Electoral results for the district of Geraldton

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

Members for Geraldton

Member		Party	Term
	Edward Keane		1890–1891
	George Simpson	Opposition	1891–1899
	Richard Robson	Independent	1899–1900
	Robert Hutchinson	Opposition	1900–1904
	Henry Carson	Ministerial	1904–1906
	Thomas Brown	Labor	1906–1908
	Henry Carson	Ministerial	1908–1911
	Bronte Dooley	Labor	1911–1913
	Samuel Elliott	Liberal (WA)	1913–1914
	Edward Heitmann	Labor	1914–1917
		National Labor	1917
	Samuel Elliott	Liberal (WA)	1917
	John Willcock	Labor	1917–1947
	Edmund Hall	Country	1947–1950
	Bill Sewell	Labor	1950–1974
	Jeff Carr	Labor	1974–1991
	Bob Bloffwitch	Liberal	1991–2001
	Shane Hill	Labor	2001–2008
	Ian Blayney	Liberal	2008–present

Election results

Elections in the 2010s

Western Australian state election, 2013: Geraldton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Ian Blayney	9,167	47.6	+10.7
	WA Nationals	Shane Van Styn	5,081	26.4	+7.1
	Labor	Kathryn Mannion	3,299	17.1	–12.0
	Greens	Paul Connolly	1,239	6.4	+0.7
	Christians	Carmen Burdett	469	2.4	–0.6
Total formal votes			19,255	94.3	–1.3
Informal votes			1,161	5.7	+1.3
Turnout			20,416	89.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Ian Blayney	14,013	72.8	+14.3
	Labor	Kathryn Mannion	5,223	27.2	–14.3
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Liberal	Ian Blayney	11,711	60.9	+2.4
	WA Nationals	Shane Van Styn	7,517	39.1	+39.1
	Liberal hold		Swing	+2.4

Elections in the 2000s

Western Australian state election, 2008: Geraldton[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Ian Blayney	6,616	36.9	-2.0
	Labor	Shane Hill	5,213	29.1	-9.4
	WA Nationals	Andrew Short	3,460	19.3	+9.0
	Family First	Jane Foreman	1,036	5.8	+5.8
	Greens	Adam Volkerts	1,030	5.8	+0.8
	Christian Democrats	Philip Sprigg	551	3.1	-0.4
Total formal votes			17,906	95.7	+0.4
Informal votes			812	4.3	-0.4
Turnout			18,718	87.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Ian Blayney	10,467	58.5	+5.0
	Labor	Shane Hill	7,420	41.5	-5.0
	Liberal hold		Swing	+5.0

Western Australian state election, 2005: Geraldton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Shane Hill	5,252	44.5	+17.8
	Liberal	Kevin Giudice	4,603	39.0	+12.8
	Greens	Paul Connolly	581	4.9	+4.9
	WA Nationals	Sally Bennison	542	4.6	-4.4
	Christian Democrats	Mac Forsyth	430	3.6	+3.6
	One Nation	Ross Paravicini	375	3.2	-18.6
	CEC	Basil Atkins	29	0.2	+0.2
Total formal votes			11,812	94.8	-0.7
Informal votes			642	5.2	+0.7
Turnout			12,454	88.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Shane Hill	6,117	52.1	-0.6
	Liberal	Kevin Giudice	5,627	47.9	+0.6
	Labor hold		Swing	-0.6

Western Australian state election, 2001: Geraldton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Shane Hill	2,705	26.8	-8.2
	Liberal	Bob Bloffwitch	2,469	24.5	-25.8
	One Nation	Ross Paravicini	2,121	21.0	+21.0
	Independent	Jackie Healy	1,298	12.9	+12.9
	WA Nationals	Brendin Flanigan	935	9.3	+9.3
	Independent	Ron Ashplant	295	2.9	+2.9
	Independent	Michael Walton	107	1.1	+1.1
	Independent	Mark Douglas	79	0.8	+0.8
	Independent	Don Rolston	61	0.6	+0.6
	Independent	Noel Sharp	19	0.2	+0.2
	Independent	Stephen Gyorgy	8	0.1	+0.1
Total formal votes			10,097	95.4	-0.7
Informal votes			489	4.6	+0.7
Turnout			10,586	89.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Shane Hill	5,393	54.3	+11.3
	Liberal	Bob Bloffwitch	4,538	45.7	-11.3
	Labor gain from Liberal		Swing	+11.3

Elections in the 1990s

Western Australian state election, 1996: Geraldton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Bob Bloffwitch	5,237	50.3	+9.6
	Labor	Laurie Graham	3,641	35.0	+1.3
	Independent	Tony Cogan	1,194	11.5	+11.5
	Democrats	Stephan Gyorgy	330	3.2	+3.2
Total formal votes			10,402	96.0	-0.5
Informal votes			428	4.0	+0.5
Turnout			10,830	88.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Bob Bloffwitch	5,912	57.0	-2.8
	Labor	Laurie Graham	4,468	43.0	+2.8
	Liberal hold		Swing	-2.8

Western Australian state election, 1993: Geraldton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Bob Bloffwitch	4,293	40.3	-3.2
	Labor	Gary Evershed	3,593	33.8	-13.8
	WA Nationals	Malcolm Short	2,402	22.6	+22.6
	Independent	William Tomson	359	3.4	+3.4
Total formal votes			10,647	96.5	+2.5
Informal votes			381	3.5	-2.5
Turnout			11,028	94.2	+3.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Bob Bloffwitch	6,350	59.6	+9.8
	Labor	Gary Evershed	4,297	40.4	-9.8
	Liberal gain from Labor		Swing	+9.8

Geraldton state by-election, 1991
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Bob Bloffwitch	4,446	45.5	+2.0
	WA Nationals	Malcolm Short	2,054	21.0	+21.0
	Labor	Dianne Spowart	1,620	16.6	-31.0
	Independent	Faye Simpson	471	4.8	+4.8
	Independent	Helena Shields	315	3.2	+3.2
	Independent	Albert Lenane	286	2.9	+2.9
	Independent	Kenneth Gallaher	165	1.7	+1.7
	Grey Power	Jason Meotti	146	1.5	-7.4
	Independent	Bruce Burges	144	1.5	+1.5
	Independent	Arthur Davies	67	0.7	+0.7
	Independent	William Thomson	57	0.6	+0.6
Total formal votes			9,771	94.5	+0.5
Informal votes			566	5.5	-0.5
Turnout			10,337	86.8	-4.0
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Liberal	Bob Bloffwitch	5,024	51.4	+1.6
	WA Nationals	Malcolm Short	4,747	48.6	+48.6
	Liberal gain from Labor		Swing	N/A

Elections in the 1980s

Western Australian state election, 1989: Geraldton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Jeff Carr	4,767	47.6	-2.8
	Liberal	Victor McCabe	4,361	43.5	-6.1
	Grey Power	Mary Gould	889	8.9	+8.9
Total formal votes			10,017	94.0
Informal votes			644	6.0
Turnout			10,661	90.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Jeff Carr	5,032	50.2	-0.2
	Liberal	Victor McCabe	4,985	49.8	+0.2
	Labor hold		Swing	-0.2

Western Australian state election, 1986: Geraldton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Jeff Carr	4,676	50.4	-12.7
	Liberal	Marjorie Tubby	4,609	49.6	+12.7
Total formal votes			9,285	97.7	-0.4
Informal votes			216	2.3	+0.4
Turnout			9,501	91.4	+2.6
	Labor hold		Swing	-12.7

Western Australian state election, 1983: Geraldton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Jeff Carr	5,324	63.1
	Liberal	Harold Driscoll	3,116	36.9
Total formal votes			8,440	98.1
Informal votes			162	1.9
Turnout			8,602	88.8
	Labor hold		Swing

Western Australian state election, 1980: Geraldton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Jeff Carr	4,654	58.7	+4.4
	Liberal	Joseph Ricupero	2,994	37.8	-2.8
	Progress	Paul Galbraith	279	3.5	-1.6
Total formal votes			7,927	97.5	-0.5
Informal votes			207	2.5	+0.5
Turnout			8,134	89.5	-1.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Jeff Carr	4,738	59.8	+4.2
	Liberal	Joseph Ricupero	3,189	40.2	-4.2
	Labor hold		Swing	+4.2

Elections in the 1970s

Western Australian state election, 1977: Geraldton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Jeff Carr	4,157	54.3
	Liberal	John Grosse	3,104	40.6
	Progress	Fiona Ensor	392	5.1
Total formal votes			7,653	98.0
Informal votes			157	2.0
Turnout			7,810	91.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Jeff Carr	4,255	55.6
	Liberal	John Grosse	3,398	44.4
	Labor hold		Swing

Western Australian state election, 1974: Geraldton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Jeff Carr	3,318	47.5
	Liberal	Joseph Willoughby	2,236	32.0
	Independent	Phillip Cooper	997	14.3
	National Alliance	Victor Askew	431	6.2
Total formal votes			6,982	96.9
Informal votes			224	3.1
Turnout			7,206	89.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Jeff Carr	3,862	55.3
	Liberal	Joseph Willoughby	3,120	44.7
	Labor hold		Swing

Western Australian state election, 1971: Geraldton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Bill Sewell	3,801	56.1	-0.1
	Liberal	Ron Hamilton	2,263	33.4	-10.4
	Democratic Labor	Lawrence Eaton	443	6.5	+6.5
	Independent	Joyce Webber	269	4.0	+4.0
Total formal votes			6,776	95.7	-3.2
Informal votes			305	4.3	+3.2
Turnout			7,081	91.9	+1.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Bill Sewell	3,948	58.3	+2.1
	Liberal	Ron Hamilton	2,828	41.7	-2.1
	Labor hold		Swing	+2.1

References

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