Election figures

1974 (18 May)

Enrolment 65,013 Total votes 62,056 (95.45%) Informal 1,554 (2.30%)

Valid votes 60,502

*Kim Edward Beazley

Labor

35,932

59.39%

Douglas John Fernihough

Liberal

21,711

35.88%

Peter James Moorhouse

National Alliance

2,136 3.53%

Charles Alexander Pierce

Australia Party

723 1.20%

* Sitting member

Absolute majority for Beazley 11,362

Percentage of primary valid votes in each subdivision

 

Beazley

Fernihough

Moorhouse

Pierce

Total valid votes

Claremont

40.70%

53.88%

4.02%

1.40%

5,147

Coolbellup

74.88%

22.12%

2.40%

0.60%

6,500

Cottesloe

43.57%

51.19%

3.62%

1.62%

8,527

Fremantle

64.46%

30.62%

4.27%

0.65%

6,565

Hamilton Hill

74.51%

22.02%

2.59%

0.88%

4,100

Melville

59.51%

36.54%

3.37%

0.58%

8,079

Palmyra

57.14%

39.03%

2.91%

0.92%

8,804

South Fremantle

74.61%

22.33%

2.39%

0.68%

5,616

Postal Votes

51.38%

41.17%

4.72%

2.73%

2,672

Absent Votes

57.22%

32.62%

6.65%

3.51%

4,301

Section votes

54.97%

40.31%

2.09%

2.62%

191

Total

59.39%

35.88%

3.53%

1.20%

60,502

 

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