# Electoral results for the district of Mount Hawthorn

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

## Members for Mount Hawthorn

| Member | Party | Term |
| Harry Millington | Labor | 1930–1947 |
| Les Nimmo | Liberal | 1947–1949 |
| Les Nimmo | Liberal Country League | 1949–1950 |
| Bill Hegney | Labor | 1950–1968 |
| Ron Bertram | Labor | 1968–1983 |

## Election results
### Elections in the 1980s

1980 Western Australian state election: Mount Hawthorn :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labor | Ron Bertram | 8,343 | 59.7 | +2.2 |
| | Liberal | Anne Klatt | 5,632 | 40.3 | -2.2 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 13,975 | 96.1 | +0.4 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 570 | 3.9 | −0.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 14,545 | 86.5 | −3.2 |
| | Labor hold | Labor hold | Swing | +2.2 | |

### Elections in the 1970s

1977 Western Australian state election: Mount Hawthorn :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labor | Ronald Bertram | 8,249 | 57.5 |
| | Liberal | Brian Morris | 6,105 | 42.5 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 14,354 | 95.7 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 638 | 4.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 14,992 | 89.7 |
| | Labor hold | Labor hold | Swing | +0.8 |
1974 Western Australian state election: Mount Hawthorn :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labor | Ron Bertram | 7,447 | 54.7 |
| | Liberal | Timothy Foley | 5,256 | 38.6 |
| | National Alliance | Peter Tilley | 903 | 6.6 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 13,606 | 95.3 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 663 | 4.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 14,269 | 90.6 |
| Two-party-preferred result ||||||
| | Labor | Ron Bertram | 7,582 | 55.7 |
| | Liberal | Timothy Foley | 6,024 | 44.3 |
| | Labor hold | Labor hold | Swing | |
1971 Western Australian state election: Mount Hawthorn :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labor | Ron Bertram | 6,682 | 55.5 | +2.6 |
| | Liberal | John Bulbeck | 3,814 | 31.7 | -7.1 |
| | Democratic Labor | Patrick Cranley | 1,546 | 12.8 | +4.6 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 12,042 | 95.7 | +0.3 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 540 | 4.3 | −0.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 12,582 | 91.2 | −0.8 |
| Two-party-preferred result ||||||
| | Labor | Ron Bertram | 6,914 | 57.4 | +3.2 |
| | Liberal | John Bulbeck | 5,128 | 42.6 | -3.2 |
| | Labor hold | Labor hold | Swing | +3.2 | |

### Elections in the 1960s

1968 Western Australian state election: Mount Hawthorn :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labor | Ron Bertram | 5,831 | 52.9 |
| | Liberal and Country | James Ring | 4,279 | 38.9 |
| | Democratic Labor | Gavan O'Connor | 905 | 8.2 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 11,015 | 95.4 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 528 | 4.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 11,543 | 92.0 |
| Two-party-preferred result ||||||
| | Labor | Ron Bertram | 5,967 | 54.2 |
| | Liberal and Country | James Ring | 5,048 | 45.8 |
| | Labor hold | Labor hold | Swing | |
1965 Western Australian state election: Mount Hawthorn :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labor | Bill Hegney | 5,175 | 52.7 | -3.5 |
| | Liberal and Country | James Ring | 4,641 | 47.3 | +3.5 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 9,816 | 96.3 | −2.3 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 377 | 3.7 | +2.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 10,193 | 91.8 | −1.2 |
| | Labor hold | Labor hold | Swing | -3.5 | |
1962 Western Australian state election: Mount Hawthorn :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labor | Bill Hegney | 5,866 | 56.2 |
| | Liberal and Country | Hugh O'Doherty | 4,571 | 43.8 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 10,437 | 98.6 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 153 | 1.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 10,590 | 93.0 |
| | Labor hold | Labor hold | Swing | |

### Elections in the 1950s

1959 Western Australian state election: Mount Hawthorn :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labor | Bill Hegney | 6,406 | 56.3 | -6.7 |
| | Liberal and Country | Hugh O'Doherty | 4,795 | 42.1 | +8.8 |
| | Communist | Edward Zeffertt | 183 | 1.6 | -2.1 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 11,384 | 96.6 | +0.5 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 398 | 3.4 | −0.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 11,782 | 93.4 | +0.6 |
| Two-party-preferred result ||||||
| | Labor | Bill Hegney | | 57.7 | -8.6 |
| | Liberal and Country | Hugh O'Doherty | | 42.3 | +8.6 |
| | Labor hold | Labor hold | Swing | -8.6 | |
1956 Western Australian state election: Mount Hawthorn :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labor | Bill Hegney | 5,740 | 63.0 |
| | Liberal and Country | William Bailey | 3,032 | 33.3 |
| | Communist | William Anear | 333 | 3.7 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 9,105 | 96.1 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 367 | 3.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 9,472 | 92.8 |
| Two-party-preferred result ||||||
| | Labor | Bill Hegney | | 66.3 |
| | Liberal and Country | William Bailey | | 33.7 |
| | Labor hold | Labor hold | Swing | |
1953 Western Australian state election: Mount Hawthorn :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labor | Bill Hegney | 6,473 | 65.6 | +11.5 |
| | Liberal and Country | Leonard Seaton | 3,396 | 34.4 | -8.6 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 9,869 | 98.0 | +1.4 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 198 | 2.0 | −1.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 10,067 | 94.2 | +1.5 |
| | Labor hold | Labor hold | Swing | +9.5 | |
1950 Western Australian state election: Mount Hawthorn :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labor | Bill Hegney | 4,680 | 54.1 |
| | Liberal and Country | John Mann | 3,725 | 43.1 |
| | Independent Labor | John Plummer-Leitch | 247 | 2.9 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 8,652 | 96.6 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 301 | 3.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 8,953 | 92.7 |
| Two-party-preferred result ||||||
| | Labor | Bill Hegney | | 56.1 |
| | Liberal and Country | John Mann | | 43.9 |
| | Labor hold | Labor hold | Swing | |
* Two party preferred vote was estimated.

### Elections in the 1940s

1947 Western Australian state election: Mount Hawthorn :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | Les Nimmo | 5,594 | 45.3 | +12.0 |
| | Labor | William Beadle | 5,400 | 43.8 | -22.9 |
| | Independent | Archibald Cruikshank | 920 | 7.5 | +7.5 |
| | Country | Norman Hard | 281 | 2.3 | +2.3 |
| | | Arthur West | 145 | 1.2 | +1.2 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 12,340 | 96.3 | −0.7 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 479 | 3.7 | +0.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 12,819 | 85.6 | −3.1 |
| Two-party-preferred result ||||||
| | Liberal | Les Nimmo | 6,313 | 51.2 | +17.9 |
| | Labor | William Beadle | 6,027 | 48.8 | -17.9 |
| | Liberal gain from Labor | Liberal gain from Labor | Swing | +17.9 | |
1943 Western Australian state election: Mount Hawthorn :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labor | Harry Millington | 7113 | 66.7 | +8.1 |
| | Nationalist | Norman Hard | 3,549 | 33.3 | -8.1 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 10,662 | 97.0 | −0.9 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 327 | 3.0 | +0.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 10,989 | 88.7 | −4.9 |
| | Labor hold | Labor hold | Swing | +8.1 | |

### Elections in the 1930s

1939 Western Australian state election: Mount Hawthorn :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labor | Harry Millington | 5,100 | 58.6 | +4.6 |
| | Nationalist | Guildford Clarke | 3,607 | 41.4 | -4.6 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 8,707 | 97.9 | −1.2 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 182 | 2.1 | +1.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 8,889 | 93.6 | +20.7 |
| | Labor hold | Labor hold | Swing | +4.6 | |
1936 Western Australian state election: Mount Hawthorn :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labor | Harry Millington | 2,751 | 54.0 | -8.5 |
| | Nationalist | Arthur Abbott | 2,345 | 46.0 | +8.5 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 5,096 | 99.1 | +1.2 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 46 | 0.9 | −1.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,142 | 72.9 | −21.4 |
| | Labor hold | Labor hold | Swing | -8.5 | |
1933 Western Australian state election: Mount Hawthorn :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labor | Harry Millington | 3,512 | 62.5 | +9.0 |
| | Nationalist | Hugh Henderson | 2,107 | 37.5 | -9.0 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 5,619 | 97.9 | −0.8 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 123 | 2.1 | +0.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,742 | 94.3 | +17.0 |
| | Labor hold | Labor hold | Swing | +9.0 | |
1930 Western Australian state election: Mount Hawthorn :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labor | Harry Millington | 2,002 | 53.5 |
| | Nationalist | Peter Menzies | 1,739 | 46.5 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 3,741 | 98.7 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 48 | 1.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,789 | 77.3 |
| | Labor hold | Labor hold | Swing | |