Results of the 1983 Western Australian state election (Legislative Council)

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Western Australian state election, 19 February 1983[1]
Legislative Council

Enrolled voters 754,225
Votes cast 671,102 Turnout 88.98% +0.57%
Informal votes 24,962 Informal 3.72% –0.66%
Summary of votes by party
Party Primary votes % Swing Seats
won 		Seats
held
  Labor 327,129 50.63% +5.85% 7 13
  Liberal 268,626 41.57% –5.93% 9 19
  National Country[2] 20,553 3.18% –0.64% 0 0
  National[2] 20,336 3.15% –0.28% 1 1
  Democrats 9,356 1.45% +1.45% 0 0
  Other parties 0 0.00% –0.47% 0 0
Total 646,140     17 33
Two-party-preferred
  Labor 341,236 52.81% +5.17%
  Liberal/NCP 304,904 47.19% –5.17%

This is a list of electoral region results for the Western Australian Legislative Council in the 1983 Western Australian state election.

Results by Electoral province[edit]

Central[edit]

1983 Western Australian state election: Central Province
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Roy Little 6,770 28.3
Liberal Gordon Atkinson 6,246 26.1
National Country Arnold Byfield 5,749 24.0
National Eric Charlton 5,179 21.6
Total formal votes 23,944 96.5
Informal votes 857 87.0
Turnout 24,801 90.1
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Gordon Atkinson 15,707 65.6
Labor Roy Little 8,237 34.4
Liberal gain from National Country Swing

Lower Central[edit]

1983 Western Australian state election: Lower Central Province
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor John Bird 10,530 45.5
Liberal Bill Stretch 6,498 28.1
National Country Winifred Piesse 6,129 26.5
Total formal votes 23,157 97.2
Informal votes 673 2.8
Turnout 23,830 91.4
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Bill Stretch 12,005 51.8
Labor John Bird 11,152 48.2
Liberal gain from National Country Swing

Lower North[edit]

1983 Western Australian state election: Lower North Province
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Norman Moore 3,237 58.4
Labor Brian Wyatt 2,170 39.1
Independent Francesco Nesci 140 2.5
Total formal votes 5,547 95.0
Informal votes 293 5.0
Turnout 5,840 81.1
Liberal hold Swing
  • Preferences were not distributed.

Lower West[edit]

1983 Western Australian state election: Lower West Province
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Colin Bell 12,219 48.9
Labor Brian Coffey 10,737 42.9
Democrats Maxwell Barrington 2,053 8.2
Total formal votes 25,009 97.1
Informal votes 827 2.9
Turnout 25,836 90.8
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Colin Bell 13,384 53.5
Labor Brian Coffey 11,625 46.5
Liberal hold Swing

Metropolitan[edit]

1983 Western Australian state election: Metropolitan Province
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal John Williams 40,364 56.4
Labor Graham Droppert 31,154 43.6
Total formal votes 71,518 97.0
Informal votes 2,175 3.0
Turnout 73,693 86.2
Liberal hold Swing

North[edit]

1983 Western Australian state election: North Province
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Tom Stephens 12,605 65.2
Liberal Peter Murray 6,721 34.8
Total formal votes 19,326 95.7
Informal votes 866 4.3
Turnout 20,192 87.5
Labor hold Swing

North Central Metropolitan[edit]

1983 Western Australian state election: North Central Metropolitan Province
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Sam Piantadosi 34,456 60.0
Liberal Michael Brazier 22,952 40.0
Total formal votes 57,408 95.9
Informal votes 2,425 4.1
Turnout 59,833 87.8
Labor hold Swing

North Metropolitan[edit]

1983 Western Australian state election: North Metropolitan Province
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Graham Edwards 31,146 51.5
Liberal Bob Pike 27,827 46.0
Democrats Bryan Lobascher 1,494 2.5
Total formal votes 60,467 96.5
Informal votes 2,168 3.5
Turnout 62,635 88.7
Labor gain from Liberal Swing
  • Preferences were not distributed.

North-East Metropolitan[edit]

1983 Western Australian state election: North-East Metropolitan Province
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Fred McKenzie 45,425 63.5
Liberal Douglas Ismail 23,373 32.7
Democrats Kevin Trent 2,744 3.8
Total formal votes 71,542 93.9
Informal votes 4,655 6.1
Turnout 76,197 88.7
Labor hold Swing
  • Preferences were not distributed.

South[edit]

1983 Western Australian state election: South Province
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal David Wordsworth 8,290 36.1
Labor Ron Leeson 6,249 27.2
National Country Leonard Newing 4,328 18.9
National Leslie Stephens 4,096 17.8
Total formal votes 22,963 96.7
Informal votes 784 3.3
Turnout 23,747 90.3
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal David Wordsworth 15,306 66.7
Labor Ron Leeson 7,657 33.3
Liberal hold Swing

South Central Metropolitan[edit]

1983 Western Australian state election: South Central Metropolitan Province
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Clive Griffiths 27,995 49.9
Labor Sydney Hickman 25,092 44.7
Democrats Richard Jeffreys 3,065 5.5
Total formal votes 56,152 96.6
Informal votes 1,950 4.4
Turnout 58,102 88.3
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Clive Griffiths 29,936 53.3
Labor Sydney Hickman 26,216 46.7
Liberal hold Swing

South East[edit]

1983 Western Australian state election: South-East Province
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Mark Nevill 10,141 60.0
Liberal Stanley Brown 6,775 40.0
Total formal votes 16,916 96.5
Informal votes 615 3.5
Turnout 17,531 88.5
Labor hold Swing

South East Metropolitan[edit]

1983 Western Australian state election: South-East Metropolitan Province
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Kay Hallahan 35,790 59.6
Liberal Rodney Boland 24,255 40.4
Total formal votes 60,045 96.9
Informal votes 1,910 3.1
Turnout 61,955 89.0
Labor hold Swing

South Metropolitan[edit]

1983 Western Australian state election: South Metropolitan Province
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Des Dans 41,791 69.7
Liberal Colin Cashman 18,132 30.3
Total formal votes 59,923 95.9
Informal votes 2,549 4.1
Turnout 62,472 92.4
Labor hold Swing

South West[edit]

1983 Western Australian state election: South West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Vic Ferry 12,603 50.9
Labor Doug Wenn 12,173 49.1
Total formal votes 24,776 97.0
Informal votes 773 3.0
Turnout 25,549 91.7
Liberal hold Swing

Upper West[edit]

1983 Western Australian state election: Upper West Province
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National Tom McNeil 11,061 46.3
Liberal Peter Browne 8,495 35.5
National Country Gordon Garratt 4,347 18.2
Total formal votes 23,903 96.8
Informal votes 795 3.2
Turnout 24,698 89.4
National hold Swing

West[edit]

1983 Western Australian state election: West Province
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Neil Oliver 12,644 53.7
Labor Nadeem Ramsay 10,900 46.3
Total formal votes 23,544 97.3
Informal votes 647 2.7
Turnout 24,191 89.2
Liberal hold Swing

See also[edit]

References[edit]

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