title: Electoral results for the district of Dianella
text: # Electoral results for the district of Dianella
  
  This is a list of electoral results for the Electoral district of Dianella in Western Australian state elections.
  
  ## Members for Dianella
  
  Dianella (1977–1983) :
  
  | Member | Member | Party | Term |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | | Keith Wilson | Labor | 1977–1983 |
  | Dianella (1989–1996) ||||
  | Member | Member | Party | Term |
  | | Keith Wilson | Labor | 1989–1993 |
  | | Kim Hames | Liberal | 1993–1996 |
  
  ## Election results
  
  ### Elections in the 1990s
  
  1993 Western Australian state election: Dianella :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Liberal | Kim Hames | 8,711 | 46.7 | +2.6 |
  | | Labor | Keith Wilson | 7,998 | 42.9 | -3.1 |
  | | Independent | Marguerite Henshaw | 876 | 4.7 | +4.7 |
  | | Greens | Edwin Speed | 670 | 3.6 | +3.6 |
  | | Democrats | Stewart Godden | 382 | 2.1 | +2.1 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 18,637 | 96.0 | +4.2 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 766 | 4.0 | -4.2 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 19,403 | 94.2 | +2.4 |
  | Two-party-preferred result ||||||
  | | Liberal | Kim Hames | 9,572 | 51.4 | +2.5 |
  | | Labor | Keith Wilson | 9,065 | 48.6 | -2.5 |
  | | Liberal gain from Labor | Liberal gain from Labor | Swing | +2.5 | |
  
  ### Elections in the 1980s
  
  1989 Western Australian state election: Dianella :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labor | Keith Wilson | 8,521 | 46.0 | -8.3 |
  | | Liberal | Terence Tyzack | 8,177 | 44.1 | -1.6 |
  | | Grey Power | John Greathead | 927 | 5.0 | +5.0 |
  | | Independent | Allan Jones | 914 | 4.9 | +4.9 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 18,539 | 91.8 | |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 1,650 | 8.2 | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 20,189 | 91.8 | |
  | Two-party-preferred result ||||||
  | | Labor | Keith Wilson | 9,478 | 51.1 | -3.2 |
  | | Liberal | Terence Tyzack | 9,061 | 48.9 | +3.2 |
  | | Labor hold | Labor hold | Swing | -3.2 | |
  
  1980 Western Australian state election: Dianella :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labor | Keith Wilson | 9,943 | 62.2 | +7.9 |
  | | Liberal | Graham Pittaway | 6,033 | 37.8 | -7.9 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 15,976 | 96.6 | 0.0 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 561 | 3.4 | 0.0 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 16,537 | 89.2 | -2.4 |
  | | Labor hold | Labor hold | Swing | +7.9 | |
  
  ### Elections in the 1970s
  
  1977 Western Australian state election: Dianella :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labor | Keith Wilson | 8,003 | 54.3 |
  | | Liberal | Peter Foeken | 6,735 | 45.7 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 14,738 | 96.6 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 512 | 3.4 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 15,250 | 91.6 |
  | | Labor hold | Labor hold | Swing | -3.7 |
  