The last member for Yokine was Bob Kucera who held the seat for the Labor Party by a margin of 8.2%.
[1] It was first contested at the 1996 election by Dianella Liberal MLA Kim Hames, Balcatta Labor MLA Nick Catania and Upper House Labor MLC Sam Piantadosi.
The seat was won by Hames, who served in the Outer Cabinet during Court's second term in office.
Labor nominated Bob Kucera, the popular former Assistant Police Commissioner, who won the seat against Hames in the 2001 election on a 7% swing.
He won again in 2005, but in the leadup to the 2008 election, he was ruled ineligible to contest the Labor preselection.