Electoral results for the district of Wright
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South Australian district election results
This is a list of electoral results for the Electoral district of Wright in South Australian state elections.
| Member | Party | Term | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scott Ashenden | Liberal | 1993–1997 | |
| Jennifer Rankine | Labor | 1997–2018 | |
| Blair Boyer | Labor | 2018–present | |
Election results
Elections in the 2020s
2026
This section is an excerpt from 2026 South Australian House of Assembly election § Wright.[edit]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labor | Blair Boyer | 11,939 | 48.1 | −3.7 | |
| One Nation | Sean Porter | 7,062 | 28.5 | +28.5 | |
| Liberal | Carston Woodhouse (disendorsed) | 2,170 | 8.8 | −23.2 | |
| Greens | Samantha Skinner | 2,145 | 8.6 | +0.3 | |
| Family First | Sue Nancarrow | 672 | 2.7 | −4.5 | |
| Animal Justice | Deb Horley | 373 | 1.5 | +1.5 | |
| Australian Family | Robin Hill | 352 | 1.4 | +1.4 | |
| United Voice | Rosalind Wilton | 107 | 0.4 | +0.4 | |
| Total formal votes | 24,820 | 95.8 | −1.4 | ||
| Informal votes | 1,079 | 4.2 | +1.4 | ||
| Turnout | 25,899 | 90.6 | −0.1 | ||
| Two-candidate-preferred result | |||||
| Labor | Blair Boyer | 15,512 | 62.5 | +0.6 | |
| One Nation | Sean Porter | 9,308 | 37.5 | +37.5 | |
| Labor hold | Swing | +0.6 | |||
2022
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2022 South Australian state election (House of Assembly) § Wright.[edit]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labor | Blair Boyer | 12,231 | 52.0 | +14.1 | |
| Liberal | Graham Reynolds | 7,550 | 32.1 | +1.0 | |
| Greens | Alexandra McGee | 2,001 | 8.5 | +2.7 | |
| Family First | Kym Nancarrow | 1,737 | 7.4 | +7.4 | |
| Total formal votes | 23,519 | 97.2 | |||
| Informal votes | 670 | 2.8 | |||
| Turnout | 24,189 | 90.7 | |||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| Labor | Blair Boyer | 14,548 | 61.9 | +8.8 | |
| Liberal | Graham Reynolds | 8,971 | 38.1 | −8.8 | |
| Labor hold | Swing | +8.8 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Round 1 | Round 2 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dist. | Total | Dist. | Total | ||||
| Quota (50% + 1) | 11,760 | ||||||
| Labor | Blair Boyer | 12,231 | +398 | 12,629 | +1,919 | 14,548 | |
| Liberal | Graham Reynolds | 7,550 | +859 | 8,409 | +562 | 8,971 | |
| Greens | Alexandra McGee | 2,001 | +480 | 2,481 | Excluded | ||
| Family First | Kym Nancarrow | 1,737 | Excluded | ||||
Elections in the 2010s
2018
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2018 South Australian state election (House of Assembly) § Wright.[edit]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labor | Blair Boyer | 9,449 | 39.6 | −5.1 | |
| Liberal | Luigi Mesisca | 7,407 | 31.0 | −7.1 | |
| SA-Best | Natasha Henningsen | 4,437 | 18.6 | +18.6 | |
| Greens | Jennifer Harness | 1,412 | 5.9 | −1.2 | |
| Conservatives | Eric Dennis | 1,153 | 4.8 | −3.6 | |
| Total formal votes | 23,858 | 95.9 | −0.3 | ||
| Informal votes | 1,024 | 4.1 | +0.3 | ||
| Turnout | 24,882 | 92.2 | +4.0 | ||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| Labor | Blair Boyer | 12,767 | 53.5 | −0.8 | |
| Liberal | Luigi Mesisca | 11,091 | 46.5 | +0.8 | |
| Labor hold | Swing | −0.8 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labor | Jennifer Rankine | 9,838 | 43.6 | −4.6 | |
| Liberal | Lyn Petrie | 8,685 | 38.5 | +1.2 | |
| Family First | Mark Potter | 1,904 | 8.4 | +1.7 | |
| Greens | Tom Lowe | 1,441 | 6.4 | +1.0 | |
| Independent | Danyse Soester | 696 | 3.1 | +3.1 | |
| Total formal votes | 22,564 | 96.3 | −0.6 | ||
| Informal votes | 856 | 3.7 | +0.6 | ||
| Turnout | 23,420 | 93.8 | −0.0 | ||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| Labor | Jennifer Rankine | 11,965 | 53.0 | −1.8 | |
| Liberal | Lyn Petrie | 10,599 | 47.0 | +1.8 | |
| Labor hold | Swing | −1.8 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labor | Jennifer Rankine | 10,688 | 48.1 | −9.4 | |
| Liberal | Tina Celeste | 8,309 | 37.4 | +10.7 | |
| Family First | Mark Potter | 1,488 | 6.7 | −0.6 | |
| Greens | Arthur Seager | 1,132 | 5.1 | +1.2 | |
| Dignity for Disability | Garry Connor | 581 | 2.6 | +0.2 | |
| Total formal votes | 22,198 | 93.9 | |||
| Informal votes | 1,283 | 6.1 | |||
| Turnout | 23,481 | 96.2 | |||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| Labor | Jennifer Rankine | 12,126 | 54.6 | −10.7 | |
| Liberal | Tina Celeste | 10,072 | 45.4 | +10.7 | |
| Labor hold | Swing | −10.7 | |||
Elections in the 2000s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labor | Jennifer Rankine | 12,080 | 57.6 | +12.6 | |
| Liberal | Stephen Ernst | 5,605 | 26.7 | −11.6 | |
| Family First | Malcolm Reynolds | 1,541 | 7.3 | +0.1 | |
| Greens | Holden Ward | 817 | 3.9 | +3.9 | |
| Dignity for Disabled | Sarah Rischmueller | 506 | 2.4 | +2.4 | |
| Democrats | Scott Jesser | 428 | 2.0 | −5.3 | |
| Total formal votes | 20,977 | 96.1 | −1.7 | ||
| Informal votes | 855 | 3.9 | +1.7 | ||
| Turnout | 21,832 | 93.7 | −0.9 | ||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| Labor | Jennifer Rankine | 13,694 | 65.3 | +12.1 | |
| Liberal | Stephen Ernst | 7,283 | 34.7 | −12.1 | |
| Labor hold | Swing | +12.1 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labor | Jennifer Rankine | 9,676 | 45.0 | +1.9 | |
| Liberal | Mark Osterstock | 8,243 | 38.3 | +2.4 | |
| Democrats | Helen Munro | 1,567 | 7.3 | −6.7 | |
| Family First | Lyn Griffin | 1,541 | 7.2 | +7.2 | |
| One Nation | Rod Kowald | 487 | 2.3 | +2.3 | |
| Total formal votes | 21,514 | 97.8 | |||
| Informal votes | 494 | 2.2 | |||
| Turnout | 22,008 | 94.6 | |||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| Labor | Jennifer Rankine | 11,438 | 53.2 | −1.2 | |
| Liberal | Mark Osterstock | 10,076 | 46.8 | +1.2 | |
| Labor hold | Swing | −1.2 | |||
Elections in the 1990s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labor | Jennifer Rankine | 8,076 | 41.4 | +1.0 | |
| Liberal | Scott Ashenden | 7,175 | 36.8 | −11.9 | |
| Democrats | Christine Posta | 2,604 | 13.4 | +5.3 | |
| Independent | John Siemers | 826 | 4.2 | +4.2 | |
| Independent | Gregg McDonald | 524 | 2.7 | +2.7 | |
| United Australia | Olive Weston | 299 | 1.5 | +1.5 | |
| Total formal votes | 19,504 | 95.4 | −1.9 | ||
| Informal votes | 933 | 4.6 | +1.9 | ||
| Turnout | 20,437 | 92.6 | |||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| Labor | Jennifer Rankine | 10,354 | 53.1 | +6.4 | |
| Liberal | Scott Ashenden | 9,150 | 46.9 | −6.4 | |
| Labor gain from Liberal | Swing | +6.4 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Scott Ashenden | 10,510 | 49.8 | +11.7 | |
| Labor | Trish White | 8,298 | 39.3 | −9.6 | |
| Democrats | Stephen Bartholomew | 1,675 | 7.9 | −2.0 | |
| Independent | Ronald Fox | 612 | 2.9 | +2.9 | |
| Total formal votes | 21,095 | 97.4 | −0.3 | ||
| Informal votes | 556 | 2.6 | +0.3 | ||
| Turnout | 21,651 | 95.0 | |||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| Liberal | Scott Ashenden | 11,401 | 54.0 | +9.2 | |
| Labor | Trish White | 9,694 | 46.0 | −9.2 | |
| Liberal gain from Labor | Swing | +9.2 | |||