Electoral results for the district of Southern River

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

Members for Southern River

Member		Party	Term
	Monica Holmes	Liberal	1996–2001
	Paul Andrews	Labor	2001–2008
	Peter Abetz	Liberal	2008–present

Election results

Elections in the 2010s

Western Australian state election, 2013: Southern River
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Peter Abetz	13,949	63.1	+18.2
	Labor	Susy Thomas	6,421	29.0	–9.6
	Greens	Kate Gnanapragasam	1,176	5.3	–4.8
	Christians	Damian Posthuma	570	2.6	–0.3
Total formal votes			22,116	93.8	-0.2
Informal votes			1,464	6.2	+0.2
Turnout			23,580	90.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Peter Abetz	14,777	67.0	+15.1
	Labor	Susy Thomas	7,286	33.0	–15.1
	Liberal hold		Swing	+15.1

Elections in the 2000s

Western Australian state election, 2008: Southern River[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Peter Abetz	9,382	45.0	+7.4
	Labor	Paul Andrews	8,119	39.0	-8.4
	Greens	Nicola Wiseman	2,149	10.3	+5.5
	Family First	Renise Judge	648	3.1	-0.7
	Christian Democrats	Scott Kuipers	534	2.6	-0.4
Total formal votes			20,832	94.1	-0.7
Informal votes			1,299	5.9	+0.7
Turnout			22,131	89.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Peter Abetz	10,759	51.6	+6.8
	Labor	Paul Andrews	10,073	48.4	-6.8
	Liberal gain from Labor		Swing	+6.8

Western Australian state election, 2005: Southern River
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Paul Andrews	12,190	52.5	+4.8
	Liberal	Monica Holmes	6,845	29.5	+1.8
	Greens	Mike Beilby	1,346	5.8	+0.8
	Family First	Lisa Saladine	912	3.9	+3.9
	Christian Democrats	Terry Ryan	911	3.9	-0.2
	One Nation	Brian Deane	562	2.4	-7.6
	Independent	Tim Dowsett	442	1.9	+1.9
Total formal votes			23,208	94.5	0.0
Informal votes			1,352	5.5	0.0
Turnout			24,560	91.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Paul Andrews	14,336	61.8	+1.4
	Liberal	Monica Holmes	8,858	38.2	-1.4
	Labor hold		Swing	+1.4

Western Australian state election, 2001: Southern River
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Paul Andrews	11,153	40.6	-0.2
	Liberal	Monica Holmes	9,682	35.2	-8.4
	One Nation	Peter Hopkins	2,562	9.3	+9.3
	Greens	Luke Edmonds	1,413	5.1	+5.1
	Christian Democrats	Michelle Shave	959	3.5	+0.1
	Democrats	Dean Craig	678	2.5	-3.1
	Seniors Party	Roger Davenport	576	2.1	+2.1
	Independent	John Parker	467	1.7	+1.7
Total formal votes			27,490	95.0	-0.2
Informal votes			1,457	5.0	+0.2
Turnout			28,947	91.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Paul Andrews	14,563	53.4	+4.9
	Liberal	Monica Holmes	12,718	46.6	-4.9
	Labor gain from Liberal		Swing	+4.9

Elections in the 1990s

Western Australian state election, 1996: Southern River
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Monica Holmes	9,528	43.6	+1.2
	Labor	Judyth Watson	8,912	40.8	-6.1
	Independent	Tim Dowsett	1,449	6.6	+6.6
	Democrats	Celia Dines	1,226	5.6	+2.5
	Call to Australia	Michelle Shave	733	3.4	+3.4
Total formal votes			21,848	95.2	-0.7
Informal votes			1,111	4.8	+0.7
Turnout			22,959	92.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Monica Holmes	11,234	51.5	+4.1
	Labor	Judyth Watson	10,574	48.5	-4.1
	Liberal gain from Labor		Swing	+4.1

References

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