Electoral results for the district of Bright

This is a list of electoral results for the Electoral district of Bright in South Australian state elections.

Members for Bright

2014 South Australian state election: Bright^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	David Speirs	10,780	48.5	+4.6
	Labor	Chloë Fox	8,491	38.2	−4.0
	Greens	Jamie Ryan	2,081	9.4	+1.5
	Family First	Steve Price	852	3.8	+0.9
Total formal votes			22,204	97.8	+0.8
Informal votes			488	2.2	−0.8
Turnout			22,692	93.1	−0.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	David Speirs	11,829	53.3	+3.7
	Labor	Chloë Fox	10,375	46.7	−3.7
	Liberal gain from Labor		Swing	+3.7

2010 South Australian state election: Bright
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Maria Kourtesis	9,415	44.0	+6.6
	Labor	Chloë Fox	9,022	42.2	−5.4
	Greens	Graham Goss	1,669	7.8	+0.9
	Family First	Kevin Cramp	601	2.8	−1.3
	Save the RAH	Meredith Stock	298	1.4	+1.4
	Fair Land Tax	Nick Kalogiannis	194	0.9	+0.9
	Independent	Shane Roos	188	0.9	+0.9
Total formal votes			21,387	96.9
Informal votes			641	3.1
Turnout			22,028	93.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Chloë Fox	10,777	50.4	−6.2
	Liberal	Maria Kourtesis	10,610	49.6	+6.2
	Labor hold		Swing	−6.2

2006 South Australian state election: Bright
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Chloë Fox	10,126	50.2	+16.9
	Liberal	Angus Redford	6,949	34.4	−10.2
	Greens	Allan Robins	1,315	6.5	+1.8
	Family First	Andrew Cole	905	4.5	+1.6
	Dignity for Disabled	Trevor Pyatt	492	2.4	+2.4
	Democrats	Caroline Siow	395	2.0	−6.2
Total formal votes			20,182	97.1	+0.2
Informal votes			600	2.9	−0.2
Turnout			20,782	92.6	−1.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Chloë Fox	11,983	59.4	+14.4
	Liberal	Angus Redford	8,199	40.6	−14.4
	Labor gain from Liberal		Swing	+14.4

2002 South Australian state election: Bright
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Wayne Matthew	9,086	44.6	−1.0
	Labor	Ron Baronian	6,784	33.3	+1.3
	Democrats	Fiona Blinco	1,672	8.2	−12.8
	Greens	Bob Darlington	961	4.7	+4.7
	Family First	Vasiliki Savvas	593	2.9	+2.9
	SA First	Kathy Williams	476	2.3	+2.3
	One Nation	Laurel Payne	403	2.0	+2.0
	Independent	Cheryl Connor	390	1.9	+1.9
Total formal votes			20,365	96.9
Informal votes			657	3.1
Turnout			21,022	94.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Wayne Matthew	11,192	55.0	+0.6
	Labor	Ron Baronian	9,173	45.0	−0.6
	Liberal hold		Swing	+0.6

1997 South Australian state election: Bright
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Wayne Matthew	9,153	47.4	−15.9
	Labor	Kathy Williams	5,910	30.6	+5.9
	Democrats	Fiona Blinco	4,263	22.1	+10.1
Total formal votes			19,326	96.3	−1.6
Informal votes			743	3.7	+1.6
Turnout			20,069	92.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Wayne Matthew	10,844	56.1	−12.2
	Labor	Kathy Williams	8,482	43.9	+12.2
	Liberal hold		Swing	−12.2

1993 South Australian state election: Bright
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Wayne Matthew	12,573	64.0	+18.0
	Labor	Aileen Braun	4,711	24.0	−16.7
	Democrats	Fiona Blinco	2,358	12.0	+1.1
Total formal votes			19,642	97.9	−0.4
Informal votes			424	2.1	+0.4
Turnout			20,066	95.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Wayne Matthew	13,547	69.0	+16.6
	Labor	Aileen Braun	6,095	31.0	−16.6
	Liberal hold		Swing	+16.6

1989 South Australian state election: Bright
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Wayne Matthew	8,911	44.8	−2.0
	Labor	Derek Robertson	8,345	41.9	−7.6
	Democrats	Ingrid O'Sullivan	2,223	11.2	+7.5
	Call to Australia	Wayne Ellis	417	2.1	+2.1
Total formal votes			19,896	98.0	+0.1
Informal votes			408	2.0	−0.1
Turnout			20,304	95.8	+0.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Wayne Matthew	10,139	51.0	+2.6
	Labor	Derek Robertson	9,757	49.0	−2.6
	Liberal gain from Labor		Swing	+2.6

1985 South Australian state election: Bright
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Derek Robertson	9,048	49.5	+3.5
	Liberal	John Mathwin	8,569	46.8	−0.1
	Democrats	Fred Cannon	674	3.7	−3.3
Total formal votes			18,291	97.9
Informal votes			390	2.1
Turnout			18,681	95.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Derek Robertson	9,430	51.6	+2.6
	Liberal	John Mathwin	8,861	48.4	−2.6
	Labor gain from Liberal		Swing	+2.6