Electoral results for the district of Ashburton

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

Members for Ashburton

Ashburton (1890–1901)
Member		Party	Term
Template:Australian politics/party colours/Other |	Septimus Burt	Ministerial	1890–1900
Template:Australian politics/party colours/Other |	David Forrest	Ministerial	1900–1901
Ashburton (1989–1996)
Member		Party	Term
Template:Australian politics/party colours/Labor |	Pam Buchanan	Labor	1989–1991
Template:Australian politics/party colours/Independent |		Independent	1991–1992
Template:Australian politics/party colours/Labor |	Fred Riebeling	Labor	1992–1996

Election results

Elections in the 1990s

Western Australian state election, 1993: Ashburton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Fred Riebeling	4,088	52.9	−0.6
	Liberal	Joy West	2,923	37.9	−0.2
	Greens	Hugh Paterson	712	9.2	+9.2
Total formal votes			7,723	95.9	+2.9
Informal votes			330	4.1	−2.9
Turnout			8,053	88.2	+7.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Fred Riebeling	4,490	58.1	+0.2
	Liberal	Joy West	3,233	41.9	−0.2
	Labor hold		Swing	+0.2

Elections in the 1980s

Western Australian state election, 1989: Ashburton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Pam Buchanan	3,639	53.5	−12.4
	Liberal	Maurice Harper	2,592	38.1	+4.0
	Independent	David Fort	575	8.5	+8.5
Total formal votes			6,806	93.0
Informal votes			509	7.0
Turnout			7,315	80.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Pam Buchanan	3,941	57.9	−8.0
	Liberal	Maurice Harper	2,865	42.1	+8.0
	Labor hold		Swing	−8.0