Electoral results for the district of Helena

This is a list of electoral results for the Electoral district of Helena in Western Australian state elections.

Members for Helena

Member		Party	Term
	Gordon Hill	Labor	1983–1994
	Rhonda Parker	Liberal	1994–1996

Election results

Elections in the 1990s

1994 Helena state by-election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Rhonda Parker	8,185	46.2	+1.7
	Labor	Joe Bullock	6,823	38.5	-4.9
	Greens	Lorraine Johnston	1,256	7.1	+0.7
	Independent	Mark Schneider	578	3.3	+3.3
	Confederate Action	Alan Rossiter	366	2.1	+2.1
	Independent	Ivan Talbot	310	1.8	+1.8
	Democratic Republican	James Connolly	137	0.8	+0.8
		Alfred Bussell	78	0.4	+0.4
Total formal votes			17,733	96.1	+0.3
Informal votes			718	3.9	-0.3
Turnout			18,451	79.9	-14.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Rhonda Parker	9,237	52.1	+2.3
	Labor	Joe Bullock	8,496	47.9	-2.3
	Liberal gain from Labor		Swing	+2.3

1993 Western Australian state election: Helena[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Rhonda Parker	8,712	44.5	+3.5
	Labor	Gordon Hill	8,480	43.4	-5.7
	Greens	Christine Heal	1,260	6.4	+6.4
		Owen McGrath	1,110	5.7	+5.7
Total formal votes			19,562	95.8	+4.2
Informal votes			846	4.2	-4.2
Turnout			20,408	94.5	+2.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Gordon Hill	9,820	50.2	-2.4
	Liberal	Rhonda Parker	9,742	49.8	+2.4
	Labor hold		Swing	-2.4

Elections in the 1980s

1989 Western Australian state election: Helena

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Gordon Hill	8,738	49.1	-13.2
	Liberal	Bob Greig	7,302	41.0	+3.3
	Grey Power	Cecil Morris	1,393	7.8	+7.8
		Jack van Tongeren	375	2.1	+2.1
Total formal votes			17,808	91.6
Informal votes			1,634	8.4
Turnout			19,442	92.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Gordon Hill	9,358	52.6	-9.7
	Liberal	Bob Greig	8,450	47.4	+9.7
	Labor hold		Swing	-9.7

1986 Western Australian state election: Helena

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Gordon Hill	12,688	64.5	+0.8
	Liberal	Beryl Joines	6,986	35.5	-0.8
Total formal votes			19,674	97.1	-0.1
Informal votes			584	2.9	+0.1
Turnout			20,258	92.6	0.0
	Labor hold		Swing	+0.8

1983 Western Australian state election: Helena

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Gordon Hill	9,847	63.7
	Liberal	Marianne McCall	5,620	36.3
Total formal votes			15,467	97.2
Informal votes			447	2.8
Turnout			15,914	92.6
	Labor hold		Swing

References

1. Prescott, David Black with the assistance of Valerie (1997). Election statistics : Legislative Assembly of Western Australia, 1890-1996. Perth, [W.A.]: Western Australian Parliamentary History Project and Western Australian Electoral Commission. ISBN 0730984095.