Election figures

1980 (18 October)

Enrolment 68,467 Total votes 64,385 (94.04%) Informal votes 1,982 (3.08%)

Valid votes 62,403

*John Sydney Dawkins

Labor

36,272

58.13%

Graham Edward Hull

Australian Democrats

3,791

6.08%

Angelo Lopez

Socialist Labor League

915

1.47%

Donald Campbell McLeod

Liberal

21,425

34.33%

* Sitting member

Absolute majority for Dawkins 10,141

Percentage of primary valid votes in each subdivision

 

Dawkins

Hull

Lopez

McLeod

Total valid votes

Bull Creek

32.48%

7.51%

0.35%

59.66%

4,554

Cockburn

66.81%

5.16%

1.87%

26.16%

10,320

Coolbellup

67.73%

5.73%

1.61%

24.92%

10,218

Fremantle

63.39%

5.00%

1.73%

29.88%

12,285

Kwinana

67.46%

5.69%

1.96%

24.89%

6,340

Palmyra

44.62%

7.07%

0.46%

47.85%

13,201

Postal Votes

53.65%

5.67%

1.17%

39.51%

1,888

Absent Votes

55.40%

8.98%

3.48%

32.13%

3,386

Section votes

63.51%

5.69%

1.42%

29.38%

211

Total

58.13%

6.08%

1.47%

34.33%

62,403

 

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