Rankin
The seat was created in 1984. The notional 1983 result was
ALP 53.9%, Nat 46.1% (on 1996 boundaries: ALP 62.8%, Lib 37.2%).
1984
B.Peereboom (Dem) 2880 (5.6%)
C.Jamieson (Nat) 16998 (33.3%)
B.McKenzie-Forbes (Lib) 7324 (14.4%)
D.P.Beddall (ALP) 23820 (46.7%)
Informal 3150
After preferences:
C.Jamieson (Nat) 25199 (49.4%)
D.P.Beddall (ALP) 25807 (50.6%)
1987
Gerard Walsh (Nat) 13256 (22.4%)
John Patterson (Lib) 7769 (13.1%)
David Beddall (ALP) 29118 (49.2%)
Michael Dunne (Ind) 670 (1.1%)
Miriam Cope (Dem) 2599 (4.4%)
Terri Cavanagh (Ind) 99 (0.2%)
Peter Jorgensen (Ind Nat?) 5708 (9.6%)
Informal 2578
* Two candidates are listed in the returns as National Party. I'm
assuming Walsh, the better-performing of the two, was the
endorsed candidate.
After preferences:
Gerard Walsh (Nat) 26791 (45.3%)
David Beddall (ALP) 32415 (54.7%)
1990
John Miles (Lib) 16014 (23.3%)
Huan Fraser (Nat) 11065 (16.1%)
Richard Whiteman (Ind) 1865 (2.7%)
John Hoskins (Dem) 7512 (10.9%)
David Beddall (ALP) 31782 (46.3%)
Cheryl Crisp (Ind) 465 (0.7%)
Informal 1916
After preferences:
John Miles (Lib) 30519 (44.5%)
David Beddall (ALP) 38037 (55.5%)
1993
(Redistribution: ALP -1.4%)
Ian Reid (Ind) 1722 (2.4%)
Sallyanne Atkinson (Lib) 25635 (36.0%)
Richard Nielsen (Grn) 1775 (2.5%)
Debbie Bell (Ind) 419 (0.6%)
David Beddall (ALP) 32157 (45.2%)
Lester Reaves (CAP) 1290 (1.8%)
Marian Schwarz (Nat) 5051 (7.1%)
Susan Werba (Dem) 3106 (4.4%)
Informal 2226
After preferences:
Sallyanne Atkinson (Lib) 33647 (47.3%)
David Beddall (ALP) 37449 (52.7%)
1996
(Redistribution: ALP +10.3%, and they still almost lost)
Rosemary Bell (AIP) 976 (1.4%)
Richard Nielsen (Grn) 1977 (2.8%)
Alan Dickson (Dem) 6050 (8.5%)
Xuan Nguyen (Ind) 899 (1.3%)
Amanda Scott (Lib) 29046 (41.0%)
David Beddall (ALP) 31869 (45.0%)
Informal 2488
After preferences:
Amanda Scott (Lib) 34371 (48.7%)
David Beddall (ALP) 36278 (51.3%)
1998
(Redistribution: ALP -1.7%)
Ann Hage (CTA) 1556 (2.2%)
Brian Norton (Ind) 456 (0.7%)
Lorraine Barnes (Ind) 456 (0.7%)
Craig Emerson (ALP) 32924 (47.5%)
Ron Frood (ON) 8749 (12.6%)
Cuong Bui (Lib) 20736 (29.9%)
Robert Hernandez (Dem) 2923 (4.2%)
Sara van Tinteren (Grn) 1536 (2.2%)
Informal 3228
After preferences:
Craig Emerson (ALP) 40691 (58.7%)
Cuong Bui (Lib) 28645 (41.3%)
2001
Craig Emerson (ALP) 36875 (49.4%)
Paul Wood (Lib) 27524 (36.9%)
Mark McKenzie (ON) 4724 (6.3%)
Daniel Lloyd (Grn) 1875 (2.5%)
Darryl Dobson (Dem) 3572 (4.8%)
Informal 5269 (6.6%)
After preferences
Paul Wood (Lib) 32303 (43.3%)
Craig Emerson (ALP) 42267 (56.7%)
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