Electoral results for the district of Murchison-Eyre

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

Members for Murchison-Eyre

Murchison (1890–1968)
Member		Party	Term
	Everard Darlot	Ministerial	1890–1894
	E. T. Hooley	Ministerial	1894–1897
	Samuel Mitchell	Ministerial	1897–1901
	John Nanson	Ministerial	1901–1904
	John Holman	Labor	1904–1921
	William Marshall	Labor	1921–1952
	Everard O'Brien	Labor	1952–1959
	Richard Burt	Liberal Country League	1959–1968
Murchison-Eyre (1968–1989)
Member		Party	Term
	Richard Burt	Liberal	1968–1971
	Peter Coyne	Liberal	1971–1986
	Ross Lightfoot	Liberal	1986–1989
Murchison-Eyre (2005–2008)
Member		Party	Term
	John Bowler	Labor	2005–2006
		Independent	2006–2008

Election results

Elections in the 2000s

Western Australian state election, 2005: Murchison-Eyre^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	John Bowler	5,186	51.8	+10.1
	Liberal	Colin Brand	3,706	37.0	+11.0
	Greens	Scott Ludlam	498	5.0	+3.9
	One Nation	Derek Major	355	3.5	-12.5
	Christian Democrats	Don Byrne	265	2.6	+2.6
Total formal votes			10,010	95.4	-0.4
Informal votes			485	4.6	+0.4
Turnout			10,495	73.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	John Bowler	5,811	58.1	+0.4
	Liberal	Colin Brand	4,194	41.9	-0.4
	Labor hold		Swing	+0.4

Elections in the 1980s

Western Australian state election, 1986: Murchison-Eyre

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Ross Lightfoot	1,124	41.2	-8.1
	Labor	Christopher Sweeney	956	35.1	-9.3
	Independent	Aubrey Lynch	189	6.9	+6.9
	Independent	Neil Dimer	158	5.8	+5.8
	Independent	Cyril Barnes	153	5.6	+5.6
	Independent	John Ford	147	5.4	+5.4
Total formal votes			2,727	94.8	-1.2
Informal votes			150	5.2	+1.2
Turnout			2,877	77.7	+0.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Ross Lightfoot	1,411	51.7	+0.4
	Labor	Christopher Sweeney	1,316	48.3	-0.4
	Liberal hold		Swing	+0.4

Western Australian state election, 1983: Murchison-Eyre

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Peter Coyne	1,167	49.3
	Labor	Francis Donovan	1,052	44.4
	Independent	Kevin Seivwright	149	6.3
Total formal votes			2,368	96.0
Informal votes			98	4.0
Turnout			2,466	76.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Peter Coyne	1,214	51.3
	Labor	Francis Donovan	1,541	48.7
	Liberal hold		Swing

Western Australian state election, 1980: Murchison-Eyre

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Peter Coyne	746	48.4	-15.4
	Labor	Mark Nevill	558	36.2	0.0
	WA Nationals	Kevin Seivwright	237	15.4	+15.4
Total formal votes			1,541	97.7	+0.2
Informal votes			37	2.3	-0.2
Turnout			1,578	78.9	-2.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Peter Coyne	909	59.0	-4.9
	Labor	Mark Nevill	632	41.0	+4.9
	Liberal hold		Swing	-4.9

Elections in the 1970s

Western Australian state election, 1977: Murchison-Eyre

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Peter Coyne	1,069	63.8
	Labor	Patricia Logue	607	36.2
Total formal votes			1,676	97.5
Informal votes			43	2.5
Turnout			1,719	81.5
	Liberal hold		Swing

Western Australian state election, 1974: Murchison-Eyre

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Peter Coyne	1,022	57.0
	Labor	Julian Grill	770	43.0
Total formal votes			1,792	97.4
Informal votes			48	2.6
Turnout			1,840	83.0
	Liberal hold		Swing

Western Australian state election, 1971: Murchison-Eyre

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Peter Coyne	658	46.0	-54.0
	Labor	Geoffrey Bailey	600	42.0	+42.0
	United Farmers	Bevan Hamersley	109	7.6	+7.6
	Democratic Labor	Kevin Sauer	62	4.3	+4.3
Total formal votes			1,429	95.6
Informal votes			65	4.4
Turnout			1,494	81.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Peter Coyne	747	52.3	-47.7
	Labor	Geoffrey Bailey	682	47.7	+47.7
	Liberal hold		Swing	N/A

References

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