Election Results
| Western Australian state election, 2008: Geraldton | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal | Ian Blayney | 6,616 | 36.9 | -2.0 | |
| Labor | Shane Hill | 5,213 | 29.1 | -9.4 | |
| WA Nationals | Andrew Short | 3,460 | 19.3 | +9.0 | |
| Family First | Jane Foreman | 1,036 | 5.8 | +5.8 | |
| Greens | Adam Volkerts | 1,030 | 5.8 | +0.8 | |
| Christian Democrats | Philip Sprigg | 551 | 3.1 | -0.4 | |
| Total formal votes | 17,906 | 95.7 | +0.4 | ||
| Informal votes | 812 | 4.3 | -0.4 | ||
| Turnout | 18,718 | 87.5 | |||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| Liberal | Ian Blayney | 10,467 | 58.5 | +5.0 | |
| Labor | Shane Hill | 7,420 | 41.5 | -5.0 | |
| Liberal hold | Swing | +5.0 | |||
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