Election figures

1969 (25 October)

Enrolment 58,316 Total votes 55,479 (95.15%) Informal votes 1,206 (2.17%)

Valid votes 54,273

*Kim Edward Beazley

Labor

34,336

63.27%

Robert Shenton French

Liberal

17,520

32.28%

Francis Anthony Pownall

Democratic Labor Party

2,417 4.45%

* Sitting member

Absolute majority for Beazley 14,399

Percentage of primary valid votes in each subdivision

 

Beazley

French

Pownall

Total valid votes

Applecross

43.06%

51.44%

5.50%

4,378

Ardross

45.94%

48.61%

5.45%

4,789

Coolbellup

78.35%

18.29%

3.36%

5,025

Fremantle

69.26%

26.48%

4.26%

6,551

Hamilton Hill

75.48%

19.04%

2.69%

2,997

Melville

64.62%

31.82%

3.55%

7,460

Palmyra

63.64%

31.76%

4.60%

7,840

Riverton

48.76%

45.03%

6.21%

5,010

South Fremantle

77.66%

19.47%

2.87%

5,393

Postal Votes

60.70%

34.45%

4.86%

1,524

Absent Votes

63.03%

30.18%

6.78%

3,184

Section votes

63.11%

35.25%

1.64%

122

Total

63.27%

32.28%

4.45%

54,273

 

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