Electoral results for the Division of Chisholm
This is a list of electoral results for the Division of Chisholm in Australian federal elections from the division's creation in 1949 until the present.
Members
Election results
Elections in the 2010s
Australian federal election, 2016: Chisholm
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
± |
|
Liberal |
Julia Banks |
39,265 |
45.28 |
+1.16 |
|
Labor |
Stefanie Perri |
31,160 |
35.93 |
−3.57 |
|
Greens |
Josh Fergeus |
10,647 |
12.28 |
+2.83 |
|
Family First |
Craig McCracken |
2,137 |
2.46 |
+1.36 |
|
Animal Justice |
Nyree Walshe |
1,799 |
2.07 |
+2.07 |
|
Rise Up Australia |
Melanie Vassiliou |
1,712 |
1.97 |
+1.22 |
Total formal votes |
86,720 |
97.26 |
+1.49 |
Informal votes |
2,439 |
2.74 |
−1.49 |
Turnout |
89,159 |
91.51 |
−1.84 |
Two-party-preferred result
|
|
Liberal |
Julia Banks |
44,437 |
51.24 |
+2.84 |
|
Labor |
Stefanie Perri |
42,283 |
48.76 |
−2.84 |
|
Liberal gain from Labor |
Swing |
+2.84 |
|
Australian federal election, 2013: Chisholm
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
± |
|
Liberal |
John Nguyen |
37,990 |
44.12 |
+3.90 |
|
Labor |
Anna Burke |
34,015 |
39.50 |
−4.75 |
|
Greens |
Josh Fergeus |
8,133 |
9.45 |
−2.44 |
|
Sex Party |
Luzio Grossi |
1,762 |
2.05 |
+2.05 |
|
Palmer United |
Brian Woods |
1,405 |
1.63 |
+1.63 |
|
Family First |
Martin Myszka |
949 |
1.10 |
−1.56 |
|
Democratic Labour |
Pat Shea |
860 |
1.00 |
+1.00 |
|
Rise Up Australia |
Melanie Vassiliou |
650 |
0.75 |
+0.75 |
|
Secular |
Vidura Jayaratne |
345 |
0.40 |
−0.20 |
Total formal votes |
86,109 |
95.77 |
−0.55 |
Informal votes |
3,802 |
4.23 |
+0.55 |
Turnout |
89,911 |
93.41 |
−0.28 |
Two-party-preferred result
|
|
Labor |
Anna Burke |
44,431 |
51.60 |
−4.18 |
|
Liberal |
John Nguyen |
41,678 |
48.40 |
+4.18 |
|
Labor hold |
Swing |
−4.18 |
|
Australian federal election, 2010: Chisholm
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
± |
|
Labor |
Anna Burke |
34,492 |
44.53 |
−3.59 |
|
Liberal |
John Nguyen |
31,093 |
40.15 |
+0.70 |
|
Greens |
Josh Fergeus |
9,196 |
11.87 |
+3.40 |
|
Family First |
Phil Goodman |
2,107 |
2.72 |
+0.27 |
|
Secular |
Nimrod Evans |
562 |
0.73 |
+0.73 |
Total formal votes |
77,450 |
96.41 |
−0.98 |
Informal votes |
2,880 |
3.59 |
+0.98 |
Turnout |
80,330 |
93.11 |
−2.16 |
Two-party-preferred result
|
|
Labor |
Anna Burke |
43,459 |
56.11 |
−1.27 |
|
Liberal |
John Nguyen |
33,991 |
43.89 |
+1.27 |
|
Labor hold |
Swing |
−1.27 |
|
Elections in the 2000s
Australian federal election, 2007: Chisholm
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
± |
|
Labor |
Anna Burke |
38,439 |
48.12 |
+4.13 |
|
Liberal |
Myles King |
31,514 |
39.45 |
−4.16 |
|
Greens |
Alistair McCaskill |
6,765 |
8.47 |
+1.13 |
|
Family First |
Gary Ong |
1,953 |
2.45 |
+0.56 |
|
Democrats |
Daniel Berk |
1,053 |
1.32 |
−0.69 |
|
CEC |
Lars Thystrup |
150 |
0.19 |
+0.01 |
Total formal votes |
79,874 |
97.39 |
+0.74 |
Informal votes |
2,139 |
2.61 |
−0.74 |
Turnout |
82,013 |
95.22 |
+0.38 |
Two-party-preferred result
|
|
Labor |
Anna Burke |
45,833 |
57.38 |
+4.73 |
|
Liberal |
Myles King |
34,041 |
42.62 |
−4.73 |
|
Labor hold |
Swing |
+4.73 |
|
Australian federal election, 2004: Chisholm
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
± |
|
Labor |
Anna Burke |
34,241 |
43.99 |
+1.61 |
|
Liberal |
Stephen Hartney |
33,945 |
43.61 |
−0.01 |
|
Greens |
Penny Harris |
5,715 |
7.34 |
+1.17 |
|
Democrats |
James Bennett |
1,561 |
2.01 |
−4.73 |
|
Family First |
Gary Ong |
1,468 |
1.89 |
+1.89 |
|
Independent |
Owen Lysaght |
763 |
0.98 |
+0.98 |
|
CEC |
Wayne Barwick |
137 |
0.18 |
+0.18 |
Total formal votes |
77,830 |
96.65 |
−0.34 |
Informal votes |
2,700 |
3.35 |
+0.34 |
Turnout |
80,530 |
94.84 |
−0.60 |
Two-party-preferred result
|
|
Labor |
Anna Burke |
40,980 |
52.65 |
−0.03 |
|
Liberal |
Stephen Hartney |
36,850 |
47.35 |
+0.03 |
|
Labor hold |
Swing |
−0.03 |
|
Australian federal election, 2001: Chisholm
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
± |
|
Liberal |
Ros Clowes |
34,836 |
43.58 |
+1.84 |
|
Labor |
Anna Burke |
33,929 |
42.44 |
+0.06 |
|
Democrats |
James Bennett |
5,379 |
6.73 |
−0.14 |
|
Greens |
Howard Tankey |
4,898 |
6.13 |
+3.03 |
|
No GST |
John Murray |
895 |
1.12 |
+1.12 |
Total formal votes |
79,937 |
96.99 |
+0.56 |
Informal votes |
2,481 |
3.01 |
−0.56 |
Turnout |
82,418 |
95.26 |
|
Two-party-preferred result
|
|
Labor |
Anna Burke |
42,179 |
52.77 |
+0.70 |
|
Liberal |
Ros Clowes |
37,758 |
47.23 |
−0.70 |
|
Labor hold |
Swing |
+0.70 |
|
Elections in the 1990s
Australian federal election, 1998: Chisholm
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
± |
|
Labor |
Anna Burke |
33,275 |
42.38 |
+1.99 |
|
Liberal |
Peter Vlahos |
32,771 |
41.74 |
−5.39 |
|
Democrats |
Bernie Millane |
5,392 |
6.87 |
−0.40 |
|
Greens |
Julian Guess |
2,431 |
3.10 |
+0.44 |
|
Unity |
Ka-Sing Chua |
2,214 |
2.82 |
+2.82 |
|
One Nation |
Douglas Hesse |
2,064 |
2.63 |
+2.63 |
|
Natural Law |
Mark Toomey |
193 |
0.25 |
−0.22 |
|
Republican |
Nicholas Fell |
176 |
0.22 |
+0.22 |
Total formal votes |
78,516 |
96.43 |
−1.01 |
Informal votes |
2,910 |
3.57 |
+1.01 |
Turnout |
81,426 |
95.68 |
−0.51 |
Two-party-preferred result
|
|
Labor |
Anna Burke |
40,887 |
52.07 |
+4.67 |
|
Liberal |
Peter Vlahos |
37,629 |
47.93 |
−4.67 |
|
Labor gain from Liberal |
Swing |
+4.67 |
|
Australian federal election, 1996: Chisholm
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
± |
|
Liberal |
Michael Wooldridge |
37,110 |
47.13 |
−0.64 |
|
Labor |
Tony Robinson |
31,807 |
40.39 |
−4.21 |
|
Democrats |
Matthew Townsend |
5,725 |
7.27 |
+1.34 |
|
Greens |
Adrian Whitehead |
2,097 |
2.66 |
+2.66 |
|
AAFI |
Peter Judge |
1,291 |
1.64 |
+1.64 |
|
Natural Law |
Graeme Browne |
358 |
0.47 |
−0.95 |
|
|
Mark Ilott |
350 |
0.44 |
+0.44 |
Total formal votes |
78,748 |
97.44 |
−0.01 |
Informal votes |
2,069 |
2.56 |
+0.01 |
Turnout |
80,817 |
96.18 |
−0.13 |
Two-party-preferred result
|
|
Liberal |
Michael Wooldridge |
41,190 |
52.59 |
+2.20 |
|
Labor |
Tony Robinson |
37,132 |
47.41 |
−2.20 |
|
Liberal hold |
Swing |
+2.20 |
|
Australian federal election, 1993: Chisholm
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
± |
|
Liberal |
Michael Wooldridge |
36,198 |
50.23 |
+1.76 |
|
Labor |
Gordon McCaskie |
29,998 |
41.63 |
+7.45 |
|
Democrats |
Doug Johnston |
4,620 |
6.41 |
−6.98 |
|
Natural Law |
Richard Aldous |
1,247 |
1.73 |
+1.73 |
Total formal votes |
72,063 |
97.68 |
+0.21 |
Informal votes |
1,714 |
2.32 |
−0.21 |
Turnout |
73,777 |
96.32 |
|
Two-party-preferred result
|
|
Liberal |
Michael Wooldridge |
38,083 |
52.88 |
−3.41 |
|
Labor |
Gordon McCaskie |
33,937 |
47.12 |
+3.41 |
|
Liberal hold |
Swing |
−3.41 |
|
Australian federal election, 1990: Chisholm
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
± |
|
Liberal |
Michael Wooldridge |
34,660 |
48.5 |
+2.4 |
|
Labor |
Helen Mayer |
24,437 |
34.2 |
−10.0 |
|
Democrats |
Trudi Brunton |
9,576 |
13.4 |
+6.8 |
|
Call to Australia |
Adrian Stagg |
2,832 |
4.0 |
+4.0 |
Total formal votes |
71,505 |
97.5 |
|
Informal votes |
1,861 |
2.5 |
|
Turnout |
73,366 |
96.1 |
|
Two-party-preferred result
|
|
Liberal |
Michael Wooldridge |
40,230 |
56.3 |
+5.9 |
|
Labor |
Helen Mayer |
31,239 |
43.7 |
−5.9 |
|
Liberal hold |
Swing |
+5.9 |
|
Elections in the 1980s
Australian federal election, 1987: Chisholm
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
± |
|
Liberal |
Michael Wooldridge |
29,705 |
46.4 |
+2.1 |
|
Labor |
Helen Mayer |
28,094 |
43.9 |
−1.7 |
|
Democrats |
Fran Robbins |
4,222 |
6.6 |
+0.4 |
|
National |
Edward Wajsbrem |
1,101 |
1.7 |
+0.6 |
|
Unite Australia |
Ernest Rodeck |
637 |
1.0 |
+1.0 |
|
Independent |
Barry Gration |
226 |
0.4 |
+0.4 |
Total formal votes |
63,985 |
95.8 |
|
Informal votes |
2,772 |
4.2 |
|
Turnout |
66,757 |
95.7 |
|
Two-party-preferred result
|
|
Liberal |
Michael Wooldridge |
32,400 |
50.7 |
+0.9 |
|
Labor |
Helen Mayer |
31,528 |
49.3 |
−0.9 |
|
Liberal gain from Labor |
Swing |
+0.9 |
|
Australian federal election, 1984: Chisholm
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
± |
|
Labor |
Helen Mayer |
28,696 |
45.6 |
−2.3 |
|
Liberal |
Graham Harris |
27,860 |
44.3 |
+1.9 |
|
Democrats |
Colin Rochford |
3,928 |
6.2 |
−0.3 |
|
Democratic Labor |
Kevin Carroll |
1,779 |
2.8 |
−0.4 |
|
National |
Ray Murphy |
693 |
1.1 |
+1.1 |
Total formal votes |
62,956 |
92.1 |
|
Informal votes |
5,405 |
7.9 |
|
Turnout |
68,361 |
95.3 |
|
Two-party-preferred result
|
|
Labor |
Helen Mayer |
31,566 |
50.2 |
−1.7 |
|
Liberal |
Graham Harris |
31,375 |
49.8 |
+1.7 |
|
Labor hold |
Swing |
−1.7 |
|
Australian federal election, 1983: Chisholm
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
± |
|
Labor |
Helen Mayer |
33,253 |
48.2 |
+7.1 |
|
Liberal |
Graham Harris |
29,052 |
42.1 |
−5.0 |
|
Democrats |
Alan Swindon |
4,444 |
6.5 |
−4.3 |
|
Democratic Labor |
Kevin Cooper |
2,196 |
3.2 |
+3.2 |
Total formal votes |
68,945 |
98.4 |
|
Informal votes |
1,128 |
1.6 |
|
Turnout |
70,073 |
96.3 |
|
Two-party-preferred result
|
|
Labor |
Helen Mayer |
36,019 |
52.2 |
+4.4 |
|
Liberal |
Graham Harris |
32,926 |
47.8 |
−4.4 |
|
Labor gain from Liberal |
Swing |
+4.4 |
|
Elections in the 1970s
Elections in the 1960s
Elections in the 1950s
Elections in the 1940s
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