title: Electoral results for the district of East Melville
text: # Electoral results for the district of East Melville
  
  This is a list of electoral results for the Electoral district of East Melville in Western Australian state elections.
  
  ## Members for East Melville
  
  | Member | Party | Term |
  | - | - | - |
  | Des O'Neil | Liberal Country League | 1962–1968 |
  | Des O'Neil | Liberal | 1968–1980 |
  | Anthony Trethowan | Liberal | 1980–1986 |
  | Richard Lewis | Liberal | 1986–1989 |
  
  ## Election results
  
  ### Elections in the 1980s
  
  1986 Western Australian state election: East Melville :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Liberal | Richard Lewis | 9,491 | 60.0 | +6.4 |
  | | Labor | Gary Low | 6,330 | 40.0 | +4.2 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 15,821 | 97.7 | -0.1 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 379 | 2.3 | +0.1 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 16,200 | 92.2 | -1.5 |
  | | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | +1.1 | |
  
  1983 Western Australian state election: East Melville :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Liberal | Anthony Trethowan | 7,907 | 53.6 |
  | | Labor | Carmen Lawrence | 5,281 | 35.8 |
  | | Democrats | Shirley De La Hunty | 1,565 | 10.6 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 14,753 | 97.8 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 330 | 2.2 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 15,083 | 93.7 |
  | Two-party-preferred result ||||||
  | | Liberal | Anthony Trethowan | 8,690 | 58.9 |
  | | Labor | Carmen Lawrence | 6,063 | 41.1 |
  | | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | |
  
  1980 Western Australian state election: East Melville :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Liberal | Anthony Trethowan | unopposed | | |
  | | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | | |
  
  ### Elections in the 1970s
  
  1977 Western Australian state election: East Melville :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Liberal | Des O'Neil | 9,720 | 65.5 |
  | | Labor | Lionel Christensen | 5,119 | 34.5 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 14,839 | 97.6 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 359 | 2.4 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 15,198 | 91.8 |
  | | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | +6.1 |
  
  1974 Western Australian state election: East Melville :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Liberal | Des O'Neil | 8,029 | 52.8 |
  | | Labor | Percy Johnson | 6,079 | 40.0 |
  | | National Alliance | Rosemary Taboni | 1,097 | 7.2 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 15,205 | 97.1 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 452 | 2.9 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 15,657 | 91.4 |
  | Two-party-preferred result ||||||
  | | Liberal | Des O'Neil | 8,961 | 58.9 |
  | | Labor | Percy Johnson | 6,244 | 41.1 |
  | | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | |
  
  1971 Western Australian state election: East Melville :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Liberal | Des O'Neil | 8,839 | 59.4 | -15.5 |
  | | Labor | Herman Baer | 4,784 | 32.2 | +32.2 |
  | | Democratic Labor | Rosemary Lorrimar | 1,257 | 8.4 | +8.4 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 14,880 | 97.7 | +3.1 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 357 | 2.3 | -3.1 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 15,237 | 92.5 | -0.4 |
  | Two-party-preferred result ||||||
  | | Liberal | Des O'Neil | 9,907 | 66.6 | -2.4 |
  | | Labor | Herman Baer | 4,973 | 33.4 | +2.4 |
  | | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | -2.4 | |
  
  ### Elections in the 1960s
  
  1968 Western Australian state election: East Melville :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Liberal and Country | Des O'Neil | 8,800 | 74.9 |
  | | Communist | Victor Williams | 1,694 | 14.4 |
  | | Independent | Ralph Von Paleske | 1,249 | 10.6 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 11,743 | 94.6 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 666 | 5.4 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 12,409 | 92.9 |
  | Two-candidate-preferred result ||||||
  | | Liberal and Country | Des O'Neil | 9,425 | 80.3 |
  | | Communist | Victor Williams | 2,318 | 19.7 |
  | | Liberal and Country hold | Liberal and Country hold | Swing | |
  
  1965 Western Australian state election: East Melville :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Liberal and Country | Des O'Neil | 6,773 | 59.4 | -4.2 |
  | | Independent | Louis Joseph | 4,630 | 40.6 | +40.6 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 11,403 | 95.1 | -4.0 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 585 | 4.9 | +4.0 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 11,988 | 93.2 | -1.6 |
  | | Liberal and Country hold | Liberal and Country hold | Swing | N/A | |
  
  1962 Western Australian state election: East Melville :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Liberal and Country | Des O'Neil | 6,527 | 63.6 |
  | | Labor | Mervyn Jahn | 3,739 | 36.4 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 10,266 | 99.1 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 90 | 0.9 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 10,356 | 94.8 |
  | | Liberal and Country hold | Liberal and Country hold | Swing | |
  