Watson/St.George
The seat was known as St.George prior to 1993. (There
was also a seat of Watson in the same general area
which was abolished in 1969: results from it may be
found here.
1966
H.B.E.Andreasson (DLP) 1713 (4.2%)
L.L.Bosman (Lib) 22091 (54.5%)
M.D.Cameron (ALP) 15406 (38.0%)
J.H.Mant (LR) 1304 (3.2%)
Informal 1229
Estimated 2-party vote: Lib 58.7%, ALP 41.3%
1969
H.Bader (DLP) 1805 (3.4%)
L.L.Bosman (Lib) 24822 (46.2%)
A.R.Lawless (Ind) 249 (0.5%)
W.L.Morrison (ALP) 25918 (48.2%)
C.M.Owens (AP) 741 (1.4%)
E.M.B.Said (Ind) 198 (0.4%)
Informal 1838
After preferences:
L.L.Bosman (Lib) 26832 (49.9%)
W.L.Morrison (ALP) 26901 (50.1%)
1972
D.M.Allison (DLP) 1754 (3.3%)
E.C.Bellchambers (Ind) 206 (0.4%)
L.L.Bosman (Lib) 22013 (41.1%)
W.L.Morrison (ALP) 28384 (53.0%)
C.M.Owens (AP) 1165 (2.2%)
Informal 1200
Estimated two-party preferred: ALP 55.1%, Lib 44.9%
1974
B.C.Booth (Lib) 24696 (43.6%)
H.C.Jagers (AP) 788 (1.4%)
W.L.Morrison (ALP) 31121 (55.0%)
Informal 931
Estimated two-party preferred: ALP 55.7%, Lib 44.3%
1975
K.T.Gleeson (WP) 1338 (2.3%)
W.L.Morrison (ALP) 28203 (48.7%)
M.J.Neil (Lib) 28371 (49.0%)
Informal 1006
After preferences:
W.L.Morrison (ALP) 28928 (49.9%)
M.J.Neil (Lib) 28984 (50.1%)
1977
R.C.Kirkwood (Dem) 4243 (6.3%)
D.Kriss (PP) 441 (0.7%)
M.J.Neil (Lib) 32078 (47.9%)
A.P.Whitlam (ALP) 30227 (45.1%)
Informal 1784
After preferences:
M.J.Neil (Lib) 34827 (52.0%)
A.P.Whitlam (ALP) 32162 (48.0%)
1980
B.C.Davis (Dem) 2509 (3.8%)
W.L.Morrison (ALP) 34855 (53.4%)
M.J.Neil (Lib) 27946 (42.8%)
Informal 1680
Estimated two-party preferred: ALP 55.5%, Lib 44.5%
1983
Brian Compton (Ind) 1806 (2.8%)
George James (Lib) 23933 (36.8%)
Ronald Kirwood (Dem) 1210 (1.9%)
Bill Morrison (ALP) 37570 (57.8%)
Dorothy Tumney (SWP) 477 (0.7%)
Informal 1809
After preferences:
George James (Lib) 26199 (40.3%)
Bill Morrison (ALP) 38797 (59.7%)
1984
(Redistribution: ALP +0.9%)
B.Gemmell (Lib) 24612 (40.2%)
S.J.E.Duncan (Ind) 1008 (1.6%)
S.C.Dubois (ALP) 32417 (53.0%)
P.F.Terrett (Dem) 2599 (4.3%)
B.Compton (Ind) 521 (0.9%)
Informal 5206
After preferences:
B.Gemmell (Lib) 26587 (43.5%)
S.C.Dubois (ALP) 34560 (56.5%)
1987
Gary Rush (Lib) 26869 (43.4%)
Garry Dalrymple (Dem) 3241 (5.2%)
Steve Dubois (ALP) 30829 (49.8%)
Brian Compton (Ind) 927 (1.5%)
Informal 4015
After preferences:
Gary Rush (Lib) 28651 (46.3%)
Steve Dubois (ALP) 33209 (53.7%)
1990
Don Collingridge (Grn) 1430 (2.3%)
John Mukai (Dem) 6086 (9.7%)
Colin Hesse (DemS) 392 (0.6%)
John Brkich (CNA) 417 (0.7%)
Alan Smith (Lib) 23060 (36.6%)
Brian Howard (Gry) 579 (0.9%)
Steve Dubois (ALP) 31064 (49.3%)
Informal 3264
After preferences:
Alan Smith (Lib) 26548 (42.2%)
Steve Dubois (ALP) 36309 (57.8%)
1993
(Redistribution: ALP +0.7%)
Leo McLeay (ALP) 41701 (59.6%)
Bernard O'Bree (Lib) 21330 (30.5%)
Amelia Newman (Dem) 2457 (3.5%)
Col Harding (EFF) 2499 (3.6%)
George Tsirkas (Ind) 952 (1.4%)
Brian Meyer (Ind) 721 (1.0%)
M.Chaplin (NL) 355 (0.5%)
Informal 3732
After preferences:
Leo McLeay (ALP) 45355 (64.8%)
Bernard O'Bree (Lib) 24593 (35.2%)
1996
Todd Rahme (CTA) 2570 (3.6%)
Leo McLeay (ALP) 39329 (55.1%)
Amelia Newman (Dem) 5625 (7.9%)
Bruce Larter (Lib) 23840 (33.4%)
Informal 3851
After preferences:
Leo McLeay (ALP) 43913 (61.7%)
Bruce Larter (Lib) 27281 (38.3%)
1998
Joe Rafferty (Lib) 19461 (26.9%)
Murray Peterson (CTA) 1176 (1.6%)
Zahir Abdurahman (Unity) 3838 (5.3%)
Claire Wright (ON) 3392 (4.7%)
Caroline Toomey (Grn) 1070 (1.5%)
Leo McLeay (ALP) 41159 (56.8%)
Amelia Gavagnin Newman (Dem) 2309 (3.2%)
Informal 3791
After preferences:
Joe Rafferty (Lib) 23556 (32.5%)
Leo McLeay (ALP) 48849 (67.5%)
(Redistribution: ALP +0.1%)
2001
Ken Nam (Unity) 3349 (4.8%)
Kristin Griffiths (Dem) 2788 (4.0%)
Leo McLeay (ALP) 39516 (56.1%)
Ronald Poulsen (Ind) 322 (0.5%)
Dominic Fitzsimmons (Grn) 2446 (3.5%)
Arnold Plooy (Lib) 19791 (28.1%)
Michelle Farrell (ON) 2165 (3.1%)
Informal 5726 (7.5%)
After preferences
Leo McLeay (ALP) 47374 (67.3%)
Arnold Plooy (Lib) 23003 (32.7%)
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