Electoral results for the district of Greenough

This is a list of electoral results for the Electoral district of Greenough in Western Australian elections.

Members for Greenough

	Party	Term
William Traylen	Opposition	1890–1897
Richard Pennefather	Independent Ministerial	1897–1901
Patrick Stone	Independent	1901–1904
John Nanson	Ministerial	1904–1905
Patrick Stone	Ministerial	1905–1908
John Nanson	Ministerial	1908–1914
John Cunningham	Country	1914–1917
Henry Maley	Country	1917–1924
Maurice Kennedy	Labor	1924–1930
William Patrick	Country	1930–1943
John Newton	Labor	1943–1945
David Brand	Liberal	1945–1949
	Liberal Country League	1949–1968
	Liberal	1968–1975
Reg Tubby	Liberal	1975–1989
Kevin Minson	Liberal	1989–2001
Jamie Edwards	Liberal	2001–2005
Grant Woodhams	National	2005–2008

Election results

Elections in the 2000s

2005 Western Australian state election: Greenough^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Jamie Edwards	4,400	38.7	+2.9
	National	Grant Woodhams	2,967	26.1	+15.4
	Labor	John Hart	2,599	22.9	+3.5
	Greens	Tonya Jensen	546	4.8	+4.6
	One Nation	Pauline Anderson	535	4.7	−23.1
	Christian Democrats	Steve Fletcher	309	2.7	+2.7
Total formal votes			11,356	95.7	−1.3
Informal votes			515	4.3	+1.3
Turnout			11,871	88.5
Two-party-preferred result
	National	Grant Woodhams	7,717	68.6	+7.9
	Labor	John Hart	3,540	31.4	−7.9
Two-candidate-preferred result
	National	Grant Woodhams	5,742	51.3	+51.3
	Liberal	Jamie Edwards	5,460	48.7	−11.9
	National gain from Liberal		Swing	N/A

2001 Western Australian state election: Greenough
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Jamie Edwards	4,439	35.4	−36.7
	One Nation	Pam McCagh	3,455	27.5	+27.5
	Labor	Michelle Bone	2,589	20.6	−7.3
	National	Kevin Altham	1,279	10.2	+10.2
	Independent	David Whitehead	783	6.2	+6.2
Total formal votes			12,545	96.9	0.0
Informal votes			405	3.1	0.0
Turnout			12,950	90.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Jamie Edwards	7,322	59.4	−12.7
	Labor	Michelle Bone	5,008	40.6	+12.7
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Liberal	Jamie Edwards	7,367	59.3	−12.8
	One Nation	Pam McCagh	5,057	40.7	+40.7
	Liberal hold		Swing	−12.8

Elections in the 1990s

1996 Western Australian state election: Greenough
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Kevin Minson	8,202	72.1	+15.7
	Labor	Carl Reynolds	3,172	27.9	+2.7
Total formal votes			11,374	96.9	+0.3
Informal votes			367	3.1	−0.3
Turnout			11,741	90.1
	Liberal hold		Swing	+0.4

1993 Western Australian state election: Greenough
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Kevin Minson	6,805	57.8	+3.4
	Labor	John Beenham	2,833	24.1	−2.0
	National	Glenys McDonald	2,126	18.1	−1.5
Total formal votes			11,764	96.5	+2.0
Informal votes			421	3.5	−2.0
Turnout			12,185	94.5	+2.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Kevin Minson	8,582	72.9	+1.6
	Labor	John Beenham	3,182	27.1	−1.6
	Liberal hold		Swing	+1.6

Elections in the 1980s

1989 Western Australian state election: Greenough
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Kevin Minson	5,416	54.4	−19.4
	Labor	Frank O'Loughlin	2,599	26.1	+0.4
	National	John Hutchinson	1,948	19.5	+18.0
Total formal votes			9,963	94.5
Informal votes			580	5.5
Turnout			10,543	91.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Kevin Minson	7,102	71.3	−2.6
	Labor	Frank O'Loughlin	2,861	28.7	+2.6
	Liberal hold		Swing	−2.6

1986 Western Australian state election: Greenough
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Reg Tubby	6,714	73.6	+2.8
	Labor	David Ridley	2,410	26.4	−2.8
Total formal votes			9,124	97.4	+0.1
Informal votes			244	2.6	−0.1
Turnout			9,368	91.5	+1.6
	Liberal hold		Swing	+2.8

1983 Western Australian state election: Greenough
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Reg Tubby	5,345	70.8
	Labor	Timothy Gamage	2,206	29.2
Total formal votes			7,551	97.3
Informal votes			207	2.7
Turnout			7,758	89.9
	Liberal hold		Swing

1980 Western Australian state election: Greenough
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Reg Tubby	4,429	54.6	−10.0
	National Country	Gordon Garratt	1,508	18.6	+18.6
	Labor	Edward Clarkson	1,321	16.3	−2.3
	National	Michael Bell	589	7.3	+7.3
	Progress	William Thomson	262	3.2	−13.6
Total formal votes			8,109	96.9	−0.7
Informal votes			259	3.1	+0.7
Turnout			8,368	90.5	−2.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Reg Tubby	6,440	79.4	+2.2
	Labor	Edward Clarkson	1,669	20.6	−2.2
	Liberal hold		Swing	+2.2

Elections in the 1970s

1977 Western Australian state election: Greenough
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Reg Tubby	4,965	64.6
	Labor	Kenneth Davis	1,432	18.6
	Progress	Geoffrey McNeil	1,293	16.8
Total formal votes			7,690	97.6
Informal votes			190	2.4
Turnout			7,880	92.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Reg Tubby	5,935	77.2	−0.6
	Labor	Kenneth Davis	1,755	22.8	+0.6
	Liberal hold		Swing	−0.6

1975 Greenough state by-election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Reginald Tubby	2,851	45.2	–33.6
	National Country	Reginald Thompson	1,715	27.2	+27.2
	Labor	Frederick Newman	860	13.6	–7.6
	Workers	Geoffrey McNeil	818	13.0	+13.0
	Independent	James Croasdale	68	1.1	+1.1
Total formal votes			6,312	98.4	+0.9
Informal votes			192	1.6	–0.9
Turnout			6,414	86.2	–3.3
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Liberal	Reginald Tubby	3,617	57.3	N/A
	National Country	Reginald Thompson	2,695	42.7	N/A
	Liberal hold		Swing	N/A

1974 Western Australian state election: Greenough
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	David Brand	4,999	78.8
	Labor	Frederic Newman	1,343	21.2
Total formal votes			6,342	97.3
Informal votes			176	2.7
Turnout			6,518	89.5
	Liberal hold		Swing

1971 Western Australian state election: Greenough
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	David Brand	3,321	52.6	−47.4
	Labor	Fredric Newman	1,687	26.7	+26.7
	Independent	Leonard Hamersley	753	11.9	+11.9
	Democratic Labor	John Wade	556	8.8	+8.8
Total formal votes			6,317	96.1
Informal votes			258	3.9
Turnout			6,575	91.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	David Brand	4,321	68.4	−31.6
	Labor	Fredric Newman	1,996	31.6	+31.6
	Liberal hold		Swing	N/A

Elections in the 1960s

1968 Western Australian state election: Greenough
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal and Country	David Brand	unopposed
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing

1965 Western Australian state election: Greenough
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal and Country	David Brand	unopposed
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing

1962 Western Australian state election: Greenough
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal and Country	David Brand	4,188	95.4
	Communist	John Gandini	202	4.6
Total formal votes			4,390	96.5
Informal votes			160	3.5
Turnout			4,550	90.1
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing

Elections in the 1950s

1959 Western Australian state election: Greenough
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal and Country	David Brand	unopposed
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing

1956 Western Australian state election: Greenough
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal and Country	David Brand	unopposed
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing

1953 Western Australian state election: Greenough
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal and Country	David Brand	2,691	65.5	−34.5
	Labor	James Clune	1,414	34.5	+34.5
Total formal votes			4,105	98.6
Informal votes			60	1.4
Turnout			4,165	91.4
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing

1950 Western Australian state election: Greenough
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal and Country	David Brand	unopposed
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing

Elections in the 1940s

1947 Western Australian state election: Greenough
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	David Brand	2,601	66.9	+66.9
	Labor	Thomas Shanahan	1,286	33.1	−19.7
Total formal votes			3,887	99.1	+0.5
Informal votes			34	0.9	−0.5
Turnout			3,921	82.6	+1.7
	Liberal gain from Labor		Swing	+19.7

The Liberal candidate David Brand had won the seat from Labor at the 1945 Greenough state by-election.

1945 Greenough state by-election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Edward Newton	1,508	41.8	−11.0
	Liberal	David Brand	1,227	34.0	+34.0
	Country	Francis Horwood	869	24.1	−23.1
Total formal votes			3,604	99.0	+0.4
Informal votes			37	1.0	−0.4
Turnout			3,641	76.9	−4.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	David Brand	1,956	54.3	+54.3
	Labor	Edward Newton	1,648	45.7	−7.1
	Liberal gain from Labor		Swing	N/A

1943 Western Australian state election: Greenough
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	John Newton	1,944	52.8	+52.8
	Country	William Patrick	1,737	47.2	−52.8
Total formal votes			3,681	98.6
Informal votes			52	1.4
Turnout			3,733	80.9
	Labor gain from Country		Swing	N/A

Elections in the 1930s

1939 Western Australian state election: Greenough
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	William Patrick	unopposed
	Country hold		Swing

1936 Western Australian state election: Greenough
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	William Patrick	1,727	51.4	+13.3
	Independent Labor	John Garland	1,356	40.3	+40.3
	Independent	Henry Carson	279	8.3	+8.3
Total formal votes			3,362	99.1	+0.7
Informal votes			32	0.9	−0.7
Turnout			3,394	61.7	−21.8
	Country hold		Swing	N/A

Preferences were not distributed.

1933 Western Australian state election: Greenough
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	John Steele	1,844	38.1	0.0
	Country	William Patrick	1,428	29.5	−5.1
	Country	Kenneth Jones	965	19.9	+19.9
	Independent Country	Paul McGuiness	599	12.4	+12.4
Total formal votes			4,836	98.4	−0.6
Informal votes			76	1.6	+0.6
Turnout			4,912	83.5	+15.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Country	William Patrick	2,648	54.8	−0.2
	Labor	John Steele	2,188	45.2	+0.2
	Country hold		Swing	−0.2

1930 Western Australian state election: Greenough
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labor	Maurice Kennedy	1,498	38.1
	Country	William Patrick	1,361	34.6
	Independent	Henry Maley	1,076	27.3
Total formal votes			3,935	99.0
Informal votes			40	1.0
Turnout			3,975	68.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Country	William Patrick	2,164	55.0
	Labor	Maurice Kennedy	1,771	45.0
	Country gain from Labor		Swing

Elections in the 1920s

1927 Western Australian state election: Greenough
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Maurice Kennedy	1,191	47.7	+3.6
	Country	Charles Smith	661	26.5	+6.7
	Nationalist	Henry Maley	646	25.9	−10.2
Total formal votes			2,498	98.4	−0.7
Informal votes			40	1.6	+0.7
Turnout			2,538	80.9	+13.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Maurice Kennedy	1,290	51.6	+1.0
	Country	Charles Smith	1,208	48.4	−1.0
	Labor hold		Swing	+1.0

1924 Western Australian state election: Greenough
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Maurice Kennedy	861	44.1	+6.0
	Country	Henry Maley	705	36.1	−25.8
	Executive Country	William Patrick	387	19.8	+19.8
Total formal votes			1,953	99.1	−0.3
Informal votes			17	0.9	+0.3
Turnout			1,970	67.1	−2.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Maurice Kennedy	989	50.6	+12.5
	Country	Henry Maley	964	49.4	−12.5
	Labor gain from Country		Swing	+12.5

1921 Western Australian state election: Greenough
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Henry Maley	968	61.9	+38.4
	Labor	Patrick Moy	595	38.1	+4.3
Total formal votes			1,563	99.4	+2.6
Informal votes			10	0.6	−2.6
Turnout			1,573	69.4	+8.3
	Country hold		Swing	+4.1

Elections in the 1910s

1917 Western Australian state election: Greenough
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Patrick Moy	499	33.8	+33.8
	National Country	John Cunningham	390	26.4	–50.6
	National Country	Henry Maley	347	23.5	+23.5
	Nationalist	Sydney Hosken	242	16.4	+16.4
Total formal votes			1,478	96.9	–1.9
Informal votes			48	3.1	+1.9
Turnout			1,526	61.1	+24.2
Two-party-preferred result
	National Country	Henry Maley	854	57.8	+57.8
	Labor	Patrick Moy	624	42.2	+42.2
	National Country hold		Swing	N/A

1914 Western Australian state election: Greenough
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	John Cunningham	986	77.0	+77.0
	Liberal	Ernest Udy	294	23.0	−28.0
Total formal votes			1,280	98.8	−0.6
Informal votes			16	1.2	+0.6
Turnout			1,296	36.9	−33.6
	Country gain from Liberal		Swing	N/A

1911 Western Australian state election: Greenough
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Ministerialist	John Nanson	721	51.0
	Labor	Sydney Hosken	693	49.0
Total formal votes			1,414	99.4
Informal votes			9	0.6
Turnout			1,423	70.5
	Ministerialist hold		Swing

Elections in the 1900s

1908 Western Australian state election: Greenough
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ministerialist	John Nanson	567	62.4	+62.4
	Ministerialist	Patrick Stone	342	37.6	−7.4
Total formal votes			909	98.4	−0.2
Informal votes			15	1.6	+0.2
Turnout			924	58.4	+2.9
	Ministerialist hold		Swing	N/A

1905 Western Australian state election: Greenough
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ind. Ministerialist	Patrick Stone	314	45.0	+14.4
	Ministerialist	Edward Harney	235	33.7	+33.7
	Ministerialist	Henry Maley	149	21.4	+21.4
Total formal votes			698	98.6	+0.4
Informal votes			10	1.4	–0.4
Turnout			708	55.5	–6.7
	Ind. Ministerialist gain from Ministerialist		Swing	+14.4

1904 Western Australian state election: Greenough
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ministerialist	John Nanson	289	35.0	+35.0
	Independent	Patrick Stone	211	25.6	–9.9
	Independent	Samuel Mitchell	181	21.9	+21.9
	Independent	Richard Pennefather	144	17.5	+17.5
Total formal votes			825	98.2	+0.1
Informal votes			15	1.8	–0.1
Turnout			839	62.2	–5.0
	Ministerialist hold		Swing	N/A

1901 Western Australian state election: Greenough
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ministerialist	Patrick Stone	113	35.5	+35.5
	Ministerialist	John Morrell	102	32.1	+32.1
	Ministerialist	Joseph Dreyer	80	25.2	+25.2
	Opposition	Charles Cheeseborough	23	7.2	+7.2
Total formal votes			318	98.1	+0.2
Informal votes			6	1.9	–0.2
Turnout			324	67.2	–11.1
	Ministerialist hold		Swing	N/A

Elections in the 1890s

1897 Western Australian colonial election: Greenough
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Ind. Ministerialist	Richard Pennefather	73	52.9
	Ministerialist	William Traylen	41	29.7
	Ministerialist	Major Logue	24	17.4
Total formal votes			138	97.9
Informal votes			3	2.1
Turnout			141	78.3
	Ind. Ministerialist gain from Ministerialist		Swing

1894 Western Australian colonial election: Greenough
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	None	William Traylen	56	50.5	–49.5
	None	Major Logue	55	49.5	+49.5

1890 Western Australian colonial election: Greenough
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	None	William Traylen	unopposed

References

^ Green, Antony. "Results of the 2005 WA Election" (PDF). ABC Election Archives.

[1] Green, Antony. "Results of the 2005 WA Election" (PDF). ABC Election Archives.

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