title: Electoral results for the district of Blackwood
text: # Electoral results for the district of Blackwood
  
  This is a list of electoral results for the Electoral district of Blackwood in Western Australian state elections.
  
  ## Members for Blackwood
  
  | Member | Party | Term |
  | - | - | - |
  | John Hearman | Liberal Country League | 1950–1968 |
  | Ron Kitney | Country | 1968–1971 |
  | David Reid | Country | 1971–1972 |
  | Sandy Lewis | Liberal | 1972–1974 |
  
  ## Election results
  
  ### Elections in the 1970s
  
  1972 Blackwood state by-election :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Liberal | Sandy Lewis | 2,023 | 39.5 | +9.2 |
  | | Labor | Fred Hebbard | 1,642 | 32.0 | +6.3 |
  | | Country | Robert Wardell-Johnson | 1,460 | 28.5 | +2.6 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 5,125 | 98.7 | +3.7 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 67 | 1.3 | -3.7 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,192 | 86.6 | -6.5 |
  | Two-party-preferred result ||||||
  | | Liberal | Sandy Lewis | 3,284 | 64.1 | +25.7 |
  | | Labor | Fred Hebbard | 1,841 | 35.9 | +35.9 |
  | | Liberal gain from Country | Liberal gain from Country | Swing | N/A | |
  
  1971 Western Australian state election: Blackwood :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Liberal | Del Willmott | 1,627 | 30.3 | -15.1 |
  | | Country | David Reid | 1,392 | 25.9 | -28.7 |
  | | Labor | Col Sumner | 1,382 | 25.7 | +25.7 |
  | | Independent | Peter Cracknell | 559 | 10.4 | +10.4 |
  | | Democratic Labor | John Fleeton | 417 | 7.8 | +7.8 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 5,377 | 95.0 | -1.5 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 282 | 5.0 | +1.5 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,659 | 93.1 | -0.6 |
  | Two-candidate-preferred result ||||||
  | | Country | David Reid | 3,314 | 61.6 | +7.0 |
  | | Liberal | Del Willmott | 2,063 | 38.4 | -7.0 |
  | | Country hold | Country hold | Swing | +7.0 | |
  
  ### Elections in the 1960s
  
  1968 Western Australian state election: Blackwood :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Country | Ron Kitney | 2,798 | 54.6 |
  | | Liberal and Country | John Hearman | 2,324 | 45.4 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 5,122 | 96.5 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 184 | 3.5 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,306 | 93.7 |
  | | Country gain from Liberal and Country | Country gain from Liberal and Country | Swing | |
  
  1965 Western Australian state election: Blackwood :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Liberal and Country | John Hearman | unopposed | | |
  | | Liberal and Country hold | Liberal and Country hold | Swing | | |
  
  1962 Western Australian state election: Blackwood :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Liberal and Country | John Hearman | 3,549 | 74.1 |
  | | Independent | Henry Rudd | 1,242 | 25.9 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 4,791 | 98.7 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 65 | 1.3 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,856 | 94.1 |
  | | Liberal and Country hold | Liberal and Country hold | Swing | |
  
  ### Elections in the 1950s
  
  1959 Western Australian state election: Blackwood :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Liberal and Country | John Hearman | 2,239 | 50.8 | -49.2 |
  | | Country | Duncan Muir | 2,168 | 49.2 | +49.2 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 4,407 | 97.6 | |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 110 | 2.4 | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,517 | 92.7 | |
  | | Liberal and Country hold | Liberal and Country hold | Swing | N/A | |
  
  1956 Western Australian state election: Blackwood :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Liberal and Country | John Hearman | unopposed | | |
  | | Liberal and Country hold | Liberal and Country hold | Swing | | |
  
  1953 Western Australian state election: Blackwood :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Liberal and Country | John Hearman | unopposed | | |
  | | Liberal and Country hold | Liberal and Country hold | Swing | | |
  
  1950 Western Australian state election: Blackwood :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Liberal and Country | John Hearman | 1,503 | 34.5 |
  | | Independent | John Smith | 1,149 | 26.3 |
  | | Labor | William Eastcott | 981 | 22.5 |
  | | Country | Alwyn Wagner | 727 | 16.7 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 4,360 | 98.4 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 69 | 1.6 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,429 | 92.6 |
  | Two-candidate-preferred result ||||||
  | | Liberal and Country | John Hearman | 2,284 | 52.4 |
  | | Independent | John Smith | 2,076 | 47.6 |
  | | Liberal and Country hold | Liberal and Country hold | Swing | |
  