title: Electoral results for the district of Gascoyne
text: # Electoral results for the district of Gascoyne
  
  This is a list of electoral results for the Electoral district of Gascoyne in Western Australian state elections.
  
  ## Members for Gascoyne
  
  | Member | Party | Term |
  | - | - | - |
  | Robert Frederick Sholl | Opposition | 1890–1897 |
  | George Hubble | Ministerial | 1897–1901 |
  | William Butcher | Independent | 1901–1905 |
  | William Butcher | Ministerial | 1905–1911 |
  | John McDonald | Labor | 1911–1914 |
  | Archibald Gilchrist | Liberal (WA) | 1914–1917 |
  | Edward Angelo | Nationalist | 1917–1920 |
  | Edward Angelo | Country | 1920–1923 |
  | Edward Angelo | Country (MCP) | 1923–1924 |
  | Edward Angelo | Nationalist | 1924–1933 |
  | Frank Wise | Labor | 1933–1951 |
  | Noel Butcher | Independent Liberal | 1951–1953 |
  | Daniel Norton | Labor | 1953–1974 |
  | Ian Laurance | Liberal | 1974–1987 |
  | Dudley Maslen | Liberal | 1987–1989 |
  
  ## Election results
  
  ### Elections in the 1980s
  
  1987 Gascoyne state by-election :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Liberal | Dudley Maslen | 2,165 | 53.0 | -7.5 |
  | | Labor | Kevin Leahy | 1,919 | 47.0 | +7.5 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 4,084 | 98.2 | +0.4 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 73 | 1.8 | -0.4 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,157 | 81.6 | -4.3 |
  | | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | -7.5 | |
  
  1986 Western Australian state election: Gascoyne :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Liberal | Ian Laurance | 2,600 | 60.5 | -1.3 |
  | | Labor | Kevin Leahy | 1,697 | 39.5 | +1.3 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 4,297 | 97.8 | +0.5 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 96 | 2.2 | -0.5 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,393 | 85.9 | +1.3 |
  | | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | -1.3 | |
  
  1983 Western Australian state election: Gascoyne :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Liberal | Ian Laurance | 2,026 | 61.8 |
  | | Labor | John Cunningham | 1,253 | 38.2 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 3,279 | 97.3 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 91 | 2.7 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,370 | 84.6 |
  | | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | |
  
  1980 Western Australian state election: Gascoyne :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Liberal | Ian Laurance | 2,015 | 61.6 | -7.9 |
  | | Labor | Robert Price | 1,183 | 36.1 | +9.6 |
  | | Independent | Robert Phillips | 75 | 2.3 | -1.7 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 3,273 | 97.2 | +0.1 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 95 | 2.8 | -0.1 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,368 | 87.7 | -1.7 |
  | Two-party-preferred result ||||||
  | | Liberal | Ian Laurance | 2,052 | 62.7 | -8.9 |
  | | Labor | Robert Price | 1,221 | 37.3 | +8.9 |
  | | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | -8.9 | |
  
  ### Elections in the 1970s
  
  1977 Western Australian state election: Gascoyne :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Liberal | Ian Laurance | 2,192 | 69.5 | |
  | | Labor | Robert Brown | 834 | 26.5 | |
  | | Independent | Robert Phillips | 127 | 4.0 | |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 3,153 | 97.1 | |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 95 | 2.9 | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,248 | 89.4 | |
  | Two-party-preferred result ||||||
  | | Liberal | Ian Laurance | 2,256 | 71.6 | +6.2 |
  | | Labor | Robert Brown | 897 | 28.4 | -6.2 |
  | | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | +6.2 | |
  
  1974 Western Australian state election: Gascoyne :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Liberal | Ian Laurance | 1,610 | 50.5 |
  | | Labor | Frank Davis | 955 | 30.0 |
  | | National Alliance | Wilson Tuckey | 511 | 16.0 |
  | | Independent | Robert Phillips | 111 | 3.5 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 3,187 | 95.3 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 156 | 4.7 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,343 | 88.0 |
  | Two-party-preferred result ||||||
  | | Liberal | Ian Laurance | 2,100 | 65.9 |
  | | Labor | Frank Davis | 1,087 | 34.1 |
  | | Liberal gain from Labor | Liberal gain from Labor | Swing | |
  
  1971 Western Australian state election: Gascoyne :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labor | Daniel Norton | 1,546 | 58.1 | -4.1 |
  | | Liberal | Keith Hasleby | 839 | 31.5 | -2.6 |
  | | Independent | Robert Phillips | 167 | 6.3 | +6.3 |
  | | Democratic Labor | Kevin Courtney | 110 | 4.1 | +4.1 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 2,662 | 96.1 | -1.3 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 109 | 3.9 | +1.3 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,771 | 84.4 | -0.3 |
  | Two-party-preferred result ||||||
  | | Labor | Daniel Norton | 1,645 | 61.8 | -2.3 |
  | | Liberal | Keith Hasleby | 1,017 | 38.2 | +2.3 |
  | | Labor hold | Labor hold | Swing | -2.3 | |
  
  ### Elections in the 1960s
  
  1968 Western Australian state election: Gascoyne :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labor | Daniel Norton | 1,321 | 62.2 |
  | | Liberal and Country | Peter Butler | 724 | 34.1 |
  | | Independent | Neville Brandstater | 79 | 3.7 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 2,124 | 97.4 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 56 | 2.6 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,180 | 84.7 |
  | Two-party-preferred result ||||||
  | | Labor | Daniel Norton | 1,361 | 64.1 |
  | | Liberal and Country | Peter Butler | 763 | 35.9 |
  | | Labor hold | Labor hold | Swing | |
  
  1965 Western Australian state election: Gascoyne :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labor | Daniel Norton | 1,064 | 62.5 | -37.5 |
  | | Liberal and Country | Stewart Maver | 556 | 32.7 | +32.7 |
  | | Independent | Neville Brandstater | 82 | 4.8 | +4.8 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 1,702 | 97.5 | |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 43 | 2.5 | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,745 | 85.2 | |
  | Two-party-preferred result ||||||
  | | Labor | Daniel Norton | 1,106 | 65.8 | -2.2 |
  | | Liberal and Country | Stewart Maver | 596 | 34.2 | +2.2 |
  | | Labor hold | Labor hold | Swing | -2.2 | |
  
  1962 Western Australian state election: Gascoyne :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labor | Daniel Norton | unopposed | | |
  | | Labor hold | Labor hold | Swing | | |
  
  ### Elections in the 1950s
  
  1959 Western Australian state election: Gascoyne :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labor | Daniel Norton | 1,080 | 70.8 | +1.1 |
  | | Liberal and Country | Thomas Orr | 446 | 29.2 | -1.1 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 1,526 | 98.8 | +1.0 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 19 | 1.2 | -1.0 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,545 | 87.1 | +2.7 |
  | | Labor hold | Labor hold | Swing | +1.1 | |
  
  1956 Western Australian state election: Gascoyne :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labor | Daniel Norton | 1,068 | 69.7 |
  | | Liberal and Country | Kenneth Illingworth | 465 | 30.3 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 1,533 | 97.8 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 35 | 2.2 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,568 | 84.4 |
  | | Labor hold | Labor hold | Swing | |
  
  1953 Western Australian state election: Gascoyne :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labor | Daniel Norton | 726 | 50.4 | -26.1 |
  | | Independent Liberal | Noel Butcher | 519 | 36.0 | +36.0 |
  | | Liberal and Country | Robert Iles | 116 | 8.1 | -15.4 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 1,440 | 96.3 | -0.9 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 55 | 3.7 | +0.9 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,495 | 90.2 | +4.4 |
  | | Labor hold | Labor hold | Swing | N/A | |
  
  * Preferences were not distributed.
  * Gascoyne had been won by the Independent Liberal candidate in the 1951 by-election.
  
  1951 Gascoyne state by-election :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labor | Daniel Norton | 537 | 45.7 | -30.8 |
  | | Independent Liberal | Noel Butcher | 356 | 30.3 | +30.3 |
  | | Liberal and Country | John Dempster | 256 | 21.8 | -1.7 |
  | | All Parties Administration | Carlyle Ferguson | 27 | 2.3 | +2.3 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 1,176 | 98.9 | +1.7 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 13 | 1.1 | -1.7 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,189 | 87.6 | +1.8 |
  | Two-candidate-preferred result ||||||
  | | Independent Liberal | Noel Butcher | 603 | 51.3 | +51.3 |
  | | Labor | Daniel Norton | 573 | 48.7 | -27.8 |
  | | Independent Liberal gain from Labor | Independent Liberal gain from Labor | Swing | N/A | |
  
  1950 Western Australian state election: Gascoyne :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labor | Frank Wise | 946 | 76.5 |
  | | Liberal and Country | Noel Butcher | 290 | 23.5 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 1,236 | 97.2 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 35 | 2.8 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,271 | 85.8 |
  | | Labor hold | Labor hold | Swing | |
  
  ### Elections in the 1940s
  
  1947 Western Australian state election: Gascoyne :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labor | Frank Wise | unopposed | | |
  | | Labor hold | Labor hold | Swing | | |
  
  1943 Western Australian state election: Gascoyne :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labor | Frank Wise | unopposed | | |
  | | Labor hold | Labor hold | Swing | | |
  
  ### Elections in the 1930s
  
  1939 Western Australian state election: Gascoyne :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labor | Frank Wise | unopposed | | |
  | | Labor hold | Labor hold | Swing | | |
  
  1936 Western Australian state election: Gascoyne :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labor | Frank Wise | 683 | 81.4 | +19.0 |
  | | Country | Jack Pericles | 156 | 18.6 | +18.6 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 839 | 99.5 | +0.4 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 4 | 0.5 | -0.4 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 843 | 71.5 | -11.9 |
  | | Labor hold | Labor hold | Swing | +19.0 | |
  
  1933 Western Australian state election: Gascoyne :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labor | Frank Wise | 610 | 62.4 | +17.7 |
  | | Nationalist | Edward Angelo | 368 | 37.6 | -17.7 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 969 | 99.1 | -0.1 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 9 | 0.9 | +0.1 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 987 | 83.4 | +0.9 |
  | | Labor gain from Nationalist | Labor gain from Nationalist | Swing | +17.7 | |
  
  1930 Western Australian state election: Gascoyne :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Nationalist | Edward Angelo | 639 | 55.3 |
  | | Labor | James Hickey | 517 | 44.7 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 1,156 | 99.2 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 9 | 0.8 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,165 | 82.5 |
  | | Nationalist hold | Nationalist hold | Swing | |
  
  ### Elections in the 1920s
  
  1927 Western Australian state election: Gascoyne :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Nationalist | Edward Angelo | 613 | 58.8 | +3.2 |
  | | Labor | William Willesee | 430 | 41.2 | -3.2 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 1,043 | 98.7 | -0.6 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 14 | 1.3 | +0.6 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,057 | 76.2 | +8.0 |
  | | Nationalist hold | Nationalist hold | Swing | +3.2 | |
  
  1924 Western Australian state election: Gascoyne :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Country | Edward Angelo | 490 | 55.6 | -5.1 |
  | | Labor | William Willesee | 391 | 44.4 | +17.9 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 881 | 99.3 | +0.3 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 6 | 0.7 | -0.3 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 887 | 68.2 | +7.3 |
  | | Country hold | Country hold | Swing | N/A | |
  
  1921 Western Australian state election: Gascoyne :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Country | Edward Angelo | 412 | 60.7 | +60.7 |
  | | Labor | George Jones | 180 | 26.5 | +26.5 |
  | | Independent | Edmund Holden | 87 | 12.8 | +12.8 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 679 | 99.0 | -1.0 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 7 | 1.0 | +1.0 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 686 | 60.9 | +7.6 |
  | | Country gain from Nationalist | Country gain from Nationalist | Swing | N/A | |
  
  ### Elections in the 1910s
  
  1917 Western Australian state election: Gascoyne :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Nationalist | Edward Angelo | 313 | 65.2 | +65.2 |
  | | National Liberal | Archibald Gilchrist | 167 | 34.8 | –24.9 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 480 | 100.0 | +0.4 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 0 | 0.0 | –0.4 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 480 | 53.3 | –10.1 |
  | | Nationalist gain from National Liberal | Nationalist gain from National Liberal | Swing | +65.2 | |
  
  * Gilchrist's designation at the 1914 election was simply "Liberal", rather than "National Liberal".
  
  1914 Western Australian state election: Gascoyne :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Liberal | Archibald Gilchrist | 435 | 59.7 | +13.3 |
  | | Labor | Edward Pearson | 294 | 40.3 | -13.3 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 729 | 99.6 | +0.2 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 3 | 0.4 | -0.2 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 732 | 63.4 | +14.9 |
  | | Liberal gain from Labor | Liberal gain from Labor | Swing | +13.3 | |
  
  1911 Western Australian state election: Gascoyne :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labor | John McDonald | 468 | 53.6 |
  | | Ministerial | William Butcher | 405 | 46.4 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 873 | 99.4 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 5 | 0.6 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 878 | 48.5 |
  | | Labor gain from Ministerial | Labor gain from Ministerial | Swing | |
  
  1910 Gascoyne state by-election :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Ministerial | William Butcher | unopposed | | |
  | | Ministerial hold | Ministerial hold | Swing | | |
  
  ### Elections in the 1900s
  
  1908 Western Australian state election: Gascoyne :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Ministerial | William Butcher | unopposed | | |
  | | Ministerial hold | Ministerial hold | Swing | | |
  
  1905 Western Australian state election: Gascoyne :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Ministerial | William Butcher | unopposed | | |
  | | Ministerial hold | Ministerial hold | Swing | | |
  
  1904 Western Australian state election: Gascoyne :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Independent | William Butcher | unopposed | | |
  | | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | | |
  
  1901 Western Australian state election: Gascoyne :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Opposition | William Butcher | 126 | 66.0 | +66.0 |
  | | Ministerial | David Forrest | 65 | 34.0 | –66.0 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 191 | 99.5 | n/a |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 1 | 0.5 | n/a |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 192 | 47.6 | n/a |
  | | Opposition gain from Ministerial | Opposition gain from Ministerial | Swing | +66.0 | |
  
  * George Hubble, the sitting Ministerialist member, had held the seat unopposed in 1897.
  
  ### Elections in the 1890s
  
  1899 Gascoyne colonial by-election :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Ministerial | George Hubble | unopposed | | |
  | | Ministerial hold | Ministerial hold | Swing | | |
  
  * This by-election was called because sitting member George Hubble was declared bankrupt, and the law at the time required that he had to resign his seat. However, he won it unopposed in the resulting by-election.
  
  1897 Western Australian colonial election: Gascoyne :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Ministerial | George Hubble | unopposed | | |
  | | Ministerial hold | Ministerial hold | Swing | | |
  
  1894 Western Australian colonial election: Gascoyne :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | None | Robert Sholl | unopposed | | |
  
  1890 Western Australian colonial election: Gascoyne :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | None | Robert F. Sholl | unopposed | | |
  