Electoral results for the district of Victoria Park

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

Members for Victoria Park

Member		Party	Term
	Howard Raphael	Labor	1930–1944
	William Read	Independent	1945–1953
	Hugh Andrew	Labor	1953–1961
	Ron Davies	Labor	1961–1986
	Dr Geoff Gallop	Labor	1986–2006
	Ben Wyatt	Labor	2006–present

Election results

Elections in the 2010s

Western Australian state election, 2013: Victoria Park
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Ben Wyatt	8,978	44.7	–2.1
	Liberal	Haider Zaman	8,591	42.7	+8.3
	Greens	Sarah Newbold	2,528	12.6	–1.4
Total formal votes			20,097	93.5	-1.8
Informal votes			1,402	6.5	+1.8
Turnout			21,499	85.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Ben Wyatt	10,865	54.1	–4.9
	Liberal	Haider Zaman	9,226	45.9	+4.9
	Labor hold		Swing	–4.9

Elections in the 2000s

Western Australian state election, 2008: Victoria Park[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Ben Wyatt	9,137	46.8	-2.3
	Liberal	Ben Travia	6,723	34.4	+4.6
	Greens	Kim Lisson	2,726	13.9	+4.6
	Christian Democrats	Saskia Matthews	490	2.5	-0.4
	Family First	James Olsen	468	2.4	+2.4
Total formal votes			19,544	95.2	+0.1
Informal votes			979	4.8	-0.1
Turnout			20,523	84.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Ben Wyatt	11,523	59.0	-4.7
	Liberal	Ben Travia	8,012	41.0	+4.7
	Labor hold		Swing	-4.7

Victoria Park state by-election, 2006[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Ben Wyatt	7,786	49.38	-7.93
	Liberal	Bruce Stevenson	4,887	30.99	+3.24
	Greens	Dee Margetts	1,328	8.42	-0.25
	Christian Democrats	Bill Heggers	551	3.49	-0.13
	One Nation	Sue Bateman	436	2.76	+0.10
	Independent	Andrew Owens	217	1.38	+1.38
	Daylight Saving	James Dunn	156	0.99	+0.99
	Family First	Peter Greaves	151	0.96	+0.96
	Socialist Alliance	John Tattersall	131	0.83	+0.83
	Independent	Mike Ward	83	0.53	+0.53
	Independent	Teresa Van Lieshout	43	0.27	+0.27
Total formal votes			15,769	96.26	+1.58
Informal votes			612	3.74	-1.58
Turnout			16,381	64.04	-23.62
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Ben Wyatt	9,632	61.18	-4.86
	Liberal	Bruce Stevenson	6,111	38.82	+4.86
	Labor hold		Swing	-4.86

Western Australian state election, 2005: Victoria Park
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Geoff Gallop	12,432	57.3	+5.3
	Liberal	Neil Fearis	6,019	27.7	+1.5
	Greens	Dave Fort	1,880	8.7	+0.8
	Christian Democrats	Brett Crook	785	3.6	+3.1
	One Nation	Sue Bateman	576	2.7	-4.6
Total formal votes			21,692	94.7	-0.2
Informal votes			1,219	5.3	+0.2
Turnout			22,911	87.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Geoff Gallop	14,314	66.0	+1.9
	Liberal	Neil Fearis	7,362	34.0	-1.9
	Labor hold		Swing	+1.9

Western Australian state election, 2001: Victoria Park
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Geoff Gallop	10,833	51.9	+4.2
	Liberal	Sandra Brown	5,612	26.9	-9.0
	Greens	Juanita Miller	1,685	8.1	+1.8
	One Nation	Peter David	1,417	6.8	+6.8
	Democrats	Collin Mullane	825	4.0	-1.1
	Curtin Labor Alliance	Andrew Fox	487	2.3	+2.3
Total formal votes			20,859	95.1	-0.4
Informal votes			1,078	4.9	+0.4
Turnout			21,937	88.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Geoff Gallop	13,236	63.8	+6.0
	Liberal	Sandra Brown	7,503	36.2	-6.0
	Labor hold		Swing	+6.0

Elections in the 1990s

Western Australian state election, 1996: Victoria Park
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Geoff Gallop	9,725	47.7	+0.8
	Liberal	Bruce Stevenson	7,313	35.9	-4.2
	Greens	Phil Farren	1,289	6.3	+0.4
	Democrats	Anne Millar	1,042	5.1	+2.3
	Independent	John Collins	1,015	5.0	+5.0
Total formal votes			20,384	95.5	+0.3
Informal votes			963	4.5	-0.3
Turnout			21,347	88.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Geoff Gallop	11,756	57.8	+3.0
	Liberal	Bruce Stevenson	8,570	42.2	-3.0
	Labor hold		Swing	+3.0

Western Australian state election, 1993: Victoria Park
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Geoff Gallop	8,927	46.7	-2.3
	Liberal	Betsy Kennish	7,649	40.0	+3.3
	Greens	Andrew Thomson	1,209	6.3	+6.3
	Independent	Ian Tracy	787	4.1	+4.1
	Democrats	Daniel Bagster	560	2.9	-2.7
Total formal votes			19,132	95.3	+3.8
Informal votes			953	4.7	-3.8
Turnout			20,085	91.8	+2.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Geoff Gallop	10,513	55.0	-2.4
	Liberal	Betsy Kennish	8,619	45.0	+2.4
	Labor hold		Swing	-2.4

Elections in the 1980s

Western Australian state election, 1989: Victoria Park
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Geoff Gallop	9,130	49.0	-13.7
	Liberal	Katherine Mair	6,846	36.7	-0.6
	Democrats	Marion Hercock	1,035	5.6	+5.6
	Grey Power	Joseph Mitchell	951	5.1	+5.1
	Independent	Michael Ward	671	3.6	+3.6
Total formal votes			18,633	91.5
Informal votes			1,736	8.5
Turnout			20,369	89.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Geoff Gallop	10,692	57.4	-5.3
	Liberal	Katherine Mair	7,941	42.6	+5.3
	Labor hold		Swing	-5.3

Victoria Park state by-election, 1986
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Geoff Gallop	6,449	52.2	-12.7
	Liberal	Diane Airey	4,597	37.2	+2.1
	Independent	Peter Lesiter	719	5.8	+5.8
	Democrats	John Rogers	597	4.8	+4.8
Total formal votes			12,362	96.6	-0.5
Informal votes			438	3.4	+0.5
Turnout			12,800	77.2	-13.0
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

• Preferences were not distributed.

Western Australian state election, 1986: Victoria Park
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Ron Davies	9,335	64.9	-2.2
	Liberal	Diane Airey	5,050	35.1	+2.2
Total formal votes			14,385	97.1	0.0
Informal votes			434	2.9	0.0
Turnout			14,819	90.2	+5.1
	Labor hold		Swing	-2.2

Western Australian state election, 1983: Victoria Park
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Ron Davies	9,038	67.1
	Liberal	Pauline Iles	4,432	32.9
Total formal votes			13,470	97.1
Informal votes			396	2.9
Turnout			13,866	85.1
	Labor hold		Swing

Western Australian state election, 1980: Victoria Park
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Ron Davies	7,880	62.4	+2.8
	Liberal	Michael Smith	4,430	35.1	-5.3
	Socialist Workers	Peter Holloway	323	2.6	+2.6
Total formal votes			12,633	96.2	-0.1
Informal votes			501	3.8	+0.1
Turnout			13,134	86.7	-3.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Ron Davies	8,171	64.7	+5.1
	Liberal	Michael Smith	4,462	35.3	-5.1
	Labor hold		Swing	+5.1

Elections in the 1970s

Western Australian state election, 1977: Victoria Park
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Ron Davies	8,203	59.6
	Liberal	Michael Smith	5,563	40.4
Total formal votes			13,766	96.3
Informal votes			531	3.7
Turnout			14,297	89.7
	Labor hold		Swing

Western Australian state election, 1974: Victoria Park
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Ron Davies	8,869	63.3
	Liberal	Frank Marciano	4,171	29.8
	National Alliance	Paul Daly	962	6.9
Total formal votes			14,002	95.9
Informal votes			598	4.1
Turnout			14,600	87.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Ron Davies	9,013	64.4
	Liberal	Frank Marciano	4,989	35.6
	Labor hold		Swing

Western Australian state election, 1971: Victoria Park
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Ron Davies	8,553	75.2	-24.8
	Democratic Labor	Benjamin Ballantyne	2,824	24.8	+24.8
Total formal votes			11,377	94.7
Informal votes			634	5.3
Turnout			12,011	90.5
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

References

1. "2008 State General Election Details: District of Victoria Park Results". Western Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 4 December 2011.
2. "District of Victoria Park Results". Western Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 5 November 2011.