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Electoral results for the district of Ashburton

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

Members for Ashburton

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Ashburton (1890–1901)
Member Party Term
  Septimus Burt Ministerial 1890–1900
  David Forrest Ministerial 1900–1901
Ashburton (1989–1996)
Member Party Term
  Pam Buchanan Labor 1989–1991
  Independent 1991–1992
  Fred Riebeling Labor 1992–1996

Election results

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Elections in the 1990s

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1993 Western Australian state election: Ashburton[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Fred Riebeling 4,088 52.9 −0.6
Liberal Joy West 2,923 37.9 −0.2
Greens Hugh Paterson 712 9.2 +9.2
Total formal votes 7,723 95.9 +2.9
Informal votes 330 4.1 −2.9
Turnout 8,053 88.2 +7.8
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Fred Riebeling 4,490 58.1 +0.2
Liberal Joy West 3,233 41.9 −0.2
Labor hold Swing +0.2
1992 Ashburton state by-election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Fred Riebeling 3,760 47.5 −6.0
Liberal Joy West 3,173 40.1 +2.0
Greens Hugh Paterson 984 12.4 +12.4
Total formal votes 7,917 97.1 +4.9
Informal votes 234 2.9 −4.9
Turnout 8,151 83.4 +3.0
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Fred Riebeling 4,332 54.7 −3.2
Liberal Joy West 3,585 45.8 +3.2
Labor hold Swing −3.2

Elections in the 1980s

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1989 Western Australian state election: Ashburton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Pam Buchanan 3,639 53.5 −12.4
Liberal Maurice Harper 2,592 38.1 +4.0
Independent David Fort 575 8.5 +8.5
Total formal votes 6,806 93.0
Informal votes 509 7.0
Turnout 7,315 80.4
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Pam Buchanan 3,941 57.9 −8.0
Liberal Maurice Harper 2,865 42.1 +8.0
Labor hold Swing −8.0

Elections in the 1900s

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1900 Ashburton colonial by-election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Ministerialist David Forrest unopposed
Ministerialist hold Swing

Elections in the 1890s

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1897 Western Australian colonial election: Ashburton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Ministerialist Septimus Burt unopposed
Ministerialist hold Swing
1894 Western Australian colonial election: Ashburton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
None Septimus Burt unopposed
1890 Western Australian colonial election: Ashburton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
None Septimus Burt unopposed

References

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  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.