Electoral results for the district of Northern Rivers

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

Members for Northern Rivers

Member		Party	Term
	Kevin Leahy	Labor	1989–1996

Election results

Elections in the 1990s

1993 Western Australian state election: Northern Rivers[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Kevin Leahy	4,307	46.1	-4.5
	Liberal	Dudley Maslen	3,657	39.2	-10.2
	National	Paquita Boston	677	7.2	+7.2
	Greens	Lorraine Hatchwell	424	4.5	+4.5
	Democrats	Jill Bond	159	1.7	+1.7
	Independent	Nabil Rowland	115	1.2	+1.2
Total formal votes			9,339	96.2	-1.6
Informal votes			372	3.8	+1.6
Turnout			9,711	89.0	+5.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Kevin Leahy	4,835	51.8	+1.2
	Liberal	Dudley Maslen	4,504	48.2	-1.2
	Labor hold		Swing	+1.2

Elections in the 1980s

1989 Western Australian state election: Northern Rivers

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Kevin Leahy	4,392	50.6	-3.0
	Liberal	Dudley Maslen	4,284	49.4	+4.5
Total formal votes			8,676	97.8
Informal votes			193	2.2
Turnout			8,869	83.2
	Labor hold		Swing	-3.8

References

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.