bɪɡnˈɛl fˈɪnɪʃt ɐhˈɛd ʌv ɪŋkˈʌmbənt lˈɪbɚɹəl mˈɛmbɚ ɹˈɑːbɚt bɹˈoʊkənʃɚ wɪð ɐ fˈɪfti tˈuː.tˈuː pɚsˈɛnt tˈuː pˈɑːɹɾi pɹɪfˈɜːd vˈoʊt æt ðə tˈuː θˈaʊzənd sˈɪks stˈeɪt ᵻlˈɛkʃən, dᵻlˈɪvɚɹɪŋ mˈɔːsən tə lˈeɪbɚ fɚðə fˈɜːst tˈaɪm sˈɪns ɪt wʌz lˈɔst ɪnðə nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd nˈaɪnti θɹˈiː ᵻlˈɛkʃən lˈændslaɪd.
Bignell finished ahead of incumbent Liberal member Robert Brokenshire with a 52.2 percent two party preferred vote at the 2006 state election, delivering Mawson to Labor for the first time since it was lost in the 1993 election landslide.