Electoral results for the district of Greenough

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

Members for Greenough

Member		Party	Term
	William Traylen	Opposition	1890–1897
	Richard Pennefather	Independent Ministerial	1897–1901
	Patrick Stone	Independent	1901–1904
	John Nanson	Ministerial	1904–1905
	Patrick Stone	Ministerial	1905–1908
	John Nanson	Ministerial	1908–1914
	Jack Cunningham	Country	1914–1917
	Henry Maley	Country	1917–1924
	Maurice Kennedy	Labor	1924–1930
	William Patrick	Country	1930–1943
	John Newton	Labor	1943–1945
	David Brand	Liberal	1945–1949
		Liberal Country League	1949–1968
		Liberal	1968–1975
	Reg Tubby	Liberal	1975–1989
	Kevin Minson	Liberal	1989–2001
	Jamie Edwards	Liberal	2001–2005
	Grant Woodhams	National	2005–2008

Election results

Elections in the 2000s

Western Australian state election, 2005: Greenough[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Jamie Edwards	4,400	38.7	+2.9
	WA Nationals	Grant Woodhams	2,967	26.1	+15.4
	Labor	John Hart	2,599	22.9	+3.5
	Greens	Tonya Jensen	546	4.8	+4.6
	One Nation	Pauline Anderson	535	4.7	-23.1
	Christian Democrats	Steve Fletcher	309	2.7	+2.7
Total formal votes			11,356	95.7	-1.3
Informal votes			515	4.3	+1.3
Turnout			11,871	88.5
Two-party-preferred result
	WA Nationals	Grant Woodhams	7,717	68.6	+7.9
	Labor	John Hart	3,540	31.4	-7.9
Two-candidate-preferred result
	WA Nationals	Grant Woodhams	5,742	51.3	+51.3
	Liberal	Jamie Edwards	5,460	48.7	-11.9
	WA Nationals gain from Liberal		Swing	N/A

Western Australian state election, 2001: Greenough
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Jamie Edwards	4,439	35.4	-36.7
	One Nation	Pam McCagh	3,455	27.5	+27.5
	Labor	Michelle Bone	2,589	20.6	-7.3
	WA Nationals	Kevin Altham	1,279	10.2	+10.2
	Independent	David Whitehead	783	6.2	+6.2
Total formal votes			12,545	96.9	0.0
Informal votes			405	3.1	0.0
Turnout			12,950	90.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Jamie Edwards	7,322	59.4	-12.7
	Labor	Michelle Bone	5,008	40.6	+12.7
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Liberal	Jamie Edwards	7,367	59.3	-12.8
	One Nation	Pam McCagh	5,057	40.7	+40.7
	Liberal hold		Swing	-12.8

Elections in the 1990s

Western Australian state election, 1996: Greenough
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Kevin Minson	8,202	72.1	+15.7
	Labor	Carl Reynolds	3,172	27.9	+2.7
Total formal votes			11,374	96.9	+0.3
Informal votes			367	3.1	-0.3
Turnout			11,741	90.1
	Liberal hold		Swing	+0.4

Western Australian state election, 1993: Greenough
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Kevin Minson	6,805	57.8	+3.4
	Labor	John Beenham	2,833	24.1	-2.0
	WA Nationals	Glenys McDonald	2,126	18.1	-1.5
Total formal votes			11,764	96.5	+2.0
Informal votes			421	3.5	-2.0
Turnout			12,185	94.5	+2.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Kevin Minson	8,582	72.9	+1.6
	Labor	John Beenham	3,182	27.1	-1.6
	Liberal hold		Swing	+1.6

Elections in the 1980s

Western Australian state election, 1989: Greenough
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Kevin Minson	5,416	53.4	-19.4
	Labor	Frank O'Loughlin	2,599	26.1	+0.4
	WA Nationals	John Hutchinson	1,948	19.5	+18.0
Total formal votes			9,963	94.5
Informal votes			580	5.5
Turnout			10,543	91.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Kevin Minson	7,102	71.3	-2.6
	Labor	Frank O'Loughlin	2,861	28.7	+2.6
	Liberal hold		Swing	-2.6

Western Australian state election, 1986: Greenough
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Reg Tubby	6,714	73.6	+2.8
	Labor	David Ridley	2,410	26.4	-2.8
Total formal votes			9,124	97.4	+0.1
Informal votes			244	2.6	-0.1
Turnout			9,368	91.5	+1.6
	Liberal hold		Swing	+2.8

Western Australian state election, 1983: Greenough
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Reg Tubby	5,345	70.8
	Labor	Timothy Gamage	2,206	29.2
Total formal votes			7,551	97.3
Informal votes			207	2.7
Turnout			7,758	89.9
	Liberal hold		Swing

Western Australian state election, 1980: Greenough
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Reg Tubby	4,429	54.6	-10.0
	National Country	Gordon Garratt	1,508	18.6	+18.6
	Labor	Edward Clarkson	1,321	16.3	-2.3
	WA Nationals	Michael Bell	589	7.3	+7.3
	Progress	William Thomson	262	3.2	-13.6
Total formal votes			8,109	96.9	-0.7
Informal votes			259	3.1	+0.7
Turnout			8,368	90.5	-2.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Reg Tubby	6,440	79.4	+2.2
	Labor	Edward Clarkson	1,669	20.6	-2.2
	Liberal hold		Swing	+2.2

Elections in the 1970s

Western Australian state election, 1977: Greenough
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Reg Tubby	4,965	64.6
	Labor	Kenneth Davis	1,432	18.6
	Progress	Geoffrey McNeil	1,293	16.8
Total formal votes			7,690	97.6
Informal votes			190	2.4
Turnout			7,880	92.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Reg Tubby	5,935	77.2	-0.6
	Labor	Kenneth Davis	1,755	22.8	+0.6
	Liberal hold		Swing	-0.6

Western Australian state election, 1974: Greenough
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	David Brand	4,999	78.8
	Labor	Frederic Newman	1,343	21.2
Total formal votes			6,342	97.3
Informal votes			176	2.7
Turnout			6,518	89.5
	Liberal hold		Swing

Western Australian state election, 1971: Greenough
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	David Brand	3,321	52.6	-47.4
	Labor	Fredric Newman	1,687	26.7	+26.7
	Independent	Leonard Hamersley	753	11.9	+11.9
	Democratic Labor	John Wade	556	8.8	+8.8
Total formal votes			6,317	96.1
Informal votes			258	3.9
Turnout			6,575	91.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	David Brand	4,321	68.4	-31.6
	Labor	Fredric Newman	1,996	31.6	+31.6
	Liberal hold		Swing	N/A

Elections in the 1960s

Western Australian state election, 1968: Greenough
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal and Country	David Brand	unopposed
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing

Western Australian state election, 1965: Greenough
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal and Country	David Brand	unopposed
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing

Western Australian state election, 1962: Greenough
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal and Country	David Brand	4,188	95.4
	Communist	John Gandini	202	4.6
Total formal votes			4,390	96.5
Informal votes			160	3.5
Turnout			4,550	90.1
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing

References

1. Green, Antony. "Results of the 2005 WA Election" (PDF). ABC Election Archives.