Electoral results for the district of Eyre

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

Members for Eyre

First incarnation (1950–1962)
Member		Party	Term
	Emil Nulsen	Labor	1950–1962
Second incarnation (1989–2005)
Member		Party	Term
	Julian Grill	Labor	1989–2001
	John Bowler	Labor	2001–2005
Third incarnation (2008–present)
	Graham Jacobs	Liberal	2008–present

Election results

Elections in the 2010s

Western Australian state election, 2013: Eyre

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Graham Jacobs	5,870	41.1	–4.8
	WA Nationals	Colin De Grussa	5,258	36.8	+9.9
	Labor	Greg Smith	2,082	14.6	–4.7
	Greens	Giorgia Johnson	715	5.0	–2.2
	Christians	Brett Hilton	366	2.6	+2.6
Total formal votes			14,291	94.6	–0.3
Informal votes			816	5.4	+0.3
Turnout			15,107	87.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Graham Jacobs	10,474	73.3	+4.0
	Labor	Greg Smith	3,817	26.7	–4.0
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Liberal	Graham Jacobs	7,203	50.4	–3.0
	WA Nationals	Colin De Grussa	7,078	49.6	+3.0
	Liberal hold		Swing	–3.0

Elections in the 2000s

Western Australian state election, 2008: Eyre^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Graham Jacobs	6,515	46.1	+0.5
	WA Nationals	Suzie Williams	3,754	26.6	+9.9
	Labor	John Keogh	2,745	19.4	-9.0
	Greens	Linda Parker	1,019	7.2	+3.6
	CEC	Arthur Edward Harvey	104	0.7	+0.7
Total formal votes			14,137	94.9	-0.9
Informal votes			757	5.1	+0.9
Turnout			14,894	83.7
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Liberal	Graham Jacobs	7,578	53.6	-11.2
	WA Nationals	Suzie Williams	6,550	46.4	+46.4
	Liberal hold		Swing	-11.2

Western Australian state election, 2001: Eyre

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	John Bowler	3,143	42.4	-14.8
	Liberal	Laurie Ayers	1,922	25.9	+4.7
	One Nation	Neville Smith	1,310	17.7	+17.7
	Independent	Suzie Williams	1,036	14.0	+14.0
Total formal votes			7,411	95.5	+0.5
Informal votes			347	4.5	-0.5
Turnout			7,758	82.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	John Bowler	4,252	57.9	-3.1
	Liberal	Laurie Ayers	3,092	42.1	+42.1
	Labor hold		Swing	-3.1

Elections in the 1990s

Western Australian state election, 1996: Eyre

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Julian Grill	4,611	57.2	+3.6
	WA Nationals	Kathy Finlayson	1,732	21.5	+21.5
	Liberal	Don Green	1,714	21.3	-14.1
Total formal votes			8,057	95.1	-0.4
Informal votes			418	4.9	+0.4
Turnout			8,475	80.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Julian Grill	4,908	61.0	+2.8
	WA Nationals	Kathy Finlayson	3,139	39.0	+39.0
	Labor hold		Swing	+2.8

Western Australian state election, 1993: Eyre

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Julian Grill	5,137	54.1	-3.6
	Liberal	Stephen Sprigg	3,352	35.3	+3.5
	Independent	Darrall Renton	1,005	10.6	+10.6
Total formal votes			9,494	95.4	+3.2
Informal votes			457	4.6	-3.2
Turnout			9,951	86.8	+6.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Julian Grill	5,558	58.5	-2.7
	Liberal	Stephen Sprigg	3,936	41.5	+2.7
	Labor hold		Swing	-2.7

Elections in the 1980s

Western Australian state election, 1989: Eyre

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Julian Grill	4,843	57.7	-13.7
	Liberal	Stephen Sprigg	2,673	31.8	+9.1
	Independent	Yvonne Hicks	461	5.5	+5.5
	Independent	Donald Green	418	5.0	+5.0
Total formal votes			8,395	92.2
Informal votes			706	7.8
Turnout			9,101	80.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Julian Grill	5,138	61.2	-13.0
	Liberal	Stephen Sprigg	3,257	38.8	+13.0
	Labor hold		Swing	-13.0

References

1. "2008 State General Election Details: District of Eyre Results". Western Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 3 December 2011.