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

MemberPartyTerm
  Kevin Leahy Labor 1989–1996

Election results

Elections in the 1990s

Western Australian state election, 1993: Northern Rivers[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Kevin Leahy 4,307 46.1 -4.5
Liberal Dudley Maslen 3,657 39.2 -10.2
WA Nationals 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

Western Australian state election, 1989: 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

  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.
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