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

Member		Party	Term
	Derek Robertson	Labor	1985–1989
	Wayne Matthew	Liberal	1989–2006
	Chloë Fox	Labor	2006–2014
	David Speirs	Liberal	2014–2018

Election results

Elections in the 2010s

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

Elections in the 2000s

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

Elections in the 1990s

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

Elections in the 1980s

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

References

1. 2014 State Election Results – Bright, ECSA.

• SA elections archive: Antony Green ABC
• 2002 SA election: Antony Green ABC