title: Electoral results for the district of Welshpool
text: # Electoral results for the district of Welshpool
  
  This is a list of electoral results for the Electoral district of Welshpool in Western Australian state elections.
  
  ## Members for Welshpool
  
  | Member | Member | Party | Term |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | | Colin Jamieson | Labor | 1974–1986 |
  | | Bill Thomas | Labor | 1986–1989 |
  
  ## Election results
  
  ### Elections in the 1980s
  
  1986 Western Australian state election: Welshpool :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labor | Bill Thomas | 10,073 | 63.2 | -1.6 |
  | | Liberal | Stephen Gardiner | 5,872 | 36.8 | +1.6 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 15,945 | 95.9 | -0.6 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 683 | 4.1 | +0.6 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 16,628 | 91.8 | +4.0 |
  | | Labor hold | Labor hold | Swing | -1.6 | |
  
  1983 Western Australian state election: Welshpool :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labor | Colin Jamieson | 9,482 | 64.8 |
  | | Liberal | Robert Gray | 5,159 | 35.2 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 14,641 | 96.5 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 525 | 3.5 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 15,166 | 87.8 |
  | | Labor hold | Labor hold | Swing | |
  
  1980 Western Australian state election: Welshpool :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labor | Colin Jamieson | 8,084 | 59.4 | +3.2 |
  | | Liberal | Francesco Piccolo | 5,533 | 40.6 | -3.2 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 13,617 | 95.4 | -0.3 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 659 | 4.6 | +0.3 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 14,276 | 87.5 | -2.6 |
  | | Labor hold | Labor hold | Swing | +3.2 | |
  
  ### Elections in the 1970s
  
  1977 Western Australian state election: Welshpool :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labor | Colin Jamieson | 7,772 | 56.2 |
  | | Liberal | Brian Rose | 6,065 | 43.8 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 13,837 | 95.7 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 621 | 4.3 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 14,458 | 90.1 |
  | | Labor hold | Labor hold | Swing | -7.9 |
  
  1974 Western Australian state election: Welshpool :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labor | Colin Jamieson | 8,807 | 61.5 |
  | | Liberal | George Fisher | 4,492 | 31.4 |
  | | National Alliance | Laurence Eaton | 1,026 | 7.2 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 14,325 | 94.9 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 763 | 5.1 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 15,088 | 88.6 |
  | Two-party-preferred result ||||||
  | | Labor | Colin Jamieson | 8,961 | 62.6 |
  | | Liberal | George Fisher | 5,364 | 37.4 |
  | | Labor hold | Labor hold | Swing | |
  