Results of the 1987 Australian federal election in Western Australia

Party			Votes	%	Swing	Seats
		Liberal	332,266	41.79	-3.95	4
		National	54,871	6.90	5.59
	Liberal/National Coalition		387,137	48.69	1.64	4
	Labor		377,493	47.48	-0.71	9
	Democrats		27,302	3.43	-0.27
	Independents		3,112	0.39	-0.12
Total			795,044			13
Two-party-preferred vote
	Labor		404,751	50.91	-0.05	9
	Liberal/National Coalition		390,232	49.09	0.05	4

Invalid/blank votes			55,776	6.56	-0.86
Turnout			850,820	93.84
Registered voters			906,677
Source: Psephos Adam Carr's Election Archive 1987

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Wendy Fatin	32,135	52.2	−1.3
	Liberal	Bernie Masters	21,985	35.7	−7.4
	Democrats	John Willis	4,368	7.1	+7.1
	National	Peter Bass	3,091	5.0	+5.0
Total formal votes			61,579	92.3
Informal votes			5,112	7.7
Turnout			66,691	95.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Wendy Fatin	34,906	56.7	+1.2
	Liberal	Bernie Masters	26,669	43.3	−1.2
	Labor hold		Swing	+1.2

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	George Gear	29,223	49.1	−1.5
	Liberal	Ricky Johnston	22,247	37.4	−5.8
	National	Bob Chapman	4,122	6.9	+6.9
	Democrats	Mark Beadle	3,909	6.6	+0.4
Total formal votes			59,501	93.1
Informal votes			4,394	6.9
Turnout			63,895	94.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	George Gear	31,985	53.8	+0.0
	Liberal	Ricky Johnston	27,496	46.2	+0.0
	Labor hold		Swing	+0.0

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Carolyn Jakobsen	32,481	52.0	+0.8
	Liberal	Paul Filing	27,048	43.3	+0.3
	National	Neil Baker	2,973	4.8	+4.8
Total formal votes			62,502	93.6
Informal votes			4,240	6.4
Turnout			66,742	94.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Carolyn Jakobsen	33,241	53.2	−0.8
	Liberal	Paul Filing	29,260	46.8	+0.8
	Labor hold		Swing	−0.8

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Allan Rocher	32,912	53.8	−2.4
	Labor	Philip Laskaris	20,371	33.3	−2.9
	Democrats	Joe Blake	4,967	8.1	+0.5
	National	John Gilmour	2,942	4.8	+4.8
Total formal votes			61,192	94.7
Informal votes			3,397	5.3
Turnout			64,589	92.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Allan Rocher	37,703	61.6	+2.2
	Labor	Philip Laskaris	23,486	38.4	−2.2
	Liberal hold		Swing	+2.2

Results by division

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Geoff Prosser	27,925	44.0	−6.4
	Labor	Gerry Thompson	26,764	42.2	−3.5
	National	Joe Chambers	5,175	8.2	+8.2
	Democrats	David Churches	3,553	5.6	+2.7
Total formal votes			63,417	94.4
Informal votes			3,747	5.6
Turnout			67,164	95.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Geoff Prosser	33,678	53.1	+0.7
	Labor	Gerry Thompson	29,737	46.9	−0.7
	Liberal hold		Swing	+0.7

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	John Dawkins	36,646	61.1	+2.1
	Liberal	Jenny van den Hoek	19,487	32.5	−1.4
	National	Jack Clarke	3,834	6.4	+6.4
Total formal votes			59,967	91.8
Informal votes			5,384	8.2
Turnout			65,351	95.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	John Dawkins	37,628	62.7	−0.2
	Liberal	Jenny van den Hoek	22,338	37.3	+0.2
	Labor hold		Swing	−0.2

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Graeme Campbell	30,841	52.6	+1.3
	Liberal	David Johnston	21,850	37.3	−3.6
	National	Ron Smales	3,363	5.7	+5.7
	Democrats	Frank Chulung	2,593	4.4	+1.4
Total formal votes			58,647	93.8
Informal votes			3,899	6.2
Turnout			62,546	88.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Graeme Campbell	33,223	56.7	+0.7
	Liberal	David Johnston	25,420	43.3	−0.7
	Labor hold		Swing	+0.7

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Allen Blanchard	33,022	53.7	−1.4
	Liberal	Jim Crawley	23,370	38.0	−6.9
	National	Geoff Gill	5,138	8.4	+8.4
Total formal votes			61,530	93.0
Informal votes			4,610	7.0
Turnout			66,140	94.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Allen Blanchard	33,940	55.2	+0.1
	Liberal	Jim Crawley	27,587	44.8	−0.1
	Labor hold		Swing	+0.1

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Wilson Tuckey	31,329	49.5	−4.1
	Labor	Kim Chance	15,865	25.1	−2.8
	National	Trevor Flugge	14,632	23.1	+7.4
	Democrats	Shyama Peebles	1,503	2.4	−0.4
Total formal votes			63,329	95.3
Informal votes			3,112	4.7
Turnout			66,441	94.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Wilson Tuckey	44,695	70.6	+1.4
	Labor	Kim Chance	18,632	29.4	−1.4
	Liberal hold		Swing	+1.4

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Ric Charlesworth	34,003	55.4	+0.2
	Liberal	Bob Campbell	24,494	39.9	−2.3
	National	Ted Lisle	2,857	4.7	+4.7
Total formal votes			61,354	92.3
Informal votes			5,151	7.7
Turnout			66,505	93.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Ric Charlesworth	34,819	56.8	+0.5
	Liberal	Bob Campbell	26,535	43.2	−0.5
	Labor hold		Swing	+0.5

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Ron Edwards	29,342	49.2	−0.5
	Liberal	Bill Brown	24,544	41.2	−3.9
	Democrats	Harvard Barclay	2,799	4.7	+0.7
	National	Malcolm Beveridge	2,345	3.9	+3.9
	Independent	Alf Bussell	594	1.0	+1.0
Total formal votes			59,624	92.8
Informal votes			4,644	7.2
Turnout			64,268	93.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Ron Edwards	31,972	53.6	+1.1
	Liberal	Bill Brown	27,642	46.4	−1.1
	Labor hold		Swing	+1.1

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Kim Beazley	32,201	54.6	+0.4
	Liberal	Harry Klapp	21,555	36.5	−4.2
	National	Adelia Bernard	2,750	4.7	+4.7
	Independent	Georgina Motion	2,518	4.3	+4.3
Total formal votes			59,024	93.1
Informal votes			4,348	6.9
Turnout			63,372	92.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Kim Beazley	34,220	58.0	+1.0
	Liberal	Harry Klapp	24,804	42.0	−1.0
	Labor hold		Swing	+1.0

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Peter Shack	33,520	52.9	−2.4
	Labor	Ray Masterton	24,599	38.8	−1.5
	Democrats	Richard Jeffreys	3,610	5.7	+1.3
	National	William Witham	1,649	2.6	+2.6
Total formal votes			63,378	94.4
Informal votes			3,738	5.6
Turnout			67,116	95.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Peter Shack	36,405	57.4	−0.4
	Labor	Ray Masterton	26,962	42.5	+0.4
	Liberal hold		Swing	−0.4

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