Electoral results for the district of Darling Range

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

Members for Darling Range

Darling Range (1950–1974)
Member		Term	Party
	Ray Owen	Country	1950–1962
	Ken Dunn	Liberal	1962–1971
	Ian Thompson	Liberal	1971–1974
Darling Range (1977–present)
Member		Term	Party
	George Spriggs	Liberal	1977–1987
	Bob Greig	Liberal	1987–1989
	Ian Thompson	Liberal	1989–1990
		Independent	1990–1993
	John Day	Liberal	1993–2008
	Tony Simpson	Liberal	2008–present

Election results

Elections in the 2010s

Western Australian state election, 2013: Darling Range
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Tony Simpson	13,454	57.9	+9.7
	Labor	Barry Urban	6,494	27.9	–5.6
	Greens	Denise Hardie	2,144	9.2	–3.9
	Christians	Madeleine Goiran	1,154	5.0	–0.2
Total formal votes			23,246	93.8	-0.8
Informal votes			1,539	6.2	+0.8
Turnout			24,785	91.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Tony Simpson	15,178	65.3	+8.3
	Labor	Barry Urban	8,065	34.7	–8.3
	Liberal hold		Swing	+8.3

Elections in the 2000s

Western Australian state election, 2008: Darling Range[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Tony Simpson	9513	46.80	+5.9
	Labor	Lisa Griffiths	6,893	33.91	-7.7
	Greens WA	Denise Hardie	2,913	14.33	+7.3
	Christian Democrats	Rachel Cabrera	1,010	4.97	+1.3
Total formal votes			20,329	94.54	-1.08
Informal votes			1,173	5.46	+1.08
Turnout			21,502	89.32	-2.95
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Tony Simpson	11,292	55.6	+6.3
	Labor	Lisa Griffiths	9,030	44.4	-6.3
	Liberal gain from Labor		Swing	+6.3

Western Australian state election, 2005: Darling Range
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Day	11,994	46.3	+10.0
	Labor	Geoff Stallard	9,768	37.7	+6.5
	Greens WA	Margo Beilby	1,843	7.1	-2.0
	Christian Democrats	Rob Merrells	930	3.6	+3.0
	Family First	Matthew Lague	765	3.0	+3.0
	One Nation	Sam Dacheff	616	2.4	-7.7
Total formal votes			25,916	95.6	-0.4
Informal votes			1,188	4.4	+0.4
Turnout			27,104	92.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	John Day	13,759	53.1	+2.5
	Labor	Geoff Stallard	12,143	46.9	-2.5
	Liberal hold		Swing	+2.5

Western Australian state election, 2001: Darling Range
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Day	8,274	36.1	-18.8
	Labor	Geoff Stallard	7,231	31.5	+4.0
	liberals for forests	Frank Lindsey	2,381	10.4	+10.4
	One Nation	Tom Greig	2,248	9.8	+9.8
	Greens WA	Cathrine Hall	1,874	8.2	-0.4
	Democrats	Gail Kelly	926	4.0	-5.0
Total formal votes			22,934	95.9	+0.7
Informal votes			978	4.1	-0.7
Turnout			23,912	92.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	John Day	11,417	50.3	-12.6
	Labor	Geoff Stallard	11,280	49.7	+12.6
	Liberal hold		Swing	-12.6

Elections in the 1990s

Western Australian state election, 1996: Darling Range
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Day	11,711	54.9	+2.5
	Labor	Geoff Stallard	5,876	27.5	-0.7
	Democrats	Gail Kelly	1,923	9.0	+7.8
	Greens WA	Stewart Jackson	1,830	8.6	+3.2
Total formal votes			21,340	95.2	-0.8
Informal votes			1,066	4.8	+0.8
Turnout			22,406	91.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	John Day	13,390	62.9	-0.5
	Labor	Geoff Stallard	7,912	37.1	+0.5
	Liberal hold		Swing	-0.5

Western Australian state election, 1993: Darling Range
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Day	9,775	53.8	-7.3
	Labor	James Christie	3,771	20.8	-8.7
	Independent	Wiebe Tielman	1,846	10.2	+10.2
	Greens	Janet Taciak	986	5.4	+5.4
	Independent	Peter Marjoram	834	4.6	+4.6
	Independent	Maura Howlett	557	3.1	+3.1
	Democrats	Peter Lambert	386	2.1	+2.1
Total formal votes			18,155	95.9	+1.6
Informal votes			770	4.1	-1.6
Turnout			18,925	93.9	+2.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	John Day	12,397	68.3	+0.6
	Labor	James Christie	5,758	31.7	-0.6
	Liberal hold		Swing	+0.6

Elections in the 1980s

Western Australian state election, 1989: Darling Range
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Ian Thompson	10,373	61.1	+2.5
	Labor	Maura Howlett	4,999	29.5	-11.9
	Grey Power	Eric Tommey	1,594	9.4	+9.4
Total formal votes			16,966	94.3
Informal votes			1,026	5.7
Turnout			17,992	91.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Ian Thompson	11,492	67.7	+9.1
	Labor	Maura Howlett	5,474	32.3	-9.1
	Liberal hold		Swing	+9.1

Darling Range state by-election, 1987
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Bob Greig	5,637	65.1	+12.8
	Labor	Douglas Poynton	2,359	27.3	-12.5
	Democrats	Jean Ritter	662	7.6	-0.3
Total formal votes			8,658	97.4	+0.1
Informal votes			229	2.6	-0.1
Turnout			8,887	78.6	-13.8
	Liberal hold		Swing	N/A

• Preferences were not distributed.

Western Australian state election, 1986: Darling Range
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	George Spriggs	5,116	52.3	-4.3
	Labor	William McAtee	3,891	39.8	-3.6
	Democrats	Richard Jeffreys	768	7.9	+7.9
Total formal votes			9,775	97.3	-0.3
Informal votes			267	2.7	+0.3
Turnout			10,042	92.4	+3.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	George Spriggs	5,494	56.2	-0.4
	Labor	William McAtee	4,281	43.8	+0.4
	Liberal hold		Swing	-0.4

Western Australian state election, 1983: Darling Range
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	George Spriggs	4,419	56.6
	Labor	Reginald Howard-Smith	3,391	43.4
Total formal votes			7,810	97.6
Informal votes			191	2.4
Turnout			8,001	89.4
	Liberal hold		Swing

Western Australian state election, 1980: Darling Range
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	George Spriggs	4,019	54.2	-9.8
	Labor	William O'Brien	2,390	32.2	-3.8
	Democrats	Eric Synnerdahl	1,010	13.6	+13.6
Turnout			7,419	96.3	+0.7
Informal votes			283	3.7	-0.7
Turnout			7,702	88.4	-1.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	George Spriggs	4,524	61.0	-3.0
	Labor	William O'Brien	2,895	39.0	+3.0
	Liberal hold		Swing	-3.0

Elections in the 1970s

Western Australian state election, 1977: Darling Range
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	George Spriggs	4,092	64.0
	Labor	William O'Brien	2,298	36.0
Total formal votes			6,390	95.6
Informal votes			291	4.4
Turnout			6,681	90.2
	Liberal hold		Swing

Western Australian state election, 1971: Darling Range
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Ian Thompson	3,500	38.2	-14.5
	Labor	Tom Howard	3,275	35.8	+4.5
	Independent	Robert Ravine	891	9.7	+9.7
	Country	Walter Davey	716	7.8	-8.3
	Democratic Labor	Albert Ots	390	4.3	+4.3
	Independent	Percy Seaton	381	4.2	+4.2
Total formal votes			9,153	96.2	+0.6
Informal votes			363	3.8	-0.6
Turnout			9,516	92.5	-2.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Ian Thompson	4,848	53.0	-13.2
	Labor	Tom Howard	4,305	47.0	+13.2
	Liberal hold		Swing	-13.2

References

1. "2008 State General Election Details: District of Darling Range Results". Western Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 3 December 2011.