1977 (10 December)
Enrolment 71,414 Total votes 68,060 (95.30%) Informal votes 2,235 (3.28%)
Valid votes 65,825
John Sydney Dawkins |
Labor |
29,700 |
45.12% |
John Colin Kernott |
Australian Democrats |
6,491 |
9.86% |
David Eric Lavater |
Progress Party |
957 |
1.46% |
Peter Ramshaw |
Liberal |
27,372 |
41.58% |
Victor Charles Slater |
Communist |
1,305 |
1.98% |
Final count after distribution of preferences
Dawkins |
ALP |
29,700 |
165 (17.24%) |
29,865 |
787 |
30,652 |
3,461 (50.23%) |
34,113 (51.82%) |
Kernott |
AD |
6,491 |
263 (27.48%) |
6,754 |
136 (10.05%) |
6,890 |
Excluded |
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Lavater |
PP |
957 |
Excluded |
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Ramshaw |
Lib |
27,372 |
481 (50.26%) |
27,853 |
430 (31.78%) |
28,283 |
3,429 (49.77%) |
31,712 (48.18%) |
Slater |
Comm |
1,305 |
48 (5.02%) |
1,353 |
Excluded |
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Majority (after preferences) for Dawkins 2,401
Percentage of primary valid votes in each subdivision
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Lavater |
Slater |
Kernot |
Ramshaw |
Dawkins |
Total valid votes |
Applecross |
1.51% |
0.67% |
11.94% |
64.83% |
21.06% |
5,780 |
Cockburn |
1.15% |
2.57% |
9.10% |
30.27% |
56.91% |
9,574 |
Coolbellup |
1.18% |
2.31% |
9.27% |
23.55% |
63.68% |
5,664 |
Cottesloe |
1.50% |
0.86% |
11.12% |
56.99% |
29.52% |
8,594 |
Fremantle |
1.37% |
2.24% |
7.87% |
37.18% |
51.34% |
6,439 |
Melville |
0.99% |
1.18% |
11.35% |
42.34% |
44.14% |
8,306 |
Palmyra |
1.08% |
1.21% |
10.16% |
47.76% |
39.79% |
9,169 |
South Fremantle |
0.97% |
3.20% |
5.82% |
29.33% |
60.68% |
5,466 |
Postal Votes |
2.67% |
2.25% |
7.87% |
46.41% |
40.80% |
2,174 |
Absent Votes |
3.96% |
5.16% |
12.39% |
34.09% |
44.39% |
4,591 |
Section votes |
2.94% |
1.47% |
13.24% |
41.18% |
41.18% |
68 |
Total |
1.46% |
1.98% |
9.86% |
41.57% |
45.12% |
65,825 |
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