0.4
Turnout			8,409	92.3	-1.0
Two-candidate-preferred result
	WA Nationals	Matt Stephens	5,004	61.4	+61.4
	Liberal	Gary Pollett	3,142	38.6	+9.9
	WA Nationals gain from National Country		Swing	N/A

Elections in the 1970s

Western Australian state election, 1977: Stirling
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National Country	Matt Stephens	5,175	71.3
	Liberal	Douglas Campbell	2,079	28.7
Total formal votes			7,254	96.5
Informal votes			262	3.5
Turnout			7,516	93.3
	National Country hold		Swing	N/A

Western Australian state election, 1974: Stirling
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National Alliance	Matt Stephens	3,775	54.4
	Liberal	Glen Mitchell	1,930	27.8
	Labor	Eric Bromilow	1,238	17.8
Total formal votes			6,943	97.7
Informal votes			161	2.3
Turnout			7,104	91.5
Two-party-preferred result
	National Alliance	Matt Stephens	4,889	70.4
	Labor	Eric Bromilow	2,054	29.6
	National Alliance hold		Swing

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

Western Australian state election, 1971: Stirling
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Ray Wood	2,020	30.9	+30.9
	Liberal	Peter Drummond	1,769	27.0	+27.0
	Country	Matt Stephens	1,758	26.9	-73.1
	Independent	George Brookes	522	8.0	+8.0
	Democratic Labor	Peter Sullivan	367	5.6	+5.6
	Independent	Duncan Hordacre	111	1.7	+1.7
Total formal votes			6,547	96.2
Informal votes			256	3.8
Turnout			6,803	93.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Country	Matt Stephens	3,941	60.2	-39.8
	Labor	Ray Wood	2,606	39.8	+39.8
	Country hold		Swing	N/A

Elections in the 1960s

Western Australian state election, 1968: Stirling
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Clayton Mitchell	unopposed
	Country hold		Swing

Western Australian state election, 1965: Stirling
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Clayton Mitchell	unopposed
	Country hold		Swing

Western Australian state election, 1962: Stirling
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Clayton Mitchell	1,651	35.0
	Independent	Robin Faulkner	1,261	26.7
	Liberal and Country	Roy Dix	866	18.4
	Country	John Lyons	752	15.9
	Independent	Malcol Bateman	185	3.9
Total formal votes			4,715	97.9
Informal votes			101	2.1
Turnout			4,816	92.4
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Country	Clayton Mitchell	2,956	62.7
	Independent	Robin Faulkner	1,759	37.3
	Country hold		Swing

References

1. Green, Antony. "Results of the 2005 WA Election" (PDF). ABC Election Archives.