Electoral results for the district of Northern Rivers

This is a list of electoral results for the Electoral district of Northern Rivers in Western Australian state elections.

Members for Northern Rivers

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Member Party Term
  Kevin Leahy Labor 1989–1996

Election results

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Elections in the 1990s

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1993 Western Australian state election: Northern Rivers[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Kevin Leahy 4,307 46.1 −4.5
Liberal Dudley Maslen 3,657 39.2 −10.2
National Paquita Boston 677 7.2 +7.2
Greens Lorraine Hatchwell 424 4.5 +4.5
Democrats Jill Bond 159 1.7 +1.7
Independent Nabil Rowland 115 1.2 +1.2
Total formal votes 9,339 96.2 −1.6
Informal votes 372 3.8 +1.6
Turnout 9,711 89.0 +5.8
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Kevin Leahy 4,835 51.8 +1.2
Liberal Dudley Maslen 4,504 48.2 −1.2
Labor hold Swing +1.2

Elections in the 1980s

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1989 Western Australian state election: Northern Rivers
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Kevin Leahy 4,392 50.6 −3.0
Liberal Dudley Maslen 4,284 49.4 +4.5
Total formal votes 8,676 97.8
Informal votes 193 2.2
Turnout 8,869 83.2
Labor hold Swing −3.8

References

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  1. ^ Prescott, David Black with the assistance of Valerie (1997). Election statistics : Legislative Assembly of Western Australia, 1890-1996. Perth, [W.A.]: Western Australian Parliamentary History Project and Western Australian Electoral Commission. ISBN 0730984095.