Electoral results for the district of Wright

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

Members for Wright

Member		Party	Term
	Scott Ashenden	Liberal Party of Australia	1993–1997
	Jennifer Rankine	Australian Labor Party	1997–present

Election results

Elections in the 2010s

South Australian state election, 2014: Wright[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Jennifer Rankine	9,838	43.6	−4.6
	Liberal	Lyn Petrie	8,685	38.5	+1.2
	Family First	Mark Potter	1,904	8.4	+1.7
	Greens	Tom Lowe	1,441	6.4	+1.0
	Independent	Danyse Soester	696	3.1	+3.1
Total formal votes			22,564	96.3	−0.6
Informal votes			856	3.7	+0.6
Turnout			23,420	93.8	−0.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Jennifer Rankine	11,965	53.0	−1.8
	Liberal	Lyn Petrie	10,599	47.0	+1.8
	Labor hold		Swing	−1.8

South Australian state election, 2010: Wright[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Jennifer Rankine	10,688	48.1	-9.4
	Liberal	Tina Celeste	8,309	37.4	+10.7
	Family First	Mark Potter	1,488	6.7	-0.6
	Greens	Arthur Seager	1,132	5.1	+1.2
	Dignity for Disability	Garry Connor	581	2.6	+0.2
Total formal votes			22,198	93.9
Informal votes			1,283	6.1
Turnout			23,481	96.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Jennifer Rankine	12,126	54.6	-10.7
	Liberal	Tina Celeste	10,072	45.4	+10.7
	Labor hold		Swing	-10.7

Elections in the 2000s

South Australian state election, 2006: Wright
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Jennifer Rankine	12,080	57.6	+12.6
	Liberal	Stephen Ernst	5,605	26.7	-11.6
	Family First	Malcolm Reynolds	1,541	7.3	+0.1
	Greens	Holden Ward	817	3.9	+3.9
	Dignity for Disabled	Sarah Rischmueller	506	2.4	+2.4
	Democrats	Scott Jesser	428	2.0	-5.3
Total formal votes			20,977	96.1	-1.7
Informal votes			855	3.9	+1.7
Turnout			21,832	93.7	-0.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Jennifer Rankine	13,694	65.3	+12.1
	Liberal	Stephen Ernst	7,283	34.7	-12.1
	Labor hold		Swing	+12.1

South Australian state election, 2002: Wright
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Jennifer Rankine	9,676	45.0	+1.9
	Liberal	Mark Osterstock	8,243	38.3	+2.4
	Democrats	Helen Munro	1,567	7.3	-6.7
	Family First	Lyn Griffin	1,541	7.2	+7.2
	One Nation	Rod Kowald	487	2.3	+2.3
Total formal votes			21,514	97.8
Informal votes			494	2.2
Turnout			22,008	94.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Jennifer Rankine	11,438	53.2	-1.2
	Liberal	Mark Osterstock	10,076	46.8	+1.2
	Labor hold		Swing	-1.2

Elections in the 1990s

South Australian state election, 1997: Wright
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Jennifer Rankine	8,076	41.4	+1.0
	Liberal	Scott Ashenden	7,175	36.8	-11.9
	Democrats	Christine Posta	2,604	13.4	+5.3
	Independent	John Siemers	826	4.2	+4.2
	Independent	Gregg McDonald	524	2.7	+2.7
	United Australia	Olive Weston	299	1.5	+1.5
Total formal votes			19,504	95.4	-1.9
Informal votes			933	4.6	+1.9
Turnout			20,437	92.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Jennifer Rankine	10,354	53.1	+6.4
	Liberal	Scott Ashenden	9,150	46.9	-6.4
	Labor gain from Liberal		Swing	+6.4

South Australian state election, 1993: Wright
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Scott Ashenden	10,510	49.8	+11.7
	Labor	Trish White	8,298	39.3	-9.6
	Democrats	Stephen Bartholomew	1,675	7.9	-2.0
	Independent	Ronald Fox	612	2.9	+2.9
Total formal votes			21,095	97.4	-0.3
Informal votes			556	2.6	+0.3
Turnout			21,651	95.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Scott Ashenden	11,401	54.0	+9.2
	Labor	Trish White	9,694	46.0	-9.2
	Liberal gain from Labor		Swing	+9.2

References

1. 2014 State Election Results – Wright, ECSA.
2. ABC 2010 Election Results for Wright

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