Electoral results for the district of Vasse

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

Members for Vasse

2017 Western Australian state election: Vasse^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Libby Mettam	11,032	46.2	−11.0
	Labor	Wes Hartley	4,918	20.6	+8.3
	National	Peter Gordon	4,606	19.3	+12.0
	Greens	Luke O'Connell	3,297	13.8	+3.8
Total formal votes			23,853	96.0	+0.0
Informal votes			992	4.0	−0.0
Turnout			24,845	88.9	+4.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Libby Mettam	15,429	64.7	−6.5
	Labor	Wes Hartley	8,421	35.3	+6.5
	Liberal hold		Swing	−6.5

2014 Vasse state by-election^[2]^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Libby Mettam	8,805	44.3	−13.0
	National	Peter Gordon	5,656	28.5	+21.2
	Greens	Michael Baldock	3,567	18.0	+7.9
	Independent	Peter Johnson	873	4.4	+4.4
	Christians	Wayne Barnett	686	3.5	+3.5
	Independent	Teresa van Lieshout	274	1.4	+1.4
Total formal votes			19,861	97.2	+1.2
Informal votes			569	2.8	–1.2
Turnout			20,430	82.6	−8.6
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Liberal	Libby Mettam	10,520	53.0	−18.2
	National	Peter Gordon	9,328	47.0	+47.0
	Liberal hold		Swing	N/A

2013 Western Australian state election: Vasse
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Troy Buswell	11,593	57.3	–4.1
	Labor	Lee Edmundson	2,501	12.4	–8.3
	Greens	Michael Baldock	2,026	10.0	–5.6
	Independent	Bernie Masters	1,624	8.0	+8.0
	National	James Wishart	1,474	7.3	+7.3
	Independent	Gary Norden	601	3.0	+3.0
	Family First	Julie Westbrook	412	2.0	+2.0
Total formal votes			20,231	96.0	+0.5
Informal votes			848	4.0	−0.5
Turnout			21,079	91.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Troy Buswell	14,396	71.2	+3.4
	Labor	Lee Edmundson	5,822	28.8	–3.4
	Liberal hold		Swing	+3.4

2008 Western Australian state election: Vasse^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Troy Buswell	11,306	55.5	+14.9
	Labor	Marilyn Elson	4,427	21.8	−0.8
	Greens	Mitchella Hutchins	3,653	17.9	+8.3
	Christian Democrats	Gail Gifford	967	4.8	+3.6
Total formal votes			20,353	95.6	+0.1
Informal votes			947	4.4	−0.1
Turnout			21,300	87.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Troy Buswell	12,913	63.5	+3.9
	Labor	Marilyn Elson	7,423	36.5	−3.9
	Liberal hold		Swing	+3.9

2005 Western Australian state election: Vasse
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Troy Buswell	4,611	37.6	+9.4
	Labor	Ross Bromell	2,649	21.6	−3.6
	Independent	Bernie Masters	2,526	20.6	+20.6
	National	Beryle Morgan	1,207	9.8	−14.6
	Greens	Jim Matan	681	5.6	−2.4
	Family First	Paul Clayson	222	1.8	+1.8
	Christian Democrats	Tracey Brough	162	1.3	+1.3
	One Nation	Charles Doyle	147	1.2	−10.1
	New Country	Ron Asher	61	0.5	+0.5
Total formal votes			12,266	95.4	−1.2
Informal votes			591	4.6	+1.2
Turnout			12,857	91.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Troy Buswell	7,388	60.3	+6.2
	Labor	Ross Bromell	4,871	39.7	−6.2
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Liberal	Troy Buswell	6,228	50.9	−3.2
	Independent	Bernie Masters	6,019	49.1	+49.1
	Liberal hold		Swing	−3.2

2001 Western Australian state election: Vasse
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Bernie Masters	4,481	29.7	−13.5
	Labor	Ross Bromell	3,619	24.0	+7.3
	National	Beryle Morgan	3,481	23.1	−0.1
	One Nation	Patricia Embry	1,856	12.3	+12.3
	Greens	Bill Franssen	1,206	8.0	+8.0
	Democrats	John Partridge	431	2.9	−0.7
Total formal votes			15,074	96.6	+0.2
Informal votes			535	3.4	−0.2
Turnout			15,609	92.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Bernie Masters	8,302	55.5	−3.7
	Labor	Ross Bromell	6,648	44.5	+44.5
	Liberal hold		Swing	−14.2

1996 Western Australian state election: Vasse
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Bernie Masters	5,433	43.2	−14.9
	National	Beryle Morgan	2,917	23.2	+14.0
	Labor	Linda Mullins	2,097	16.7	−5.5
	Independent	Mike Sully	1,261	10.0	+10.0
	Democrats	Alf Denman	451	3.6	+2.9
	Independent	Ron Palmer	413	3.3	+3.3
Total formal votes			12,572	96.4	−0.3
Informal votes			476	3.6	+0.3
Turnout			13,048	92.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Bernie Masters	8,745	69.7	−0.6
	Labor	Linda Mullins	3,802	30.3	+0.6
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Liberal	Bernie Masters	7,424	59.2	−11.1
	National	Beryle Morgan	5,116	40.8	+40.8
	Liberal hold		Swing	−11.1

1993 Western Australian state election: Vasse
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Barry Blaikie	6,139	58.1	+1.2
	Labor	Leslie Longwood	2,146	20.3	−7.8
	Greens	David Swainston	1,203	11.4	+11.4
	National	Coralie Tarbotton	1,076	10.2	−4.9
Total formal votes			10,564	96.8	+1.8
Informal votes			345	3.2	−1.8
Turnout			10,909	94.7	+1.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Barry Blaikie	7,524	71.2	+2.5
	Labor	Leslie Longwood	3,040	28.8	−2.5
	Liberal hold		Swing	+2.5

1989 Western Australian state election: Vasse
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Barry Blaikie	5,205	56.9	−5.4
	Labor	Leslie Longwood	2,568	28.1	−9.6
	National	Alan Hillier	1,380	15.1	+15.1
Total formal votes			9,153	95.0
Informal votes			486	5.0
Turnout			9,639	93.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Barry Blaikie	6,292	68.7	+6.4
	Labor	Leslie Longwood	2,861	31.3	−6.4
	Liberal hold		Swing	+6.4

1986 Western Australian state election: Vasse
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Barry Blaikie	6,359	63.5	+4.0
	Labor	Laurie Watson	3,648	36.5	+5.4
Total formal votes			10,007	98.1	+0.3
Informal votes			195	1.9	−0.3
Turnout			10,202	94.3	+1.9
	Liberal hold		Swing	−0.7

1983 Western Australian state election: Vasse
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Barry Blaikie	4,947	59.5
	Labor	Dane Carroll	2,586	31.1
	Independent	Stewart Melville	783	9.4
Total formal votes			8,316	97.8
Informal votes			187	2.2
Turnout			8,503	92.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Barry Blaikie	5,339	64.2
	Labor	Dane Carroll	2,977	35.8
	Liberal hold		Swing

1980 Western Australian state election: Vasse
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Barry Blaikie	6,147	68.2	+0.9
	Labor	Barbara Taylor	2,236	24.8	+0.8
	Independent	Alfred Bussell	623	6.9	+6.9
Total formal votes			9,006	97.8	−0.1
Informal votes			201	2.2	+0.1
Turnout			9,207	92.3	−2.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Barry Blaikie	6,454	71.7	+0.1
	Labor	Barbara Taylor	2,552	28.3	−0.1
	Liberal hold		Swing	+0.1

1977 Western Australian state election: Vasse
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Barry Blaikie	5,493	67.3
	Labor	Peter Naughton	1,961	24.0
	Independent	Alister Walker	707	8.7
Total formal votes			8,161	97.9
Informal votes			172	2.1
Turnout			8,333	95.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Barry Blaikie	5,847	71.6
	Labor	Peter Naughton	2,314	28.4
	Liberal hold		Swing

1974 Western Australian state election: Vasse
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Barry Blaikie	4,548	60.0
	Labor	Robert Goddard	2,015	26.6
	National Alliance	Ronald Loughton	1,014	13.4
Total formal votes			7,577	96.7
Informal votes			256	3.3
Turnout			7,833	93.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Barry Blaikie	5,410	71.4
	Labor	Robert Goddard	2,167	28.6
	Liberal hold		Swing

1971 Western Australian state election: Vasse
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Alexander Hemsley	2,299	37.3	+37.3
	Liberal	Barry Blaikie	1,977	32.1	−67.9
	Country	Colin Fyfe	1,121	18.2	+18.2
	Independent	Edward Packard	457	7.4	+7.4
	Democratic Labor	John Brennan	306	5.0	+5.0
Total formal votes			6,160	97.9
Informal votes			130	2.1
Turnout			6,290	94.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Barry Blaikie	3,231	52.4	−47.6
	Labor	Alexander Hemsley	2,929	47.6	+47.6
	Liberal hold		Swing	N/A

^ Vasse District Profile and Results, 2017 State General Election, WAEC.
^ "2014 Vasse By-election". www.elections.wa.gov.au. Western Australian Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 19 October 2014. Retrieved 18 October 2014.
^ Green, Antony (18 October 2014). "Results: 2014 Vasse By-election". ABC Elections. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 18 October 2014.
^ "2008 Vasse District Results". Western Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 18 October 2014.