Electoral results for the district of Thornlie

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

Members for Thornlie

Member		Party	Term
	Yvonne Henderson	Labor	1989–1996
	Sheila McHale	Labor	1996–2005

Election results

Elections in the 2000s

Western Australian state election, 2001: Thornlie
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Sheila McHale	10,268	48.2	+6.1
	Liberal	Julie Brown	5,730	26.9	-16.2
	One Nation	Kevin Koevort	2,305	10.8	+10.8
	Greens	Tina McVicar	1,062	5.0	-2.6
	Christian Democrats	Terry Ryan	876	4.1	+4.1
	Democrats	Stephen Crabbe	636	3.0	-4.2
	Independent	Anwar Sayed	441	2.1	+2.1
Total formal votes			21,318	94.5	-0.2
Informal votes			1,231	5.5	+0.2
Turnout			22,549	91.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Sheila McHale	12,740	60.4	+8.9
	Liberal	Julie Brown	8,364	39.6	-8.9
	Labor hold		Swing	+8.9

Elections in the 1990s

Western Australian state election, 1996: Thornlie
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Brian Brand	9,077	43.1	+0.1
	Labor	Sheila McHale	8,853	42.1	-6.1
	Greens	Rebecca Byrne	1,602	7.6	+5.9
	Democrats	Charlton Bailey	1,514	7.2	+4.2
Total formal votes			21,046	94.7	-1.0
Informal votes			1,174	5.3	+1.0
Turnout			22,220	91.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Sheila McHale	10,815	51.5	-1.2
	Liberal	Brian Brand	10,191	48.5	+1.2
	Labor hold		Swing	-1.2

Western Australian state election, 1993: Thornlie
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Yvonne Henderson	9,533	51.7	-2.2
	Liberal	Monica Holmes	7,386	40.0	+4.1
	Independent	Joseph Isherwood	938	5.1	+5.1
	Democrats	Gordon Stapp	599	3.3	+3.3
Total formal votes			18,456	95.8	+6.1
Informal votes			803	4.2	-6.1
Turnout			19,259	94.7	+2.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Yvonne Henderson	10,280	55.7	-1.7
	Liberal	Monica Holmes	8,176	44.3	+1.7
	Labor hold		Swing	-1.7

Elections in the 1980s

Western Australian state election, 1989: Thornlie
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Yvonne Henderson	8,174	53.9	-13.4
	Liberal	Antony York	5,443	35.9	+3.2
	Grey Power	Phillip Giblett	1,561	10.3	+10.3
Total formal votes			15,178	89.7
Informal votes			1,738	10.3
Turnout			16,916	92.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Yvonne Henderson	8,705	57.4	-9.9
	Liberal	Antony York	6,473	42.6	+9.9
	Labor hold		Swing	-9.9

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