Electoral results for the district of South Perth

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

Members for South Perth

Western Australian state election, 2013: South Perth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	John McGrath	13,654	67.0	+14.1
	Labor	Dustin Rafferty	4,432	21.7	–2.2
	Greens	Peter Best	1,800	8.8	–1.7
	Independent	David Mangini	501	2.5	+2.5
Total formal votes			20,387	94.9	-0.8
Informal votes			1,095	5.1	+0.8
Turnout			21,482	88.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	John McGrath	14,494	71.1	+6.8
	Labor	Dustin Rafferty	5,890	28.9	–6.8
	Liberal hold		Swing	+6.8

Western Australian state election, 2008: South Perth^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	John McGrath	10,136	52.9	+7.5
	Labor	Leena Michael	4,594	24.0	-8.5
	Greens	Ros Harman	2,016	10.5	+2.1
	Independent	Jim Grayden	1,767	9.2	-1.7
	Family First	Karen McDonald	473	2.5	+2.5
	Independent	Frank Hough	184	1.0	+1.0
Total formal votes			19,170	95.7	-0.9
Informal votes			858	4.3	+0.9
Turnout			20,028	85.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	John McGrath	12,310	64.3	+6.9
	Labor	Leena Michael	6,845	35.7	-6.9
	Liberal hold		Swing	+6.9

Western Australian state election, 2005: South Perth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	John McGrath	10,689	44.2	+14.3
	Labor	Dale Kelliher	8,184	33.9	+6.6
	Independent	Jim Grayden	2,542	10.5	+10.5
	Greens	Alan Hopkins	2,071	8.6	+2.1
	Christian Democrats	Michael Davis	673	2.8	+2.8
Total formal votes			24,159	96.4	-0.4
Informal votes			905	3.6	+0.4
Turnout			25,064	89.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	John McGrath	13,478	55.8	-2.3
	Labor	Dale Kelliher	10,674	44.2	+44.2
	Liberal gain from Independent		Swing	N/A

Western Australian state election, 2001: South Perth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Independent	Phillip Pendal	6,375	30.8	-8.8
	Liberal	Andrew Murfin	6,251	30.2	-3.1
	Labor	Daniel Smith	4,943	23.9	+4.1
	Greens	Paul Smith	1,326	6.4	-0.8
	Independent	Claire Allison	1,127	5.4	+5.4
	Democrats	Mark Reynolds	676	3.3	+3.3
Total formal votes			20,698	97.2	-0.2
Informal votes			599	2.8	+0.2
Turnout			21,297	89.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Andrew Murfin	12,520	60.9	-10.1
	Labor	Daniel Smith	8,024	39.1	+10.1
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Independent	Phillip Pendal	12,924	62.8	-1.4
	Liberal	Andrew Murfin	7,671	37.2	+1.4
	Independent hold		Swing	-1.4

Western Australian state election, 1996: South Perth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Independent	Phillip Pendal	8,058	39.6	+39.6
	Liberal	Peter Spencer	6,764	33.3	-24.8
	Labor	Kim Bryant	4,031	19.8	+17.3
	Greens	Andrew Thomson	1,473	7.2	-1.4
Total formal votes			20,326	97.4	+1.5
Informal votes			553	2.6	-1.5
Turnout			20,879	88.0
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Independent	Phillip Pendal	13,045	64.2	+64.2
	Liberal	Peter Spencer	7,270	35.8	-30.8
	Independent gain from Liberal		Swing	+64.2

Western Australian state election, 1993: South Perth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Phillip Pendal	10,734	58.7	+8.0
	Independent	Jim Grayden	4,711	25.8	+25.8
	Greens	Troy Ellis	1,587	8.7	+8.7
	Democrats	Gordon Edwards	626	3.4	+3.4
	Independent	Isobel	333	1.8	+1.8
	Independent	Brett Miller	301	1.7	+1.7
Total formal votes			18,292	95.8	+1.5
Informal votes			801	4.2	-1.5
Turnout			19,093	91.9	+3.4
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Liberal	Phillip Pendal	11,555	63.2	+1.9
	Independent	Jim Grayden	6,737	36.8	+36.8
	Liberal hold		Swing	+1.9

Western Australian state election, 1989: South Perth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Bill Grayden	8,980	50.7	-4.6
	Labor	Joan Davison	5,994	33.9	-10.8
	Independent	David Smith	1,567	8.9	+8.9
	Grey Power	Beatrice Trutmann	1,162	6.6	+6.6
Total formal votes			17,703	94.3
Informal votes			1,071	5.7
Turnout			18,774	88.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Bill Grayden	10,846	61.3	+6.0
	Labor	Joan Davison	6,857	38.7	-6.0
	Liberal hold		Swing	+6.0

Western Australian state election, 1986: South Perth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Bill Grayden	8,921	56.5	+2.0
	Labor	Jennifer McNae	6,871	43.5	-2.0
Total formal votes			15,792	97.9	-0.1
Informal votes			345	2.1	+0.1
Turnout			16,137	89.7	+3.8
	Liberal hold		Swing	+2.0

Western Australian state election, 1983: South Perth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Bill Grayden	7,836	54.5
	Labor	Sten Jakobsen	6,533	45.5
Total formal votes			14,369	98.0
Informal votes			288	2.0
Turnout			14,657	85.9
	Liberal hold		Swing

Western Australian state election, 1980: South Perth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Bill Grayden	7,132	58.4	-4.4
	Labor	Malcolm Trudgen	3,950	32.3	-4.9
	Democrats	Kevin Trent	1,133	9.3	+9.3
Total formal votes			12,215	97.1	-0.3
Informal votes			364	2.9	+0.3
Turnout			12,579	84.7	-3.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Bill Grayden	7,698	63.0	+0.2
	Labor	Malcolm Trudgen	4,517	37.0	-0.2
	Liberal hold		Swing	+0.2

Western Australian state election, 1977: South Perth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Bill Grayden	8,162	62.8
	Labor	Bill Johnson	4,832	37.2
Total formal votes			12,994	97.4
Informal votes			345	2.6
Turnout			13,339	88.0
	Liberal hold		Swing

Western Australian state election, 1974: South Perth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Bill Grayden	6,720	50.8
	Labor	Garry Kelly	5,295	40.0
	National Alliance	Bill Wallace	1,215	9.2
Total formal votes			13,230	97.5
Informal votes			341	2.5
Turnout			13,571	87.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Bill Grayden	7,753	58.6
	Labor	Garry Kelly	5,477	41.4
	Liberal hold		Swing

Western Australian state election, 1971: South Perth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Bill Grayden	6,247	53.8	-24.8
	Labor	William Johnson	4,378	37.7	+37.7
	Democratic Labor	Emil Murray	818	7.0	-14.4
	Australia Party	Arthur Williams	175	1.5	+1.5
Total formal votes			11,618	97.3	+4.6
Informal votes			320	2.7	-4.6
Turnout			11,938	89.5	-0.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Bill Grayden	7,030	60.5	-18.1
	Labor	William Johnson	4,588	39.5	+39.5
	Liberal hold		Swing	N/A

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