Electoral results for the district of Ashburton

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

Members for Ashburton

Ashburton (1890–1901)
Member		Party	Term
	Septimus Burt	Ministerial	1890–1900
	David Forrest	Ministerial	1900–1901
Ashburton (1989–1996)
Member		Party	Term
	Pam Buchanan	Labor	1989–1991
		Independent	1991–1992
	Fred Riebeling	Labor	1992–1996

Election results

Elections in the 1990s

Western Australian state election, 1993: Ashburton[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Fred Riebeling	4,088	52.9	-0.6
	Liberal	Joy West	2,923	37.9	-0.2
	Greens	Hugh Paterson	712	9.2	+9.2
Total formal votes			7,723	95.9	+2.9
Informal votes			330	4.1	-2.9
Turnout			8,053	88.2	+7.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Fred Riebeling	4,490	58.1	+0.2
	Liberal	Joy West	3,233	41.9	-0.2
	Labor hold		Swing	+0.2

Ashburton state by-election, 1992
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Fred Riebeling	3,760	47.5	-6.0
	Liberal	Joy West	3,173	40.1	+2.0
	Greens	Hugh Paterson	984	12.4	+12.4
Total formal votes			7,917	97.1	+4.9
Informal votes			234	2.9	-4.9
Turnout			8,151	83.4	+3.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Fred Riebeling	4,332	54.7	-3.2
	Liberal	Joy West	3,585	45.8	+3.2
	Labor hold		Swing	-3.2

Elections in the 1980s

Western Australian state election, 1989: Ashburton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Pam Buchanan	3,639	53.5	-12.4
	Liberal	Maurice Harper	2,592	38.1	+4.0
	Independent	David Fort	575	8.5	+8.5
Total formal votes			6,806	93.0
Informal votes			509	7.0
Turnout			7,315	80.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Pam Buchanan	3,941	57.9	-8.0
	Liberal	Maurice Harper	2,865	42.1	+8.0
	Labor hold		Swing	-8.0

References

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.