Election results
Elections in the 2010s
Australian federal election, 2016: McPherson
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
± |
|
Liberal National |
Karen Andrews |
47,284 |
53.29 |
+3.13 |
|
Labor |
Sandy Gadd |
23,069 |
26.00 |
+3.25 |
|
Greens |
Peter Burgoyne |
9,119 |
10.28 |
+3.42 |
|
Family First |
Simon Green |
5,404 |
6.09 |
+2.37 |
|
Independent |
Rob Jones |
3,850 |
4.34 |
+4.34 |
Total formal votes |
88,726 |
95.53 |
+0.74 |
Informal votes |
4,151 |
4.47 |
−0.74 |
Turnout |
92,877 |
89.52 |
−3.09 |
Two-party-preferred result |
|
Liberal National |
Karen Andrews |
54,687 |
61.64 |
−1.36 |
|
Labor |
Sandy Gadd |
34,039 |
38.36 |
+1.36 |
|
Liberal National hold |
Swing |
−1.36 |
|
Australian federal election, 2013: McPherson
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
± |
|
Liberal National |
Karen Andrews |
41,594 |
50.16 |
−3.74 |
|
Labor |
Gail Hislop |
18,866 |
22.75 |
−6.11 |
|
Palmer United |
Susie Douglas |
13,203 |
15.92 |
+15.92 |
|
Greens |
David Wyatt |
5,689 |
6.86 |
−5.54 |
|
Family First |
Simon Green |
3,084 |
3.72 |
−1.12 |
|
Australian Voice |
Charles Blake |
491 |
0.59 |
+0.59 |
Total formal votes |
82,927 |
94.79 |
+0.69 |
Informal votes |
4,559 |
5.21 |
−0.69 |
Turnout |
87,486 |
92.61 |
+0.60 |
Two-party-preferred result |
|
Liberal National |
Karen Andrews |
52,244 |
63.00 |
+2.72 |
|
Labor |
Gail Hislop |
30,683 |
37.00 |
−2.72 |
|
Liberal National hold |
Swing |
+2.72 |
|
Australian federal election, 2010: McPherson
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
± |
|
Liberal National |
Karen Andrews |
42,069 |
53.90 |
-0.93 |
|
Labor |
Dan Byron |
22,526 |
28.86 |
-6.99 |
|
Greens |
Ben O'Callaghan |
9,676 |
12.40 |
+6.49 |
|
Family First |
Matthew Reeves |
3,777 |
4.84 |
+3.33 |
Total formal votes |
78,048 |
94.10 |
-2.73 |
Informal votes |
4,890 |
5.90 |
+2.73 |
Turnout |
82,938 |
92.06 |
-2.67 |
Two-party-preferred result |
|
Liberal National |
Karen Andrews |
47,044 |
60.28 |
+1.63 |
|
Labor |
Dan Byron |
31,004 |
39.72 |
-1.63 |
|
Liberal National hold |
Swing |
+1.63 |
|
Elections in the 2000s
Australian federal election, 2007: McPherson
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
± |
|
Liberal |
Margaret May |
45,979 |
54.98 |
-3.96 |
|
Labor |
Eddy Sarroff |
29,798 |
35.63 |
+5.55 |
|
Greens |
Ben O'Callaghan |
4,986 |
5.96 |
+0.79 |
|
Family First |
Kevin Davis |
1,282 |
1.53 |
-1.30 |
|
Democrats |
Lori Carnwell |
791 |
0.95 |
-0.13 |
|
Independent |
Tyrone Jackson |
666 |
0.80 |
+0.80 |
|
CEC |
Geoff Cornell |
127 |
0.15 |
+0.10 |
Total formal votes |
83,629 |
96.84 |
+2.09 |
Informal votes |
2,727 |
3.16 |
-2.09 |
Turnout |
86,356 |
93.54 |
-0.55 |
Two-party-preferred result |
|
Liberal |
Margaret May |
49,195 |
58.83 |
-5.11 |
|
Labor |
Eddy Sarroff |
34,434 |
41.17 |
+5.11 |
|
Liberal hold |
Swing |
-5.11 |
|
Australian federal election, 2004: McPherson
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
± |
|
Liberal |
Margaret May |
43,124 |
58.95 |
+4.06 |
|
Labor |
Kellie Trigger |
22,037 |
30.13 |
+1.37 |
|
Greens |
Ian Latto |
3,789 |
5.18 |
+0.25 |
|
Family First |
Rob Davey |
2,063 |
2.82 |
+2.82 |
|
One Nation |
Paul Lewis |
1,347 |
1.84 |
-4.21 |
|
Democrats |
Russell White |
788 |
1.08 |
-3.02 |
Total formal votes |
73,148 |
94.73 |
-0.01 |
Informal votes |
4,069 |
5.27 |
+0.01 |
Turnout |
77,217 |
93.16 |
+1.69 |
Two-party-preferred result |
|
Liberal |
Margaret May |
46,737 |
63.89 |
+1.72 |
|
Labor |
Kellie Trigger |
26,411 |
36.11 |
-1.72 |
|
Liberal hold |
Swing |
+1.72 |
|
Australian federal election, 2001: McPherson
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
± |
|
Liberal |
Margaret May |
46,641 |
55.21 |
+10.04 |
|
Labor |
Kellie Trigger |
24,055 |
28.47 |
-4.65 |
|
One Nation |
Paul Lewis |
4,989 |
5.91 |
-3.67 |
|
Greens |
Inge Light |
4,220 |
5.00 |
+1.76 |
|
Democrats |
Russell White |
3,485 |
4.13 |
+0.30 |
|
Independent |
Ronald Bradley |
607 |
0.72 |
+0.72 |
|
Independent |
Kevin Goodwin |
481 |
0.57 |
-0.17 |
Total formal votes |
84,478 |
94.67 |
-1.13 |
Informal votes |
4,754 |
5.33 |
+1.13 |
Turnout |
89,232 |
95.26 |
|
Two-party-preferred result |
|
Liberal |
Margaret May |
52,839 |
62.55 |
+4.21 |
|
Labor |
Kellie Trigger |
31,639 |
37.45 |
-4.21 |
|
Liberal hold |
Swing |
+4.21 |
|
Elections in the 1990s
Australian federal election, 1998: McPherson
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
± |
|
Liberal |
Margaret May |
33,329 |
45.17 |
-16.39 |
|
Labor |
Robert Poole |
24,441 |
33.12 |
+6.96 |
|
One Nation |
Peter Murphy |
7,065 |
9.58 |
+9.58 |
|
National |
Ted Shepherd |
3,190 |
4.32 |
+4.30 |
|
Democrats |
Lynne Grimsey |
2,826 |
3.83 |
-2.61 |
|
Greens |
John Palmer |
2,390 |
3.24 |
-1.25 |
|
Independent |
Kevin Goodwin |
544 |
0.74 |
-0.18 |
Total formal votes |
73,785 |
95.80 |
-1.39 |
Informal votes |
3,235 |
4.20 |
+1.39 |
Turnout |
77,020 |
93.81 |
-0.14 |
Two-party-preferred result |
|
Liberal |
Margaret May |
43,045 |
58.34 |
-8.82 |
|
Labor |
Robert Poole |
30,740 |
41.66 |
+8.82 |
|
Liberal hold |
Swing |
-8.82 |
|
Australian federal election, 1996: McPherson
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
± |
|
Liberal |
John Bradford |
42,640 |
61.57 |
+12.39 |
|
Labor |
Margaret Andrews |
18,122 |
26.17 |
-10.29 |
|
Democrats |
Melinda Norman-Hicks |
4,460 |
6.44 |
+2.65 |
|
Greens |
Anja Light |
3,109 |
4.49 |
+0.32 |
|
Independent |
Kevin Goodwin |
634 |
0.92 |
+0.92 |
|
Indigenous Peoples |
David Dillon |
284 |
0.41 |
+0.41 |
Total formal votes |
69,249 |
97.18 |
-0.23 |
Informal votes |
2,013 |
2.82 |
+0.23 |
Turnout |
71,262 |
93.95 |
-0.93 |
Two-party-preferred result |
|
Liberal |
John Bradford |
46,298 |
67.00 |
+8.56 |
|
Labor |
Margaret Andrews |
22,803 |
33.00 |
-8.56 |
|
Liberal hold |
Swing |
+8.56 |
|
Australian federal election, 1993: McPherson
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
± |
|
Liberal |
John Bradford |
34,497 |
49.95 |
+0.81 |
|
Labor |
Mark Whillans |
24,718 |
35.79 |
+2.11 |
|
National |
Allan de Brenni |
3,082 |
4.46 |
-0.40 |
|
Greens |
Christine Lovison |
2,813 |
4.07 |
+4.07 |
|
Democrats |
Jason Neville |
2,574 |
3.73 |
-6.13 |
|
Confederate Action |
Bruce Whiteside |
1,381 |
2.00 |
+2.00 |
Total formal votes |
69,065 |
97.42 |
-0.47 |
Informal votes |
1,831 |
2.58 |
+0.47 |
Turnout |
70,896 |
94.88 |
|
Two-party-preferred result |
|
Liberal |
John Bradford |
40,790 |
59.08 |
-0.83 |
|
Labor |
Mark Whillans |
28,523 |
40.92 |
+0.83 |
|
Liberal hold |
Swing |
-0.83 |
|
Australian federal election, 1990: McPherson
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
± |
|
Liberal |
John Bradford |
40,986 |
50.2 |
+11.8 |
|
Labor |
Pat Stern |
26,607 |
32.6 |
-1.1 |
|
Democrats |
Robert North |
8,088 |
9.9 |
+4.6 |
|
National |
Randall Cook |
4,102 |
5.0 |
-17.6 |
|
Independent |
Bert Cockerill |
1,703 |
2.1 |
+2.1 |
|
Independent |
Otto Kuhne |
170 |
0.2 |
+0.2 |
Total formal votes |
81,656 |
97.8 |
|
Informal votes |
1,812 |
2.2 |
|
Turnout |
83,468 |
93.5 |
|
Two-party-preferred result |
|
Liberal |
John Bradford |
49,760 |
61.0 |
-1.6 |
|
Labor |
Pat Stern |
31,769 |
39.0 |
+1.6 |
|
Liberal hold |
Swing |
-1.6 |
|
Elections in the 1980s
Australian federal election, 1987: McPherson
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
± |
|
Liberal |
Peter White |
27,147 |
38.4 |
-1.4 |
|
Labor |
Pat Stern |
23,850 |
33.7 |
+1.5 |
|
National |
Max McMahon |
15,974 |
22.6 |
-0.6 |
|
Democrats |
Yvonne Stoelhorst |
3,746 |
5.3 |
+1.0 |
Total formal votes |
70,717 |
96.8 |
|
Informal votes |
2,367 |
3.2 |
|
Turnout |
73,084 |
90.5 |
|
Two-party-preferred result |
|
Liberal |
Peter White |
44,263 |
62.6 |
-0.9 |
|
Labor |
Pat Stern |
26,454 |
37.4 |
+0.9 |
|
Liberal hold |
Swing |
-0.9 |
|
Australian federal election, 1984: McPherson
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
± |
|
Liberal |
Peter White |
22,437 |
39.8 |
+3.3 |
|
Labor |
Rupe Granrott |
18,156 |
32.2 |
-1.0 |
|
National |
Warren Tapp |
13,072 |
23.2 |
-0.3 |
|
Democrats |
Ken Peterson |
2,398 |
4.3 |
-0.6 |
|
Independent |
Maria Parer |
321 |
0.6 |
+0.6 |
Total formal votes |
56,384 |
94.7 |
|
Informal votes |
3,157 |
5.3 |
|
Turnout |
59,541 |
91.5 |
|
Two-party-preferred result |
|
Liberal |
Peter White |
35,820 |
63.5 |
+2.6 |
|
Labor |
Rupe Granrott |
20,564 |
36.5 |
-2.6 |
|
Liberal hold |
Swing |
+2.6 |
|
Australian federal election, 1983: McPherson
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
± |
|
Liberal |
Peter White |
31,118 |
35.9 |
-7.4 |
|
Labor |
Darryl McArthur |
29,265 |
33.8 |
+3.0 |
|
National |
Trevor Watt |
20,328 |
23.5 |
+23.5 |
|
Democrats |
Kenneth Peterson |
4,254 |
4.9 |
-0.1 |
|
Humanitarian |
Peter Courtney |
1,687 |
1.9 |
+1.9 |
Total formal votes |
86,652 |
98.5 |
|
Informal votes |
1,277 |
1.5 |
|
Turnout |
87,929 |
92.0 |
|
Two-party-preferred result |
|
Liberal |
Peter White |
52,282 |
60.3 |
+6.7 |
|
Labor |
Darryl McArthur |
34,370 |
39.7 |
-6.7 |
|
Liberal hold |
Swing |
+6.7 |
|
Australian federal election, 1980: McPherson
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
± |
|
Liberal |
Eric Robinson |
32,459 |
43.3 |
-16.8 |
|
Labor |
Walter Ehrich |
23,061 |
30.8 |
+3.2 |
|
Independent |
Louis Rowan |
14,350 |
19.1 |
+19.1 |
|
Democrats |
Ian Crick |
3,761 |
5.0 |
-4.2 |
|
Independent |
William Aabraham-Steer |
1,339 |
1.8 |
+0.3 |
Total formal votes |
74,970 |
97.7 |
|
Informal votes |
1,778 |
2.3 |
|
Turnout |
76,748 |
92.7 |
|
Two-party-preferred result |
|
Liberal |
Eric Robinson |
40,170 |
53.6 |
-12.7 |
|
Labor |
Walter Ehrich |
34,800 |
46.4 |
+12.7 |
|
Liberal hold |
Swing |
-12.7 |
|
Elections in the 1970s
Australian federal election, 1972: McPherson
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
± |
|
Labor |
Tom Veivers |
27,180 |
40.8 |
+3.7 |
|
Liberal |
Eric Robinson |
17,571 |
26.4 |
+26.4 |
|
Country |
Howard Richter |
16,949 |
25.5 |
-28.7 |
|
Australia |
Robert Richardson |
2,009 |
3.0 |
+3.0 |
|
Democratic Labor |
Victor Kearney |
1,978 |
3.0 |
-5.7 |
|
Independent |
John Black |
753 |
1.1 |
+1.1 |
|
Independent |
James Drabsch |
120 |
0.2 |
+0.2 |
Total formal votes |
66,560 |
97.2 |
|
Informal votes |
1,903 |
2.8 |
|
Turnout |
68,463 |
95.0 |
|
Two-party-preferred result |
|
Liberal |
Eric Robinson |
36,415 |
54.7 |
+54.7 |
|
Labor |
Tom Veivers |
30,145 |
45.3 |
+6.5 |
|
Liberal gain from Country |
Swing |
-6.5 |
|
References
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- Divisions in: New South Wales
- Victoria
- Queensland
- Western Australia
- South Australia
- Tasmania
- Australian Capital and Northern Territories
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