All polling places in Forrest

2025 federal House election · Official AEC results

Margaret River South

Forrest, WA · Election-day booth · AEC polling-place ID 108340

Rapids Landing Primary School, 42 Tonkin Blvd, MARGARET RIVER, WA, 6285

Votes recorded at this polling place are not the views of all local residents. People can vote away from home; pre-poll and mobile services cover wider populations. These results are separate from Australian Poll participant sentiment.

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Formal votes

385

Denominator for candidate and preferred-vote shares.

Informal votes

22

5.41% of 407 total ballots.

First preferences

385 formal votes; informal votes excluded from candidate percentages
Candidate / partyVotesShare
Sue CHAPMAN
Independent		8923.12%
Tabitha DOWDING
Australian Labor Party		7619.74%
Georgia BEARDMAN
The Greens (WA) Inc		6516.88%
Ben SMALL
Liberal		5915.32%
Aaron PEET
Legalise Cannabis Party		338.57%
Paul van der MEY
Pauline Hanson's One Nation		328.31%
Cam PARSONS
The Nationals		256.49%
Peter GREENLAND
Trumpet of Patriots		61.56%

First preferences count the candidate marked first on each formal ballot.

Two-candidate preferred (TCP)

385 formal votes; informal votes excluded from candidate percentages
Candidate / partyVotesShare
Tabitha DOWDING
Australian Labor Party		22157.40%
Ben SMALL
Liberal		16442.60%

TCP distributes preferences to the final two candidates in this electorate. The pair can include independents or minor parties.

Two-party preferred (TPP)

Labor–Coalition comparison · 385 formal votes
SideVotesShare
Australian Labor Party22157.40%
Liberal/National Coalition16442.60%

TPP is the AEC’s Labor–Coalition measure even where those parties were not the final two candidates. It must not be substituted for TCP.

Compare with 2022

Margaret River South in 2022 has the same AEC polling-place ID.

No continuous trend is shown because:

Nearby election-day booths

Straight-line distance within 50 km, using AEC coordinates. Nearby booths may serve different electorates and voter groups.

Map of nearby booths

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Geographic overview

Numbers match the list below. Circles: election day; squares: pre-poll; triangles: mobile/hospital teams. 7 of 7 places have source coordinates. Teams can cover many locations; their marker is not their service area.

Polling-place locations; use the equivalent numbered list for detailsMargaret River South1Margaret River2Witchcliffe3Rosa Brook4Cowaramup5Karridale6Carbunup River7

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Nearby booths by distance

  1. Margaret River South — selected polling place
  2. Margaret River, Forrest · 1.5 km · 1,086 formal votes · Labor TPP 61.23%
  3. Witchcliffe, Forrest · 7.0 km · 510 formal votes · Labor TPP 57.84%
  4. Rosa Brook, Forrest · 10.8 km · 223 formal votes · Labor TPP 47.98%
  5. Cowaramup, Forrest · 12.7 km · 924 formal votes · Labor TPP 55.74%
  6. Karridale, Forrest · 28.2 km · 278 formal votes · Labor TPP 33.09%
  7. Carbunup River, Forrest · 31.1 km · 250 formal votes · Labor TPP 35.60%

AEC 2025 final-results CSV downloads · generated 2025-06-16T10:39:14 (source timestamp) · retrieved 7 September 2026. © Commonwealth of Australia 2025, CC BY 4.0. Percentages calculated from AEC counts; no endorsement by AEC.

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