Electoral results for the district of Lee

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

Members for Lee

Member		Party	Term
	Joe Rossi	Liberal Party	1993–1997
	Michael Wright	Labor Party	1997–2014
	Stephen Mullighan	Labor Party	2014–present

Election results

Elections in the 2020s

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2022 South Australian state election (House of Assembly) § Lee.[ edit ]

2022 South Australian state election: Lee

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Stephen Mullighan	11,371	51.3	+7.5
	Liberal	Jake Hall-Evans	7,556	34.1	+0.6
	Greens	Andrew Payne	1,854	8.4	+4.0
	Family First	John Moldovan	1,403	6.3	+6.3
Total formal votes			22,184	97.0
Informal votes			693	3.0
Turnout			22,877	88.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Stephen Mullighan	13,577	61.2	+5.9
	Liberal	Jake Hall-Evans	8,607	38.8	−5.9
	Labor hold		Swing	+5.9

Elections in the 2010s

2018 South Australian state election: Lee ^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Stephen Mullighan	9,845	42.5	+0.4
	Liberal	Steven Rypp	8,203	35.4	−5.5
	SA-Best	Andy Legrand	2,953	12.7	+12.7
	Greens	Patrick O'Sullivan	1,023	4.4	−1.6
	Conservatives	Vicki Jessop	731	3.2	−0.7
	Dignity	Tiffany Littler	304	1.3	+1.3
	Danig	Aristidis Kerpelis	127	0.5	+0.5
Total formal votes			23,186	95.6	−1.0
Informal votes			1,065	4.4	+1.0
Turnout			24,251	91.5	+2.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Stephen Mullighan	12,485	53.8	+2.3
	Liberal	Steven Rypp	10,701	46.2	−2.3
	Labor hold		Swing	+2.3

2014 South Australian state election: Lee ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Stephen Mullighan	9,418	41.0	−5.8
	Liberal	Liz Davies	8,216	35.7	+1.5
	Independent	Gary Johanson	2,581	11.2	+11.2
	Greens	Jo Seater	1,794	7.8	−0.2
	Family First	Denis Power	686	3.0	−0.7
	Independent	Melita Calone	301	1.3	+1.3
Total formal votes			22,996	96.4	+1.1
Informal votes			861	3.6	−1.1
Turnout			23,857	91.9	−1.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Stephen Mullighan	12,530	54.5	−3.2
	Liberal	Liz Davies	10,466	45.5	+3.2
	Labor hold		Swing	−3.2

2010 South Australian state election: Lee

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Michael Wright	9,734	46.3	−12.4
	Liberal	Sue Gow	7,263	34.5	+9.0
	Greens	Yesha Joshi	1,716	8.2	+0.2
	Family First	Richard Bunting	767	3.6	−0.8
	Independent	Bob Briton	608	2.9	+2.9
	Independent	Colin Thomas	492	2.3	+2.3
	Independent	Joe Rossi	455	2.2	+2.2
Total formal votes			21,035	95.3
Informal votes			976	4.7
Turnout			22,011	93.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Michael Wright	12,008	57.1	−12.7
	Liberal	Sue Gow	9,027	42.9	+12.7
	Labor hold		Swing	-12.7

Elections in the 2000s

2006 South Australian state election: Lee

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Michael Wright	11,785	58.6	+10.8
	Liberal	Peter Rea	5,269	26.2	−8.3
	Greens	Meryl McDougall	1,537	7.6	+2.2
	Family First	Denis Power	920	4.6	+4.4
	Democrats	Trevor Tucker	603	3.0	−2.5
Total formal votes			20,114	96.6
Informal votes			708	3.4
Turnout			20,822	93.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Michael Wright	13,938	69.3	+9.8
	Liberal	Peter Rea	6,176	30.7	−9.8
	Labor hold		Swing	+9.8

2002 South Australian state election: Lee

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Michael Wright	9,131	45.8	−0.2
	Liberal	Scott Cadzow	7,405	37.2	+5.0
	Democrats	Trevor Tucker	1,104	5.5	−7.9
	Greens	Pat Netschitowsky	1,062	5.3	+5.3
	SA First	Cale Dalton	549	2.8	+2.8
	One Nation	Lee Peacock	454	2.3	+2.3
	Independent	Alan Griffiths	225	1.1	+1.1
Total formal votes			19,930	96.7
Informal votes			682	3.3
Turnout			20,612	93.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Michael Wright	11,361	57.0	−0.6
	Liberal	Scott Cadzow	8,569	43.0	+0.6
	Labor hold		Swing	-0.6

Elections in the 1990s

1997 South Australian state election: Lee

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Michael Wright	8,545	45.7	+3.5
	Liberal	Joe Rossi	5,977	32.0	−15.3
	Democrats	Peter Clements	2,194	11.7	+7.1
	Independent	Carlo Meschino	905	4.8	+4.8
	Independent	Lorraine O'Connor	560	3.0	+3.0
	Independent	Bernhard Cotton	290	1.6	+0.4
	United Australia	Frank Fonovic	218	1.2	+1.2
Total formal votes			18,689	94.1	−0.9
Informal votes			1,176	5.9	+0.9
Turnout			19,865	91.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Michael Wright	10,666	57.1	+8.1
	Liberal	Joe Rossi	8,023	42.9	−8.1
	Labor gain from Liberal		Swing	+8.1

1993 South Australian state election: Lee

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Joe Rossi	9,138	47.3	+8.9
	Labor	Kevin Hamilton	8,129	42.1	−11.7
	Democrats	Peter Clements	890	4.6	−3.1
	Independent	Barbara Wasylenko	547	2.8	+2.8
	Natural Law	Lynne Brown	239	1.2	+1.2
	Independent	Bernhard Cotton	223	1.2	+1.2
	Call to Australia	Alan Behn	137	0.7	+0.7
Total formal votes			19,303	95.0	−2.3
Informal votes			1,025	5.0	+2.3
Turnout			20,328	94.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Joe Rossi	9,864	51.1	+9.2
	Labor	Kevin Hamilton	9,439	48.9	−9.2
	Liberal gain from Labor		Swing	+9.2

References

1. State Election Results - District Results for Lee, ECSA.
2. 2014 State Election Results – Lee, ECSA.

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