Electoral results for the district of Scarborough

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

Members for Scarborough

Scarborough (1974–1996)
Member		Party	Term
	Ray Young	Liberal	1974–1983
	Graham Burkett	Labor	1983–1989
	George Strickland	Liberal	1989–1996
Scarborough (2008–present)
	Liza Harvey	Liberal	2008–present

Election results

Elections in the 2010s

Western Australian state election, 2013: Scarborough
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Liza Harvey	12,681	61.8	+17.7
	Labor	Eddie Lennie	5,036	24.6	–5.8
	Greens	Judith Cullity	2,294	11.2	–1.4
	Christians	Bruce Olsen	495	2.4	+0.3
Total formal votes			20,506	94.7	-0.5
Informal votes			1,156	5.3	+0.5
Turnout			21,662	87.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Liza Harvey	13,792	67.3	+12.1
	Labor	Eddie Lennie	6,705	32.7	–12.1
	Liberal hold		Swing	+12.1

Elections in the 2000s

Western Australian state election, 2008: Scarborough[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Liza Harvey	8,374	44.9	+14.2
	Labor	Scott Blackwell	5,622	30.1	-2.3
	Greens	Sonja Lundie-Jenkins	2,338	12.5	+1.9
	Independent	Elizabeth Re	1,707	9.1	+9.1
	Christian Democrats	Jennifer Whately	400	2.1	-1.4
	Family First	Jim McCourt	223	1.2	+1.2
Total formal votes			18,664	95.0	-0.6
Informal votes			972	5.0	+0.6
Turnout			19,636	83.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Liza Harvey	10,290	55.2	+2.6
	Labor	Scott Blackwell	8,360	44.8	-2.6
	Liberal hold		Swing	+2.6

Elections in the 1990s

Western Australian state election, 1993: Scarborough
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	George Strickland	9,670	51.1	+6.5
	Labor	Robyn Murphy	6,842	36.2	-5.7
	Greens	Robert Tait	1,187	6.3	+6.3
	Independent	Dean Economou	711	3.8	+3.8
	Democrats	Gaenor Cranch	496	2.6	-2.2
Total formal votes			18,906	96.7	+2.2
Informal votes			637	3.3	-2.2
Turnout			19,543	93.6	+3.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	George Strickland	10,627	56.2	+4.6
	Labor	Robyn Murphy	8,279	43.8	-4.6
	Liberal hold		Swing	+4.6

Elections in the 1980s

Western Australian state election, 1989: Scarborough
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	George Strickland	8,437	44.6	+4.6
	Labor	Graham Burkett	7,917	41.9	-11.3
	Grey Power	Eugene Hands	1,034	5.5	+5.5
	Democrats	Gaenor Cranch	915	4.8	+1.6
	Independent	Peter Rose	604	3.2	+3.2
Total formal votes			18,907	94.5
Informal votes			1,098	5.5
Turnout			20,005	90.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	George Strickland	9,758	51.6	+8.2
	Labor	Graham Burkett	9,149	48.4	-8.2
	Liberal gain from Labor		Swing	+8.2

Western Australian state election, 1986: Scarborough
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Graham Burkett	8,846	55.9	+0.2
	Liberal	Frances Grierson	5,642	35.7	-8.6
	Independent	Barbara Churchward	691	4.4	+4.4
	Democrats	Charles Hall	644	4.1	+4.1
Total formal votes			15,823	97.5	-0.5
Informal votes			410	2.5	+0.5
Turnout			16,233	90.9	+3.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Graham Burkett	9,541	60.3	+4.6
	Liberal	Frances Grierson	6,282	39.7	-4.6
	Labor hold		Swing	+4.6

Western Australian state election, 1983: Scarborough
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Graham Burkett	8,053	55.7
	Liberal	Ray Young	6,416	44.3
Total formal votes			14,469	98.0
Informal votes			290	2.0
Turnout			14,759	87.0
	Labor gain from Liberal		Swing

Western Australian state election, 1980: Scarborough
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Ray Young	7,172	56.2	-0.4
	Labor	Malcolm Hall	5,585	43.8	+0.4
Total formal votes			12,757	96.8	-0.4
Informal votes			426	3.2	+0.4
Turnout			13,183	87.8	-2.9
	Liberal hold		Swing	-0.4

Elections in the 1970s

Western Australian state election, 1977: Scarborough
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Ray Young	7,828	56.6
	Labor	Desmond Moore	5,989	43.4
Total formal votes			13,817	97.2
Informal votes			396	2.8
Turnout			14,213	90.7
	Liberal hold		Swing

Western Australian state election, 1974: Scarborough
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Des Moore	6,629	46.9
	Liberal	Ray Young	6,442	45.6
	National Alliance	Adrian Briffa	1,070	7.6
Total formal votes			14,141	96.8
Informal votes			474	3.2
Turnout			14,615	90.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Ray Young	7,138	50.5
	Labor	Des Moore	7,003	49.5
	Liberal gain from Labor		Swing

References

1. "2008 State General Election Details: District of Scarborough Results". Western Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 4 December 2011.