Electoral results for the district of Taylor

This is a list of electoral results for the Electoral district of Taylor in South Australian state elections.

Members for Taylor

Member		Party	Term
	Lynn Arnold	Australian Labor Party	1993–1994
	Trish White	Australian Labor Party	1994–2010
	Leesa Vlahos	Australian Labor Party	2010–present

Election results

Elections in the 2010s

South Australian state election, 2014: Taylor[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Leesa Vlahos	10,723	51.0	−4.0
	Liberal	Alexander Hyde	6,542	31.1	+2.7
	Family First	Lenny Jessiman	2,309	11.0	+0.4
	Greens	Kirsten Wahlstrom	1,448	6.9	+1.1
Total formal votes			21,022	95.9	+0.1
Informal votes			895	4.1	−0.1
Turnout			21,917	91.3	−1.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Leesa Vlahos	12,940	61.6	−1.0
	Liberal	Alexander Hyde	8,082	38.4	+1.0
	Labor hold		Swing	−1.0

South Australian state election, 2010: Taylor
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Leesa Vlahos	11,755	53.5	-13.4
	Liberal	Cassandra Ludwig	6,580	29.9	+11.5
	Family First	Paul Coombe	2,324	10.6	+2.2
	Greens	Kirsten Wahlstrom	1,326	6.0	+2.1
Total formal votes			21,985	95.1
Informal votes			966	4.9
Turnout			22,951	93.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Leesa Vlahos	13,429	61.1	-15.4
	Liberal	Cassandra Ludwig	8,556	38.9	+15.4
	Labor hold		Swing	-15.4

Elections in the 2000s

South Australian state election, 2006: Taylor
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Trish White	13,552	67.7	+8.8
	Liberal	Linda Caruso	3,522	17.6	-8.3
	Family First	Paul Coombe	1,694	8.5	+8.5
	Greens	Penny Johnston	776	3.9	+3.9
	Democrats	Frances Coombe	475	2.4	-4.8
Total formal votes			20,019	95.1
Informal votes			961	4.9
Turnout			20,980	92.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Trish White	15,494	77.4	+9.7
	Liberal	Linda Caruso	4,525	22.6	-9.7
	Labor hold		Swing	+9.7

South Australian state election, 2002: Taylor
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Trish White	11,557	58.9	+4.1
	Liberal	Anne Heinrich	5,076	25.9	+1.0
	Democrats	Shirley Humphrey	1,403	7.1	-10.0
	SA First	Hazel Dermody	860	4.4	+4.4
	One Nation	John Mahoney	732	3.7	+3.7
Total formal votes			19,628	96.8
Informal votes			647	3.2
Turnout			20,275	93.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Trish White	13,283	67.7	-0.3
	Liberal	Anne Heinrich	6,345	32.3	+0.3
	Labor hold		Swing	-0.3

Elections in the 1990s

South Australian state election, 1997: Taylor
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Trish White	10,657	58.7	+7.6
	Liberal	Matt Dyki	3,840	21.2	-13.1
	Democrats	Helen Munro	2,952	16.3	+5.2
	National Action	Lynette Schultz	697	3.8	+3.8
Total formal votes			18,146	95.1	-0.9
Informal votes			940	4.9	+0.9
Turnout			19,086	92.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Trish White	13,101	72.2	+12.7
	Liberal	Matt Dyki	5,045	27.8	-12.7
	Labor hold		Swing	+12.7

Taylor state by-election, 1994[2][3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Trish White	10,635	68.56	+17.50
	Grey Power	Emily Gilbey-Riley	2,025	13.06	+13.06
	Ind. Lib.	Bernhard Cotton	1,638	10.56	+10.56
	Independent	Michael Brander	921	5.94	+5.94
	Natural Law	Vladimir Lorenzon	291	1.88	+1.88
	Other				-48.94
Total formal votes			15,510	92.37	-4.07
Informal votes			1,280	7.63	+4.07
Turnout			16,790	79.61	-13.27
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Labor	Trish White	11,275	75.60	N/A
	Grey Power	Emily Gilbey-Riley	4,235	27.30	N/A
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

South Australian state election, 1993: Taylor
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Lynn Arnold	9,501	51.1	-7.2
	Liberal	Stephany Georgeff	6,813	36.6	+5.8
	Democrats	Helen Munro	2,293	12.3	+1.3
Total formal votes			18,607	96.5	+1.1
Informal votes			682	3.5	-1.1
Turnout			19,289	92.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Lynn Arnold	10,784	58.0	-6.1
	Liberal	Stephany Georgeff	7,823	42.0	+6.1
	Labor hold		Swing	-6.1

References

1. 2014 State Election Results – Taylor, ECSA.
2. History of South Australian elections, 1857-2006 - by Dean Jaensch - ISBN 978-0-9750486-3-4
3. State Electoral Office (1995). Statistical returns for general elections—11 December 1993 and By-elections. pp. 164, 190–191.

• SA elections archive: Antony Green ABC
• 2002 SA election: Antony Green ABC