Election Results
| Western Australian state election, 2008: South Perth | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal | John McGrath | 10,136 | 52.9 | +7.5 | |
| Labor | Leena Michael | 4,594 | 24.0 | -8.5 | |
| Greens | Ros Harman | 2,016 | 10.5 | +2.1 | |
| Independent | Jim Grayden | 1,767 | 9.2 | -1.7 | |
| Family First | Karen McDonald | 473 | 2.5 | +2.5 | |
| Independent | Frank Hough | 184 | 1.0 | +1.0 | |
| Total formal votes | 19,170 | 95.7 | -0.9 | ||
| Informal votes | 858 | 4.3 | +0.9 | ||
| Turnout | 20,028 | 85.1 | |||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| Liberal | John McGrath | 12,310 | 64.3 | +6.9 | |
| Labor | Leena Michael | 6,845 | 35.7 | -6.9 | |
| Liberal hold | Swing | +6.9 | |||
Read more about this topic: Electoral District Of South Perth
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